Who is Kenshin in real life?
Who is Kenshin in real life?
Kawakami Gensai It's a very romantic story, which of course all ends happily ever after, but what fans of the shonen anime genre may not know is that Kenshin was based on a real-life samurai assassin — a man by the name of Kawakami Gensai, who lived during a very tumultuous time of Japanese history.
Who is the father of Kenshin himura?
Kamiya Koshijirou
| Kamiya Kaoru | |
|---|---|
| Alias | Kory Kamiya (anime, Sony dub only) |
| Title | Master of Kamiya Kasshin-ryū |
| Relatives | Kamiya Koshijirou (father) Himura Kenshin (husband) Himura Kenji (son) |
Is Hiten Mitsurugi real?
Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū is loosely based on the real-life Shiranui-ryū, the secrets of which died with its sole known practitioner, Kawakami Gensai.
Who is the model for Himura Kenshin's character?
- Kawakami Gensai served as a model for Kenshin's character. Manga author Nobuhiro Watsuki discovered and used the story of Kawakami Gensai, a hitokiri (人斬り, literally "manslayer") executed by the Meiji Government. Watsuki enjoys drawing Kenshin due to how he tends to sacrifice himself for others.
Where does Himura Kenshin live as a Rurouni?
- Kenshin has spent ten years traveling Japan as a rurouni in search of redemption, carrying a sakabatō with the vow to never kill again. In 1878, he arrives in Tokyo and takes up residence at the Kamiya Dōjō, where his vow is tested as he fights to keep the country's peace.
Is the show Rurouni Kenshin historically accurate?
- But what about the show was historically accurate to Japanese history? Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story usually just called Rurouni Kenshin is a historical fiction manga/anime that takes a lot of cues from real history, and is usually surprisingly accurate as far as Japanese history goes.
Why does Himura Kenshin fear becoming a hitokiri?
- This side of his personality is one that Kenshin struggles to suppress despite the fact that it keeps emerging when he is under great stress and in need of extra strength. His greatest fear is that, one day, he will return to his former self and become a hitokiri once more.
