Takeda Kanryusai

Takeda Kanryusai (, Takeda Kanryūsai) is an antagonist featured in Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin!/Like a Dragon: Ishin! based on the real-life historical figure of the same name. He is the Shinsengumi Captain of the Fifth Division.
==Profile==
===Appearance===
In the original game, Takeda looks identical to Hiroshi Hayashi, being extremely tall and thin with a similarly shaped head. However, he wears his hair in a chonmage style, signaling his high-status birth. 
In the remake, Takeda is based on Hiroki Awano instead, looking identical to him save for his topknot hairstyle.
===Attire===
While with the Shinsengumi, he wears a dark pink kimono with his light-blue captain's haori on top. After he defects to the Goryo Eji, he wears the same pink kimono but with a green haori instead.
===Personality ===
Takeda is a very cynical man, who believes that the political conflicts between the pro-Bakufu and pro-Emperor factions are merely window-dressing for people's individual, selfish political ambitions. As such, he is willing to fight for either side of the conflict, based on who offers him the best rewards for doing so. He initially sides with the Bakufu and works for the Shinsengumi because they pay him well, but as soon as the pro-Emperor camp offers him more money, he switches sides and joins the Goryo Eji.
== Background ==
Takeda joined the Shinsengumi some time after their re-naming, since he was not amongst the original eight swordsmen who were part of the group when it was known as the Miburoshigumi.
==Involvement==
=== Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin!/Like a Dragon: Ishin!: 1867===
In 1867, when Sakamoto Ryoma (under the alias of "Saito Hajime") joins the Shinsengumi and is immediately promoted to 3rd Division Captain because of his impressive swordfighting skill, this causes controversy amongst the other Captains during a high-command meeting. Takeda is amongst the few Captains who does not object to Sakamoto's promotion, saying that he doesn't care that he's an outsider if his skill is good enough for the job and he keeps his troops in line. This mention of "keeping his troops in line" prompts a snide remark from 10th Division Captain Harada Sanosuke, who mocks Takeda for his "nighttime training sessions" with his troops, which have left some of them bruised and tired during morning training. An argument breaks out amongst both Captains, but it's quickly halted by 6th Division Captain Inoue Genzaburo, who chides Harada for his lack of discipline.
Some time later, after the Shinsengumi have carried out a raid against Choshu Loyalist Party forces at the Ikedaya and 4th Division Captain Matsubara Chuji is executed after he's revealed to be a Shishi infiltrator, Takeda gleefully celebrates that Matsubara's death means the percentage of the reward for the raid for the remaining Shinsengumi Captains will be even bigger.
When the Shinsengumi's spies learn that the shishi leader "Sakamoto Ryoma" (actually Takechi Hanpeita using an alias) was staying at the Teradaya in Fushimi, Military Advisor Ito Kashitaro leads a group which also includes Takeda and his 5th Division to raid the inn and capture "Sakamoto". However, the real Sakamoto and 1st Division Captain Okita Soji convince Ito that Chief Kondo wishes to speak with him about his retirement and the possibility of naming him successor, which prompts Ito to leave and put Okita in charge of the raid. After Ito leaves, Takeda departs with him.
Some time later, after Deputy Chief Hijikata Toshizo exposes Ito as a traitor collaborating with Takechi to further his own power, Takeda and 8th Division Captain Todo Heisuke protect Ito from Hijikata and his allies' attempt to kill him. Ito then reveals that he, Takeda and Todo have been conspiring to defect from the Shinsengumi and form the Goryo Eji, a new special police to further the now more powerful pro-Emperor side of the political conflict in Kyoto. The three traitors then depart from the Shinsengumi HQ with most of the group's remaining troops, who are defecting along with them. However, unbeknownst to Takeda and Ito at the time, Hijikata had anticipated their betrayal and convinced Todo to join up with them as a double agent.
Takeda eventually grows suspicious of Todo and starts following him around the city. He eventually sees him meeting with Ikumatsu of the Choshu Loyalists, whom Todo is speaking with to deliver a message to her lover, Katsura Kogoro. By eavesdropping on them, Takeda learns that Todo is a double agent and that he is soliciting Katsura's help in setting up a trap for Takechi and Ito. After Todo leaves his meeting with Ikumatsu, Takeda ambushes him and fatally shoots him, before storming into Ikumatsu's home to take her hostage. Todo lives long enough to return to the nearby Teradaya and warn Sakamoto of Takeda's discovery and his intent to kill Katsura.
Sakamoto rushes to Ikumatsu's home to stop Takeda, where he finds him holding Ikumatsu at gunpoint while having a drink. Takeda reveals that he doesn't intend to kill Katsura and instead wants a bribe from him to keep silent about their plans, as well as a chance to join the Choshu Loyalists, since he believes they're the likeliest victors in a conflict against the Bakufu. Infuriated by Takeda's mercenary attitude, Sakamoto attacks his former colleague. The two men duel and Takeda ends up being killed, after which Hijikata, Okita and Nagakura Shinpachi dump his body alongside Todo's in the street to make it seem like both were assassinated by pro-Bakufu forces, thus covering up Todo's double agent role.
==Fighting Style==
=== Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin!===
Takeda wields two pistols, and uses Kazuto Arase's moveset. He frequently does the sliding shot and the bullet volley, and is very difficult to dodge.
His aura is magenta.
===Like a Dragon: Ishin! ===
Takeda uses Arase's moveset like in the original Ishin!, except his pistols attacks now give you the poison status effect. Besides this, he has no additional moves or special attacks.
His aura is purple.
== Gallery==
===Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin!===
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RGGI! - Character Render - Takeda Kanryusai.jpg|Full-body Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin! render of Takeda
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Rggitodotakedabodies.jpg|Bodies of Takeda and Todo Heisuke
===Like a Dragon: Ishin!===
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LADI! - Character Render - Takeda Kanryusai (Goryo Eji).png|Full-body Like a Dragon: Ishin! render of Takeda in the Goryo Eji
=== Ryu Ga Gotoku Online ===
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