page_title: Okita Sōji
section_title: Name
hierarchical_section_title: Okita Sōji / Name
caption_attribution_description: English: Okita SōjiEspañol: Okita Sōji The factual accuracy of this description or the file name is disputed.Reason: This souvenir photo from the Meiji era was often wrongly introduced as the photo of Okita Sōji though the modern times, the person in the photo is actually of a different person. Currently, there are no existing photos of Okita Sōji been rediscovered.
context_page_description: Okita Sōji was the captain of the first unit of the Shinsengumi, a special police force in Kyoto during the late shogunate period. He was one of the best swordsmen of the Shinsengumi.
context_section_description: "Okita" (沖田) was his family name; "Sōji" (総司) was his given name; "Fujiwara" (藤原) was his family clan (the surname of his ancestors); "Kaneyoshi" (房良) was his jitsumei, a formal given name (like a middle name for gentlemen equivalent). It is unclear whether Okita changed his name to Okita Sōji Fujiwara no Kaneyoshi in 1863 or in 1862 (or less likely, in 1861.) There is a theory that he changed his name to Sōji because some people around him called him "Sō-Ji" (short for Sōjirō.) Other than his full name, he could be referred as Okita Sōji or Okita Sōji Kaneyoshi. In writing, he was sometimes referred as Fujiwara no Kaneyoshi (formal name used in writing) or Okita Kaneyoshi (like the "initials" for his full name.)
caption: This souvenir photo from the Meiji era was often wrongly introduced as the photo of Okita Sōji though the modern times, the person in the photo is actually someone different. Currently, no existing photos of Okita Sōji have been discovered.
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