Udaijin

​Gender: Male
Relations: Father of Kokiden no Nyogo I, Suzaku's grandfatherOther Titles: The Minister of the Right, His Excellency, the Chancellor 
Appears in Chapters: 1, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13

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Uji no Ajari

​Gender: Male
Relations: Hachi no Miya's spiritual adviser
Other Titles: The Adept, the Master of Discipline
Appears in Chapters: 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 52

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Ukifune

​Gender: Female
Relations: Hachi no Miya's unrecognized daughter
Other Titles: a young woman
Appears in Chapters: 49, 50, 51, 53, 54

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Utsusemi

​Gender: Female
Relations: Stepmother of Ki no Kami I, the Iyo Deputy's wife
Other Titles: the lady of the cicada shell, the cicada shell
Appears in Chapters: 2, 3, 4, 16, 23