Sagara, Sanosuke
相楽 佐之助
The Sekihoutai fought for the imperial alliance at the end of the Tokugawa regime, and Sanosuke admired his captain, Sagara Sōzō, taking the family name Sagara from him. The Sekihō Army was on assignment to spread word of the halving of taxes proclaimed by the revolution. However, when the revolutionary government encountered financial problems, they labeled the Sekihoutai as frauds to bury their promises. This setup was engineered by Shindō Tatewaki, a former officer in the imperial alliance. The Sekihoutai were designated scapegoats and to be executed; Sanosuke was the only survivor, other than his friend Tsukioka Katsuhiro. The exact circumstances of Sōzō's death differ between the animated version and the manga; in the manga Sanosuke realized he had been killed after seeing his decapitated head on display as a warning, while in the anime a wounded Sōzō pushed Sanosuke to safety off a cliff in order to save him before dying himself.
Full of anger and bitterness, Sanosuke made a living as a fighter-for-hire who bore the nickname "Zanza" derived from his weapon, the zanbatō. Sanosuke's sword, the heaviest katana ever made in the Rurouni Kenshin universe, originates from the Ōnin Struggle. Due to wear the blade no longer has an edge. Sanosuke uses the sword to smash and crush.
Hiruma Kihei and Gohei hire Sanosuke to kill Himura Kenshin, but after the former assassin defeats Sanosuke and Sanosuke learns of the truth of Kenshin's no-kill approach, Sanosuke becomes a valuable ally. He later adopts a boxing-like fighting skill, known for the strength of his right fist. Because the zanbatō broke during the fight, Sanosuke no longer wields it on a regular basis, using only one more time in the manga to defend the Kamiya dojo during the Jinchu arc.
At the end of the manga series, Sanosuke leaves Japan to avoid becoming wrongfully arrested and travels the world. He is not heard from until five years later during a reunion of the Kenshin-gumi, in which he tells them via a letter that he is in Mongolia and will stay there for a while before heading back to Japan.
Details:
- First name:
Sanosuke - Last name:
Sagara - Other names:
Sano Zanza Rooster Head Street Fighter
- Age:
19
Photo gallery
(14)Productions featuring this character
(9)
TV
Main
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Kyoto Douran
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Disturbance
TV
Main
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023)
Rurouni Kenshin
OVA
Main
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Seisou-hen
Samurai X: Reflection
Movie
Main
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Ishinshishi e no Chinkonka
Samurai X: The Motion Picture
TV
Main
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan
Rurouni Kenshin
OVA
Supporting
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Shin Kyoto-hen
Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc
Special
Supporting
Rurouni Kenshin Special
Samurai X Special
Special
Supporting
Special
Supporting
Voice actors for this character
(24)
Taku YashiroVoices: Japanese
Renan AlonsoVoices: Portuguese (BR)
Darius JohnsonVoices: English
Fernando Rivas VillarealVoices: Spanish
Natsumi FujiwaraVoices: Japanese
Felipe CostaVoices: Portuguese (BR)
Kimlinh TranVoices: English
Yuuji UedaVoices: Japanese
Gray HaddockVoices: English
Frédéric PopovicVoices: French
Lorenzo ScattorinVoices: Italian
Alexander DoeringVoices: German
Manuel StraubeVoices: German
Affonso AmajonesVoices: Portuguese (BR)
Won-hyeong ChoiVoices: Korean
Nanni BaldiniVoices: Italian
Luis TenorioVoices: Spanish
Lex LangVoices: English
Derek Stephen PrinceVoices: English
Yuriko FuchizakiVoices: Japanese
Sébastien HébrantVoices: French
Fábio LucindoVoices: Portuguese (BR)
Émilie GuillaumeVoices: French
Ku Chen LinVoices: Mandarin
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