Thomas Lockley (born 1978) is a British academic who is an associate professor of the College of Law of Nihon University,^[1][2] and a visiting researcher for the SOAS University of London.^[2] His research in the humanities and social sciences centers on education and history, with a particular emphasis on Japanese history.

Lockley was born in the United Kingdom in 1978.^[3][4] He first came to Japan in 2000 as a participant in the JET Programme, spending two years in Tottori^[4] as an assistant language teacher at an elementary school.^[5] He later took on a full-time lecturing position at the Nihon University College of Law,^[4] and was promoted to associate professor in 2019^[6] In the same year, he also became a visiting researcher for SOAS.^[2]

Lockley teaches history and English. His research focuses on education and history, with a particular emphasis on Japanese history from an International perspective.^[1][2]

• The Story of Yasuke: Nobunaga's African Retainer (2016, Nihon University's journal Ōmon Ronsō (桜文論叢),^[4])^[7]
• Nobunaga to Yasuke: Honnoji o ikinobita kokujinsamurai (信長と弥助 本能寺を生き延びた黒人侍) (2017)^[2]
• African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan (2019, United States, co-authored with Geoffrey Girard; ISBN 978-1-335-14102-6)^[2]

• — (2024). A Gentleman from Japan: The Untold Story of an Incredible Journey from Asia to Queen Elizabeth's Court. Hanover Square Press. p. 429. ISBN 9780369747990.^[8]
• —; Girard, Geoffrey (2019). African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan. Little, Brown and Company. p. 390. ISBN 9781488098758.^[9]
• ロックリー・トーマス (2017), 信長と弥助 本能寺を生き延びた黒人侍, translated by 不二淑子, 太田出版, ISBN 978-4-7783-1556-6

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