Kunishige Rokuhira

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Chihiro's father and the master swordsmith behind the enchanted blades, forged by a technique no other smith has ever reproduced. Publicly celebrated and privately goofy, he raised his son in the workshop with far more warmth than discipline. His work is the reason the blades exist and the reason so many factions want them, which places him at the centre of the events that set the story in motion.