__Height:__ 158 cm  

Kenshin Himura, also known throughout the anime as Hitokiri Battousai (Battousai the Manslayer) or Himura the Battousai, is the main character of the series Rurouni Kenshin. His original name was Shinta (心太). 

His parents died of cholera when he was very young and as a result, was adopted by three slave women in a traveling slave wagon. Soon after meeting them, bandits had raided the convoy and killed his three new guardians and where about to kill him when [Seijuro Hiko](https://anilist.co/character/2406/Hiko-Seijuurou) killed the bandits. Hiko soon adopted the child and because Shinta was not a name fitted for a swordman, he renamed him Kenshin, meaning "Heart of Sword," took him under his wing and taught him the Hiten Mitsuruugi Ryu.   

~! However, before full completion of the sword style could be passed on to Kenshin, the Japanese Revolution had been happening at the time and right before Kenshin's eyes.  Because of his kind nature and seeing people suffering, he knew he needed to do something about it.  He left in the middle of his training and without his master's blessing and joined the Imperialists.  It was during the Revolution where Kenshin met Tomoe, his first love and wife. During the revolution, Kenshin was given the nickname of Hitokiri Battousai because of his god-like speed of drawing a sword to kill the enemy instantly. After helping the Imperialist to a position where they would undoubtedly win the revolution, Kenshin left the revolution all-together with a vow to never kill again and the reverse-blade sword handed to him by Shakku-dono. It was Tomoe's death by his hands that pushed him over the edge of never to kill again.!~

The next time we see Kenshin is 10 years later as he has become a wanderer who helps out anyone in need who is suffering right before his eyes. Those long 10 years have taken him from Kyoto, all over Japan to where we find him in episode one of the anime, in Tokyo, still keeping his vow never to kill again. It is here where he meets [Kaoru Kamiya](https://anilist.co/character/148/Kamiya-Kaoru) and his whole life begins to change once again.

Kenshin is usually depicted as a care-free swordsman who is very aloof and tends to be a bit simple-minded when it comes to living normally. He is seen to be doing many of the chores around the dojo that he stays at with Kaoru, (i.e., cooking, cleaning, laundry, etc.). He believes it is his way of repaying Kaoru with allowing him to stay at her dojo. (although it seems he has gotten attracted to Kaoru in the end). However, his swordsmanship ranks among the elite as he is seen defeating every rival (with the exception of [Hajime Saitou](https://anilist.co/character/1409/Saitou-Hajime) which ended in a draw). His battle senses are top-notch and he recognizes even the slightest of advantages, strategies and tactics during a sword battle.

Himura Kenshin is a vagabond with a dark past and sunny disposition. Not a ronin but a rurouni, he was never a samurai, but an assassin of utmost skill in the Meiji restoration, who in the turning point of the war simply walked away. His travels lead him to Tokyo in the 11th year of the Meiji era, where he befriends a female Kendo master, a former thief, a brawler and a doctor all with their own secrets. Together they fight off the enemies surfacing from the dark past that Kenshin cannot escape. 
(Source: Anime News Network)

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An actress, voice actress and singer. Before she became the voice of Kenshin Himura, she was a member of the Takarazuka acting troupe, the group famous for women playing both female and male roles. She played Oscar in one of their productions of Rose of Versailles.

__Hometown:__ Los Angeles, California (Born and Resides)    

__Non-anime roles:__
~!Azazer in Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (Video game)  
Benoit Manderubrot in Silent Bomber (Video game)  
Cross Ward in Radiata Stories (Video game)  
Dauragon C. Mikado in The Bouncer (Video game)  
Hasdal in Lupin the 3rd: Treasure of the Sorcerer King (Video game)  
Issac in Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (Video game)  
Jiraiya in Naruto: Ultimate Ninja (Video game)  
Kaun in Bushido Blade 2 (Video game)  
Pang Tong in Dynasty Warriors 4, 4: Empires, 4: Xtreme Legends, 5, 5: Empires & 5: Xtreme Legends
Sikst in Lupin the 3rd: Treasure of the Sorcerer King
The Minstrel in Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song (Video game) (uncredited) 
Wilhelm in "Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht" (Video game)  
Yoshimoto Imagawa in "Samurai Warriors" (Video game)  
Yoshimoto Imagawa in "Samurai Warriors: Xtreme Legends" (Video game)  
Onmyoji (film) - Fujiwara no Morosuke  
Alfred Ashford In "Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles" (Video game)!~

Carlos Alberto Macedo is a Portuguese actor and voice actor. Currently he makes part of a theater group called Klássikus. Beyond theater, Carlos made some appearances on TV series and cinema. But it was on the voice acting that he became known, giving voice to some anime characters:  - Kenshin Himura (Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X) - Diego De La Vega (Kaiketsu Zorro/The Legend of Zorro) - Suezo and Tiger of the Wind (Monster Rancher)  as well to animated movies:  - Lawrence III (Pokemon Movie 2: The Power of One) - Tramp (Lady and the Tramp and Lady and Tramp 2) - Taichi/Tai (Digimon: The Movie)  His role as Kenshin Himura and Diego De La Vega made him one of the most known and respected voice actor in Portugal.

Born in São Paulo, Brazil. He started his career as a musician at TV Cultura, in a children tv show. After taking acting lessons, he was invited to his first job as a voice actor.

__Affiliation:__ KBS Voice Actors' 23rd Class.

[Blog](https://blog.naver.com/uomo99) l [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/uomo99) l [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/koo_jahyoung/?igsh=cHVpdmtpYWZka2do#) l [Twitter](https://x.com/uomo99) l [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/user/Uomossendol)

In the days before the Japanese Revolution, Hiko Seiijuro, a wandering master swordsman and hermit, encounters a bandit raid on a slave wagon. Hiko kills the raiding bandits in hopes of saving as many lives as possible, but only manages to spare one life from the massacre. Hiko leaves the child, advising him to go to the nearby village and have them take care of him. 

A few days later, as Hiko comes back to check upon the child he saved, he is shocked to see the child had created graves, both for the slaves he befriended and the bandits who killed them. Seeing potential in the young one, Hiko takes the child under his wing, names him Kenshin, meaning "heart of sword," and teaches him about the art of swordsmanship under the Hiten Mitsuruugi Ryu. 

Struggling in a constant challenge with his ideal beliefs reflecting against the harshness of reality, Tsuiokuhen tells the melancholic and dark story of Himura Kenshin as one of the most feared assassins of the Japanese Revolution: the Hitokiri Battousai. 
(Source: MAL Rewrite)

An Italian voice actor, ADR director and dialogue writer, mostly known for his roles as [Roronoa Zoro](https://anilist.co/character/62/), [Artificial Human No. 17](https://anilist.co/character/2147/), adult [Son Goten](https://anilist.co/character/2551/), [Kabuto Yakushi](https://anilist.co/character/2405/), [Judai Yuki](https://anilist.co/character/1300/), [Guts](https://anilist.co/character/422/) and [Keroro](https://anilist.co/character/1245/).

One hundred and forty years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who, felling men with his bloodstained blade, gained the name Hitokiri, manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Then he vanished, and with the flow of years, became legend.
 
(Source: VIZ Media)
 
Included one-shots: 
Volume 1: Rurōni -Meiji Kenkaku Romantan- (second one-shot for the series, which Watsuki calls a "side-story") 
Volume 3: Rurōni -Meiji Kenkaku Romantan- (first one-shot for the series, which Watsuki calls the "pilot") 
Volume 6: Sengoku no Mikazuki (Nobuhiro Watsuki's debut one-shot) 
Volume 28: Meteor Strike

Re-adaptation of the main manga series.
 
One hundred and forty years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who, felling men with his bloodstained blade, gained the name Hitokiri, manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Then he vanished, and with the flow of years, became legend.
 
(Source: VIZ Media)

__Height:__ 169.6cm (5"7')
__Agent:__ 81 Produce

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He started his singing career in 2017. Named Best Rookie Actor at the 9th Seiyu Awards (2015) and won the Singing Award at the 16th Seiyu Awards (2021).

**Non-anime roles:**
~!• [Chongyun](https://anilist.co/character/233899/Chongyun) - Genshin Impact (VG)!~

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Caio Eduardo Freire Guarnieri, better known simply as Caio Guarnieri, is a Brazilian actor, voice actor, and youtuber. He is the son of [Tatá Guarnieri](https://anilist.co/staff/104613/), older brother of [Isabella Guarnieri](https://anilist.co/staff/180908/) and boyfriend of [Natália Alves](https://anilist.co/staff/168031/).

__Non-Anime Roles:__
~!- Austin North and Kit Young (Most of the productions)
- Robert "Bob" Reynolds / Sentry / Void (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Koda / Dino Charge Blue Ranger (Power Rangers: Dino Charge and Power Rangers: Beast Morphers)
- Michelangelo (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Dexter Charming (Ever After High)
- Kenji "Ken" Satō / Ultraman (Ultraman: Rising)
- Ercole Visconti (Luca)
- Flash Sentry (My Little Pony: Equestria Girls)
- Sky (Fate: The Winx Saga)
- Hoodude Voodoo (Monster High franchise)
- Felix Ferne (Nowhere Boys and Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows)
- Logan Watson (I Didn't Do It and Jessie)
- Luke Riordan / Golden Boy (Gen V)
- Sir Percedal of Sadlygrove (Wakfu)
- John (The Passion of the Christ)
- Jesper Fahey (Shadow and Bone)
- Rafal (The School for Good and Evil)
- Wally Clark (School Spirits)
- Ryan (Thanksgiving)
- Rufus (Boris e Rufus)
- Finnegan Wake (Monster High 2022)
- Lancel Lannister (3rd voice - 6th season; Game of Thrones)
- Will Scarlet / Knave of Hearts (Once Upon a Time and Once Upon a Time in Wonderland)
- Tommy Harte (Why Women Kill)
- Jack Marrowbone (Marrowbone)
- Vincent af Klintskog (Young Royals)
- Kurt Kunkle (Spree)
- Conner Kent / Superboy (2nd dub; Justice League Dark: Apokolips War)
- Zach (The Walking Dead)
- Shinohara Shinnoshin (Gintama 2: Rules are Made to be Broken)
- The Foreigner (Kraven the Hunter)
- Jeff (Bottoms)
- Zachary "Zach" Florrick (The Good Wife)
- Anthony Frasconi (Reacher)
!~

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American voice actor and video game designer.

The second season of Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023). 

A phantom of the Bakumatsu who must be taken down. All the answers you desire are in Kyoto! 

(Source: Aniplex USA)

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Luiz Henrique Amorim is a Brazilian actor, voice actor, and singer.

__Non-Anime Roles:__
~!- Wim (Skeleton Crew)
- Nicholas Scratch (Agatha All Along)
- Dylan (Red One)
- Manne Holmberg (Släpp Taget)
!~

Kenshin’s history of death and destruction has left him known throughout all of Japan as the sword-bearing master assassin. Seeking retribution for his past, Kenshin wanders further away to a place he can call home. Although creating a time of peace through his actions, Kenshin continues to distance himself from the ones he loves. Kenshin’s wife, Kaoru, anxiously waits for the moment of his return. Will Kenshin ever return to his wife before she passes away from waiting?
 
(Source: Aniplex of America)

The war against the Tokugawa Shogunate ended years ago. But there are some who are not happy with the outcome. Shigure Takimi watched his friends and family get slashed down in the name of freedom and prosperity. Now he and a band of desperate rebels have sworn to settle one final score. Only one man stands in their way: Kenshin Himura. But when Shigure discovers Kenshin's true identity as the Hitokiri Battousai, his fight becomes a personal vendetta.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

Brother of [Georgia Lepore](https://anilist.co/staff/137994)

The manga features Kenshin Himura as the protagonist, once a deadly assassin during the Meiji Restoration, who is trying to find a new life beyond violence. The manga will consist of five "arcs". (Source: Anime News Network)

A bonus OVA episode included in the VHS/DVD release. 
 
Note: Also known as episode 95.

A large scale remake of the time after Kenshin leaves tokyo up until before the inferno of Kyoto.

It's been a few years after Kenshin gave Yahiko his sakabato. Kaoru sends Yahiko off to another dojo to look after the master's daughter while he's away. But when Yahiko arrives, the place has been already taken over by extremists and Yahiko is taken hostage as well. Now it's up to him to save the day.

The last scene of the 10 Years Special DVD BOX released in Japan in 2007. Follows the manga's ending.