In the 2007 NHK taiga drama, "Fūrin Kazan", Uesugi Kenshin is portrayed by Japanese singer-songwriter Gackt. Gackt recalls that Kenshin was always portrayed as a very tough man, but wanted to play him with the female myth in the mind, which presented him clean-shaven and with long hair, although received some harsh criticism, co-actor Ken Ogata expressed his approval of Gackt's work and audience demanded the increase of his role in the series. The 2009 NHK Taiga drama "Tenchijin" partly re-tells the story of Uesugi Kenshin, played by Hiroshi Abe, although its main focus is on Naoe Kanetsugu, the page and later advisor to Uesugi Kenshin's adopted son and heir Kagekatsu. Kenshin was again voiced by Gackt in the anime of the gag manga, "Tono to Issho" (2010–2011). The live-action drama ' cast actress Mayuko Arisue as Kenshin. Gackt participated in the production, but voiced Oda Nobunaga. Kenshin also appears in a gender bender parallel universe anime series '.