Seiyuu(voice actor): Nozomu Sasaki
Age: 24
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 68 kg
Date of birth: May, 1855
Zodiac sign: Gemini
Place of birth: Edo (modern Tokyo)
Blood Type: A
Family: Sister Tomoe was killed during the Bakumatsu; father and mother (all deceased)
Weapon: Watou (a large Chinese sword-sort of an oversized katana)
Skills: Watoujutsu (kenjutsu reinforced with techniques that Enishi learned in China): Kofuku Watoujutsu
First Appearance: Episode (anime); Tankoubon (manga)
Traits:
Characteristics:
- Before talking about personality motif, this guy was created under the concept of "avenger".
And he was to be an opposite to Shishio: Shishio, the Kyoto Arc last boss, was to get higher
and higher towards the end, and Enishi was to get downwards. However, Shishio's influence
lasted till the middle of the Jinchuu Arc, and so I failed again. Thinking about it now, this
Enishi is the guy that would be most fitting for the "Terminator" character, since he's got
"determination". So, if I had done a story where there was no six comrades against Kenshin's
group, but rather Enishi alone against Kenshin's group, fighting Aoshi, Saitou, Sanosuke and
Yahiko, hunting Kenshin no matter the wounds, then the story would have been a good, elaborate
one, and Enishi would be a better character. But it is too late, and I regret it.
The strong personality of Enishi, with his feelings for his elder sister and the resentment
for Kenshin, shows clearly my other side (but I have neither an elder sister nor an enemy, and
I don't regret it). This is also Shishio's opposite, since Shishio shows the things that I love,
whereas Enishi shows the things I hate...
While I was drawing Enishi, I hated myself many times and in many meanings. But Enishi is a
character that I love, and like Tomoe I want to see him reborn in another work. And in that time,
as the strongest and the best Terminator character!
- About the motif of his design, people say a lot it's Basara, from the anime "Macross 7". Others
say that it's Vash, from "Trigun", drawn by Naitou Yasuhiro sensei. However, neither is correct.
To be honest, it's "the handsome young man with a white hair and wild haircut, a bit evil, that
is sure to appear in the manga of Kamijou Atsushi sensei, who's got such a cool drawing style".
(that is, there's no exact motif) Obviously, my puny skills prevent me from drawing such
character, so I changed the motif, adapting it to my drawing style. As he's from mafia, I added
the sunglasses, and as he's from the continent, I put that strange Chinese clothing and as an
accent, I put the half cloack of Gambit of the Age of Apocalypse version. I think this was a
good design, but I think that he was a bit too gentle looking for a last boss character.
And really, I'm fed up with drawing handsome characters.
Nobuhiro Watsuki
Rurouni Kenshin manga