The character of Kanō Sōzaburō was not present in the original manga, but was introduced in the 2016 stage musical by the famous all-female musical theater troupe Takarazuka Revue as a romantic rival to Kenshin.
Watsuki and his novelist wife/story collaborator Kaoru Kurosaki launched the Rurouni Kenshin: Hokkaido Arc (Rurouni Kenshin, Meiji Kenkaku Romantan: Hokkaido-hen) manga in Shueisha’s Jump SQ. magazine last September.
A new stage play adaptation of Nobuhiro Watsuki’s Rurouni Kenshin manga has been green-lit.
Miura previously played the character Sawagejō Chō in Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno, the second live-action film adaptation of the manga.