at his dojo, which has increased the school's enrollment numbers. Isurugi Raijūta appears at Maekawa's dojo and defeats him in a match, but Kenshin prevents Raijūta from mortally wounding Maekawa and burning the dojo sign. However, it is stated that Maekawa was closing the dojo because of the loss. Later, Inui Banjin and Gein attack the dojo, but their bomb only partially destroys it thanks to Sanosuke. Maekawa does not blame Kenshin, but decides to retire and choose a young successor. (Masaru Ikeda, Steve Kramer) is the corrupt secretary of the senate who employs assassins to eliminate rivals in order to further his own career. He employs Udō Jin-e, Akamatsu Arundo, and Saitō Hajime. Shibumi orders Saitō to kill Kenshin, not knowing that Saitō is in actuality allied to Ōkubo Toshimichi. After Saitō appears at Shibumi's place and kills Arundo, Shibumi begs for his life and offers money to Saitō; Saitō refuses and kills Shibumi. (Tomokazu Seki, Corey M. Gagne), based on the historical figure of the same name, was the leader of the Chōshū Ishin Shishi and one of the three great revolutionaries. He assigns Kenshin as a Hitokiri in Kyoto. Katsura later has Shishio Makoto succeed Kenshin as Hitokiri and moves Kenshin to the front lines in order to use him to protect the revolutionaries and the new era, instead of to destroy the old one. He is portrayed by Ichirōta Miyagawa in the first live-action film and Issey Takahashi in the fifth live-action film. (Wataru Takagi, Jason Phelps), based on the historical figure of the same name, was the second in command of the Chōshū Ishin Shishi and founder of the Kiheitai, which initially recruited Kenshin. He led the Chōshū to victory in the Second Chōshū Subjugation, but died two years later without seeing the Revolution succeed. He is portrayed by Masanobu Ando in the live-action film. Anime-only characters Shura is the daughter of the former leader of the Kairyu Pirates, who were poor villagers dedicated to robbing only from the corrupted wealthy people. After her father's death, she succeeded him in leader, and continued his legacy of robbing only the corrupt. During one raid, some pirates wanted to kidnap Kaoru but Shura did not accept that because of her belief that the Kairyu do not harm woman or children, so she took Kenshin to free Kaoru. Due to Shura's strictness and honor-bound rules, along with the