Name: Gohei Hiruma

Age: 37

Height: 6'5"

Weight: 263 lbs.

Body Size: B 50"-W 42"- H 44"

Hair: Black

Eyes: Brown

Blood Type: O

Weapon: Katana

Gohei is one of the many characters featured both in the anime and manga, but is one of the few that has completely different characteristics in them.

In the anime, Gohei was the first pest Kenshin had encountered in Tokyo who claimed he was Battousai of the Kamiya Kasshin Ryuu. Although he wielded his sword with his left hand, Gohei was originally right-handed. At first, Gohei was a student of the Kamiya Kasshin Ryuu until he rebelled with the idea that a sword is meant to kill and not just protect. For his attempt at trying to kill his master one day during practice, Gohei was left with a severly injured thumb. He ran around disgracing the school's name and even started up a small gang consisting of a bunch of lackies. Finally, one day, he decided to encounter the daughter of the man who mangled his right hand, Kaoru, but then was defeated by the wandering rurouni and arrested.

Somehow, Gohei managed to flee prison and reappeared on two occassions with his mind set on getting revenge on Kenshin. He had hired men both times. The first time around was the gangster Zanza, who soon become known as Sanosuke Sagara, and the second is not acknowledged by the actual storyline, thus it is not that important.

In the manga, such plans executed in the anime are hard to believe that they were done by Gohei. Gohei is very slow and dull. He is all muscle and no brains; that is why his brother, Kihei, does all of the thinking. The anime and manga are similar for the introductory of the Hiruma Brothers, except that there was a little conspiracy in the Dojo Kamiya itself on the behalf of Kihei's unseen villanous side by the eyes of Kaoru, but that's about it. The Hiruma Brothers do hire Zanza to get revenge on Kenshin and are not seen until Sanosuke returns to his hometown of Shinshuu. There, the two work under a Yakuza, but their services grow unneeded after they are completely humiliated by Sano.