Battle Without Honor or Humanity

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For the five-part Japanese movie series, see Battles Without Honor and Humanity

"Battle Without Honor or Humanity" is an alternate version of "Shin jingi-naki tatakai", an instrumental piece by Tomoyasu Hotei, originally used in the 2000 film Another Battle (aka Shin Jinginaki Tatakai) by Junji Sakamoto, in which Hotei also performs as an actor. The original version was also available in Hotei's live album Rock the Future Tour 2000-2001.

To Western audiences it is probably more recognized for its use in the Quentin Tarantino film Kill Bill (and earlier in its teaser trailer). It was also used in the film Team America: World Police.

Three versions of the track are featured on Hotei's 2004 album Electric Samurai (The Noble Savage).

A cut of this song is featured on the American PlayStation 2 music game Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA, and a cover of this song appears on the Japanese PlayStation 2 music game Pop'n Music 13 Carnival.

The song is also the theme song for the ESPN Radio program The Herd with Colin Cowherd.

It is also used on The X Factor in the UK as the music the contestants walk onto the stage with and also was used in the 2006 BBC Sports Personality of the Year to introduce the four boxers as they were stepping into the stage in the style of a boxing match. Also for a short period of time in 2004, it was used in the Car Park Catch-Phrase skit on Radio 1's The Chris Moyles Show until later in the year it started to use a different version due to legal reason. The latest usage was in the 2007 movie trailer for Shrek the Third.

Many English football teams use the track as their entrance themes. Most notable was a recent occasion in which the England national team came out to the tune.

Professional wrestler Paul London also used it as a theme while competing in Ring of Honor.