List come inside Japanese order, sustaining a last title prior to a given name. A Viz manga utilizes a Japanese sequentially around Rurouni Kenshin when a English anime utilizes a American the correct sequence.

Friends of Himura Kenshin

More population sustaining whom Kenshwithin has formed friendly relationship in Tokyo and beyond.

Tsukayama Yūtarō

Japanese Seiyuu: Mayumi Tanaka

The rich boy of the previous samurai, world health organization wants nothing extra than to study swordsmanship. In the mangthe, he wants to be stronger than his father another time was, because he is ashamed that his father gave higher his br& and became a blade merchandiser. He learns a fundamentals of Kamiya Kasshin Ryū from either Kamiya Kaoru and becomes a contender to Myōjin Yahiko, but then returns to the person he believes to be his true sensei, Raijuta. Fallowing Raijūta injures him to the extent in which he may't utilize his correct hand, he attend Germany where they own supplementary advanced medicine.

Tsukioka Tsunan

Tsukiokthe Katsuhiro, late Tsukioka Tsunan, was a survivor of the Sekihō Army when it was disbanded per government. Known as Katsu by Sanosuke, Tsunan became an creative person when a Restoration. He is renowned at explosive weapons & powder, & intends to utilize the babies. Late in a series, Sano & Katsu try to start up the terrorist campaign against the Meiji government, however come stopped by Kenshin. Since so, Katsu buried his bombs & became the journalist for an anti-government newssheet. Afterwards in the series, he becomes the worthful source of reference for Kenshin & Sanosuke.

Hiko Seijūrō XIII

A thirteenth successor to the blade art of Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryū, Hiko Seijūrō kept Shinta from either marauding brigand world health organization flushed his caretakers. Hiko so took care of Shinta, & known as him Kenshin ("Heart of Sword"). He became angry & disappointed by owning Kenshin, because he ran away to join a rebellion against a Tokugawa regime. Hiko knew a tragedy of non completing Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryū; population sustaining such power however while forgoing fully understanding of it tend for into items it shouldn't & from either that blossoms tragedy; what happened to Kenshin got another time happened to Hiko too. That is how come he shut himself out of a rest of a globe; he inhabits as a thrower approximately the outdoors touching Kyoto. He likewise understands that a Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryū there is no yearn seems relevant in the ever-changing globe, when he remarks to Yahiko: "The only thing that doesn't seem to change is the moon." Hiko is maybe a strongest fencer as much as; he is far superior potentially to Kenshin. Although them come like witharound speed, Hiko possesses a superior feel of judgement in combat & the superhuman nature and severity (hidden underneath his cloak) to wield Hiten Mitsurugi Ryū to its maximal. Hiko's favorite system is Kuzu Ryū Sen. Fallowing baker's dozen years, master & student meet once again. These are so that Kenshin may complete his expert training videos, whenever Kenshin might hold out Hiko's ego.

A title "Hiko Seijūrō" is as the matter of fact a title granted to every succeeding master of Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryū. Since Hiko Seijūrō 2, to each one freshly master has junked his have title pro the title of the owner of Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryū. When Kenshin declines to choose a title "Hiko Seijūrō XIV", his master is the survive human ever to exist as referred to as Hiko Seijūrō.

Himura Kenji

Kenshin & Kaoru's boy. In the manga the reader merely gets a glimpse of him. Kenji tends to take a liking to his mother to a higher degree his father & enjoys to pull in Kenshin's hair. Within SeisōHen/Reflection he occurs as adolescent. He despises his father for universally allowing Kaoru's side & has left the children to lead off expert training by owning Hiko Seijūrō Thirteen to see Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryū. Kenji is at first mistaken on truth nature and severity of his father. He wants to see "his father's swordsmanship" sequentially to produce his have legend. Notwithstanding, fallowing a duel using Yahiko, Kenji feels the brunt weight of Kenshin's sakabatou & realizes that truth nature & severity and legend of his father was non inside his ability to slay humans, however his devotion and self-selflessness to people in him. In a prevent, he was given the sakabatō as a late Genpuku present. Kenmalaysian mujahidin group settles down using Raikōji Chizuru, world health organization originates from either Watsuki's original short stories; this girl, bears a striking resemblance to his mother since she was the character world health organization inspired him to produce Kaoru.

Sagara Sōzō
According to a actual captain, Sagara Sōzō was section of the Sekihō. Sanosuke admire him greatly; he was, to Sanosuke, a idealistic model. He was flushed whilst a Meiji government flushed a Sekihō, leading to Sanosuke's embitterment towards it. His head was set within the platform & in the cage for 100% to watch, it haunts Sano however to this super day.

Sekihara Tae

A manager of a hot beef pot eating house, the Akabeko. She has a twaround sister known as Sae managing within the similar eating house known as the Shiroubeko in Kyoto. Sanosuke as well owes her the apparently big total of money where interest is accounted for. She has besides tried to click a relationship between Kenshin & Kaoru since it seemed it to her that it wasn't running anywhere.

Sanjō Tsubame
Aids Tae at a eating place, & is Yahiko's sweetheart. She wwhen redeemed by him from either either a ronin her personal worked for as Yahiko stopped a children from robbing the Akabeko. Around SeisÅ?hen/Reflection, a viewer view that it be two or three. She is very shy & softspoken.

Dr. Genzai

The venerable old doctor even & friend of the Kamiya Dojo, he typically offers professional assistance or advice early in the series. In a television program, he is the gramps of ii impossibly cute little girls (Genzai Ayame & Genzai Suzume) world health organization likewise such as hanging around the Dojo. When a class action meets Takani Megumi, he offers her training & lets her choose in top his clinic whilst on vacation or even out collecting herbs.

Genzai Ayame
Missing in the manga. Ayame is the older of the deuce sib.

Genzai Suzume
Lacking in the manga. A younger of the 2.

Oniwabanshū

A Oniwanbanshu were a protectors of Edo Castle when you took a Edo time. Within Rurouni Kenshin, it is comprised of the charted members:Shinomori Aoshi, Hannya, Shikijo, Hyottoko, Beshimi, Makimachi Misao, & Okina.

Makimachi Misao
Japanese Seiyuu: English Voice Actor: Philece Sampler

Originally raised by Shinomori Aoshi (a leader of the class action) as a girl, she is non biologically related. She treats him when a father surrogate, besides as a more male characters (to a bit of extent) in the Oniwabanshū. At a select few point around her childhood, Aoshi paws across custody of her to previous Oniwabanshū member Okina (Kashiwazaki Nenji), sequentially to have a safe & normal childhood. Misao so has abandonment issues, & upon growing older (she is roughly Sixteen in a period of a series) begins looking Japan for Aoshi & the more members of the Oniwabanshū. She idealizes the babies & doesn't underst& that several others look at the two when liquidator and felon. She as well has the romantic crush in Aoshi.

She is trained when a ninja & utilizes Kunai (throwing knives) as her weapon.

Upon meeting Himura Kenshin, she learns that he may underst& a whereabouts of the Oniwabanshū and becomes the member of his 'class action' (Kenshin Gumi).

Nicknamed "Itachi musume", or even "weasel girl" by Saitō.

Kashiwazaki Nenji (Okina)
He occurs as hard fighter & the gifted strategian. He is said to exist as the merely 1 world health organization potty equal a previous Oniwabanshu leader within a fight. Upon retiring, he gave higher his fighting ways (although he was seen fighting Aoshi) & at present inhabits peacefully inside Kyoto at a Aoiya, the headquarters of the Oniwabanshū (which is okay, the hotel), in which he raised Misao. Although old, he however possesses the promptly mind & tends to prefer swallowing games.

Shinomori Aoshi

Leader of the Oniwabanshū, it was Kashiwazaki Nenji (Okina) world health organization suggested this.

Aoshi was super gifted as a young human, becoming a leader of a Oniwabanshu at the mere age of Fifteen.

Aoshi, when kind-hearted, possibly raising Makimachi Misao when his girl, currently tries to prove that A Oniwabanshū were a strongest in a period of the days of the Revolution, when it were unable to fight at a polar battle in the period of The Battle of Toba Fushimi.

The unsafe opponent, he utilizes his speed together by using the mix of br& and hand-to-hand combat moves known as Kenpo. He joined sustaining Kanryū when 'muscle' around his drug manufacturing operation, then come face to face using Kenshin trying to rescue Takani Megumi. He was betrayed by Kanryū world health organization flushed the rest of the Oniwabanshū by owning a gatling gun.

Fallowing a kill of the rest of the Oniwabanshū, Aoshi hides in the mountains in which he has buried his friends' heads (in the manga at least) & there he stays until Shishio tests his nature and severity. Later, he so heads to Tokyo to call for & wipe out Kenshin just to study he has left to Kyoto. Once within Kyoto he joins by having Shishio in hopes of fighting Kenshin & possibly fights his old friend to try & study a location of him (however fails for a location).

Towards a prevent of a Kyoto Arc, the virtually all-anticipated battle arrives & Kenshin fights Aoshi. He is redeemed from either his have madness by Kenshin, when he understands that demise is non a guide to his situation. To put an prevent to a feud & look at world health organization is truly the strongest, two decide to utilize their strongest attacks (their succession attacks, or even "Ōgi") & Kenshin's Amakakeru Ryū there are no Hirameki defeats him.

He late appears to fight against Shishio to purchase instance for Kenshin (to recuperate). He down the road re-appears in the filler arcs, though he requires there are no major role.

In the Jinchū Arc (manga single), he joins Kenshin's side to fight Wu Heishin (the human world health organization serves Enishi)'s class action of bodyguards, called a Sushin, therefore that Kenshin might rest & fight Enishi at to the full nature and severity.

Aoshi utilizes a Kodachi NittÅ? RyÅ« style depending about a Kodachi brand he utilizes to fight. the style mostly consists of attacks by using a Kodachi within both hand. His techniques come:

Kodachi NittÅ? RyÅ«: Aoshi utilizes this cross-shaped slash whilst he is opposed by something he potty't cut. He strikes by owning a foremost blade and so sustaining a 2nd blade perpendicular (hence a cross shape) to the foremost. This attack has been found to cut Okina's metal tonfan (kempo attack stick, similar to the law baton) by having ease.

Kaiten Kenbu: Aoshi claims to have this attack in "all who intruded upon Edo castle". It involves Aoshi apace reel threefold to slash a opponent thrice through a chest. Aoshi normally utilizes this attack fallowing disorienting a opponent by using Ososugi first state Ugoki.

Kaiten Kenbu Rokuren: This attack is Aoshi's Å?gi. A attack involves Aoshi switching a grip of one of his kodachi feebleminded, so running off send on to slash a opponent six days. These are essentially Kaiten Kenbu however done by owning 2 kodachi.

Onmyou Hasshi: Aoshi throws two kodachi straight at a opponent, but, a 2nd kodachi is hidden directly behind a number 1. And so a opponent would exclusively understand 1 kodachi running for him/her in their line of sight.

Ososugi diamond state Ugoki: This is moving system in which Aoshi moves convenient & taciturnly. He does soh around such how else that he confuses his opponent. He utilized this to attack Kenshin & tried to let it run against Okina, however latter existence a ninja, probably was familiarized by owning the attack. It looks when in case several images of Aoshi began gyrate a opponent.

Han'nya
Han'nythe is the 2nd around command of the Oniwabanshu, existence a directly pupil of Aoshi.

Han'nya is a master of disguise inside a class actiin, an ability he gained by cutting off everthing his large facial features (lips, nose, & palpebra), which is how come he wears the unholy mask on his face.

When Aoshi wevery bit a la single one to look past his grim appearance & train him while forgoing discrimination, he is very firm to him, & would die for him, as was proven at a prevent of the Kanryū arc, returning his life to allow Kenshin plenty period to retrieve his sakabatō to kill Kanryū & save Aoshi.

Han'nya's style of combat evolves primarily from either either his discipline from Aoshi. But, he adds his have bit to that by getting painted his arms inside vertical stripes, rendering the two the appearance of existence shorter than it actually come, so luring opponents into a treacherously feel of security on few feet away of attacks. Kenshinside defeats this maneuver by using the sakabato in the manner to work as a ruler of sorts, allowing for him to view through the optical illusion. According to Wolverine from either a X-men.

Hyottoko
Hyottoko is one of a Oniwabanshū members that decided to last using Aoshi whilst he left Okina treating Misao. His massive stomach makes him about imperviable to direct physical attacks.

Hyottoko principally allows air to pass through fire at his opponents, by means of the big oil bag he keeps stored inside his belly & the nozzle he keeps inside his mouth. He lights a fire by applying his front dentition, which he replaced by using flint.

He died at Kanryu's hand, protecting Aoshi from either a gatling gun.

Shikijō
One of a Oniwabanshū members. Shikijō was a soldier for the Satsumthe faction until he was beaten by Aoshi, world health organization gave him a risk to join higher by owning the Oniwabanshū & gained nature and severity utilizing Oniwabanshū how to videos methods. Has "steel" muscles. According to a unbelievable Hulk.

Beshimi
A smallest of the Oniwabanshu, Beshimi utilizes his speed to compensate for his want of nature and severity. His favorite weapon come darts, by owning which he poisons Yahiko, & afterward blocks Kanryu's gatling gun. He was gunned down by Kanryu shortly subsequently.

Kenshin's opponents

Opponents Kenshin meets throughout a Rurouni series.

Saitō Hajime (Fujita Gorō)

Japanese Seiyuu: Hirotaka Suzuoki
English Voice Actor: Sparky Thornton

The previous leader of the Third Squad of the Shinsengumi, an extremely powerful stalwart faction around Kyoto in a period of the instance of the Bakumatsu war. Okay, the officer working for the Meiji Government. Highly heavy & vicious, he has an extended instance contention using Kenshin. He was responsible foiling a Choshu movement when you took Ikedaya, although he failed to halt a Kyoto Holocaust, &, finally, a triumph of the Ishin Shishi. He has there is no compassion or even mercy for anyone. He populates per Shinsengumi code "Aku Soku Zan"("Swift Death To Evil"/"Kill Evil Imediately"). He believes inside peace & the correct sequence, potentially in the society created by his enemies. Anyone he considers to become evil occurs as target for elimination. He is an professional of the destruction of corrupt political elements around Japan. This logic can be good an excuse to quench his thirst for blood. He considers Sanosuke to become the kid by using modest expected, due to Sanosuke's want of insight.

Saitō Hajime was an actual historic figure of this era, and a number of details presented on his character are based on fact. Saito is an first-class warrior, when he is an entity observer & the quickly analyst. Saito occurs as master of the standard Shinsengumi style, Migozuchi Haitō-ryū. It consists of a techniques of Gatotsu - the Fang Stab. A quadruplet standard techniques come Ichiki - Number one Stance (standard level ground), Nishiki - 2nd Stance (attacking from either either a air toward a ground), Sanshiki - Third Stance (attacking from a ground toward a air), & his succession system, Ougi/"Zeroshiki" - Zero Stance (attacking at point-blank range). He was married to Tokio Takagi, the girl of a daimyō.

Udō Jin-e

Jin-e was as well an assassin in a period of the prevent of the Tokugawa Shogunate. He is remarkably bloody-minded, & serves his sportsmen advance warning of their at hand end of the world. He so kills the children exactly prompt there is no matter what preparations it use processed in their defense. He possesses the system, called Shin there are no Ippō, in which he immobilizes population by owning the glimpse. A mentalist can as well let it run to hypnotise himself & summon a few additional inner nature and severity. He longs to fight Kenshin to watch world health organization is stronger; he potentially kidnapped Karou to inflict Kenshin to revert back to his liquidator form. In the battle, Kenshin eventually seeks to put to death Jin-e whilst he paralyzes Karou's heart. Kenshin utilizes a Double Batojutsu, & breaks Jin-e's perfect arm. Jin-e so commits sucide.

Takeda Kanryū
a cunning money-minded human world health organization began the opium treating business around Tokyo by forcing Takani Megumi to make a drug. His opium business is to generate gains to bring around modern Westernized weapons like a Gatling gun. Whilst Himura Kenshin shows up to save her, he finds himself demoted by Shinomori Aoshi. He resorts to utilizing his Gatling gun to kill everyone inside his at home. He manages to wipe out iv of the Oniwabanshū world health organization died protecting Shinomori Aoshi.

Isurugi Raijūta

Leader of the 'Knights of Shinkoryu' faction, Raijūtthe aspires to require above Japan by owning a rebel class action of Samurai, starting at Tsukuyama Yūtarō's zero in the province of Izu by utilizing Yūtarō's admiration of Raijūta to his benefit. Although he appears to become the hard fighter, good in the Shinkoryu Izuna style, a Izuna techniques come 100% indicate & there are no confessedly power. Although he severed a nerves inside Yūtarō's correct arm, he may simply scratch Kenshin. Both of Raijūta's techniques come demonstrated in the series. A number 1 is Matoi Izuna (Wrapping Around Rice Paper), which occurs as strike directed along a ground, similar to Kenshin's DoryuSen. the 2nd is Tobi Izuna (Flying Rice Rope), where a br& creates a vacuum in everyone's thoughts, and directed towards its target. It's largely ineffectual, despite his claim that it's his 'ultimate sidesplitting system'.

The Juppon Gatana

A Juppongatana (Ten Steel) is a elite of swordsmen organized by Hoji that come fighting beside Shishio against the Meiji government.

Shishio Makoto

Japanese Seiyuu: Masanori Ikeda
English Voice Actor: David Lucas

the successor to Kenshin when he became a wanderer. Shishio handled assassinations fallowing Katsura sent Kenshin & Tomoe into hiding, when human & wife, at Otsu. He was responsible a slaying of Izuka, the human world health organization experienced sold Kenshin. He was super close just just about himself, potentially additional therefore than Kenshin; non possibly did members of the Choshu or even Satsuma kin group understand much about him. He was pleasantly clever & challenging, believing himself to become a new leader of Japan. When a revolution, the food and drug administration attempted to silence him to end his activities from either existence utilized against it. Shishio was shot in the mind & burned alive per Meiji government, however he survived. After, he swore retaliation & assembled a class action of a better swordsmen within Japan, known as the Juppongatana, to overthrow the recently government, however Kenshin, Saitō, Sanosuke, Kaoru, Yahiko & a Oniwabanshū rallied against his project. Shishio envisioned a Japan ruled by him, enforcing the information of survival of the fittest. He besides wanted to strengthen a economy using crude oil. He utilizes the steel by owning the notched blade known as Mugenjin which is wet in the oils & system fat of the those he got flushed. So, he is entity to execute fire-oriented techniques. He, rather Kenshin, is take a breath to register his opposing's techniques, & can so analyze their strengths & weaknesses, so require benefit of the children. His speed is serious, however his nature and severity is monstrous. His weakpoint, still, is his medical problem. Due to the unbearable burns he received, his sweat glands & pores were sealed shut. He, so, has an elevated blood heat due to his want of sweat as a cooling mechanism. Following, he may fight for those days are gone than 15 transactions, otherwise he would die - combust from either a elevated blood heat igniting his person fat. Shishio fervidly believes within selection - "the strong live, and the weak die", and moulded an ideologic adherent away from Sōjirō. He is too a lover of Komagata Yumi.

On this button come a bit of of his better techniques:

Homura Dama (Fire Ball or even "Burning Soul"): His number one secret attack. He draws his blade on the ground, igniting it. It's merely a trick to distract the opponent from either his upward swing.

Guren Kaina (Scarlet Lotus Arm): Shishio ignites his steel, draws it in his left glove, containing hidden gunpower. A resultant friction final result within an explosion.

Kagutsuchi (Fire Cliff Spirit God): Shishio ignites a entire length of his steel by running off its edge against a sheath, creating a massive vortex of flaming about the steel. He so delivers the downward cut intended to incinerate his opponent.

Seta Sōjirō
Japanese seiyuu: Noriko Hidaka English Voice Actresses: Tara Jayne (early episodes), Melissa Fahn (later episodes)

Seta Sōjirō occurs as adolescent assassin, trained per master mankiller Shishio Makoto. Sōjirō is celebrated for even his deficiency of battle aura, or, only, emotion. He expresses there are there is no anger, cites no fear within his enemies, more than by using his steel. His constant, sweet, twinkly face & variety manners stem from either his tragical past. the boy of a cyprian, Sōjirō's father left him in the care of his personal, world health organization badly mistreated him because he was the infant of a bawd. He was assigned tasks like carrying rice to & from either a personal storage warehouse. Sōjirō built the defense against their lashings at him; he wear an affirmative face, & became wont to the torture. So, it would leave him alone. A single nighttime, he met Shishio, world health organization was on a begin from either the law. Shishio taught Sōjirō that exclusively a hard can survive. Thereupon mentality, Sōjirō slaughtered his oppressors, world health organization got tried to murder him for housing the branded killer. Although he's non particularly brightly, Sōjirō's apparent want of emotion & his elementary, insensitive mentality, "The strong will live and the weak shall die," and his skills produce him the formidable foe to Kenshin. Sōjirō wields a legendary steel Nagasone Kotetsu & Kikuichimonji Norimune, & is already master of the style Tenbu there is no Sai Niyoru Ken. A Shukuchi uses such mighty speed that, to an observer, it appears that a few feet away between them fighters has shrunk (hence a title Shukuchi "reduced earth"). In the period of his fight by owning Kenshin, Sōjirō high-pressure states he's just moving "three steps below Shukuchi" or even "two steps below shukuchi." When moving at this speed, a simply tool that can be seen was Soujirou's footsteps ripping through the tatami mat. When doing a avowedly Shukuchi, Sōjiro only can't exist as seen, potentially by Kenshin. He is as swell well versed in the Battōjutsu style, rather Kenshin. His ability has earned Sōjirō a title of Tenken or even Heavenly Sword (Ten meaning Heaven & Ken meaning Steel). Combining confessedly Shukuchi using a Battōjutsu he has created his exclusively more known as system, Shun Ten Satsu (Instant Heaven Murder). These are known as this because a speed behind a attack is thus swift that "there isn't an instant even to feel the pain." A speed behind a Shun Ten Satsu totally up to that of Kenshin's Amakakeru Ryu there is no Hirameki. Within terms of power nevertheless, these are slightly weaker than a Hiten Mitsurugi ougi.

The kind of characters in the Kenshin series were according to really population. Watsuki has publicly stated that a character project of Sōjirō is cloosely depending upon Okita SÅ?shi, Captain of the First Squad of the Shinsengumi.

Komagata Yumi
English Voice Actress: Wendee Lee

At a fall of the Shogunate, Komagata Yumi was an oiran, an elect geisha, or concubine, around Yoshiwara, once an akasen. Despite that, she is intelligent, self-respectful, easily-cultured, & was brought higher inside the comfortable life. She was universally interested inside social issues & occurrences inside Japan, & she reviled a want of opinion amongst a Japanese humans on a freshly rulership. She come to love Makoto Shishio by having an maximum passion, which he returned. So, she joined Shishio's conspiracy to bring down the Meiji government. She is constantly caring just about Shishio's medical state. &, possibly though she loved a Meiji era's devil, Yumi is variety & feels justified. She likewise became Sōjirō's right friend, & cares for him dearly.

Sawagejo Chō
Japanese Seiyuu: Fukumoto Shinichi
English Voice Actor: Derek Stephen Prince

As well referred to as 'A Sword Hunter', Chō possesses quite an collection of uncommon & unusual blade, including an extended flexible steel he keeps hidden in the area of his waist. He is merely the mediocre opponent once non applying this exotic weapon. He has the super calm & cool exterior, & usually keeps a single eye closed whenever talking, & exclusively opens each eyes after excited in the heat of battle. His fighting style is determined per blade he utilizes, however he principally utilizes a style Garyuorochi. A foremost is Orochi (Eight-Headed Hydra), where Chō bounces his blade, Hakujin there are no Tachi (A Thinly 1) on the ground within waves. He utilizes Sakasa Kuchu Northōtō (Mid-air Overlay) in Seiku's boy Iori to find the final steel of Shaku which was laid within a temple as a godsword.

Uonuma Usui

'A Blind Swordsman', Usui wont to exist as an anti-hitokiri working for the government. Even so inside the fight against Shishio Makoto, he was blinded. He possesses 'Eye of Heart', which actually is superhuman hearing that lets him hear a second's heartbeat so enabling him to feel humans in a area of him & detect the emotions of others. Although he seems to hate Shishio Makoto, he actually thanks him for enabling a apply of his enhanced ability of the Eye of Heart. Usui & Shishio mass produced the treat, that it would fight over again. Saito points out that he won't win, & that Usui knows it at bottom. A sociopath likes to defeat population weaker than himself to boost his ego. His goal is to obliterate the thousand humans. He fights utilizing a short spear by having the weighted prevent - the rochin, & the tortoise scale, timbei, as a shield. His fighting style is Ryuukyuu, & there are 2 techniques he utilizes in the fight against Saito. A foremost is Bouken Bougyoku Hyakka Ryouran (Treasure Sword, Treasure Sphere, Hundred Flower, Silver Chaos)- which occurs as series of rapid thrusts sustaining a spear's point & ball, &, of couse, Shingan, a 'Eye of Heart'. He was flushed by Saito's "Gatotsu Zero Stance".

Hariwa Hennya

Called Hennya a Flight, he aided a attack of a Aoiya, the Kyoto secret headquarters of the Oniwabanshū, by using quaternary more Juppongatana members. He utilizes bombs to attack & besides to lift him into flight. the power of fweak is harnassed because Hennya starves himself; he is & so light that a constant uplift from either a explosions could easilly keep him in everyone's thoughts, and a cape allows him to control his movement. Yahiko defeated Hennya by attempting to have a Ryu Tsui Sen that he has typically seen Kenshin utilize. Later, he is utilized as a government spy because of his aviation abilities.

Sadojima Houji

Houji is Shishio's lapdog, &, aside from either Yumi & Soujiro, he is nearest to him. Houji, as well, envisions Japan as a right power led by Shishio, ruling by having a lesson of basic fleshly survival. Houji is indeed unique; although he is non expert in any fighting style, he occurs as cunning organizer & possesses terrible leadership qualities. Houji was 'baptized' by Shishio's unbearable system heat to kindle around him the belief around hell. Houji may watch Shishio anywhere, possibly to the depths of hell...

Yukyuzan Anji

Anji occurs as warrior-monk world health organization fights along Shishio to kill a Meiji government world health organization did nothing to prevent a anti-Buddhist purge which destroyed his page & loved ones. He has dedicated himself to amount destruction of the todays rules, & is uncoerced to side by using evil to achieve this. He is the virtually all merciful of the Juppongatanthe & has manufactured a locate Shishio that Anji decides whether soul inhabits or even dies. He doesn't apply the blade directly inside combat, instead using 'Futae there are no Kiwami' (Double Layer Limit or even "Mastery of Two Layers") to strike the blade into a ground to attack from either a few feet away, or even sir thomas more normally directly sustaining his clenched fist. He is staggeringly heavy & has trained his entire person into the sidesplitting weapon. Upon meeting Sagara Sanosuke, he teaches him his secret system, forswearing realizing Sanosuke is allied by using Kenshin. Unremarkably after a human punches an object trend lines is processed from either the object. To make a point that this remnant power international relations and security network't lost, a individual may hit by using a knuckle joint so another hit by using a rest of a clenched fist is mass produced inside 1/64th of another stimulating the object to shatter. That is the power of the 'Futae there is no Kiwami'. He is defeated within a duel by using Sanosuke, whilst Sanosuke upgrades a power of the Double Layer Restrict into the Triple Layer Limit, striking sustaining a clenched fist, so the metacarpophalangeal joint, so the tips of the fingers.

Honjō Kamatari

This character occurs as experience of 'Miriam-ism' on this button. Although Kamatari appears to become the wohuman, she is does'nt; she is as the matter of fact a man. & however, Kamatari is thus effective at existence the woman (endocrine therapy did non survive within 1878). Kamatari utilizes the super heavily scythe-rather weapon, the reaper, using the chain ball on the butt of the weapon; this is known as Ogama. He/she was defeated per united efforts of Kaoru & Misao on a attack against the Aoiya. He/she practices Honjōryu, & 3 of his/her favorite techniques come seen in the series. Midare Benten (Chaotic Benten) is whenever the scya is whipped all over his/her head, & the chain forms a sphere.

He is dotty by having Makoto Shishio.

Iwanbo

Iwanbo is one of Shishio's Juppon Gatana. He occurs as fatten out lummox world health organization utilizes his vast size, his nature & severity, and his ability to entrap weapons within his flab. He is very stupefied, &, apart from either participate in a battle of Aoiya against Kaoru, Yahiko, Misao, Jiya & the Oniwa Banshu also when smile such as an utter retard, he doesn't say anything, & he doesn't wash anything. He was go seen in the drop-off outside of Kyoto.

Equally revealed in the Jinchū, or even "Revenge" (though it better translates to "Earthly Justice") arc of a mangthe, (which was sadly never animated inside its avowedly form), Iwanbo is actually the mechanical puppet, a primitive mech, if you might, restricted by Gein, the puppetmaster. His simply purpose in a Kyoto arc was to gather data just about the Kenshingumi. Gewithinside reappears therein arc when one of the captain hicks comrades in the further unsafe form of Iwanbo & plays a major role in Enishi's retaliation.

She is infatuated by owning Makoto Shishio.

Saizuchi Rōjin
The cunning little husband world health organization uses Fuji. Late works for the Negotiations Department in the goverment for sticky situations.

Fuji
The giant. Considered a freak by everyone about him, the gentle Fuji became depressed, around an idealistic state for Saizuchi to manipulate his emotions & turn him into an unlikely fighter. He was defeated by Hiko Seijūrō, world health organization unlocked his avowedly martial creative person's soul & wwhen the number one to view Fuji as mortal differently a monster. Upon capture, a Meiji government assigned him to northern Hokkaido when a foremost line of defense against invasion.

Christians from Shimabara

A leaders of the Christian movement of Shimabara.

Amakusa ShÅ?go

Claimed to exist as a Boy of God sequentially to protect a population of Shimabara. He is one of a pack population that knows a Hiten Mitsurugi-RyÅ« otherwise Kenshin & Hiko SeijÅ«rÅ? XIII. His uncle learned a Hiten Mitsurugi-RyÅ« from either Hiko however failed to view a Amakakeru Ryu there are no Hirameki against his master's Kuzu Ryu Sen which resulted within him existence knocked into the falls. His uncle survived & late taught a Hiten Mitsurugi-RyÅ« to ShÅ?go. He was the just individual to add in a move to the Hiten Mitsurugi-RyÅ«; a Rai Ryu Sen, which occurs as system that uses weak reflected in his brand sequentially to blind his opponent. Two Kenshin (though temporarily) & ShÅ?go's uncle was blinded by this attack. His parents were flushed for existence hidden Christians world health organization at a period told ShÅ?go to become hard prefer God & to protect humans of Shimabara. He & his sister moved to Europe with his uncle after his parents were flushed. It was there that he learned star divination & medicine & late utilized that noesis around Shimabara to predict major cases & therapeutic diseases. Because of that noesis, humans believed that he was performing "miracles" which led to farther "evidence" for him existence a Boy of God. His plans were to produce Japan into a land of God in which a population may survive peacefully forgoing fear of existence persecuted however he was manipulated by KaiÅ?.

Amakusa Sayo
Shōlast's immature sister the.ka. Magdelia or even Magdaria-sama (her Christian name). Her really title 'Sayo' is non revealed until in the future in the battle between Shōlast & Kenshin. Sayo occurs as deeply religious Christian world health organization cares & teaches tikes all about a Christian faith. Nonetheless, she dies from either tuberculosis when she finally understands & learns just about a nature and severity of life from either Sagara Sanosuke.

Kaiō

This wyrd, bald, caped nuts bloke occurs as treacherous, manipulative guy world health organization utilizes Shōattend click his game of annexing Japan to the Netherlands.

Shōzo Lorenz (Rorenzo)
a young human world health organization was the personalized guard of Amakusa Sayo. When you took his childhood, he was redeemed by her & her brother Shōlast by ruffian only because he was the Christian. He was the user of the martial arts system known as Karyu, where his blows were executed thus convenient that little vacuum waves cut a opponent potentially whenever a attacks themselves missed (this attack was late utilized against him within his 2nd fight against Sagara Sanosuke).

He was near flushed by Kaiō, however utilized a few bombs borrowed from either Sanosuke to exact his retaliation. Late he talks by using Sano at Sayo's grave & reveals his want to get the monk.

Characters from the Samurai X OVA

Humans that haunt Kenshin's memories of the Bakufu.

Yukishiro Tomoe

Yukishiro Tomoe was listed per Shogun spies to defeat Kenshin for the execution of her groom-to-be, Kiyosato Akira. Tomoe meets & befriends Kenshin, torn between her assignment to obliterate a Battōsai, & her growing feelings for the immature assassin. Fallowing a holocaust of Kyoto & a destruction of the Choshu kinside group, Katsura assigned Tomoe & Kenshin to survive when hubby & married woman in hiding in the mountains. Above a coming months, Tomoe taught Kenshin a way of residing when a civilian, however as a conflicts heated higher, Tomoe went to the wait Shogun assassins sequentially to save Kenshin. Realizing that her feelings for Kenshin were existence wont to the benefit of his assaulter, she throws herself before of Kenshin's opponent sequentially to disorientate him, so rendering Kenshin a upper hand in the fight. However she dies following of the action she took. From either that day forward, Kensharound was burdened using a shacks of everyone in Japan - especially victims he got taken.

Yukishiro Enishi

Yukishiro Enishi is Tomoe's little brother. He loves her a good deal, since he misplaced his mother & his father was sick. He loves her such that he becomes consumed by his selfishness to bring her back to Tokyo, then Edo, so it can be together. At a age of long dozen or even & then, Enishi diarrhea out of Edo, and is never again for septenary months. He discovers a location of Tomoe through a Shogun professional, & works by having the Shogun spies to defeat Kenshwithin in retaliation for butchery Tomoe's lover, Kiyosato. When witnessing Kenshin's accidental killing of Tomoe, Enishi swears Jinchū, or even 'Human's Penalisation,' to become brought down in Kenshin's head. He meets him once again about twenty years late, by using quaternary gifts: The system to kill Kenshin's Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryū, a Chinese war blade, the kidnaped Kaoru, & whiten hair, the symptom of years of nerve-racking mourning for his sister.

Enishi is the independent antagonist of the Jinchū arc of the manga, which Seisōhen is about according to. His style is Watōjutsu, the fusion of Chinese & Japanese system. Watōjutsu includes techniques that perfectly counter victims of Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryū, however inside a context of the story this is genus pan. To several fans, Seisōhen was the disappointment due to the omission of major details of the Jinchū arc, trying to smash it inside a single hour of instance & adding within more cases.

On this button come a bit of of his better Watōjutsu techniques.

Shūgeki Tō Sei: Enishi kicks a flat side of the blade to increase speed & inflict of the strike.

Kaishi Tō Sei: This occurs as rapid click attack.

Sen Ran Tō Sei: An attack where Enishi ducks rather the tiger & strikes upwards

Katsura Kogorō

Katsura Kogorō was a leader of the Choshu kin. He worked difficult to bring down the Shogunate. Katsura was an intelligent, caring & scheming human. He pitied Kenshin's emotional struggle between a old Shinta & a impenitent Battousai. Then, he economised his life by request Tomoe to be his 'sheath'. He saved up Kenshin once again touching the prevent of the war, by assigning a immature assassin the project of existence a fighter instead of a gun. Successively, he was replaced by Shishio. He did non desire Kenshin to suffer a latter hitokiri's fate of existence executed for caring as well numerous secrets. Upon a accession of a Meiji government, Katsura became one of the terzetto Ishin Sanketsu. He died around a equivalent period of Saigō's dying, around 1876.

Okita Sōshi

An expert fencer of a Shinsengumi at the age of 15, Okita was capitain of Shinsen Gumi's 1st Troop. He typically fought together using Saito against Kenshin. Okita was exposed by owning a Ikedaya Affair and killed many Choshu clansmen around Kyoto. He succumbed to tuberculosis shortly after a fall of the Tokugawa regime.

Iizuka

Iizuka was a field examiner for the Choshu kindred. He was responsible recording a class action's kills. Placed back, the joker, & convenient running, Iizukthe was in point of fact a greedy double professional, working for the Tokugawa dictatorship. He was a contributive factor out plotting the downfall of Hitokiri Battousai - Himura Kenshin. Iizuka attempted to omit united states when soon when a trap was inside situ, however was murdered by Shishio Makoto in an alley.

Murakami

Nicknamed "Rensato", Murakami was a foremost Yaminobu (american-depending ninja such as a Oniwabanshū) Kenshin found. He ambushed Kenshin from either a rooftops when he mass produced his way back to the Choshu headquarters. Murakami possessed quickly inborn reflex & wwhen skilled using his chawithin, however finally, Kenshin mass produced a rain of blood while he sliced a ninja in half as he sailed on top the assassin's head.

Kiyosato Akira

Tomoe's dead groom-to-be. He was the bodyguard for the Kyoto administrator, Shigekura Jūbei. He & Tomoe were childhood sweethearts, & it planned for married. This form & knowing human was butchered by Kensharound in the Kyoto street. It was everthing due to the tragedy of man folly; Akirthe simply became a bodyguard thus that Tomoe can view him as a hero. Instead, she ended higher seeing him deceased.

Sumita

Sumita was a second Shogun ninja retired for Kenshin when you took a plot to put to death him in the outdoors. Kenshin experienced already wasted his hearing, & was forced to fight Sumita & Mumyouni. Although Sumita fought easily using his ax, he was begin thorugh a chest. He stumbed away, pulled a second mine, & Kenshin misused his seeing due to the flash player.

Yatsume Mumoyouni
ninja world health organization utilizes claws & comes back within jinchuu good to become defeated by Saito. He is according to Venom from either spiderman.

Tatsumi
The hulk of the human Tatsumi is the leader of the ninja kindred kenshin fights whilst wanting to find Tomoe. In a OVthe he is represented as a physically set husband using a ninja outfit world health organization gives Kenshin the beating of his life prior to Kenshin defeats him. In the mangthe he is depicted (very much such when several of kenshins additional enemies) as person twice (literally) his size his outfit more rather the judo outfit than (similar to Basshin Inue) a ninja outfit & he lacks pupils.

Nakajo

Characters from the Samurai X: The Motion Picture

Characters Kenshwithin & his friends meet in Yokohama in the picture.

Takatsuki Toki

Toki was Gentatsu's sister whom Shigure took around fallowing her brother's dying. She is dotty by owning Shigure.

Takatsuki Gentatsu

Gentatsu was Shigure's 2nd-inside-comm&, and possessed the lament feel of insight. Fallowing the disagreement involving an attack location, Gentatsu & Shigure split their army within 2. Gentatsu was flushed by Kenshin's Hiten Mitsurugi when you took a raid, even as Shigure arrived.

Takimi Shigure

Shigure led a rebel army manufactured higher of dissatisfied samurai world health organizatiin fought on completely sides in a period of the Shogitai, Aizu, Hakodate & the Boshin wars. Shigure wwhen from either Aizu, & fought there, as a Oniwabanshū did, for the one-man rule. In the period of Bakumatsu, Shigure went in the area of to the homes of the outdoor enthusiasts one wars & gave the babies backing. Shigure wanted to overthrow a Meiji government. He believed that a food & drug administration was corrupt and did non distribute plenty wealth among the people. Inside Tokyo, his band's number one objective was to defeat the British Guest of State when you took a parade to the embassy. Shigure wwhen an ideal & variety human, & a good speechifier also as fighter. He occurs as master of the style Saiki Kanumthe, a discipline virtually all efficacious inside, & in the dark.

Tamono Eibin

a captain in the Japanese army, Tamono aspires to replenish General Yamagata when the Lord of the Majestic army. He occurs as remorseless human world health organization is non afraid to shed a great deal of blood. Tamono believes that nobility around battle is ill-sorted to modern days. A captain collaborates using Kajiki to kill Takimi's rebellion & shame Yamagata then he might benefit a position of army commander. All the same, thanks to Kenshin, he was arrested.

Musashino

Musashino occurs as immature skilled fencer world health organization is a share of Takimi's rebel class action. He becomes friends sustaining Yahiko when learning that two their fathers died together at a Battle of a Keneiji Temple in the period of the Boshin War. Musashino teaches Yahiko a few of his budo prior to he was flushed at a battle at a British Embassy inside Tokyo.

Kajiki Sadashiro

Leaders

Population Kenshinside knows in high stores.

Yamagata Aritomo

General Aritomo Yamagata, a previous Choshu clansleader, is the commander-within-chief of the Japanese royal army & the minister of war. Yamagata was a very human, & an crucial Meiji solon; he was likewise a number one Prime Minister under the Meiji constitution of 1889. Using his modern army, he defeated a samurai insurrection led by Saigō Takamori. He died around 1922. A general appears a couple of days inside a series; the number 1 was in episode ternary, after he sought Kenshin's skills in the fresh army. It too meet in the Samurai X picture show when you took Takimi Shigure's insurrection, & for the go instance inside Seihousen, inside the quick aftermath of the Nisshin (Sino-Japanese War) in 1895.

Ōkubo Toshimichi

Ōkubo was one of a 5 Ishin Shishi - Men of Spirit & a endure of a 3 to stand the greatest honors in the government. He outlived Katsura & Saigō Takamori. He was a leader of the Satsuma kin, world health organization supported the restoration of regal power. He was responsible the suppression of the Satsuma rebellion within 1877, led by Ōkubo's college friend, Saigō Takamori. Within Rurouni Kenshin, Ōkubo appears to Kenshin for facilitate in the Shishio crisis. Within realistic, Okubo was murdered by sestet discontent clansmen in his way to Tokyo in Will 14, 1878. In the Kenshin series, it was Sōjirō world health organization murdered him; a clansmen but took responsibility.

Detective Muraki

Superintendent Kawaji (Kawaji Toshiyoshi)

Ambassador Elsten

A good friend of Kenshin, he is a Ambassador of Holl&, and endeavors to keep around a war against the christian's stopped, however fails.