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Lots of samurai or old masculine archetypes in Japanese media use "de gozaru", not just Kenshin.

Pop the fairy from Smile Pretty Cure used it too, for example.

Its kinda like "Desu" for cute girls, a meaningless verbal tic used to make a character more identifiable. (or just an add-on to appease a focus group or demographic).

It's not an homage, if it was, we would have a production note on it saying "This character was a tribute to (X)"