Natsume Kashiwagata

Member of the Kashiwagata Clan, chunin rank ninja of the Hayashikage Clan and member of the Chunin Council. Wife of Goemon Hayashikage, mother of Kenta Hayashikage, daughter of Tatsumoto Kashiwagata, and niece of Tatsuhiro Kashiwagata.

Background
Born and raised in Taiwa, Miyagi, Natsume is a highly skilled kunoichi, and serves as a member of the Hayashikage Clan's Chunin Council. Natsume's father, Tatsumoto Kashiwagata, was a ronin who fled New Edo after the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1980, along with her uncle Tatsuhiro. Tatsumoto and his brother Tatsuhiro spent a year wandering the northern parts of Japan until they were recruited by Hanzo Hayashikage to join his clan of ninja.

Natsume was always at the top of her class during her formal training, and shone even brighter once she was assigned real missions. At the age of 20 she was appointed to the Chunin Council, and quickly proved that she was worthy being the youngest woman to ever sit at the Council.

After the death of Hanzo in 2008, Natsume married his son and fellow council member, Goemon Hayashikage, her childhood lover. Two years later she gave birth to their only son, Kenta.

Natsume is dedicated wife and mother, but, in true ninja fashion, she places the good of the clan above all else.