Character

Yojiro Akizuki

秋月耀次郎

Yojiro Akizuki (秋月耀次郎 Akizuki Yōjirō ) is the bearer of the legendary sword, Getsuruitō (月涙刀, Moon Tear Sword) He is a serious and no nonsense person that rarely shows emotions. Through out the whole series he is a expressionless person. But he also seems to have some feeling for Kakunojo Yuyama. He also thinks of Kanna Sakyonosuke as his rival. Akizuki was once a close confidante, friend and bodyguard of the late Sakamoto Ryoma, whose assassination he failed to prevent and which continues to haunt him to the current day. During the midst of his quest to destroy the Hasha no Kubi, he visits Yokohama and happens to meet the Yuyama troupe, an adventuring kabuki group, and its leader Kakunojo Yuyama. While in the city, Akizuki senses the aura of the Hasha no Kubi within an auction held in the Shanghai Club, soon breaking through its confines in attempting to cut it in half; however, even if its head appeared to have been cut, the spirit of the elusive Hasha no Kubi was not destroyed and still remains, with Akizuki continuing in his quest to find and destroy it.