Isao Kondou

Height: 184 cm

Isao Kondo is the Commander of the Shinsengumi. When not working, he is the stalker of Tae Shimura, earning him the nickname Gorilla-stalker. His superior is Katakuriko Matsudaira, a high-ranking government officer under direct control of the Bakufu. Even though the Shinsengumi are loyal to Kondo, he often has to use Vice Commander Toshiro Hijikata to settle them down (with harsh words or use of violence) before conducting a speech. Kondo is good friends with Toshiro and Sougo Okita, and if one of them ever strayed, then the other two would punch him back to where he belongs, as Kondo once told Sougo. Sougo also often remarks that Kondo's nice-guy attitude is also his weakness as he never notices negative points about other people. In the Mutiny arc, he was described by Kamotaro Ito as honest, pure and unsullied. In the same arc, Toshiro described him as the soul of the…