[Approved] Himura "Shinta" Kenshin | Samurai

Shinta · Apr 16, 2020

Anyone can die. It's living that takes courage.

Basic Information

Name: Kenshin Himura
Nickname: Shinta, Hitokiri Battōsai (Previously)
Gender: Male

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Age: 28
Clan: Yakuza
Looks:
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Kenshin is of small, slender build with a youthful, feminine visage. His youthful appearance along with his small build belies his twenty-eight years of age, making him look roughly ten years younger. Kenshin is easily recognised by his unique features including his mid-back length red hair tied in a thick ponytail as well a cross-shaped scar on his left cheek, given to him in his youth. Kenshin's cross-shaped scar actually consists of two separate scars - a long one running diagonally down his face from just below the outer corner of his left eye to just above his chin and a slightly shorter scar running diagonally across it in the other direction from just to the left of the bridge of his nose to his left jawbone.

Kenshin's hair is thick and abundant, with all of the shorter frontal hairs falling across his face as bangs rather than being in the ponytail at the nape of his neck. During his youth, Kenshin wore his ponytail higher than he does today. Kenshin's eyes, too, have an unusually coloured iris, being a deep violet.

Kenshin dresses simply, wearing a plain men's kimono of cheap, worn cloth with a white umanori hakama, zori and white tabi. Kenshin changes his kimono between four colours; a soft red like burgundy, a bolder red, a purple and a deep blue. His Katana is worn under his obi at his left hip in a black, steel saya.

Personality:
Soft-spoken, serene and humble, Kenshin's usual demeanour suits his effeminate appearance perfectly. Always willing to put others before himself, both in terms of well-being and social standing, Kenshin usually refers to others with the noble honorific of "-dono" while nearly always speaking of himself in a particularly humble manner. He carries himself with an air of amicable temperance, politely conversing with the people he encounters and freely giving his meagre services to those who need a hand. Kenshin doesn't hesitate to put himself in the path of harm to shield those around him and often attempts to diffuse contentious situations with soft, calming words and a somewhat clownish personality involving feigned clumsiness and his trademark interjection "oro". These traits lead those unfamiliar with Kenshin to view him as ineffectual or easily exploitable, but more perceptive people become aware in short order that his gift for placatory eloquence and veiled redirection of disagreeable situations suggest a deep wisdom belied by his youthful, unassuming visage.

Tormented by his past as a Hitokiri, Kenshin has developed an acute appreciation for life and has taken a vow in his heart to never again kill another person and to do everything within his power to protect people from being killed. This vow is the defining characteristic of Kenshin's personality and the primary motivation for his actions. Despite this, however, he holds his own existence cheap and carries in his heart a grievous guilt that prevents him from becoming emotionally close to the people around him and compels him to a life of humble service and selfless personal sacrifice. Even with his prodigious skill as a prolific swordsman, Kenshin refrains from wielding his great combat strength for his own sake, drawing his sword only for the well-being of others when words fail to appease. Though unwilling to simply be killed by unrelated attackers, Kenshin freely accepts that any grudges against his past self are well-deserved; he remembers the face of every person he has wronged as the Hitokiri Battōsai and will face their hatred or judgement without complaint, believing that he does not deserve the same happiness as others. Spending much of his alone time in quiet contemplation of his past misdeeds and future retribution, Kenshin often ponders what the right path toward redemption is and laments each life lost due to his weakness. As such, he has a tendency toward trying to solve problems all by himself and alienating his would-be allies with secrecy so as to keep them from becoming involved in his risky endeavours. Having lived his own life carrying heavy regrets, Kenshin is reluctant to judge others for their personal actions, beliefs or mistakes and always offers hopeful encouragement so that those who have stumbled onto the wrong path might redeem themselves in the future. However, when forced to draw his sword against those who abuse their power and undervalue the lives of others, Kenshin's calm temperament gives way to a marked intensity capable of intimidating even other skilled Shinobi and can go so far as to become a powerful fury, despite his compulsion toward diplomacy.

During times when his strength to rely on his vow to not kill is insufficient to defend against a particularly threatening foe, Kenshin's restraint falters and his personality reverts to that of his days as the Hitokiri Battōsai. He immediately abandons his serene humility, dropping the humble tones from his speech in favour of a harsh and direct tone. Kenshin's normally warm nature becomes cold and distant, allowing him to contemplate taking the life of his opponent and even make vicious, bloodthirsty threats. This side of his personality is one that Kenshin struggles to suppress despite the fact that it keeps emerging when he is under great stress and in need of extra strength. His greatest fear is that, one day, he will return to his former self and become a Hitokiri once more. As such, he has come to rely on his close friends and allies in order to keep him in check and to seek their assistance in times of need, despite still being quite reluctant to do so.

Village Info
Land of Birth: Unkown
WSE Clan: None

Rank//Chakra Info

Ninja Rank: Jōnin
Chakra: 1,600
Health: 160
Speciality: Kenjutsu Specialist | Speed Specialist | Increased Tracking Specialist
Your Ninjutsu:

Taijutsu

Kenjutsu

Leg Weights

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The scar of my past will determine my future!.

Background Info

History:

Kenshin was born into a peasant family under the given name of "Shinta". After losing both his parents to cholera by age six, he was sold into slavery. With his life turning for the worse, he was taken under the custody of three young women who were fellow slaves; Akane, Kasumi and Sakura, and grouped together to take care of him in the face of being a child slave. Later on, the slave-traders' caravan was attacked by bandits who killed all of the peasants except for Shinta, who was saved by a skilled swordsmaster who went by the name Hiko. Killing the bandits, the Hiko suggested to Shinta that he travel to a nearby village and start rebuilding his life. Hiko traveled to the same village, but after spending an evening there and hearing no news of Shinta's arrival, he assumed the boy committed suicide. He returned to the site of the massacre with the intention of burying the bodies of everyone who died there. When he arrived, he was shocked to find that, not only had Shinta not committed suicide, but he had spent the previous night burying the bodies of everyone at the site, including the slavers and the bandits. Impressed by the boy's gentility and kindness, Hiko honored the gravestones of the young women who gave their lives to save him, and renamed the boy "Kenshin", as he felt that the name 'Ken' (sword) and 'Shin' (heart) were more fitting for a swordsman. He then informed his new ward that he would teach him everything he knew about swordsmanship.

Not much is known about Kenshin's life from this point, however it has been implied that her served as a proficient and ruthless assassin for a government sect, during a time of great revolution in the local lands. It during this time and the years following, that he acquired the nickname of Hitokiri Battōsai and joined the ranks of the Yakuza's Fukuryu, before a life-changing event caused him to abandon the path of an Assassin and cease referring to himself as the Battōsai.

You can use whatever technique you like, but now that I've said I'll kill you... Your death tonight has been assured.

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Other

Samurai:
Being a Samurai, Kenshin has trained extensively in Kenjutsu techniques, leading him to gain a passive +20 Kenjutsu and Nin/Ken techniques.

Kenjutsu Specialist:
Kenshin has trained for years to excel in Kenjutsu to the point were he is able to extend the range of non elemental kenjutsu by one.

Speed and Tracking Specialist:
Through his rigourous training, Kenshin has pushed his body to be able to move incredible speeds; giving him an additional 3 speed levels above someone of the same rank. (Three from being samurai and Speed Specialist). With this training, he has also gained an increase to his tracking, gaining a x2 modifier.

Weapons:
Kenshin generally carries a standard Katana, at times paired with a standard Wakizashi.

Ninja Technology:
At times Kenshin will opt to wear a set of Samurai Armour and Helmet, that provide; a reduction of 20 damage from physical attacks and an immunity to gas based poisons if equiped.

Incorporated into his helmet, or sometimes used a seperate piece of equipment, Kenshin will also utilise a Scouter:

Sukautā - Scouter
Type: Tools
Rank: A-rank
Range: Short-Long
Chakra: 30 activation 10 per turn thereafter
Damage: N/A
Description: A Scouter is a scanning piece of Ninja technology, contained in a unit that fits over the users left ear, with a semi-transparent coloured monocle that serves as a display, covering the left eye. The colours can vary depending on the users preference but it has no bearing on the usage of the Scouter. The primary function of the scouter is to Scan the Chakra level of an opponent or groups of opponents, displaying a numerical value as well as an arrow to indicate the direction of the chakra source, if they happened to be outside the display-screens field of view. The Scouter is able to pick up Chakra Signals at a vast range, up to a single landmark away; though if multiple Chakra Sources are in the same landmark, it is only able to show the number of individual signals, instead of each Chakra Level. The Scouter will not detect Chakra if the target is using a chakra suppressing ability.
Upon initial activation, it will only show the current level of targets within Long-range of the user, requiring an additional activation cost to scan into the next landmark. Once a targets Chakra has been scanned, it will not constantly update the chakra level as it depletes, instead requiring another activation cost (30 chakra) to update the reading to the targets new chakra level. So long as the user spends the chakra, they are able to constantly track up to five targets at all times, so long as they remain or enter mid-range, unless they use a chakra suppressing ability. The scouter can only track up to two targets if they are long-range away from the wielder, and any targets within an adjacent landmark, will appear as one reading with their combined chakra level displayed on the screen. The scouter is able to track any source of chakra, from projectiles, to clones, to summons and animal companions; anything with a readable chakra source present. This ability to detect targets does grant a small boost to the users tracking speed, granting an equivalent to a 2T Sharingan.
Scouter's are able to provide a direct line of communication with other Scouter's and communication devices, via implementation of a modified script from a communication scroll, however only when the Scouter is active. This communication extends up to three landmarks in any direction and can easily be heard by the wielder due to the device being ear-mounted.
Notes:
-Scouter can remain active so long as the user has the chakra reserves to do so.
-Scouter Tracking speeds do not stack with Doujutsu
-Can only be made/taught by Shinta and a max of 3 can be used.
-Full body lightning jutsu of B rank and higher will short-out the Scouter, making it unusable for five turns. S rank lightning will destroy the Scouter.

Leg Weights:
Kenshin has also utilised Leg Weight Training that when not worn, double his speed and add a +20 damage to his kick-based taijutsu.

Yakuza Clan Rank - Fukuryu (Crouching Dragon):
Kenshin's clan rank means he is truly considered part of the clan. Having relative control over drugs and good combat abilities, he and other Fukuryu fight in the front lines during wars. They constitute the maximum number of people.
With this rank, he is able to consume some of the stronger drugs. Organism is now more used to foreign substances. With his rank and experience in the clan, Kenshin also has Immunity to poison.

If fighting could provide us with the truth, nobody would make any mistakes in their lives. A person's life is not that easy. The truth you must learn from yourself, from how you live your life.

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Theme Song and Background Music:

Perhaps the distant part of the sky always seems clearest, so that we will always strive to reach it.

Updating Kenshin 'Shinta' Himura

Change Log:
~Changed to Samurai bio
~Altered History and Rank//Chakra Info
~Purchased Leg Weights for this bio
~Accepted in Yakuza Clan ~>Here<~

Approved by Sasori