Shuriken

A }} is a Japanese concealed weapon used by samurai or ninja or in martial arts as a hidden dagger or metsubushi to distract or misdirect.
Shuriken are also known as throwing stars, or ninja stars, although they were originally constructed in many different shapes. The major varieties of shuriken are the and the or }}.
Shuriken functioned as supplementary weapons to the sword or to other weapons in a samurai's arsenal, although they often had an... more