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 | | In 1863, the Tokugawa Shogunate organized a massive group of ronin for the purpose of protecting the shogun Iemochi during his time in Kyoto. |
 | | Kondo joined the unit, which became known as the Roshigumi, with his close friend Hijikata Toshizo, as well as Shieikan's members and guests Yamanami Keisuke, Okita Souji, Harada Sanosuke, Nagakura Shinpachi, Todo Heisuke, and Inoue Genzaburo. |
 | | After the de facto commander Kiyokawa Hachiro revealed their true purpose as being anti-Shogunate radicalism, Kondo, Hijikata, former Mito retainer Serizawa Kamo, and a handful of others remained in Kyoto and formed the Mibu Roshigumi. |
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