Tatsuhiro Kashiwagata

Current status unknown. Member of the Kashiwagata Clan, former samurai-turned-shinobi and member of the Chunin Council of the Hayashikage clan. Brother of Tatsumoto Kashiwagata. Uncle of Natsume Kashiwagata, and great-uncle of Kenta Hayashikage.

Background
Born in Shiraoka, Saitama, Tatsuhiro is the youngest son of a respected samurai retainer of Shogun Kojiro Tokugawa. Tatsuhiro followed in his brother Tatsumoto's footsteps by attending Hattoribuke, where he graduated top of his class. After graduation his brother got Tatsuhiro a position as a retainer for Lord Tokugawa.

Following the collapse of the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1980, Tatsuhiro and Tatsumoto left New Edo to wander the northern reaches of Honshu as Ronin. After a year of travels, they met Hanzo Hayashikage, who convinced them to leave their old lives as samurai behind them and join his ancient clan of ninja.

Tatsuhiro completed his ninja training in only three years, but it took him until the age of 42 to earn a seat at the Chunin Council, at the insistence of his older brother Tatsumoto.

On 13 June 2008, Tatsuhiro was a part of the elite team of ninja sent by the Hayashikage to the Palace of the Shogunate to assasinate the Shogun Daiketsu Kabutotsu. That same night Tatsuhiro disappeared, and has not been heard from since.