__Affiliation:__ Shinsengumi, The Bakufu
__Rank:__ Second Lieutenant, Captain of Shinsengumi's 2nd Unit

Nagakura Shinpachi is second lieutenant of Shinsengumi, bellow Hijikata Toshizo and Kondo Isami. Overall, his character could be called Happy-Go-Lucky. He loves to make jokes and play with his comrades.  Usually, Shinpachi can be seen with his closest friend, Harada Sanosuke, picking on Toudou Heisuke. It is also noted that he is true alcoholic and womanizer, as he is seen to break curfew one night and was out drinking.  Despite being very cheerful and childish, Shinpachi is master swordsman, rightfully earning his position as second lieutenant of Shinsengumi.  His character is based on Historical Nagakura Shinpachi. 

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)

Kalob Martinez has worked as an actor and director for nearly ten years. On the Houston stage, he has appeared in Homebody/Kabul as Dr. Qari Shah with Main Street Theatre, and as Lenox in Macbeth for the Houston Shakespeare Festival. Kalob has also appeared in roles for the Alley Theatre and the Houston Grand Opera. As a voice artist, Kalob can be heard in Tokyo Majin (Ryuta Yotsugi), Gilgamesh (Sex), and The Place Promised in Our Early Days (Takuya Sawatari). Kalob is recognized as an Actor/Combatant in the Society of American Fight Directors, and is proficient in seven weapons.

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.

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.

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