Post by Himura Kenshin on Oct 16, 2006 2:23:11 GMT -5
Sagara Sanosuke
# Nicknames: Zanza, Rooster, Sano
# Birthday: February 1860
# Height: 179cm (5'9")
# Weight: 71kg (156.2 pounds)
# Blood type: B
# Hair/Eyes: Brown/Brown
# Age: 18
# Occupation: None
# Weapon: fist, zanbatou (a huge sword which Kenshin broke early on in the series)
# Style: street fighting, mixing other martial arts together as he learns them. This is his advantage.
# Background: As a young child during the war, he was obviously an orphan and taken under the wing of an anti-royalist movement leader, Sagara Souzou. The man basically raised Sanosuke as his own kid or brother and Sanosuke looked up to him so much that he even asked if, after the war, he could change his last name to Sagara to match his captain's.
His happiness alongside Souzou was short lived though. They were attacked by royalist troups and everyone was killed except Sanosuke, who was saved by his captain. Because of this, he grew up resenting the government and became a gangster picking fights, getting drunk, and gambling.
When he first meets Kenshin, he tries to kill him as well for being part of the government who killed his best friend ten years ago. However, he eventually realizes Kenshin's true intentions are for the good of humanity and decides to join his cause. He mooches off of the Kamiya household, picks on Kaoru and Yahiko, and still continues to leave an increasing amount of unpaid bills at resturants.
In Seisouhen, it turns out that Sanosuke went out to see the world and traveled across Europe, China, and America in the search of adventure. Years later, he encounters the sick Kenshin and helps him to get back to Japan once again, yet he himself doesn't return.