He liked to always look at the clouds on the sky, so he was known as the "Blue Sky Samurai", and his banner was modeled as blue background with a white cloud. He was an expert fighter that inspired terror in his enemies, being then called "The Devil Samurai". However, he was really with women and never dared to tell his true feelings to Ren. He lived in the Kasuga fort, with Goemon and his wife Osato. He had no family, as his mother died of illness and his father and brother died in the war..