CHARACTERS

(In alphabetical order)

Fujita Tsutomu – eldest son of Saitou & Tokio

Fusada Atsuji – the first man Yamagichi Jirou kills

Fusada Ienobu – a male member of the Hachinisasareru ninja clan

Harada Sanosuke – 10th Unit Commander of the Shinsengumi

Himura Kenshin – the infamous Hitokiri Battousai, a merciless killer for the Ishin Shishi during the Bakumatsu

Himura Tomoe – Kenshin’s former fiancée

Honjo Kamatari – associate of Shishio Makoto, member of the anti-Meiji Jupon Gatana

Kamiya Kaoru – dojo master, fiancée and eventual wife of Himura Kenshin

Kiji Meiko – apothecary owner in the Tokyo market

Kojirou Tanagi – Tokio’s father

Komagata Yumi – Oiran, mistress to Shishio

Meshibe Naoya – a homeless orphan, Tokio’s store assistant, eventually Okita’s ward

Mishima Eiichiro – Brother of Mishima Eiji, policeman

Mishima Eiji – orphaned waif who becomes Satiou & Tokio’s adopted son

Miyuki – Tsuyoshi’s daughter

Myojin Yahiko – young pickpocket, student at Kamiya Kaoru’s martial arts school

Nakenashi - the Ghost, a ninja assassin from the Hachinisasareru; later known as Jikiri, or ‘great potential.’

Narajirou Kozue – student at Saitou’s martial arts academy, mentee and eventual dojo master

Narajirou Kume – wife of Kozue

Okashira Iyoko – leader of the Hachinisasareru, a ninja clan

Sagara Sanosuke – orphan, youthful bandit and subsequent friend of Himura Kenshin

Saitou Tsuyoshi – Saitou & Tokio’s second son

Sawagejou Chou – street fighter who later is recruited into the police force

Seta Soujiro – the tenken, an exceptionally adept swordsman in the employ of Shishio Makoto

Shinomori Aoshi – Oniwabanshuu ninja clan warrior

Shishio Makoto – one of the infamous Hitokiri during the Bakumatsu, successor to the Hitokiri Battousai

Tanagi Junpei – Tokio’s aunt

Tanagi Katsuko – Tokio’s mother

Tanagi Tokio – Saitou Hajime’s wife

Tokogoro Keisuke – renegade leader of the Hachinisasareru

Yamaguchi Hiraki – brother of Jirou and Yamaguchi Katsu

Yamaguchi Jirou – the original name of one of our characters

Yamaguchi Katsu – sister of Jirou and Hiraki

Yukishiro Tomoe – Kenshin’s wife from the Bakumatsu

Yuukyujan Anji – monk and former secessionist, part of Shishio’s movement

Tatsuo – Saitou & Tokio’s third son.