Arai Iori is the infant son of Arai Seikū and Azusa and grandson of Arai Shakkū. Living peacefully on the outskirts of Kyoto with his family, Iori was a happy and friendly child who knew nothing of suffering and seemed to enjoy the presence of everyone he met, often immediately identifying them by some physical or personality trait they displayed. When Himura Kenshin, Okina and Makimachi Misao arrive at his father's shop requesting one of his grandfather's swords, Iori takes quickly to Kenshin, nicknaming the rurouni "Gojaru" (after the "de gozaru yo" suffix which Kenshin uses constantly in his speech). The next day, however, Iori makes the acquaintance of Sawagejō Chō (whom he nicknames "broom" for the man's tall shock of light-colored hair), who threatens the baby's life in an attempt to