Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan
- Genre: action drama
- Author: watsuki nobuhiro
- Artist(s):
- Year: Apr 12, 1994 to Sep 21, 1999
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- Status： Finished
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Himura Kenshin
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Age: 28Birthday: June 20, 1849Height: 158 cmWeight: 48 kgKenshin Himura, also known throughout the anime as Hitokiri Battousai (Battousai the Manslayer) or Himura the Battousai is the main character of the anime series Rurouni Kenshin. His original name ...
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Kamiya Kaoru
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Age: 17Birthday: June 1862Sign: GeminiHeight: 155 cmWeight: 41 kgBlood Type: OAffiliations: Kamiya dojo, Kamiya KasshinryuuThe primary instructor of the Kamiya Kasshinryuu fighting style developed by her late father, Kamiya Koshijirou, Kaoru inherited a s...
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Myoujin Yahiko
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Yahiko is a samurai descendant. Yahikos father died during the Battle of Ueno during the Boshin War, slain at the Keneiji Temple. His mother died of syphilis in a brothel to put food on their table not long after giving birth to her son. Yahiko was origin...
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Sagara Sanosuke
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Age: 19Sagara Sanosuke left home at an early age to join the Sekihō Army (Sekihō-tai), leaving behind his father (Kamishimoemon), his mother (Naname), and his younger sister (Uki) who adored him. He would return home years later to discover that his mothe...
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Arai Seikuu
Supporting
Seikuu Arai is the son of Kenshins reverse-blade sword maker, Shaku Arai. In defiance to his father creating swords that kill, Seikuu quit forging swords and decided to turn to creating kitchen wares and knives....
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Fuji
Supporting
Fuji is a giant, considered a freak by everyone around him. One day he was attacked and almost killed but the old man Saizuchi found him and took him in. The gentle, depressed Fuji was in an ideal state for Saizuchi to manipulate his emotions and turn him...
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Gein
Supporting
Gein is the last remaining descendant of a small group of people who mastered the art of mechanics in the Middle Ages. He creates puppet like suits out of the corpses of dead people, most notably the Iwanbō series. He is actually an old man yet he is very...
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Hannya
Supporting
Hannya is a pupil of Aoshi. The village he was born in was poor, so he was abandoned at birth to reduce the number of people to feed. Hannya survived, but he could not return to the village so he wandered around like an animal until Aoshi found him and ga...
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Hiko Seijuurou
Supporting
The thirteenth successor to the sword art of Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryuu, Hiko Seijuurou saved young Shinta from marauding bandits who killed his companions. Hiko then took care of Shinta, and renamed him Kenshin ("Heart of Sword") after claiming that Shinta was...
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Himura Kenji
Supporting
He is Kenshin and Kaorus son who appears at the end of volume 28. He likes to climb things but cries whenever he cant get down. He loves his mother but doesnt like his father. (He likes to pull Kenshins hair)In Samurai X: Reflections, he is still a toddle...
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Hiruma Kihei
Supporting
The elder brother of Hiruma Gohei and, effectively, the brains behind their dastardly duo....
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Honjou Kamatari
Supporting
Kamatari is a member of Juppongatana who is in love with Makoto Shishio. His weapon of choice is a large scythe with an attached ball and chain, a very heavy weapon. While he appears feminine, he is in fact a male. While he is loyal and high spirited he f...
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Iizuka
Supporting
I'izuka is the examiner of executions for the Choshu Clan (during the Bakumatsu). After a member of the Choshu Clan kills, for example Kenshin, he goes and takes care of the body. He usually puts a note warning the Shogunate. He appears to be somewhat ski...
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Inui Banjin
Supporting
Inui is a camaflouge-wearing, hand-to-hand fighter who mirrors Sanosuke in intelligence. He is the student of Tatsumi, the leader of the ninja group that tried to kill Hitokiri Battōsai. Inui claims to join Enishi's Jinchū campaign for that reason, but he...
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Isurugi Raijuta
Supporting
A warrior fighting against the pacification of Japan, Raijuta attempts to build an army of the most powerful bandits to rebel against the new Japanese government. He saves Yutaro, a child of a rich family, in order to acquire the resources to build his ar...
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Iwanbou
Supporting
Iwanbou is a fat oaf who uses his immense size, his strength, and his ability to entrap weapons in his flab. He is very stupid, and, apart from taking part in the battle of Aoiya as well as grinning like an utter idiot, he doesnt say anything, and he does...
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Kariwa Henya
Supporting
Henya Kariwa was a member of the Juppongatana, an organization under Shishio Makotos orders. ...
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Kashiwazaki Nenji
Supporting
Kashiwazaki Nenji (柏崎念至), also known as Okina, is a strong fighter and a talented strategist. He is said to be the only one who can equal the former Oniwabanshū leader in a fight, wielding steel tonfa to block sword blows. Okina was to become the next lea...
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Katsura Kogoro
Supporting
Katsura Kogoro was the legendary young leader of the Chōshū Ishin-Shishi who, along with Ōkubo Toshimichi and Saigō Takamori, became one of the three key figures of the Meiji Restoration after they forged an alliance between former enemies Chōshū and Sats...
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Kawaji Toshiyoshi
Supporting
Police Commissioner Toshiyoshi Kawaji is a police officer in Tokyo. Kawaji served in the Meiji Revolution. One day, Okubo Toshimichi saw his talents and made him Police Commissioner....
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Komagata Yumi
Supporting
Komagata Yumi was an oiran, a courtesan (in short the highest rank of prostitute) in Yoshiwara, formerly an akasen. Because of that, she is beautiful, intelligent, dignified, well-cultured, and was brought up in a comfortable life. She was always interest...
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Kujiranami Hyougo
Supporting
A huge one-armed man. Sano points out that he's bigger than Anji. While shown to be a relatively selfless and understanding person when first introduced, his nature is later distorted until he reaches the point of insanity. His height also gradually expan...
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Kurojou
Supporting
Kurojou is member of Oniwabanshuu onimitsu ninja group. In the everyday peace of daily life, he helps run the Aoi-Ya as a PROFESSIONAL chef of Japanese cuisine, a repairman, assists Okina, and serves as Misaos caretaker. In battle, Kurojo is seen to wield...
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Makimachi Misao
Supporting
Misao is a fairly skilled ninja from the Oniwabanshū clan of onmitsu previously based in Edo. Her weapons of choice are the kunai. Misao is about sixteen years old when she is first introduced, though she appears younger.Misao is the granddaughter of the ...
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Mishima Eiichirou
Supporting
Eiichirou Mishima was Eiji Mishimas older brother who tried to get him out of Shinsetsu Village when the government decided to abandon the village.(Source: Rurouni Kenshin Wiki)...
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Nagaoka Mikio
Supporting
Nagaoka Mikio is the young heir to the Nagaoka family--a family of prominent former samurai who served under the shogun before the Meiji era. As his familys prosperity fell after the dissolution of the samurai class, Mikio and his wayward friends became a...
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Oguni Gensai
Supporting
The doctor and Kamiya Familys family friend. He is the grandfather of Suzume and Ayame. He took Megumi under his wing to train her as a full pledged doctor. ...
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Okita Souji
Supporting
A genius swordsman of the Shinsengumi and master of the Tennen-rishin ryu sword style. Okita was the captain of Shinsengumis First Unit. In the OVA, he often fought together with Saito and was involved in the Ikedaya Affair in 1864. On one of his night en...
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Otowa Hyouko
Supporting
Otowa is a drag queen-looking user of assassin's weapons that he has hidden all over his body. He claims to have thirteen total, but he only uses four during his manga existance. His battle tactic is to outwit the opponent and catch them off guard with hi...
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Sadojima Houji
Supporting
Houji is Shishios minion, and, aside from Yumi and Soujirou, he is closest to him. He used to be an official in the Meiji government but lost faith in it when he saw no one in the government worthy of controlling the country. He abandoned his position in ...
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Sagara Souzou
Supporting
Based on the actual captain, Sagara Sōzō (1839 - 1868) was the leader of the Sekihōtais First Troop. Sanosuke looked up to him greatly; he was, to Sanosuke, the ideal role model. He was killed when the Meiji government purged the Sekihōtai, leading to San...
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Saitou Hajime
Supporting
Hajime Saitou is loosely based on the real third-squad captain of the Shinsengumi. During the Meiji era, he lived as a police officer under the name of Gorou Fujita. In the Rurouni Kenshin series, he plays the role of Kenshins old rival and enemy from the...
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Saizuchi
Supporting
Saizuchi was a member of the Juppongatana, an organization under Shishio Makotos orders. He is usually seen with Fuji....
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Sanjou Tsubame
Supporting
A waitress at Taes restaurant, Sanjō Tsubame becomes Yahikos sweetheart. She was saved by him from the ronin her family worked for as Yahiko stopped them from robbing the Akabeko. She is very shy and soft spoken. When Kenshin enters a living hell after th...
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Sawagejou Chou
Supporting
Also known as The Sword Hunter, Chou possesses quite a collection of rare and unusual swords, including a long flexible sword he keeps hidden around his waist, and double bladed sword known as a renbatou. He is only a mediocre opponent when not using thes...
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Sekihara Tae
Supporting
Tae Sekihara is the manager of the beef hot pot (gyunabe, or sukiyaki) restaurant, the Akabeko. Tae is around 20 years old. She has a twin sister named Sae managing in a similar restaurant called the Shirobeko in Kyoto. Sanosuke also owes her a seemingly...
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Seta Soujirou
Supporting
Seta Soujirou is Shishiou Makotos right hand man, a teenage assassin trained by Shishio himself. Soujiro is known for his lack of kenki or, simply, emotion. He possesses no anger and cites no fear in his enemies, other than with his sword.Soujirou is ofte...
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Shibumi
Supporting
Shibumi is a corrupt politician, who was the mastermind in the shadows behind the Kurogasa murders of political opponents in Tokyo, and the murders by Akamatsu Arundo in Kyoto. (Source: Rurouni Kenshin Wiki)...
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Shinomori Aoshi
Supporting
Shinomori Aoshi was raised a ninja of the Oniwabanshuu, who worked for the Shogunate government during the Edo period. He helped to raise Makimachi Misao from childhood as a member of the Oniwabanshuu.After the revolution, since a few members of the Oniwa...
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Shirojo
Supporting
Shirojo is member of Oniwanbanshu onimitsu ninja group. In the everyday peace of daily life, he helps run the the Aoi-Ya as a professional chef of Japanese cuisine, assists Okina, and serves as Misaos caretaker. In combat, he is seen to wield brace like g...
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Shishio Makoto
Supporting
After the death of Yukishiro Tomoe, Himura Kenshin became a free wielding swordsman to protect members of the Ishin Shishi. Shishio Makoto became his successor as the shadow hitokiri (assassin) and was responsible for the assassination of Izuka, the man w...
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Takani Megumi
Supporting
Megumi is the youngest daughter of Takani Ryūsei, a well-known doctor in Aizu which was an important province supporting the Tokugawa Shogunate. During the Boshin Wars, Megumis father died and the rest of her family went missing, leaving her as the sole s...
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Takeda Kanryuu
Supporting
Takeda Kanryuu is a former opium dealer. He hired Shinomori Aoshi and the his four Tokyo Oniwabanshuu subordinates, as well as numerous lesser warriors, as personal bodyguards and hitmen....
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Tatsumi
Supporting
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...
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Tsubaki
Supporting
Tsubaki was the mother of one of the students in Narutos class at the Ninja Academy.(Source: Naruto Wikia)...
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Tsukayama Yutarou
Supporting
Yutarou is a young boy that inherited a HUGE fortune from his parents. His parents had died when he was younger. He appears when Dr. Genzais sister (she looks just like his brother) is working for Yutaro.Yutarou lived in a wealthy mansion on a hill, who w...
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Tsukayama Yuzaemon
Supporting
The father of Yutarou Tsukayama, Yuzaemon was a low-ranked samurai whose position changed drastically after the events of the bakumatsu. With the samurai class all but disbanded, Yuzaemon became a merchant specializing in the sale of Japanese katana as ar...
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Tsukioka Katsuhiro
Supporting
Born Tsukioka Katsuhiro, the man known in the Meiji era as Tsunan is a prolific nishiki-e painter in Tokyo, known for his beautiful inkings of popular historical and cultural figures. However, Tsunan is secretly a survivor of the Sekihō Army like Sanosuke...
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Udou Jine
Supporting
Kurogasa, otherwise known as Udou Jin-e, was a hitokiri during the Revolution, and there is evidence he continued killing people well after the end of the Revolution. He attacked high-ranking Imperialist officials of the Meiji government (leading some to ...
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Uramura
Supporting
Chief Uramura is the local police chief in Tokyo and one of the support characters in the Rurouni Kenshin series.Uramura is a dutiful man and takes his job seriously. He is not above asking for help, when he requires outside help with dealing with a probl...
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Usui Uonuma
Supporting
Usui, the Blind Sword, used to be a swordsman working for the shogunate government. However, in a fight against Shishio Makoto, he was blinded. He possesses the Shingan (Eye of Heart), which actually is superhuman hearing that lets him hear anothers heart...
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Yamagata Aritomo
Supporting
General, a former Choushuu clansleader, and the current commander-in-chief of the Imperial Meiji Army and Ministry of War.Yamagata is a former comrade of Kenshins, so when they met, Yamagata wished for Kenshin to join the government to honor him for all h...
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Yatsume Mumyoui
Supporting
A member of an old gold mining clan. Family tradition led them to enlongate the limbs of the family members using gold rings to help them mine better. As a result, Yatsume's limbs are about 1.5 times as long as normal, with the notable exception of his le...
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Yukishiro Enishi
Supporting
When Enishi was an infant, his mother died and he was raised by his older sister, Tomoe. She raised him herself, becoming both sister and mother to him, and he grew to love her quite dearly.When Tomoe became engaged to Kiyosato Akira, Enishi reluctantly a...
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Yukishiro Tomoe
Supporting
Yukishiro Tomoe was the eldest daughter of a samurai, a low-level bureaucrat who served the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo. Her only sibling was her younger brother Enishi, who viewed her as a surrogate parent because of their mothers death shortly after his b...
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Yuukyuuzan Anji
Supporting
Anji is a warrior fallen-monk who fights along Shishio to destroy the Meiji government who did nothing to stop the anti-Buddhist purge which resulted in the destruction of his home and the deaths of the five orphaned children he cared for in his temple, w...