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* ''Birth: [[1843]]''
* ''Birth: [[1843]]''
* ''Death: ?''
* ''Death: [[1875]]?''
* ''Ranks: Hakodate Shinsengumi Commander''
* ''Other names: Sôma Hajime'' (相馬 肇), ''Sôma Tonomo'' (相馬 主殿)
* ''Other names: Sôma Hajime'' (相馬 肇), ''Sôma Tonomo'' (相馬 主殿)
* Japanese: 相馬 主計 ''(Souma Kazue)''
* Japanese: 相馬 主計 ''(Souma Kazue)''
Sôma Kazue was the son of [[Funabashi Heihachiro|Funabashi Heihachirô]] of Kasama han in [[Hitachi province]]. He joined the [[Shinsengumi]] in the 10th month of [[1867]].
Sôma Kazue was the son of [[Funabashi Heihachiro|Funabashi Heihachirô]] of Kasama han in [[Hitachi province]]. He joined the [[Shinsengumi]] in the 10th month of [[1867]].
When [[Kondo Isami|Kondô Isami]] was captured,
Kazue brought a letter from [[Matsunami Gonnojo|Matsunami Gonnojô]] to Kondô in Itabashi, however he was not allowed to see Kondô and was imprisoned.
He met [[Nomura Risaburo|Nomura Risaburô]] in the same prison.
They were released after Kondô was executed and they headed to
[[Ezo]] with the [[Bakufu|Bakufu's]] Rikuguntai. (They joined back up with the Shinsengumi in Sendai)
In [[1869]]/5/11 [[Hijikata Toshizo|Hijikata Toshizô]] was killed
and Sôma became the last commander of the Shinsengumi.
He was exiled to Nijima island after the [[Boshin War]].
He married on the island and they moved to Tokyo in [[1873]].
in 1875 his wife ''Matsu'' found him dead in their house, having comitted [[seppuku]].
==References==
==References==
* ''Shinsengumi - Honor and Determination of the Mibu Rôshi'' (血誠新撰組-峻烈壬生浪士忠と斬), Rekishi Gunzô series #31, Gakken, Japan, 2003
* ''Shinsengumi - Honor and Determination of the Mibu Rôshi'' (血誠新撰組-峻烈壬生浪士忠と斬), Rekishi Gunzô series #31, Gakken, Japan, 2003
* ''Shinsengumi Zentaishi Tettei Guide'' (新選組全隊士徹底ガイド) Maeda Masaki
*''Shinsengumi Taishi Den'' (新選組隊士伝) Gakken
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