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Okita Soji

Okita Soji (沖田 総司 Okita Sōji, also Okita Sōshi) was captain of the first troop of the Shinsen-gumi, an armed special security team in Kyoto during the late shogunate period.

Born Harumasa Sōjirō in 1844, he trained at the age of nine with Kondo Isami, a master of the Tennen Rishin Ryu. He proved to be an excellent swordsman, and was a teacher of kenjutsu at 18. His signature technique being his Three Piece Thrust, a technique that stabs the sword at the neck, left shoulder, and right shoulder. Okita is usually considered one of the most talented out of the Shinsen-gumi, along with Saito Hajime and Nagakura Shinpachi.

It was rumored that his tuberculosis was discovered when he fainted during the Ikedaya Affair, but some sources say that he contracted the disease long after that. He died of tuberculosis at the age of 25, after the Boshin War.

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