Ninja Clan Name Generator

Shinobi clans, ryū schools and hidden families

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Generate ninja clan names for a shinobi family, a ryū school or a gaming clan: historical Iga and Koga families, Japanese-language clan names built from nature and night words, and English-style clans like the Silent Blade or the Order of the Grey Lantern.

About ninja clan names

Real ninja clans were named like any other Japanese family. The two great shinobi homelands, Iga and Koga, were simply the provinces where the families lived, and the famous names inside them – Hattori, Momochi, Fujibayashi, Mochizuki, Fuma – are ordinary surnames built from two kanji for a place or feature. The martial traditions they passed down took the suffix ryū (school, literally 'stream'): Togakure-ryū, Gyokko-ryū, Kukishinden-ryū. Warlords kept their own bands under local slang names – the Rappa of Kai, the Suppa of the Hojo, the Kurohabaki of the Date; the Tokugawa later folded Iga men into the Oniwaban secret service.

Fiction added the flavour most people picture – the Foot Clan, the Hand, the Lin Kuei and the shadow-and-moon surnames of anime. A convincing original clan name usually follows one of three patterns. Japanese-style surnames use nature and night words in three or four syllables – Kurogane (black steel), Tsukikage (moon shadow), Kagenui (shadow-stitch). English-language clans pair a quiet, concrete image with a blade or animal – Silent Blade, Grey Heron, Hollow Reed. Gaming clans go shorter – Nightblades, Zero Footprint.

The list includes historical families and schools, original Japanese clans themed on elements, animals, weapons and yokai, English clans, orders and brotherhoods, and tags built for Clash of Clans, Destiny or Discord servers.

How to choose ninja clan names

Decide what the clan is known for before naming it – poison, infiltration, smoke, assassination – and let the name hint at it sideways, the way Fuma (wind-demon) or Kagenui (shadow-stitch) do, rather than spelling it out.
Japanese clan names read best at three or four syllables and can carry a suffix: -ichizoku (family), -ikka (household), -gumi (band), -shū (group) or -ryū for a school or fighting style.
For English names, one concrete, quiet image beats a pile of adjectives: Hollow Reed Clan and Grey Heron Clan feel more dangerous than Deadly Dark Death Clan.
Check the name sounds right in the context you'll use it – a clan tag for Clash of Clans should be short (Nightblades), while a fantasy novel clan can afford Order of the Grey Lantern.
Historical names such as Hattori, Fuma and Togakure-ryū are free to use, but many players will recognise them, so reserve them for settings that nod to real Sengoku-era Japan.

Frequently asked questions

What were real ninja clans called?

The best-documented shinobi families came from Iga and Koga provinces: Hattori, Momochi, Fujibayashi and Tsuge in Iga, Mochizuki, Ukai and Sugitani in Koga, plus the Fuma who served the Hojo. Warlords also kept their own bands under names like Rappa, Suppa, Nokizaru and Kurohabaki, and the martial lineages were called ryū, such as Togakure-ryū.

How do I make a Japanese-sounding ninja clan name?

Combine two Japanese words for nature, weather, animals or night – kuro (black), kage (shadow), tsuki (moon), kaze (wind), kiri (mist), karasu (crow) – into a three- or four-syllable surname such as Kurokage, Tsukishiro or Karasumori, then add Clan, Ichizoku or -ryū when you write it out.

Can I use these names for a Clash of Clans or Destiny clan?

Yes. The shorter tags in the list – Nightblades, Zero Footprint, Shinobi Syndicate, Ghost Company – were written with game clans and Discord servers in mind, and the historical and original names are free to use anywhere.

What is the difference between a clan and a ryū?

A clan (ichizoku) is a family or bloodline, while a ryū is a school or tradition of techniques that can be taught to outsiders. Togakure-ryū was founded by Togakure Daisuke but carried on through other families, so you can give a fictional clan both a family name and the name of the school it teaches.

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All 500 ninja clan names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 15 names

Ageha-gumi
Akaiwa Clan
Akatengu-gumi
Akeboshi Clan
Akutagawa-ryū
Amagiri Clan
Amakumo Clan
Amekage Clan
Anayama Clan
Aosagi Clan
Araumi Clan
Ash Lantern Clan
Ash Veil Clan
Ashmoth Clan
Autumn Leaf Clan

B: 17 names

Bamboo Cutter Clan
Ban Ichizoku
Bitter Plum Clan
Black Moon Shinobi
Black Pine Clan
Black Spider Clan
Blackout Shinobi
Blackthorn Shinobi
Blade in the Dark
Blood Plum Clan
Blunt Needle Clan
Bone Flute Clan
Broken Fang Clan
Brotherhood of the Ash Shrine
Brotherhood of the Dry Well
Brotherhood of the Long Sleeve
Burning Scroll Clan

C: 29 names

Candle Thief Clan
Cat's Paw Clan
Cave Crow Clan
Cherry Ash Clan
Children of the Cold Mountain
Clan of Nine Shadows
Clan of the Blind Archer
Clan of the Borrowed Face
Clan of the Closed Fan
Clan of the Cracked Mirror
Clan of the Drowned Bell
Clan of the Empty Scabbard
Clan of the Falling Leaf
Clan of the First Frost
Clan of the Hungry Moon
Clan of the Last Lantern
Clan of the Missing Hour
Clan of the Open Shutter
Clan of the Quiet Dog
Clan of the Second Shadow
Clan of the Seventh Gate
Clan of the Third Knock
Clan of the Unseen Hand
Clan of the Untied Sandal
Clan of the White Gale
Cold Ember Clan
Cold Hearth Clan
Crescent Blade Clan
Crimson Kunai Clan

D: 13 names

Daughters of the Night Fog
Dawn Mist Clan
Deadquiet
Deep Root Clan
Deep Water Shinobi
Dokugumo Clan
Dokuhebi Clan
Doroboshi Clan
Dragonfly Clan
Drifting Petal Clan
Dry Leaf Shinobi
Dusk Lantern Clan
Dust Devil Clan

E: 1 name

Ember Owl Clan

F: 20 names

Faceless Clan
Fang and Feather Clan
Ferryman's Clan
First Light Clan
Fogwalkers
Foot Clan
Footfall Zero
Footprint in Snow Clan
Fox and Lantern Clan
Fox Fire Clan
Fox Mask Clan
Foxglove Shinobi
Frayed Rope Clan
Fubuki Clan
Fujibayashi Clan
Fūjin Clan
Fukamizu Clan
Fukiya Clan
Fukurō Clan
Fūma Clan

G: 11 names

Genkotsu Clan
Ghost Cat Clan
Ghost Company
Ghost Fern Clan
Ghost Wind Clan
Ghostline
Gikan-ryū
Golden Crane Clan
Grey Heron Clan
Gyokko-ryū
Gyokushin-ryū

H: 30 names

Habu Clan
Hachisuka Clan
Hagane-gumi
Hangetsu Ichizoku
Hariyama Clan
Harukaze Clan
Harvest Moon Clan
Hattori Clan
Hayabusa Clan
Hayakaze Clan
Hayate-gumi
Hebijo Clan
Hebizaka Clan
Hibana Clan
Hidden Thorn Clan
Hinokami Clan
Hinotama Clan
Hisakage Clan
Hitodama Clan
Hollow Mountain Clan
Hollow Reed Clan
Homura Clan
Hoshigami Clan
Hoshikage-ryū
Hoshikawa Clan
Hoshizora Ichizoku
Hotarugawa Clan
Hunters of the Red Moon
Hush Unit
Hyōga Clan

I: 17 names

Iga Clan
Iga Tsubagakure
Iga-ryū
Igasaki Clan
Ikazuchi Clan
Inabikari Clan
Ink Shadow Clan
Iron Crane Clan
Ironbark Shinobi
Ishikage-gumi
Ishikawa Clan
Isonami Clan
Itokiri Clan
Iwaguro Clan
Iwakage Clan
Iwashimizu Clan
Izayoi Clan

J: 3 names

Jade Scroll Clan
Jade Serpent Clan
Jorōgumo Clan

K: 87 names

Kaedegawa Clan
Kagaribi Clan
Kageboshi Clan
Kagecorps
Kagehara Clan
Kagehisa Ichizoku
Kagehitoe
Kagemori Clan
Kagemusha-gumi
Kagenui Clan
Kagerō Clan
Kageshi
Kagesuzume Clan
Kagetora Clan
Kageura Ichizoku
Kageyabu Clan
Kakashi-ryū
Kakei Clan
Kakurega Clan
Kakuremino Clan
Kakurezato
Kamakiri Clan
Kanetsuki Clan
Karasuba Clan
Karasuma Clan
Karasumori Clan
Kasumigaya Clan
Kawakage Clan
Kazamaki Clan
Kazamori Clan
Kazehaya Clan
Kazekage-ryū
Kazenami Clan
Keburi Ichizoku
Keepers of the Sealed Scroll
Kemuri-gumi
Kemuridama
Kido Clan
Kirigakure Clan
Kiriyama Ichizoku
Kishū-ryū
Kitsunebi Clan
Kitsunegawa Clan

K, continued

Koga Clan
Kōga Manjidani
Kōga-ryū
Kōka Ichizoku
Kokuyō Clan
Kōmori Clan
Koorikage Clan
Kōriyama Clan
Koto-ryū
Koumori-shū
Kugihara Clan
Kukishinden-ryū
Kumataka Clan
Kumogakure-ryū
Kumogiri Clan
Kumoi Clan
Kumoito Clan
Kumonosu Clan
Kunai Crew
Kunai Kings
Kurayami Clan
Kuroageha Clan
Kurobane Clan
Kurogane Clan
Kurohabaki-gumi
Kuroiwa Clan
Kurokage Ichizoku
Kuroko Clan
Kurokumo-shū
Kuromori Ichizoku
Kurosawa-gumi
Kuroshika Clan
Kuroshio Clan
Kurotachi Clan
Kurotaka Clan
Kurotengu-shū
Kurotobi Clan
Kurotsuka Clan
Kuroyanagi Clan
Kusa of Aki
Kusarigama-gumi
Kusunoki-ryū
Kuwagata Clan
Kuzunoha Clan

L: 5 names

Lantern Ghost Clan
Last Breath Clan
Last Light Clan
Lin Kuei
Loose Tile Clan

M: 24 names

Makibishi Clan
Mamushi Clan
Mangetsu Clan
Matsubara Clan
Matsukaze Clan
Midnight Bell Clan
Mikazuki Clan
Mimizuku Clan
Mist Serpent Clan
Miyoshi Clan
Mizore Clan
Mizuchi Clan
Mizuhara Clan
Mochizuki Clan
Momijigari Clan
Momochi Clan
Moth Lantern Clan
Muen Clan
Mugen Tenshin Clan
Mujin-ryū
Mukade Clan
Mukuro Clan
Mumei Clan
Murakumo Clan

N: 22 names

Nakagawa-ryū
Namikiri Clan
Nanashi Clan
Negoro-shū
Nezu Clan
Night Heron Clan
Night Soil Clan
Nightblades
Nightjar Clan
Nightkunai
Nightshade Clan
Nightwind Clan
Ninja Nation
Ninjakill
No Trace
Nokizaru of Echigo
Noroshi Clan
Nuekawa Clan
Nukumizu Clan
Null Shadow
Nullblade
Nuregarasu Clan

O: 21 names

Oboro Clan
Obsidian Fang Clan
Ōkami Clan
Ōkuni Clan
Ōmukade-gumi
Ongyō Clan
Oni Mask Clan
Onibi Clan
Onigawara Clan
Onikiri Clan
Oniwaban
Oniyama Clan
Onyx Crow Clan
Order of the Broken Shuriken
Order of the Drifting Smoke
Order of the Grey Lantern
Order of the Hidden Mirror
Order of the Midnight Heron
Order of the Silent Step
Order of the Unlit Lamp
Owl-Eye Clan

P: 2 names

Paper Crane Shinobi
Plum Rain Clan

Q: 1 name

Quiet Bell Clan

R: 12 names

Raijin Clan
Raikōji Clan
Rappa of Kai
Reaper Shinobi
Red Maple Clan
Reed Flute Clan
Rice Paper Clan
River Fox Clan
Rusted Bell Clan
Ryūgasaki Clan
Ryūmon Clan
Ryūsei Clan

S: 78 names

Sagiri Clan
Saika-shū
Samidare Clan
Sanada Ten Braves
Sandstorm Shinobi
Sarutobi Clan
Sasagawa Clan
Sasakage Clan
Sasori Clan
Semishigure Clan
Sennin-ryū
Serpent and Sickle Clan
Setsugetsu Clan
Seven Veils Clan
Shadow Lotus Clan
Shadow Protocol
Shadow Step Clan
Shadowsteps
Shallow Grave Clan
Shimobashira Clan
Shimotsuge Clan
Shimotsuki Clan
Shimoyama Clan
Shinden Fudō-ryū
Shingetsu Clan
Shinkirō Clan
Shinobazu Clan
Shinobi no Mori
Shinobi Syndicate
Shinobi Unit
Shinonome Clan
Shirai Ryu
Shiranami Clan
Shiranui Clan
Shirasagi Clan
Shirayuki Clan
Shirohane Ichizoku
Shirokumo-shū
Shizukage Ichizoku

S, continued

Shuriken Syndicate
Shurikenz
Shuttered Eye Clan
Shuttered Lantern Clan
Sickle Moon Clan
Silent Blade Clan
Silent Kill Squad
Silent Snow Clan
Silent Step Shinobi
Silk Cord Clan
Silk Veil Clan
Silver Needle Clan
Sisters of the Black Kimono
Sisters of the Crooked Pine
Sisters of the Knotted Cord
Sisters of the Whetstone
Sleeping Dragon Clan
Smoke and Mirror Clan
Smokebombs
Smokeless Fire Clan
Smokestep
Sons of the Broken Gate
Soot Crow Clan
Sorakage-ryū
Spider Silk Clan
Steel Petal Clan
Still Water Clan
Stillwater Shinobi
Stone Fox Clan
Stone Lantern Clan
Storm Walker Clan
Sugimori Clan
Sugitani Clan
Sunaarashi Clan
Sunagumo Clan
Sunless Valley Clan
Suppa of Odawara
Suzukaze Ichizoku
Suzumushi Clan

T: 52 names

Tabi Tacticians
Takagi Yōshin-ryū
Takamori Clan
Takatori Clan
Takeyabu Clan
Takino Clan
Tasogare Clan
Tateoka Clan
Tatsugami Clan
Tatsumaki Clan
Team Smokescreen
Ten Thousand Steps Clan
Tengudō
Tenguyama Clan
Tetsubishi Clan
Tetsugetsu Clan
The Hand
The Hidden Ones
The Nameless
The Paper Wall Clan
The Quiet Ones
The Seven Blades
The Shadowless
The Silent Few
The Thirteen Shadows
The Twelve Lanterns
The Unseen
The Whispering Fang
Thin Ice Clan
Thousand Needles Clan
Three Crows Clan
Thunder Heron Clan
Tobiishi Clan
Tobikage Clan
Togakure Clan
Togakure-ryū
Tomoshibi Clan
Torn Sutra Clan
Tsubaki Clan
Tsubakuro Clan
Tsuchigumo Clan
Tsuge Clan
Tsukikage Ichizoku
Tsukimiya Clan
Tsukinowa Clan
Tsukishiro Clan
Tsukuyomi Clan
Tsurara Clan
Tsurugi Clan
Tsurugizaka Clan
Tsuyukusa Clan
Twin Fang Clan

U: 7 names

Ukai Clan
Ukigumo-shū
Unblinking Eye Clan
Unno Clan
Usugiri Clan
Utsusemi Clan
Uzushio Clan

V: 3 names

Vanish Squad
Veiled Moon Clan
Voidstep

W: 11 names

Walkers of the Ghost Road
Wardens of the Hollow Tree
Washiba Clan
Watchers of the Ninth Gate
Wet Ink Clan
White Lotus Shinobi
Wild Persimmon Clan
Willow Ghost Clan
Winter Wasp Clan
Wolf Tooth Clan
Wolfsbane Clan

Y: 18 names

Yagyū Clan
Yaiba Clan
Yakumo Clan
Yamabushi-tō
Yamagiri Clan
Yamikaze-ryū
Yamikiri Ichizoku
Yanagida Clan
Yatagarasu Clan
Yobuko Clan
Yoimachi Clan
Yomawari Clan
Yomikawa Clan
Yonaka Clan
Yoruzuki Clan
Yūgure Clan
Yukimura Clan
Yukishiro Clan

Z: 1 name

Zero Footprint