For what use is a pawn, if you cannot control it. 制御 For generations, she has tormented the Masashige Clan, beginning with Hirosa Masashige and Kusunoki Masashige. To target Yasu, a modern descendant of the lineage, she utilized her army of puppet-like monsters to exert persistent pressure on him. Prior to encountering Yasu, she first confronted his mother, Keiko Masashige, subjecting her to grotesque hallucinations throughout her journey. These experiences inflicted deep psychological trauma on Keiko, leaving her in a constant state of anxiety and ultimately causing her to become an overprotective "helicopter parent."

He was a puppet of Kintoru. He is the husband of Niko Masashige and the father of Biwaki Masashige and Mihari Masashige who made his debut in the first part of Control's Book: Chapter III, serving as a minor antagonist. (Let’s take a moment to appreciate his beauty)

she lived an isolated existence, finding her sole companion in an abandoned doll she named Shaku. This profound emotional deprivation and loneliness drove her to open her heart without a shred of suspicion to Kintōru, a mysterious entity she encountered in the woods. Showing a deeply compassionate nature, Hiachi warmly welcomed the witch as her only friend, even addressing her by the affectionate moniker "Sama."

In 1607, Kusunoki’s unborn daughter, Hirosa, faced a severe stillbirth crisis that brought her to the brink of death. Desperate to preserve his daughter’s life, Kusunoki ventured into Yomi, the underworld, where he sought out Shihyōsha, the god of death, to propose a desperate bargain. Shihyōsha agreed to grant Hirosa life and ensure her safe birth. In exchange, he infused a Seishin Orb—a glowing sphere of spiritual energy—with the power of the White Flame (Shiroi Honō), designating the unborn child as its vessel. The death god then issued a grim warning regarding a darkness that would one day consume the mortal realm.