Character Profile-Sanosuke Sagara
Sanosuke is 19 years old and is known as Sano for short or a rooster (because of his hair).He was born on the February 1860.He uses the futai no kiwami as his weapon. When he first appeared in the story, Sanosuke was an angry fighter for hire who made a living by beating people up and basing his prices on how much fun he had doing it. But after Kenshin Himura defeats him in battle and turns his life around, he loses a good deal of his anger and becomes a laid back, easy-going freeloader. Sanosuke is often at the Kamiya dojo, since after his fight with Kenshin he became friends with him and the rest of the dojo inhabitants. He enjoys eating at the Akabeko, though he never pays for his food and often has to borrow money from Kaoru Kamiya. Sanosuke still enjoys fighting and always likes to be where the action is. He tries to be as much use to the Kenshin-gumi as he can be, short of doing housework or chores. He also still harbors a strong dislike for the Meiji Government. There is an underlying attraction between Sanosuke and Megumi Takani and vise versa. The two of them fight quite a bit to the point of (sometimes violent) flirtation. This is partly because their personalities are so similar that they clash. Another reason is because their relationship got off to a rocky start since Megumi was the maker of the opium that killed one of Sanosuke's best friends, though he eventually forgave her for this.
In the past
Sanosuke's original name was Sanosuke Higashidani. At a tender age he left his family to join the Seikihou Tai. He grew to be very attached to the captain of the Seikihou Tai, Souzou Sagara and looked up to him as a role model. However, the imperialist political party (of which the group that Kenshin was in, belonged.) falsely branded the Captain Sagara as a liar and had him and rest of the Seikihou Tai executed. Sanosuke and his best friend Katsuhiro, the two youngest members of the Seikihou Tai were the only ones who escaped with their lives. After this Sanosuke became a fighter for hire and started to wear the symbol for 'aku' meaning 'evil' on the back of his shirt to pay homage to Captain Sagara and the rest of the Seikihou Tai who were branded as 'evil' themselves. He also developed a strong hate for the imperialist political party, since they were the ones responsible for the execution of the Seikihou Tai.