Tenryuu Houjou

The commanding figure behind the Houjou Group and the grandfather of protagonist Saito Houjou. Haunted by the unfulfilled romance of his youth with his first love Chiyo Sakuramori, he orchestrates a marriage arrangement between Saito and Chiyo's granddaughter Akane as a means of resolving his long-held regret. Using inheritance rights as leverage to ensure Saito's compliance, he demonstrates a forceful and strategically shrewd nature, making him the pivotal figure who sets the entire story in motion.