He's the owner of the wholesale store. At his business, he's often stern, and often comes off as harsh to others. As an old friend of the tea dealer Ginjirou, they often spend their evening disagreeing with each other. Like Moriya had a fiancé who he truly loved but then she took away his fortune and ran away with his money never to be seen again, and thing got a bit difficult when Omiyo came to Tsuyukusa as she just reminded him to his ex-fiancée.