The Sword of Kaigen
Characters in The Sword of Kaigen
6 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Matsuda Misaki
Once a fighter and vigilante in the wider world, now a Matsuda wife who buried her past beneath a cold marriage; the novel's true emotional center.
Matsuda Mamoru
Misaki's fourteen-year-old son, raised to master the Matsuda family's ice-sword technique and defend their homeland.
Supporting characters
Matsuda Takeru
Misaki's stern, duty-bound husband and Mamoru's father, the archetype of a disciplined, emotionally distant Matsuda man.
Kwang Chul-hee
A transfer student from a more connected northern province, whose sceptical questions about official history unsettle Mamoru's faith in what he has been taught.
Matsuda Setsuko
Mamoru's aunt within the Matsuda household and a rare source of warmth in an otherwise rigid, duty-bound family.
Matsuda Takashi
Takeru's elder brother and Mamoru's uncle; head of the Matsuda family and headmaster of Kumono Academy, brash and forceful where Takeru is controlled.