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, known as Kaoru Kamiya in the Media Blasters English-language dub and Kori Kamiya in the English Sony ''Samurai X'' dub,〔"Episode 1." Sony ''Samurai X'' dub.〕 from the ''Rurouni Kenshin'' manga created by Nobuhiro Watsuki as a protagonist. In the story, Kaoru is the instructor of a kendo school in Tokyo called . All of its students leave when a large number of people are killed by someone claiming to be the from the ''Kamiya Kasshin-ryū''", damaging her school's reputation. Kaoru is saved from this murderous impostor by the real ''Battōsai'', Himura Kenshin, now a wanderer who has sworn to stop killing. Across the series, Kaoru develops feelings from Kenshin and becomes an ally of him. Kaoru also appears in the featured movie of the series, as well as other media relating to the franchise, including a plethora of electronic games and a series of original video animations (OVAs). A major concern within the series in regards to Kaoru is that if Watsuki would or would not kill the character. Critical reception to the characters has been varied from positive to negative. ==Creation and conception== Watsuki said that he used "no specific model" and "no specific motif" when designing Kaoru. He said that if he had to name one model, he would point to Chiba Sanako of ''Ryōma no Koibito''. He wished to include the "commanding" quality from of Shōtarō Ikenami's . According to Watsuki, Kaoru became a "plain, regular girl" despite the "commanding" quality. By the compilation of Volume 1 in Japan he believed that the character model worked and stated that many female readers of ''Rurouni Kenshin'' identified with Kaoru. He had not decided at the time on whether Kaoru should be Kenshin's love interest. Watsuki wished that he could design Kaoru "more cutely" and to be "more fashionable" but decided to tone down those qualities as he felt that she needed to express "down-to-earth" and financially "poor" characteristics as well. Watsuki described her ponytail hairstyle as "''de rigueur''" for a girl who practices kendo. Watsuki says that he enjoys drawing Kaoru and that filling in her hair is "sometimes a pain." At the end of ''Rurouni Kenshin'' Kaoru gets a new hairstyle. Watsuki felt that Kaoru would not look like herself without her ponytail, but that her original hair style did not appear like what a mother would wear, so he created a variation for the ending. When some female readers told Watsuki that they could not decide whether Kaoru exhibited strength or weakness as a fighter, Watsuki responded by saying that Kaoru is "quite independent for her age" and could easily "hold her own" against many dojo masters in town, making her a national-level champion at least, although even this level appeared weak compared to Kenshin and Sagara Sanosuke.〔 Since volume 7, Watsuki mentioned the series took a more adult tone due to the various conflicts in the story, but commented it was influenced by the ''shōjo'' manga he read. Through the series' development, Watsuki was deciding if Kaoru's character was going to die prior to the end. However, he later decided to keep Kaoru alive as he came to the conclusion he wanted a happy ending and that the manga is aimed at young readers. This was also influenced by the happy ending from the previous story arc. However, with this he believed the story arc lost its main theme regarding revenge; Several readers sent Watsuki letters with either praise and criticism for the twist. Nevertheless, Watsuki apologized to the young and innocent readers for the dark chapters that were published during the time it was believed Kaoru was dead. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kamiya Kaoru」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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