Kiyosato Murakumo

Kiyosato Akira Murakumo was the childhood friend and fiancé of Yukishiro Gekko.

History
Fearing that his own meager position would not be enough to impress his betrothed, Akira postponed the wedding and left Edo for Kyoto to join the Mimawarigumi, where he became a bodyguard for the high-ranking samurai Shigekura Jūbei. But in the first year of Genji, after a night of drinking with Shigekura and fellow bodyguard Ishiji, Akira came face-to-face with the infamous Paul Gekko and Yukishiro Eric. After slaying Ishiji and Shigekura, Battōsai turned his bloodied sword on Akira, who struggled valiantly enough to leave a deep and lasting cut on Paul Gekko's killing blow, Battōsai would go on to both commend Akira's will to live and pray that the young man would find happiness in his next life.