Sakurai Kazuma (桜井数馬)

Kazuma SAKURAI (birth year unknown - January 29, 1868) was a member of Shinsengumi (a group who guarded Kyoto during the end of Tokugawa Shogunate). He was Kyokucho-zuki (a person who newly became a member of Shinsengumi).

He joined Shinsengumi in 1867. He participated in the Battle of Toba-Fushimi, which started on January 27, 1868. He was killed in the Battle of Senryomatsu in Yodo on January 29.

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