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Japanese samurai and politician (–)

In this Japanese name, the surname is Sakamoto.

Not to be confused with Sakamoto Ryōta, the protagonist of the manga series Btooom!.

Sakamoto Ryōma (坂本龍馬 or 坂本竜馬, 3 January – 10 December ) was a Japanesesamurai, a shishi and influential figure of the Bakumatsu, and establishment of the Empire of Japan in the late Edo period.

Sakamoto was a low-ranking samurai from the Tosa Domain on Shikoku and became an active opponent of the Tokugawa Shogunate after the end of Japan's sakoku isolationist policy. Under the alias Saitani Umetarō (才谷梅太郎), he worked against the Bakufu, the government of the Tokugawa shogunate, and was often hunted by their supporters and the Shinsengumi.

Sakamoto advocated for democracy, Japanese nationalism, return of power to the Imperial Court, abolition of feudalism, and moderate modernization and industrialization of Japan. Sakamoto successfully negotiated the Satchō Alliance between