Name: Aritomo Yamagata

Aliases: Mr. Yamagata, General Yamagata

Age: 45

Height: 5’10”

Weight: 179 lbs.

Body Size: B 43”-W 34”-H 36”

Hair: Brown

Eyes: Brown

Blood Type: Unknown

Weapon: Militar Weapons

General Aritomo Yamagata, a former Choshu clansleader, is the commander-in-chief of the Japanese imperial army and the minister of war. Yamagata was a real person, and an important Meiji statesman; he was also the first Prime Minister under the Meiji constitution of 1889. With his modern army, he defeated the samurai uprising led by Takamori Saigo. He died in 1922. The general appears a few times in the series; the first was in episode three, when he sought Kenshin's skills in the new army. They also meet in the movie during Shigure Takimi's uprising.