Tatsumoto Kashiwagata

Member of the Kashiwagata Clan Former Samurai-turned-shinobi, and member of the Chunin Council of the Hayashikage Clan. Brother of Tatsuhiro Kashiwagata. Father of Natsume Kashiwagata, and grandfather of Kenta Hayashikage.

Background
Born in Shiraoka, Saitama, Tatsumoto is the eldest son of a respected samurai retainer for the former Shogun Kojiro Tokugawa. Tatsumoto and his brother Tatsuhiro were both trained at Hattoribuke Academy in the '60s, and after graduating at the top of their respective classes, they both took positions working for the Shogun.

In 1980, Tatsumoto and Tatsuhiro fled New Edo after the collapse of the Tokugawa Shogunate and death of their Lord Tokugawa, for fear of prosecution by the new Shogun, Daiketsu Kabutotsu. For over a year the Ronin Kashiwagata brothers wandered the Nothern reaches of Honshu, until they crossed paths with Hanzo Hayashikage, who persuaded them to shed their past as samurai, and start a new life as shinobi.

Tatsumoto took quickly to his ninja training, becoming a full fledged ninja in just over two years. It was during this time that he met his wife, a kunoichi of the Hayashikage, and the two of them had their daughter, Natsume Kashiwagata.

Tatsumoto served as a member of the clan's Chunin Council for more than twenty years, up until his death. On 13 June 2008, Tatsumoto was a member of an elite group of shinobi who infiltrated the Palace of the Shogunate in order to assassinate Shogun Daiketsu. Tatsumoto himself beheaded Lord Kabutotsu, but along with Hanzo, he allowed himself to be captured so that the rest of the crew could escape safely. The next morning at dawn Tatsumoto and Hanzo were executed by Daiketsu's son, the new Shogun, Daigoro Kabutotsu