Hida Akemi
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| Hida Akemi | |
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| Born: | 120 |
| Died: | c. 168 |
| Spouse: | Hida Kugen |
| Titles: | Crab Clan Champion |
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Hida Akemi was the fifth Crab Clan Champion and she was venerated at Kaiu Shiro as the protector of Crab women. The historians relegated Akemi because her colorful and somewhat eccentric character. She born in 120 and died around 168. [1] She was the first samurai to learn Kaze-Do. [2]
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Kaze-Do 
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Akemi was the shy, asthmatic granddaughter of the Crab Clan Champion Hida Tekien. When she was fifteen-year-old Akemi was taught in seclusion about the peasant unarmed fighting style developed by Togashi Kaze, the Kaze-Do. Her senseis, Kaiu Dokushojin, Hida Kakki, Kuni Jisso, and Hiruma Jotaro, had been wandering sixteen yeara all over the Empire to learn the style's secrets. [3]
Crab's Heir Edit
After two years she emerged, defeating and killing with her bare hands a troll alongside with three bushi of each Great Clan. An aged Tekien could claim the Kaze-Do had been learned by a samurai and passed Chikara, the Ancestral Sword of the Crab, to Akemi, who became the Crab's heir. [2]
Marriage Edit
Akemi made a loveless marriage to Hida Kugen, who rule as the Crab Champion. She had several children and grandchildren. [4]
Demeanor Edit
Akemi was a paranoid samurai, always alert against any attempt in her life, real or not. She use to sleep blindfolded beneath a sword hanging by a silk thread, and refused to drink water, preferring ginseng, green tea, and Kuni concoctions. She survived twenty-one assassination attempts by tainted possessed bushi. [5]
Appearance Edit
Akemi was a small samurai-ko, and she only could wear the breastplate, skirt and helmet of Fukutsu, the Ancestral Armor of the Crab Clan. During her pregnancies she left it open in the back to tempt assassins. [1]
Clan Champion Akemi Edit
Akemi was a far better fighter than a general, and lost ground to the Shadowlands despite they rarely attacked during her reign. She put down an "oni-inspired" coup with the deaths of thirty-one samurai in a two-week period. [5]
Rumors Edit
Akemi was suspected of improper conduct with Kuni Jisso, for he was alone with her frequently, supposedly to stave off her asthma attacks with prayers to Jurojin. [5]
Death Edit
After the death of Jisso, her own soon followed: she was playing in a pile of leaves with her grandchildren when an asthma episode led to heart failure. She stabbed a nearby tree with her tanto, and hissed "Execute the traitor," before she died. The tree was executed. [5]
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| Preceded by: Hida Kugen | Crab Clan Champion ? - c. 168 | Succeeded by: Unknwon |
The sources relating to this article are in conflict with each other. |
| There is no way Akemi knew Kaze-Do, as it wasn't invented until a full century later by Togashi Kaze. Most likely, the dates are wrong. |
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