侍！Samurai Hero!!!

Born:1835/11/15

Died:1867/12/10

Other name: Saitani Umetarô

Japanese: 坂本龍馬直柔 (Sakamoto Ryôma Naonari)

1835 Born on November 15 in Tosa as the second son into the Goshi (low ranking samurai) household of Sakamoto Hachihei Naotari
1848 Started studying swordsmanship at the local dôjô and quickly became one of the dôjô's most gifted students.
1853 Completed his training in swordsmanship and received his certificate
- Began advanced training in swordsmanship at the famed Chiba dôjô in Edo.
- Saw the U.S. Navy "black ships" under the command of Commodore Matthew Perry, rousing feelings of both curiosity and a strong anti-foreign zeal
1854 Completed his training at the Chiba dôjô and returned to Tosa where he learned more about the West from scholar Kawada Shoryo
1858 Returned to Edo to receive his license in swordsmanship from the Chiba dojo
1861 Joined the Tosa Loyalist Party, led by longtime friend, Takechi Zuisan(Hanpeita), with the aim of expelling the foreigners and restoring power to the emperor
1862Fled Tosa without han permission to become a ronin in Edo to work with other loyalists to push their Sonno Joi agenda
- Sets out to assassinate Katsu Kaishu commissioner of the Tokugawa navy, due to his calls for opening up the country to foreign trade. Instead of killing him, Ryoma becomes one of Katsu's disciples
1863Katsu secures a pardon for Ryoma for leaving Tosa, but he refuses han orders to return, remaining an "outlaw" Ronin
- Put in charge of the Kaienntai in Kobe, an auxiliary naval training unit established by Katsu Kaishu
- Introduced to Yokoi Shounan an influential loyalist from Fukui, who advocated opening the country
1864 Met Saigou Takamori, a Satsuma loyalist leader, one of the future masterminds behind the future overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu
1865Established Japan's first foreign trading company, the Kameyama-shachu in Nagasaki, with the help of Saigo, to run supplies to loyalists in Choshu.
- Met Choshu loyalist leader Katsura Kogoro and begins to push longtime enemies, Satsuma and Choshu to form an anti-Tokugawa alliance
1866 Successfully brokered the secret military alliance between Satsuma and Choshu that will seal the fate of the Tokugawa Bakuhu
- One night after the conclusion of the Satsuma-Choshu alliance, Ryoma fights his way out of the Teradaya using a Smith & Wesson revolver during a raid by pro-bakufu police forces.
1867 Received a second pardon from Tosa

Reorganized the Kameyama-shachu into the Tosa-Kaientai, and is appointed its head.
While running guns, the Kaintai vessel lroha is struck by a vessel belonging to Kii. Ryoma files a law suit under the premise that the Kii ship violated the laws of the sea as stipulated under international law. Receives an out-of-court settlement.
Formulated his Eight-Point Program, calling for a new government structure to replace the Tokugawa baku-han system.
Goto Shojirou, head of the Tosa bureaucracy, passes a written memorial calling for the immediate restoration of imperial rule and a new government based on Ryoma's Eight-Point Program to the leader of Tosa, Yamauchi Yodo, who passes the document to the bakufu.
Tokugawa Yoshinobu, accepts the memorial from Tosa and resigns as Shogun, returning political power to the imperial court.
Assassinated with fellow Tosa loyalist, Nakaoka Shintarou by pro-bakufu forces on December 10