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Sengoku Basara/Characters/Uesugi Clan

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Head of the Uesugi clan from Echigo, Takeda Shingen's main rival. He is also a devout follower of the war-god Bishamonten. Has a very young and effeminate appearance, but don't let this fool you. He's ridiculously fast and one heck of a fighter. Known as Frost in the Devil Kings.

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Head of the Uesugi clan from Echigo, Takeda Shingen's main rival. He is also a devout follower of the war-god Bishamonten. Has a very young and effeminate appearance, but don't let this fool you. He's ridiculously fast and one heck of a fighter. Known as Frost in the Devil Kings. * Ambiguous Gender: Borderline. In an anime voice commentary, sound director Iwanami Miwa says he asked producer Kobayashi Hiroyuki if Kenshin was male or female, and he didn't get a straight answer. So apparently everyone, including the staff, just assumes he's male... * It doesn't help at all that aside of his female seiyuu, in the games his lines are written entirely in hiragana, which gives him a decidedly feminine aura (traditionally women used mainly or only hiragana in writing). * Badass * Badass Longcoat * Bishounen: He's prettier than any of the female characters. * Bishie Sparkle * Bling of War: His outfit is decorated with blue crystals. * Cross-Dressing Voices: Only in Japanese. Standard work for Romi Park. * Cultured Warrior: Kenshin talks like a philosopher most of the time. In the anime he's often shown performing tea ceremony. * Demoted to Extra: He goes from PC to NPC in Sengoku Basara 3 due to Shingen's absence. He returns to PC status again in Utage along with Kasuga. * Dramatic Pause * The Dreaded: A fairly benevolent example, but just listen to the sheer terror in the voices of the soldiers who announce his arrival in 3. * Fragile Speedster * Friendly Enemy: His respect for Shingen is legendary. The incident when Takeda's trade routes were blocked and Kenshin secretly provided them with salt is mentioned multiple times. * Historical Beauty Update: Seems like Capcom is taking hints about how historically Kenshin seems to have an ambiguous gender. * Iaijutsu Practitioner: His speed relies on quick draws and he always returns in to the sheath. * Graceful Loser: In the movie. His forces defeated, and Shingen preparing to liberate him of his head, he actually compliments his long time rival. * An Ice Person * Icy Blue Eyes: Likely to reflect his cool personality, and match his outfit. * Incoming Ham: He's pretty flashy most of the time, but this is taken to extremes in SB3 when he literally sky-dives onto the stage out of nowhere. * And he one-ups that in the expansion, descending a staircase of ice from the sky and making it shatter dramatically when he reaches the bottom. * Japanese Pronouns: 'Watakushi' * Keigo: The slightly archaic, "refined and cultured" variety. * Lady of War: A male example at that, but his moveset is impeccably, effortlessly graceful. * Mission From God: According to Kenshin it is Heaven's will that he take up arms and conquer the country. * Nerves of Steel: Kenshin barely ever loses his composure, and reacts to every situation with the same calm and aloof air. * In The Movie he faces execution without so much as batting an eyelid. * Never Gets Drunk: Lucky, since he drinks like a fish. * Odd Friendship: With Keiji. They're very close but all they seem to have in common is a love of alcohol. * Older Than They Look: Though his age is never specified, he's a similar sort of age to Shingen, who actually qualifies as a Cool Old Guy. Who'd have thought it... * Physical God: Maybe. He's given a lot of divine qualities, but can die like any other human. * Red Baron: The War-God of Echigo * Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Blue Oni to Shingen's Red Oni. * The Rival / Worthy Opponent: To Shingen. * Something About a Rose: Often accompanied by a rose-covered background. Though this may just be Kasuga's overactive imagination. * Stealth Mentor: In the anime particularly, he keeps an eye out for Masamune, such as giving him strength to fight by holding his army up at a bridge. * Super Speed: The main reason he's seen as a god. And unlike the ninja or Mitsunari he isn't using Flash Step... he's running so fast that time slows down around him. * Taking the Bullet: Took three bullets to save Kasuga in the anime. * Warrior Monk: In the name of Bishamonten, he shall kick your ass! * Weather Dissonance: Cutscenes in Utage show it snowing wherever he goes, even in the desert.