Seijuurou Hiko

Animeography
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuioku-hen
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Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan
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Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Seisou-hen
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Rurouni Kenshin: Special Techniques
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Rurouni Kenshin: Review Special
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Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Shin Kyoto-hen
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Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023)
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Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Kyoto Douran
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Mangaography
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan
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Seijuurou Hiko (比古 清十郎)

The thirteenth successor to the sword art of Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryuu, Hiko Seijuurou saved young Shinta from marauding bandits who killed his companions. Hiko then took care of Shinta, and renamed him Kenshin ("Heart of Sword") after claiming that Shinta was not a good name for a swordsman. He became angry and disappointed with Kenshin, because he ran away to join the rebellion against the Tokugawa regime. He shut himself away from the rest of the world; he lives as a potter close to the forest near Kyoto. In Seisouhen/Reflection, he also realizes that the Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryuu no longer seems relevant in the changing world, as he remarks to Yahiko: "The only thing that doesn't seem to change is the moon."

Hiko is perhaps the strongest swordsman around; he is far superior even to Kenshin. Although the two are comparable in speed, Hiko possesses a superior sense of judgement in combat and the superhuman strength (hidden, and even suppressed, underneath his heavy cloak) to wield Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu to its maximum. After fifteen years, master and student meet once more. It is then that Kenshin will complete his training, if Kenshin can survive Hiko's ego.

The cloak is not only distinctive for all Hiten Mitsurugi masters, but it also serves to strengthen them in peacetime. Even when conflict is not at the door, Hiko remains in training just by wearing it, as it is composed of several heavy materials that weigh him down and force him to work out because of counter-springs with pressure of around 37.5 kilograms. Watsuki mentions in the manga that he based the billowy capes' image on Spawn of Image Comics by Todd McFarlane (the size of the collar pieces was reduced in the anime).



Voice Actors
Epcar, Richard
English
Ikeda, Shuuichi
Japanese
Love, Andrew
English
Löwenberg, Jaron
German
Choi, Han
Korean
York, Joe
English
Brownlee, James
English
Díez, Eduardo
Spanish
Redondo, Óscar
Spanish
Lotti, Massimiliano
Italian
Ciravolo, Natale
Italian
di Nardo, Felipe
Portuguese (BR)
Krumbiegel, Crock
German
Camilo, Leonardo
Portuguese (BR)
Moura, Fábio
Portuguese (BR)
Roberto, Ivo
Portuguese (BR)
Kazazian, Thierry
French
Grünspan, Erwin
French
Joudrier, Tony
French
Nakamura, Yuuichi
Japanese
Marques, Guilherme
Portuguese (BR)