An acquaintance of both Tachibana Yoshiaki and his elder brother, who works as a local news reporter for a major Tokyo newspaper company. Naoe met him eight years ago (when Naoe was 22) during a case involving onryou turmoil precipitated by the sinking of a mountain village caused by a large dam construction project. Sonoda made his name by reporting on corruption by the Ministry of Construction in the same project.

Naoe goes to him after Takaya's disappearance as an effort to establish an information network of his own (independent of Uesugi's information apparatus).

Titles: Lord, Excellency
Race: Mazoku

Brother of ex-Maou Cäcilie von Spitzweg, a man who looks to be in his fifties (around 200 Mazoku years) with dark blond hair and blue eyes. He is a power-hungry man who tried to wheedle his sister out of resigning her position and is intensely disliked by Conrad, Wolfram, Gwendal, and Günter.

Title: Sagami no Kami

Originally from the province of Shinano, he went to Uesugi Kenshin for sanctuary along with Murakami Yoshikiyo after being attacked by Takeda Shingen. He became a vassal of Kenshin and fought in the Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima in 1561. But he was a better diplomat than commander, and Kenshin used him as such.

He supported Uesugi Kagekatsu in the Otate no Ran after Kenshin's death. He succeeded Kawada Nagachika as supreme commander of Ecchuu after the latter's death and became the master of Uozu Castle. When Uozu Castle fell to Sassa Narimasa in 1583, he became master of Kaidu Castle. He also served as negotiator for Kagekatsu, but eventually fell out of Kagekatsu's favor. However, Toyotomi Hideyoshi valued Mitsuchika's skills highly, eventually taking him into the Toyotomi Clan and bestowing the Toyotomi name upon him.

The Sumida River is a river that flows through Tokyo into Tokyo Bay, passing the following wards: Kita, Adachi, Arakawa, Sumida, Taito, Koutou, Chuuou

A teacher at Jouhoku High.

Also known as: Ichiro (イチロー)

An outfielder with the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team, born in Toyoyama, Nishikasugai, Aichi Prefecture, recognized as one of the best defensive outfielders in the game. He also has one of the best batting averages in the game.

Tachibana Harue is Tachibana Yoshiaki's mother. She is married to the head priest of the Kougen Temple, a branch of Shingon-shu Buzan-ha, in Utsunomiya. She has three sons, Yoshiaki's older brothers Tachibana Teruhiro and Tachibana Yoshihiro and a daughter, Tachibana Saeko.

Tachibana Teruhiro, Tachibana Yoshiaki's eldest brother, is older than him by twelve years. He makes a living as a realtor, but also carries a monk's license. He is married and lives with his family at the temple in a separate building.

Tachibana Yoshihiro is Tachibana Yoshiaki's older brother and second son of the Tachibana family. He is heir to the Kougenji.

Vassal of Uesugi Kenshin and Uesugi Kagekatsu, older brother of Tadenuma Tomoshige. He was ordered by Kagekatsu to defend Uozu Castle and died there in 1582 along with twelve other Uesugi Commanders when the castle was besieged by the Oda army.

Also known as: Suwa Katsuyori (諏訪勝頼)

Fourth son of Takeda Shingen. His mother was not Sanjou, but Suwa Goryounin, the daughter of the head of a defeated clan, Suwa Yorishige, Shingen's concubine. He was originally kept out of the line succession to the Takeda clan by being made head of the Suwa Clan. However, when Shingen's heir, Takeda Yoshinobu was found plotting against his father and ordered to commit suicide, Shingen named Katsuyori's son, Nobutatsu, his heir and Katsuyori guardian. Katsuyori took over rule of the Takeda clan when his father died.

Katsuyori was decribed as a brave and exceptionally skilled fighter, but lacking in strategy when he took over the Takeda army. In 1578, during the Otate no Ran, he betrayed his allies the Houjou clan and took Uesugi Kagekatsu's side, thus adding the Houjou to his list of enemies. He was increasing unpopular with the people of Kai due to heavy drafts caused by defeats in battle with the Oda, Tokugawa, and Houjou clans.

In 1582 Kai and Shinano were invaded by the combined arms of Oda, Tokugawa, and Houjou. Most of Katsuyori's troops abandoned him, and he committed suicide.

Eldest son of Takeda Shingen and Sanjou-no-Kata, he was Shingen's heir to the Takeda Clan. However, he was found plotting against Shingen and made to commit suicide.

Titles: Mikawa no Kami

A vassal of Uesugi Kenshin who fought in the Battle of Kawanakajima in 1561. He was commended for his bravery when he continued fighting even after losing both his horse and his armor. He supported Uesugi Kagekatsu in the Otate no Ran. Later, he committed suicide in the Battle of Uozu Castle along with twelve other Uesugi commanders.

A daimyo of Sengoku Japan in Mutsu Province. His only daughter, Megohime, married Date Masamune.

A young man who acts as attendant to Chousokabe Nobuchika's attendant at Sekkei Temple. He is a distant relative of renowned Chousokabe retainer Tani Tadazumi and among the Red Whales, is as close to the Chousokabe family as Akutagawa.

One of Takaya's classmates.

The CEO of Keibu Real Estate, right-hand man and younger brother of Keibu Group's CEO, Tatsumi Kuniichi. He is described as a man of mature age and excellent build and owns a large estate on Mt. Kamakura.

During the E Island case, he is temporarily possessed by Satomi Yoshitaka.

Tenkai was a Tendai Buddhist monk who achieved the highest rank of the priesthood and became abbot of Kita-in at Kawagoe in 1588. He served Tokugawa Ieyasu as liaison between the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Imperial Court at Kyoto. After Ieyasu's death in 1616, he also served the 2nd Tokugawa Shogun, Tokugawa Hidetada, and the 3rd, Tokugawa Iemitsu. Among his projects were the rebuilding of Enryaku Temple on Mount Hiei, the restoration of Rinnou Temple in Nikkou, and the establishment of Kan'ei-ji in Ueno.

Toichi Tookatsu succeeded his father Toichi Tootada as head of the Toichi Clan of Yamato in 1545 at a young age. In 1559, when Miyoshi Nagayoshi became the real power in the capital and sent his vassal Matsunaga Hisahide to take Yamato, Tookatsu formed an alliance with Tsutsui Junkei to resist him. However, his daughter was taken hostage, and Tookatsu submitted to Hisahide.

A brief peaceful interlude dissolved into further conflict when Miyoshi Nagayoshi and Hisahide began battling the Miyoshi Triumvirate. Tsutsui Junkei took the side of the Triumvirate, and the Toichi Clan split between those who wanted to join Hisahide and those who wanted side with the Tsutsui Clan. The Akiyama Clan, who had joined with Hisahide, invaded Toichi terrority in 1568. Unable to defend against the attack, Tookatsu abandoned Ryuuouzan Castle and fled to Toichi Castle.

Hisahide's power and influence grew rapidly under Oda Nobunaga, and Tookatsu turned to him once more. However, he suddenly died of illness the following year without a son to succeed him.

Son of Miike Tatsuya, brother of Norihiko, and cousin of Miike Haruya. Appears to be somewhat high-ranking in the Miike family.

Also called: Matsudaira Takechiyo, Matsudaira Motoyasu
Titles: Mikawa no Kami, Shogun

Historically: The third of the "Three Unifiers"; an ally of Oda Nobunaga, after Nobunaga's death he first battled against then became an ally of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. When Hideyoshi died in 1598, Tokugawa moved against Hideyoshi's son and heir Toyotomi Hideyori and the five regents appointed to protect the Toyotomi rule. Tokugawa, along with his allies the Date and Mogami, and the defected Kobayakawa and Mouri clans, defeated the opposition at the Battle of Sekigahara and established the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Also known as: Tsuruchiyomaru (鶴千代丸)

Eleventh son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, he received Mito in Hitachi Province in 1609 and founded the Mito branch of the Tokugawa house.

One of Takaya's classmates.

Also known as: Naomasa (直昌), possibly Tooyama Naotsugu (遠山直次)

Tooyama Yasuhide was a vassal of the Houjou Clan, son of Tooyama Yasumitsu. His family traditionally served the Houjou in the capacity of musicians, but in 1560 became the magistrate of the Miura District in Sagami for Houjou Ujiyasu. He along with his uncle Tooyama Tsunakage held the front line against the Satomi Clan. After Oota Ujisuke's death in 1567, Yasuhide became master of Iwatsuki Castle. He was part of the Houjou force that met Takeda Shingen's invasion of Suruga. He was sent along with his father as a Houjou representative to the peace negotiations with the Uesugi in the Echigo-Sagami Alliance. He later became a close advisor to Houjou Ujimasa and was responsible for contact with the Uesugi Clan.

Opinions differ on how he died. One view hold that he committed suicide with his father and Uesugi Kagetora in the Otate no Ran, while another says that he served Nakamura Kazuuji after the fall of Odawara Castle.