Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan Becomes First Indian Samurai Outside Japan Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan has achieved a rare international honour in martial arts, with formal induction into Kenjutsu, the ancient Japanese swordsmanship tradition, making him the first Indian to be accepted into the Samurai community outside Japan. The distinction, widely reported across major news outlets, recognises Kalyan’s decades-long commitment to traditional martial disciplines and his global standing in the art form. Kalyan, who is also a lifelong martial arts enthusiast, was awarded the Fifth Dan (5th Dan) by the respected Japanese body Sogo Budo Kanri Kai, a high-level ranking rarely conferred on non-Japanese practitioners. In addition, he became the first Telugu-speaking individual inducted into the Takeda Shingen Clan under the lineage of Soke Muramatsu Sensei, a distinction that underscores his deep study and practice of Samurai-linked combat techniques. He was als...