Todo Heisuke

Todo Heisuke (, Tōdō Heisuke) is a character featured in Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin!/Like a Dragon: Ishin!. 
He is the Shinsengumi Captain of the Eighth Division.
==Profile==
===Appearance===
In the Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin!, Todo's appearance mostly resembles that of Shigeki Baba, except for his hair, which is longer and tied in a traditional samurai top-knot.
In Like a Dragon: Ishin!, he is instead based on Tianyou Zhao.
==== Attire ====
Todo wears the same light-blue haori worn by other members the Shinsengumi. Underneath, he is dressed in a green hakama and a navy colored kimono, embroidered with flowers, covering a green nagajuban. After he pretends to defect to the newly-formed Goryo Eji to spy on them, he discards his haori and dons the organisation's green counterpart.
===Personality===
Todo is a very calm, collected man, who has a relaxed attitude regarding everything in life, including the many violent murders which he commits in service of the Shogunate. This callous behaviour regarding violence makes him appear uncaring and cold-hearted, but he is nonetheless deeply loyal to his mentors, Kondo and Hijikata.
Todo is deeply committed to the Shinsengumi's mission, saying that Japan is in a "mad era" where only violence is law and that maintaining order is paramount, even if means doing things which aren't "respectable". In his view, only after the Shogunate has eliminated the rebels who threaten the social order, then "maybe this world will calm down a little".
== Background ==
Todo was one of the original members of the Shinsengumi, back when they operated out of the Sheikan Dojo in Edo and were not an official organization. Correspondingly, he accompanied the group when they relocated to Kyoto and became incorporated as a special police group under the name "Miburoshigumi".
==Involvement==
===Ryu Ga Gotoku: Ishin!/Like a Dragon: Ishin!: 1867===
Sakamoto Ryoma (using the alias of "Saito Hajime") joins the Shinsengumi while searching for his foster father's killer, whom he suspects is a Shinsengumi member. Ryoma is promoted to Captain of the Third Unit on his first day after he impresses Vice-Commander Hijikata Toshizo with his incredible swordsmanship. During the Captain's meeting where this promotion is announced, many of the already established captains voice their displeasure. Hijikata instructs Fourth Unit Captain Matsubara Chuji to give Ryoma a tour of the Shinsengumi's headquarters, but Matsubara refuses, since he says he's opposed to an outsider being made captain. On hearing this, Todo volunteers to give Ryoma the tour instead. After the meeting is over, Todo gives Ryoma his captain's haori and tells him to meet him the following morning for his tour.
The following morning, Todo gives the new captain a tour of the base as promised, showing him the soldiers' barracks, the holding cells and interrogation building, the stall out of which contracts can be undertaken and the captain's living quarters, which includes a room just for him. 
After speaking with the organization's spymaster, Yamazaki Susumu, Todo informs Ryoma that a member of the Third Unit, Akimoto Bunkichi, has deserted his post and was overheard saying he intends to leave town with his favorite courtesan, Mizuki. Since Ryoma is the new leader of the Third Unit, it is his duty to enforce the iron code of the Shinsengumi by executing the deserter; however, since he's also new, Todo offers to accompany him and aid him. Though Ryoma is hesitant to kill the man, he plays along to maintain his cover and travels with Todo to the brothel in Gion where the courtesan Mizuki works, hoping to catch Akimoto there before he leaves town. 
The pair split up to search the brothel and Ryoma locates Akimoto first, whereupon he warns him that the Shinsengumi is onto him and tells him he should sneak out and leave town immediately, lest he be killed. However, Akimoto insists he can't leave without Mizuki and wastes time trying to convince her to come with him, leading to Todo hearing him, finding him and killing him with a single sword strike to the back.
Ryoma reprimands Todo for killing the man, insisting he was not a fit soldier and thus would've posed no threat to the Shinsengumi if allowed to leave with his life. However, Todo sternly insists that, to have the ironclad troop discipline the Shinsengumi needs to maintain order in the dog-eat-dog capital, all disobedience needs to be brutally punished and desertion, in particular, can only be met with death. Afterwards, Todo eases up and tells Ryoma he's "too much of a serious guy" and that he "shouldn't think too much" about their work.
A few weeks later, all the Shinsengumi's units take part in a raid against the Choshu Loyalist Party at Ikedaya. Once the raid is concluded, Vice-Commander Hijikata surmizes that the Shinsengumi has a traitor within their captains, since the Choshu Loyalists knew they were coming. Immediately after Hijikata says this, Todo raises his hand and guesses that Fourth Unit Captain Matsubara is the traitor. Matsubara angrily rebuffs Todo, but Hijikata then agrees with the Eighth Unit Captain, saying that Inspector Yamazaki has provided him with evidence that Matsubara has been meeting with an informant who works for the Loyalists and that he'd also been born in Choshu but had hidden this from the rest of the Shinsengumi. Matsubara tries to deflect blame onto Ryoma, who'd also been meeting with the same informant, but he's ignored and then executed by Sixth Unit Captain Inoue Genzaburo. After Matsubara is killed, Todo nonchalantly announces that he's tired after such a big fight and wants to go to bed.
Months later, after Ito Kashitaro betrays the Shinsengumi by having Commander Kondo killed and forging orders to have them start fires all over Kyoto as cover for a Tosa Loyalist Party plot, Hijikata prepares to execute him during a captain's meeting. However, Todo and Fifth Unit Captain Takeda Kanryusai reveal that they've also been conspiring with Ito and intend to break away from the Shinsengumi to form a new, pro-Loyalist police force known as the Goryo Eji. At gunpoint, Takeda and Todo force Hijikata to let them and Ito leave the Shinsengumi's base alive.
Unbeknownst to Ito, Todo is actually a double-agent working for Hijikata, who'd long suspected Ito of being a traitor. Working as a mole, Todo informs Hijikata that Ito is working for Takechi Hanpeita, the leader of the Tosa Loyalist Party, who has been trying to cause a war between the Shogunate and the Loyalist alliance between Satsuma and Choshu. Takechi hopes that the Shogunate and the Satcho Alliance will destroy each other in a war for control over the country, after which the Tosa Loyalists can emerge as the most powerful political force and take over Japan. Since Ryoma has contact with the Katsura Kogoro from the Choshu Loyalists and Saigo Kichinosuke of the Satsuma Domain Army, the Shinsengumi Captains decide to ask them for help to lure Takechi into a trap.
Unfortunately for Todo, Takeda had grown suspicious of him and started following him around the city. Takeda eventually sees Todo meeting with Hijikata and, by eavesdropping on them, learns of their machinations. After Todo leaves his meeting with Hijikata, Takeda ambushes him and fatally wounds him, before rushing off to Katsura's home. Todo lives long enough to return to Hijikata's hideout and warn him of Takeda's discovery and his intent to kill Katsura.
After Ryoma finds and kills Takeda, Hijikata, Okita Soji and Nagakura Shinpachi dump his body alongside Todo's in the street to make it seem like both were assassinated by pro-Shogunate forces, thus covering up Todo's double agent role. Ryoma opposes this, saying that Todo doesn't deserve to have his body abandoned like that, but Hijikata insists that it was Todo's dying wish, since he wanted to ensure their mission could continue.
==Gallery==
===Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin!===
RGGI! - Character Render - Todo Heisuke.png|Full-body Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin! render of Todo
RGGI! - Character Render - Todo Heisuke (Goryo Eji).png|Full-body Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin! render of Todo in the Goryo Eji
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Rggishintodorevolver.jpg|Todo threatening the remaining Shinsengumi captains as he "defects".
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Rggitodoinjured.jpg|Todo lying injured at Teradaya.
Rggitodobody.jpg|Okita carries Todo's body.
Rggitodotakedabodies.jpg|Bodies of Todo and Takeda.
===Like a Dragon: Ishin!===
LADI! - Character Render - Todo Heisuke.png|Full-body Like a Dragon: Ishin! render of Todo
LADI! - Character Render - Todo Heisuke (Goryo Eji).png|Full-body Like a Dragon: Ishin! render of Todo in the Goryo Eji
=== Ryu Ga Gotoku Online ===
RGGO - Card - SSR Todo Heisuke.png|SSR Todo Heisuke
RGGO - Card - KSR Todo Heisuke (Ishin Kiwami).png|KSR Todo Heisuke (Ishin Kiwami)
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