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Who is Kamiya Kaoru?
Kamiya Kaoru is the friend and wife of the main protagonist of the series, Himura Kenshin. In addition, she is working as an instructor at the Kamiya Dojo in Tokyo. As of now, she is 17 years old. Even more, she first appeared in the first episode of the series.
Who are the voice actresses for Kamiya Kaoru?
The Japanese voice for the character is provided by the Japanese voice actress, Miki Fujitani. whereas the English voice for the character is contributed by the American voice actress, Amanda Hanawa.
Appearance
Moving towards her appearance, she is a young and beautiful girl. Also, she has average height and black hair with purple shine. whereas the color of her eyes is blue.
Kamiya Kaoru: Family and Love Interest
Heading towards the family, the name of her father is Kamiya Koshijiro. Her father was the founder of the Kamiya Dojo. As well, he also participated in the Seinan Wars in 1877 and was supposed to die on the battle field. But he was only seen on the first episode of the series, and it was only the flashback.
Also, Kamiya has a love interest in Himura Kenshin in the series. Firstly, Himura was the one to rescue her, and in return, she allowed him to stay in the dojo. As a result, they establish a good friendship with each other. Later, their friendship turned into love, and they married each other. Also, in the end of the series they give birth to a child whose name is Kenji Himura.
Kamiya Kaoru has the same unknown disease as her husband
Himura Kenshin was so unhappy due to his past and had a difficult time living a happy life in the future. At the same time, he was suffering from an unknown disease. In order to share the suffering he has gone through, Kaoru tells him to inject and transfer the same disease to her through sexual intercourse.
After it, he goes to the First Sino-Japanese War. As promised to the Meiji Government, he was there only to help and would not kill any people.
How old was Kaoru when she married Kenshin?
The gap between these two couples is 11 years. Also, at that time, Kaoru was 17 years old and Himura Kenshin was 28 years old. Though they fell in love with each other, they did not get into romance immediately. They married each other in the series when they were adults. So, Karou was older than 19 when she married Himura Kenshin.
Abilities
She has less ability in the sector of chores. But she seems to be good at martial arts. Also, she is also better at cooking and handling other household works than Himura Kenshin.
Trivia
• Her first name, Kamiya, means god.
• Her last name, Kaoru, means sweet smell.
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