Granddaughter of the Yanase family, a merchant house dealing in silk threads in Nagasaki. She takes Naoe to the Uragami Cathedral to consult with the abbe there about the Maria Kwannon statue.

An employee of Keibu Real Estate and head of one of its departments.

Possessed by Masaki Tokishige.

Title: Jibu Shousuke (治部少輔)

Historically: Master of Yasuda Castle. The Yasuda family had served the Nagao Clan from the time of Nagao Tamekage (late 1400s). Nagahide supported Nagao Kagetora (Uesugi Kenshin) in the coup d'etat against Nagao Harukage, so was a close aide of Kenshin from early on. He fought in many of Kenshin's wars against Takeda Shingen, Oda Nobunaga, and Houjou Ujiyasu.

He received a commendation for bravery at the 4th battle of Kawanakajima along with six other commanders, including Irobe Katsunaga.

He supported Uesugi Kagekatsu in the Otate no Ran after Kenshin's death. He died in 1582 of illness in the midst of Shibata Shigeie's rebellion. (Other accounts mention 1585, 1592.)

Though he shared the same family name as Yasuda Kagemoto and Yasuda Akimoto, also vassals of the Uesugi Clan, he was descended from a different family.

In Mirage of Blaze: he was summoned by Uesugi Kenshin to become one of the Yasha-shuu and is second in power only to Uesugi Kagetora.

One of Takaya's classmates who thinks Takaya is joking about not remembering Chiaki and gives him a lecture on friendship. He is a member of the Soccer Club.

He sits directly in front of Takaya in class. His family owns a tofu shop with a history going back to the Edo Period.

Orphaned son of courageous general Kiyama Masachika of Higo, he was a giant of a man recognized as a person of unrivaled physical strength, said to possess the strength of 75 men. He was one of the coolie workers who built Kumamoto Castle.

"Yokote no" is not a family name; it means "side/beside", so Yokote no Gorou is something like "Gorou at the side".

He served the Shugo-Uesugi, Nagao, and Nagao-Uesugi Clans and was a trusted vassal of Uesugi Kenshin who participated in many of his battles. He supported Uesugi Kagekatsu in the Otate no Ran after Kenshin's death along with his son Yoshie Kagesuke and grandson Nakajou Kageyasu.

He committed suicide at Uozu Castle along with his son and grandsons when it fell to Oda Nobunaga in 1582.

Also known as: Ohigashi-no-Kata (お東の方), nickname—Demon Princess of the Ouu (奥羽の鬼姫), Hoshunin (保春院).

Mother of Date Masamune, daughter of Mogami Yoshimori and younger sister of Mogami Yoshiaki, Yoshihime was born in Yamagata Castle in Dewa. She was given in marriage at the age of 19 to Date Terumune and bore him two sons, Date Masamune and Date Kojirou. She hated her first-born, Masamune, due to his one-eyed state, and favored his younger brother Kojirou. There was additional tension between them due to Yoshihime leaking information to her relatives in the Mogami Clan even while they were fighting with the Date Clan. In 1585, upon Terumune's death, she decided to have Masamune killed to allow Kojirou to become head of the Date clan.

In 1590, when Masamune was participating in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign against Odawara Castle, Yoshihime personally brought Masamune a meal laced with poison. Though Masamune consumed the poison, he was able to counteract it with the antidote. He then had Kojirou commit seppuku. Afterwards, Yoshihime returned to the Mogami Clan.

In 1614, upon Mogami Yoshiaki's death, internal strife split the Mogami Clan. In 1622, Yoshihime could no longer sustain her status in the Mogami Clan, and asked Masamune to return, which he allowed. She went to live in Sendai Castle and died there a year later at the age of 76.

It was thought from the contents of the letters and poems mother and son exchanged that Yoshihime was reconciliated with Masamune in her latter years.

The new Math teacher at Takaya's school whom Yuzuru claims Takaya bullies and drives to truancy. He retaliates by assigning Takaya extra work when Takaya misses class.

A friend of Morino Saori, whom she calls 'Ton-chan." She collapsed during the mass-fainting on their third year field trip at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. They roomed together during the field trip along with a third girl, Kosaka, whom Saori calls 'Nao-chan."