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People that haunt Kenshin's memories of the Bakumatsu.

Yukishiro Tomoe

Yukishiro Tomoe (雪代 巴), known in Western order (Tomoe Yukishiro) in the English anime, is a fictional character in Nobuhiro Watsuki's popular anime and manga series Rurouni Kenshin, otherwise known as Samurai X.

She takes a major role in the manga final arc, the Jinchu arc, and Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen OVA (original video animation). Her seiyū is Junko Iwao and her English voice actor is Rebecca Davis.

Yukishiro Enishi

Yukishiro Enishi (雪代 縁) is a character from the manga Rurouni Kenshin by Nobuhiro Watsuki. He is the primary antagonist of the final arc of the series, the Jinchū arc, and the younger brother of Yukishiro Tomoe.

Katsura Kogorō

Katsura Kogorō was the leader of the Chōshu clan. He worked hard to bring down the Shogunate. Katsura was an intelligent, wise and calculating man. He pitied Kenshin's emotional struggle between the old Shinta and the unrepentant Battōsai. So, he saved his life by asking Tomoe to become his 'sheath'. Upon the accession of the Meiji government, Katsura became one of the three Ishin Sanketsu. He died close to the same time of Saigō's demise, in 1877.

Okita Sōshi

Hajime Saitō with Okita Soshi.
Hajime Saitō with Okita Soshi.

A master swordsman of the Shinsengumi. Okita was the captain of Shinsengumi's First Troop. In the OVA, he often fought together with Saitō and was involved in the Ikedaya Affair in 1864. On one of his night encounters with Kenshin, he eagerly draws his sword and comments that Kenshin's Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryū gets better every time he sees it. However, when Saitō recommends Okita to stand down, Okita calmly says not to be concerned as he is suppose to be the leader of the first squad of the Shinsengumi. Saitō quickly points out that Okita is ill as he coughs violently beforehand, much to Okitas' surprise, and Saitō takes over the duel with Kenshin. He succumbed to tuberculosis and died shortly after the fall of the Tokugawa regime in 1868. Seta Sōjirō is based on the Okita from novel Shinsengumi Keppuroku and therefore, darker and more like a villain than the real Okita. Although his given name is sometimes pronounced as "Soushi" in the fictional world, it was actually pronounced "Sōji."

Iizuka

Iizuka was the field examiner for the Chōshu clan. He was responsible recording the group's kills. Laid back, a joker, and easy going, Iizuka was in fact a greedy double agent, working for the Tokugawa shogunate. He was a contributing factor in plotting the downfall of Hitokiri Battosai - Himura Kenshin. Iizuka attempted to skip country as soon as the trap was in place, but was murdered by Shishio Makoto in an alleyway (in the manga it's a mountain side).

Murakami

Nicknamed "Rensato", Murakami was the first Yaminobu (western-based ninja like the Oniwabanshū) Kenshin encountered. He ambushed Kenshin from the rooftops as he made his way back to the Chōshu headquarters. Murakami possessed quick reflexes and was skilled with his chain swords, but ultimately, Kenshin made a rain of blood when he sliced the ninja in half as he sailed over the assassin's head.

Kiyosato Akira

Tomoe's dead fiance, Kiyosato Akira (清里 明?) was a member of the Mimawarigumi. A kind and caring man, he and Tomoe were childhood sweethearts, and they planned to get married. He was on bodyguard duty for the Kyoto administrator, Shigekura Jūbei on the day of his death. He was slaughtered by Kenshin in a Kyoto street along with the official he was guarding. It was all due to the tragedy of human folly; Akira only joined the Mimawarigumi so that Tomoe could look at him as a hero, as he believed that she was unhappy with the prospect being married to the mere second son of a samurai. Instead, she ended up seeing him killed.

Nakajō

The manga reveals one of the Shogun ninja clan warriors, Nakajō (中条?), as the best friend of Otowa Hyōko, who he had nightly killing sprees with (he got his bow and arrow weapon from Otowa). Nakajō is the first one to engage Kenshin in the forest. In the manga he gets his hands cut off by Kenshin and ends up triggering an explosion that kills him and temporarily distorts Kenshin's hearing. In the OVA Kenshin's sword imaples him and, as he dies, triggers the explosion.

Sumita

Sumita (角田?) is another Shogun ninja out for Kenshin during the plot to kill him in the forest. Kenshin had already lost his hearing, and was forced to fight Sumita and Mumyōi. Although Sumita fought well with his axe, he dies after the fight. There are two endings to his death. in the OVA he was run through the chest, while in the manga his legs were sliced off. He stumbled away, pulled another mine, and died in the explosion. Kenshin temporarily loses his eyesight due to the flash.

Yatsume Mumyōi

(See Six Comrades entry)

Tatsumi

A hulk of a man, Tatsumi is the leader of the ninja clan Kenshin fights when looking for Tomoe. In the OVA, he is represented as a physically-fit old man with a ninja outfit who gives Kenshin the beating of his life before Kenshin kills him. His character cares a lot about the Tokugawa values. It should also be noted that in the OVA, he talks a lot, while all other members of his gang are never shown speaking. In the manga, he is depicted (much like many of Kenshin's other enemies) as someone (literally) twice his size. His outfit is more like a judo outfit than (similar to Inui Banjin) a ninja outfit and he lacks pupils. He was the master of Inui Banjin and his death at the hands of Kenshin is used as an excuse by his student to join Enishi's Jinchu campaign. His portrayal in the manga is more brutal (he says they'll kill Tomoe after Kenshin's defeat).

 

 

 

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