| abstract | - 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.
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