Harada is one of the most cheerful of the Shinsengumi, He is usually making jokes with his friend Shinpachi and loves to makes other smile in a climax sometimes full of sadness and pain. He is very quick to get angry, but also very loyal and friendly. He prefer the spear to the sword. Sanosuke serves Kondo as personal adviser, in fact he always is been informative of everything and is a fencing master. 

He has a very proud determination. He also loves to have fun with his buddies, he gets a temper every now and then. He's just one of those big spirited people who enjoy living life and loves to make people around him be happy and at ease.  You will always see him hanging around with Shinpachi and Heisuke since they are really good friends, and because of their wild personalities, they were named 'The comedian trio' by the other members.   

__Anime Spoilers:__
~!Sanosuke does not die in episode 6 of the second season of anime after defeating Koudou's rasetsu army at Ueno. He fought alongside Shiranui. It is unknown what happened to him afterwards because he never caught up to Chizuru and Hijikata after they had taken a ship and left.!~

__Visual Novel Spoilers:__
~!He is the only one that didn't became resetsu and in the game. He and Shiranui develop a friendship bond, the latter even willing to fight for humans to help his friend.!~


The protagonist, Yukimura Chizuru, is the daughter of a doctor who works in Edo. The father leaves Edo to work as a volunteer doctor and moves to Kyoto without his daughter. As time passes by, Chizuru starts worrying about losing contact with her father, so she decides to go to Kyoto in search of him. On the way, Chizuru is attacked by few criminals and witnesses a fight between an oni and the Shinsengumi. Taking her into custody and saving her, the Shinsengumi debate on what to do with Chizuru when they discover that she is the daughter of the doctor they are also looking for. So they decide to become Chizuru's protectors and help her look for her father (the doctor). Lots of events happen while she stays with the Shinsengumi, as they discover mysterious secrets and also fight against the Bakumatsu group. The story is overall romantic with a historical and political background. 
(Source: Hakuouki official website)

He was married to voice actor [Kanako Mitsuhashi](https://anilist.co/staff/95546/Kanako-Mitsuhashi) but they divorced on June 2012. 

Non-anime roles:
- Baizhu (Genshin Impact)
- Roland (Punishing: Gray Raven)
- Waruido Spindo (Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger)

Illich Auyapah Guardiola is an American actor and voice actor for ADV Films, Funimation Entertainment, and Seraphim Digital Studios. He easily has one of the most recognizable voices, with a unique accent that is hard to pinpoint. In Houston, TX. Illich is also known as "The Honduran Hotcake."

The continuation of Hakuoki. 
The Edo Era has ended after 260 years of history and the Meiji Era begins. However, bitter strife still continues between the soldiers of the new government and former Tokugawa retainers. This is the stage in which the surviving members of the Shinsengumi find themselves upon their return to Edo following their defeat at Tobafushimi. 
(Sources: ANN, AniDB)

The year is 1863 and as Japan's long festering wounds of political discord erupt into violent waves of street clashes and murder, the Tokugawa Shogunate sends a new force of masterless samurai called the Roshigumi to the aid of the Aizu forces in Kyoto. However the new "police" are anything but a cohesive force and assassination has already split them into two opposing factions. The stronger is led by the brutal Serizawa Kamo and the lesser by the more honorable but less assertive Isami Kondo. It is into this pack of wolves that Ryunosuke Ibuki is dragged by the rabid Serizawa. Forced to be a virtual slave by blood debt, he hates the samurai and everything they stand for. But as he sees how the other half of the samurai live, he begins to believe that there may still be a chance, for both himself and Japan, if only Kondo will step up and take down the mad dog Serizawa! 
(Source: Sentai Filmworks)

This OVA takes place in between episodes 8 and 9 of the first season of Hakuouki. 
Yukimura Chizuru goes on a reconnaissance mission in Shimabara as a geiko for the Shinsengumi. Each episode unfolds the events of the days leading up to, during, and after the operation. It intermittently reveals each captain's involvement as well as that of a few demons in the affair. Each individual episode primarily focuses from the third person perspectives of: Okita Souji, Saito Hajime, Harada Sanosuke, Toudou Heisuke, Hijikata Toshizo, and Kazama Chikage.

Second and last part of the movies that remake season 1 and 2.
 
The battle at Koufu Castle has been lost, the Furies are no longer restrained by daylight, and while the individual members of the Shinsengumi still survive, the links that bound them together have been torn and shattered.
 
As Harada, Shinpachi, and Saito try to fight their way out of Koufu, Chizuru holds true to her oath to Hijikata, standing guard over Kondou, while he and Okita fight to recover from their gunshot wounds.
 
And Hijikata faces the greatest test of all. Having partaken of the Water Of Life, he must now balance his humanity against a need for blood and the deeds the Fury's power makes possible.
 
(Source: SENTAI FILMWORKS)

First part of movies that remake season 1 and 2.
 
There's a war going on in ancient Kyoto. A war fought in shadows, between the forces of the Shogunate's armed enforcers, the Shinsengumi, and the vampire-like Ronin warriors known as the Rasetsu or Furies. And trapped in the middle is a young woman disguised as a man.
 
Seeking her missing father, Chizuru Yukimura comes to Kyoto only to find her fate forever intertwined with the destinies of Shinsengumi Vice commander Toshizo Hijikata and his elite force of swordsmen. Because Chizuru's father has created a secret elixir that enhances the user's strength, speed and healing, and the furies will do anything and kill anyone in order to control that power! 
 
(Source: SENTAI FILMWORKS)

Chizuru Yukimura, who has come to the city of Kyoto in search of her father, has been working with the Shinsengumi since she was saved from a blood-seeking monster. Then, in June of the first year of Keio, the Shinsengumi moved to Nishi Honganji Temple to continue their patrol of Kyoto, and received reports of the frequent appearance of "bandits who assume the name of Shinsengumi. At the same time, Shinsengumi is order to protect the Shogun Iemochi who will visit Kyoto, and Hijikata and the others are in a hurry to solve the case. 

Meanwhile, several rasetsu escape from the Shinsengumi post with the help of "a figure resembling Chizuru." In addition, Chizuru, who had gone to the city with Sakai, the treasurer, are drawn into the fray and goes missing. The Satsuma domain receives information of a plot to assassinate the Shogun by Tosa domain's ronin, and Kazama and the others head for Kyoto. Are the various incidents surrounding the Shinsengumi a coincidence? As everything becomes chaotic and the time until the Shogun's arrival in Kyoto approaches, Hijikata and the Shinsengumi must decide... 
 
(Source: Crunchyroll)
 
Episodes: 
Chapter One (第一章), November 13, 2021. 
Chapter Two (第二章), December 11, 2021. 
Chapter Three (第三章), January 29, 2022. 
 
Note: The episodes streamed in advance on the U-NEXT service ahead of the official BD/DVD release. These OVAs will have a Blu-Ray/DVD release on December 24, 2021, January 28, 2022, and February 25, 2022 respectively.

Based originally on the famous otome game, this series is Ninomiya Sachi's version of Yukimura Chizuru's story as she arrives in Kyo from Edo to search for her missing father and accidentally meets the members of the Shinsengumi, who harbor an awful secret.  Unique from other versions, this series unfolds a bit out of order, starting already at the Ikedaya-jiken and then progressing with flashbacks.

Based originally on the famous otome game, this series is Hiraku Naki's version of Yukimura Chizuru's story as she arrives in Kyo from Edo to search for her missing father and eventually becomes involved with the Shinsengumi.  This version begins the night that she meets the members for the first time.  

A novel adaptation of the game "Hakuoki", following Hajime Saitou's route.

A collection of short stories, each split into two parts, all based on the famous otome game and anime series, Hakuouki, which follows Yukimura Chizuru as she begins her journey to find her missing father in Kyo and meets members of the Shinsengumi, who harbor an awful secret. 
 
Each story is written by different authors and is meant to individually highlight Chizuru's relationship with one of the main characters of the series. Consequently, there is a story dedicated to Hijikata, Okita, Saitou, Harada, and Heisuke.

Sanosuke Harada