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Hajime Saitou (斎藤 一)
Hajime Saitou is loosely based on the real third-squad captain of the Shinsengumi. During the Meiji era, he lived as a police officer under the name of Gorou Fujita. In the Rurouni Kenshin series, he plays the role of Kenshin's old rival and enemy from the Bakumatsu. He has no compassion or mercy for his enemies and he lives by the Shinsengumi code "Aku Soku Zan (悪即斬)," literally "Slay Evil Immediately," but more poetically rendered as "Swift Death To Evil." His signature technique is the Gatotsu, a left-handed thrust and a variation of the Hirazuki technique developed by Toshizou Hijikata, the Vice Commander of the Shinsengumi. Although the Gatotsu is a fictional technique only found within the Rurouni Kenshin series, the Hirazuki is a real technique that was used by many of the Shinsengumi members.
Animeography
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Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuioku-hen
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Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan
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Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Ishinshishi e no Chinkonka
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Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Seisou-hen
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Rurouni Kenshin: Special Techniques
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Rurouni Kenshin: Review Special
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Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Shin Kyoto-hen
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Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023)
Mangaography
Voice Actors
Ken Narita
Japanese
John Swasey
English
Kirk Thornton
English
Satoshi Hino
Japanese
Hirotaka Suzuoki
Japanese
Christian Iansante
Italian
Wellington Lima
Portuguese (BR)
Mike Marshall
French
Ken Webster
English
Alexandre Marconatto
Portuguese (BR)
Sebastian Jacob
German
Alberto Sette
Italian
Michelangelo Marchese
French