Hitotsubashi Nobu Nobu

Hitotsubashi Nobu Nobu was the 15th shogun and the head of the Hitotsubashi Faction. He was a major antagonist in the series until the events of the Rakuyou Arc.

He is the son of Hitotsubashi Nari Nari, one of the branches of the Tokugawa Family. The family had fallen from grace at the end of the Joui Wars when a relative of his lost a battle against the Joui. His father and their retainers were forced to climb back into the government while dodging potential assassination attempts from the leader of the Tokugawa Faction, Tokugawa Sada Sada. The shrewd Nari Nari groomed Nobu Nobu from birth to become the next Shogun. And ever since, Nobu Nobu and his faction gathered allies within and without the government to wait for the chance to usurp Sada Sada's groomed successor, Tokugawa Shige Shige, of his position of Shogun.