Kawakami Gensai

Kawakami Gensai (, Kawakami Gensai) is a character featured in Like a Dragon: Ishin!. He is based on the real-life historical figure and he shares his in-game appearance with Shinji Tanaka.
== Profile ==
=== Appearance ===
Kawakami is a young man in his 20s. He shares his appearance with his modern counterpart, even dressing in a manner reminiscent of his 21st century double's attire: He wears a light purple yukata with bright yellow floral pattern decor, along with some black hakama.
=== Personality ===
Kawakami is a committed member of the Sonno Joui movement, and thus wishes to expel all foreigners from Japan, even being willing to kill foreigners for what he perceives as "trespassing" on Japanese soil. He is more hesitant to kill his fellow countrymen, but will nonetheless do so if they associate with foreigners.
Kawakami is a master of iaijutsu and is quite proud of it.
== Involvement ==
=== Like a Dragon: Ishin!: 1867 ===
Kawakami confronts Ernest Satow and Sakamoto Ryoma as they walk down the streets of Rakunai while looking for a particular bar. Kawakami had heard stories about Satow, whom he describes as an "inebriate gaijin" talking to the locals at a bar in Fushimi, and decided to kill him as a threat to other foreigners getting comfortable in Japan.
When Kawakami draws his sword against Satow, Sakamoto steps in to defend him and defeats Kawakami in battle. Though shocked at having been bested, Kawakami cockily taunts Satow, telling him that even though he's survived this attack, other Sonno Joui members will continue to come after him and he's certain one of them will succeed where he has failed. After issuing this warning, Kawakami departs.
Some time later, Kawakami would tell fellow Sonno Joui member Tanaka Shinbei about the incident, prompting him to try to kill Satow and Sakamoto as well.
== Trivia ==
* Kawakami is one of the , a group of infamous assassins who played an important role in the fall of the Tokugawa Bakufu. In Ishin!, all four hitokiri are portrayed by members of the Nishikiyama Family.
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