Hitokiri Battousai
Alias: Shinta Himura
NIcknames: Hitokiri Battousai; Himura Battousai
Seiyuu(voice actress): Mayo Suzukaze
Age: 29
Height: 158 cm
Weight: 45 kg
Birthday: June 20,1849
Zodiac Sign: Gemini
Place of Birth:
Blood type: AB
Family: Parents died of Cholera when he was very young. He was subsequently sold into slavery but was rescued during a bandit attack by Hiko Seijuro the Thirteenth Master of the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu who raised the boy and trained him as a swordsman.
Weapon: Sakabatou (Reverse Bladed Sword)
Fighting Style: Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu
Skills: Amakakeru Ryu No Hirameki (Heavenly Dragon Flash), Ryu Sen (Ground Dragon Flash), Kuzu Ryu Sen (The Nine-headed Dragon Flash), Ryu Kan Sen (Ascending Dragon Flash), Ryu Kan Sen Kaogarashi, Ryu Kan Sen Tsumuji (Dragon Windup Flash Spiral), Ryu Tsui Sen (Flying Dragon Flash), Ryu Tsui Sen Zan (Flying Dragon Flash Slash), Ryu Shou Sen (Rising Dragon Flash)Hi Ryu Sen, Hi Ryu Sen, Ryu Sou Sen Garami, Sou Ryu Sen (Paired Dragon Flash)Sou Ryu Sen (Paired Dragon Flash)
First Appearance: Episode 1(anime); Tankoubon 1 (manga)
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"The original model was supposed to be the Hitokiri Kawakami Gensai, but now they�re completely different . . . (oh well.) Kawakami Gensai, one of the four great Hitokiris of the Bakumatsu, could be mistaken for a girl at first glance, but his nature was the complete opposite of his appearance: he was a cold, calculating man said to be the most terrible of the four. He was famous for cutting down Kuma Shouzan in broad daylight with his unique, lightning-fast Furanui style of kenjutsu. Whether he was responsible for other assassinations is still a mystery. After the new era was brought in, his ideas about isolationism conflicted with that of the government�s, and he was tried on false charges and executed in the fourth year of the Meiji era (1871). But after looking into it, I think the Hitokiri's inflexibility was not meaningless, but his honor for the comrades he fought and killed with and the enemies he killed. This thought led to the Kenshin character. From others in the Shinsengumi, I also took the selflessness of Okita Soushi of the Shinsengumi, and the mystery of Saitou Hajime.
Other than this, I didn�t have any particular design for the character. The hero of my debut story was a tall handsome man with black hair and armor, so I tried to draw the exact opposite and ended up with a girl (laughs). In desperation, I added a cross-shaped scar on his left cheek . However, that scar actually became a key point in the transformation of Battousai to Kenshin (or so it seems)."
Nobuhiro Watsuki
Rurouni Kenshin manga
volume 1 part 1
from Maigo-chan's translation