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 Name:
Shinomori Aoshi
Age:
26
Birthdate:
January 1853
Height:
6'0"
Weight:
160 lbs.
Hair:
Black
Eyes:
Blue
Blood
Type: A
The leader
of the Oniwa Banshu, Shinomori Aoshi, became the group's
leader at the young age of fifteen. During the final years
of the Tokugawa Era, Aoshi had recruited men who were
unwanted and underrated because he saw potential in them.
Many of the men looked up to their young leader, but when
the era ended, almost all of them gave up their fighting
lives to move on with more peaceful related lifestyles.
Only four men stayed with Aoshi till the bitter end, Hannya,
Shikijou, Beshimi, and Hyottoko.
Because of
those four, Aoshi had kept on living, since they were
the only ones who had not turned their backs on their
master. Aoshi and the Oniwa Banshu were located in Kyoto,
but due to little or no pay for warriors in the Meiji
Era, the five men moved on to Tokyo where they were hired
by a wealthy drug and weapons dealer named Takeda Kanryu.
Aoshi had left behind the only one to ever love him, Makimachi
Misao, the granddaughter of the leader previous to Aoshi
of the Oniwa Banshu.
Always, Aoshi
wants to prove himself and his men to be the strongest.
In Tokyo, the Oniwa Banshu had gotten a bad name because
they were affiliated with Kanryu, yet, Aoshi and his men
kept their sense of pride. Kanryu thought he owned the
Oniwa Banshu, but Aoshi never showed any signs of being
manipulated. Aoshi was his own individual and not a lackey.
When Kenshin had raided Kanryu's mansion due to the kidnapping
of Megumi, the Oniwa Banshu had fought with Kenshin and
Sanosuke. In the end, it was Aoshi against Kenshin. This
was the biggest fight for Aoshi. If Aoshi could defeat
the man known as Hitokiri Battousai, he would earn himself
the title of the strongest. Unfortunately, Aoshi was lost
in combat, but promised to fight Kenshin again another
day. Shortly after, an enraged Kanryu tried to kill off
Aoshi for disobeying him with a gatling gun, but instead,
the loyal four to Aoshi protected their master with their
bodies.
Aoshi buried
Hannya, Shikijou, Beshimi, and Hyottoko's bodies in the
mountains and lived there in solitude for quite some time.
When word about Shishio Makoto's plot to overthrow the
government was heard of and Kenshin went off to Kyoto,
that's when Aoshi revealed himself again. Over the period
of time, Aoshi had turned into a devil, building up hatred
for Kenshin because he wanted to earn the title of the
strongest for his men. With some help from Soujirou, Aoshi
returned to Kyoto in search of Kenshin.
Upon his return
to Kyoto, Shishio Makoto met up with Aoshi and promised
him that he will have a rematch with Kenshin. This led
to a temporary alliance between the two. Possessed by
his own selfish ambitions, Aoshi even went as far as to
severly injure Okina, a well-respected Oniwa Banshu member,
and threatened to kill Misao and the others if they happened
to get in his way. Later, in Shishio's base, Kenshin encountered
Aoshi. The promise of another battle between the two was
kept, but it was different than before. Although the battle
had ended in the same way, Aoshi losing, there was a different
result. Kenshin had hit Aoshi with the succession technique
of the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu, the Ama Kakeru Ryuu no Hirameki,
causing Aoshi to see the light. No longer was he possessed
with the goal to become the strongest. He had finally
realized what he did wrong and was sorry for embarassing
his men.
After Shishio
was defeated, Aoshi remained in Kyoto and resided at the
Aoiya, where the other Oniwa Banshu members lived. He
spent most of his days in solitude, meditating in silence
at a nearby shrine. It was not until he and Misao set
off to Tokyo to deliver Tomoe's diary that Aoshi sprung
back into action. It was Aoshi who had discovered that
Kaoru had not died as everyone thought. Upon his departure
from Tokyo after the whole deal with Enishi was resolved,
Aoshi and Misao had relocated the bodies of the four loyal
Oniwa Banshu members. While it's location is unknown,
Aoshi had promised it'd be somewhere nicer than their
current plots.
Aoshi is
an indivdual who needs only to speak a few words to get
his message through. He keeps to himself most of the time,
as he is that type of person. Never has a smile been seen
from Aoshi by anyone. His weapon, the kodachi, is a sword
shorter than normal. The kodachi is used for defense,
rather than offense. Because of its lighter than normal
weight, Aoshi uses it to defend while he mixes his knowledge
of kenpo in his fights. Later on, he upgrades and uses
two kodachis, hiding them in one long sheath to fool his
opponents in believing he uses a long sword.
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