Asahina Konetsu was a bushi and courtier of the Crane Clan and a former provincial governor of the Asahina, who would later retire and become a monk, taking the name Konetsu. He later became Tainted during the Rain of Blood, and joined the Lost, taking the name Kokujin Konetsu. His adopted son made a bargain with his real father, Emma-O, and after Konetsu was captured the Fortune cleansed his taint becoming Doji Konetsu.