The Commanding Structure of the Shinsengumi

The Shinsengumi was still a new militia, thus the many changes of structure and command. Click on a name for a profile (a name is not linked I'm currently working on that profile)
(edit: dec. 29th, 2004 -> i still haven't got to those profiles yet x_X).

Pre-Shinsengumi

Joint Captains:
Serizawa Kamo
Kondou Isamu
Nimi Nishigi

Vice Captains:
Hijikata Toshizo
Yamanami Keisuke

Shinsengumi

Captain:
Kondou Isamu

Vice Captain:
Hijikata Toshizo

Military Advisor:
Itou Kashitarou 

Captains of the Platoons

1st: Okita Souji (some sources say Okita Soujirou)

• The youngest member of the Shinsengumi, Okita Soujirou was a child prodigy of the sword. Care free and spirited, he was what kept the commanders calm. A student of Kondou's at the age of 9, he became a master of the Tennen Rishin Ryu at the age of 15. Okita was the strongest swordsman of the militia, he was also one of the most trusted and usually was sent out to do certain things (like capture Yamanami). Okita later had contracted a fatal disease of tuberculosis, which at the time was incurable, and tried to hide it from the others. Sources say he would cough up blood at night and just become very ill. After the Ikeda incident, he had passed out after coughing up a dangerous amount of blood, it was at that moment Kondou and Hijikata found out of his disease. Worried, the two tried to keep it as much as a secret as possible (the three were very close as if they were brothers, also Kondou was 10 years older and Hijikata 9). After the Boshin war, Okita was admitted to a tuberculosis hospital in Edo and died shortly after on May 30th, 1868 (Meiji 1). He was only 25.

2nd: Nagakura Shinpachi (instructor of kenjutsu)
3rd: Saitou Hajime
4th: Matsubara Tadaji (instructor of jujitsu)
5th: Takeda Kanryuusai (instructor of military stragies)
6th: Inou Genzaburou
7th: Tani Sanjyuurou (instructor of spearing skills)
8th: Toudou Heisuke
9th: Suzuki Mikisaburou
10th: Harada Sanosuke

Other Head Positions:

Head of the Sentries/Spies: Yamazaki Susumu (also spied on the conduct of fellow members)

Head Positions, Unknown Roles:
Yamanami Keisuke
Shimada Kai

Post-Shinsengumi/Koyochinbutai

Captain: Hijikata Toshizo

Due to the fall of the Shinsengumi, there was no information nor troops set during the Post Shinsengumi time.