Shinomori Aoshi (四乃森 蒼紫), known in Western order as Aoshi Shinomori in the English version of the anime, is a fictional "Okashira" (御頭, literally means "the head," means "boss" or "leader") of the Oniwabanshū in the anime and manga series Rurouni Kenshin.
Nobuhiro Watsuki based Aoshi on Hijikata Toshizō, the deputy Leader of the Shinsengumi. There are most certainly versions of Hijikata portrayed in books and fiction; Aoshi grew out of the Hijika...
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Shinomori Aoshi
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Nobuhiro Watsuki
Nobuhiro Watsuki (和月 伸宏, Watsuki Nobuhiro, born May 26, 1970) is a Japanese mangaka, best known for his samurai-themed series Rurouni Kenshin. He once worked as an assistant for his favorite author Takeshi Obata.
Nobuhiro Watsuki was born in Nagaoka, Niigata prefecture, Japan. When Watsuki was a...
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