the game, which is set in the Bakumatsu and has a musical theme, he is depicted as the bass player in a rock band led by Sakamoto Ryōma. Takasugi Shinsaku is usually portrayed in most NHK Taiga drama dealing with the Meiji Restoration. Most recent instances would be: Ryōmaden, played by Japanese actor Yusuke Iseya Hana Moyu, played by Japanese actor Kengo Kora. Takasugi Shinsaku was played by Japanese actor Yujiro Ishihara in the 1957 film Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate. Takasugi Shinsaku is credited with the aphorism "Live a pleasant life in the unpleasant world" in the manga Natsuyuki Rendezvous. Takasugi Shinsaku is the protagonist in the anime "Bakumatsu". His Japanese voice actor is Nakamura Yuuichi. Takasugi Shinsaku appears as an npc in the mobile game Fate/Grand Order''. Takasuhi Shinsaku is a protagonist in the Manga Sidooh by Takashi Tsutomu. He is the starting general of the Choshu clan in the real time strategy game Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai, also featuring the Kiheitai as the clan's unique elite unit. Notes References (US). OCLC 413111 External links National Diet Library Bio & Photo About Takasugi Shinsaku (Japanese) 1839 births 1867 deaths 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Japan Japanese revolutionaries Meiji Restoration Mōri retainers People from Chōshū domain People from Yamaguchi Prefecture Samurai Deified Japanese people