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Rurouni Kenshin Main CharactersThis is a list of main characters from the anime and manga Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X. Names are in Japanese order, with the surname before the given name. The Viz manga uses the Japanese order in Rurouni Kenshin while the English anime uses the Western order. "Kenshin Gumi" (剣心組) is a term invented by Yahiko; these people are Himura Kenshin and his closest friends. (Gumi means "group" in Japanese.) - Himura Kenshin (Hitokiri Battōsai) (緋村 剣心 Himura Kenshin) - The main character of the series, Kenshin was a former Imperialist assassin that went by the name "Battōsai". After the revolution, he traded in his katana and wakizashi (companion sword) for a reverse-bladed sword sakabatō and assumed the life of a "rurouni" (wanderer). He becomes a technical master of the Hiten Mitsurugi fighting style after defeating his master, but declines the official mastership. He has quite a distinctive appearance, slightly feminine (common in most anime/manga) with red hair and a cross-shaped scar on his left cheek. Kenshin features a multiple personality disorder. He has two dominant and antagonistic personalities: Kenshin-san, the pleasant man we all know and Battōsai, the assassin he was ten years back in the series. His character was based upon the Hitokiri (killer) Kawakami Gensai of the Shogun war.
- Kamiya Kaoru (神谷 薫 Kamiya Kaoru) - Kaoru is the assistant master of the Kamiya Kasshin (her father's) fighting style. She runs the dojo by herself after the death of her father, which is quite unusual as she is still a young girl (about 17 at the beginning of the series). The series starts with her meeting Kenshin, and, after some initial scuffles, lets him stay as a guest. She develops a crush on him even after learning of his past crimes.
- Myōjin Yahiko (明神 弥 Myōjin Yahiko) - Yahiko's father died during the Boshin War, slain at the Battle of the Keneiji Temple. His mother died not long after giving birth to her son. Yahiko was originally forced to live as a thief for the local Yakuza, who tricked him into believing that he still had to pay off the money the gangsters gave to his mother to buy medicine. But with the help of Kenshin and Kaoru, he becomes an apprentice of the Kamiya Kasshin style. Yahiko is a hotheaded child. He is arrogant, a potty-mouth, and bad-mannered; and he already bestowed upon himself the title 'Tokyo Samurai'.
- Sagara Sanosuke (Zanza) (相楽 佐之助 Sagara Sanosuke) - The last of the Sekihōtai, he initially bore a hatred for all former Imperialists. Sanosuke, full of anger and bitterness, made a living as a fighter-for-hire who bore the nickname "Zanza" derived from his weapon, the zanbatō. He was hired to kill Kenshin, but after being defeated by the former assassin and learning of Kenshin's no-kill approach, Sanosuke becomes a valuable ally. He later adopts a boxing-like fighting skill.
* Takani Megumi (高荷 恵 Takani Megumi) - Megumi is a doctor who came to Tokyo from Aizu, the scene of a famous battle between the Oniwabanshū ninja and the allied factions. Megumi was the apprentice of an eminent doctor in Tokyo. He became involved with Takeda Kanryū, a wealthy drug and armaments dealer. Kanryū tried to force Megumi's mentor to make cheap variants of opium (Known as "Spider's Web") to sell on the Tokyo black market. When he refused, Kanryū murdered him. From then on, he forced Megumi to make the drugs. She escaped, and came under the care of Kenshin, but was forced to return to Kanryū's mansion after he threatened to burn down the Kamiya Dojo along with its residents. Convinced that death was the only escape, Megumi tried to commit suicide, only to be saved by Sanosuke. She became a full doctor ever since, helping more people with healing hands, as Kenshin told her, than with his sword.
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