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Things that support Yasuke being a samurai..

Was given a stipend (like other samurai)

Was getting paid by Nobunaga (apparently his nephew also gave Yasuke 10 kanmon, which was more than annual income of some other samurai)

Was given house/land.

Was given a sword of his own.

Mobilized for Takeda campaign of 1582.

Remained there even after Nobunaga dismissed all his "ordinary soldiers".

Literally all samurai meant at the time was being given a sword and pay by a lord to fight for them!

Things that support him not being a samurai

He didn't have a last name. (...Except not all samurai had last names and we have so few remaining mentions of Yasuke, we literally don't know his real name)