Samurai (job)

The Samurai (侍 or サムライ Samurai) is a job that appears in various games in the series. Samurai are often depicted wearing traditional Japanese attire. Their weapon of choice is a katana, and they can equip shields and heavy armor as well. Their abilities can vary from game to game, but their signature ability is Gil Toss (or Spare Change), which allows them to damage their opponents by throwing money at them, as well as attacks that cut their opponents' HP in half and cause instant death. Their stats are physical in nature, and they have very low magic stats.

Notable Samurai include Cyan Garamonde of Final Fantasy VI, Auron of Final Fantasy X and Illua of Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift.

Origin
Samurai are based off the samurai warriors of ancient Japan, who weren't just great swordsmen, but they were also powerful horse archers, virtually undefeatable. If near death in battle they would commit a ritual suicide known as seppuku, slicing their stomachs open with a short wakizashi sword.