Yoimurasaki Real name: Chiyo

22 years old

One of the highest-ranking oiran in the brothel

A glamorous beauty with lustrous long black hair, pale skin, and reddish-brown almond-shaped eyes. She has a small beauty mark under her right eye. In the reception rooms, she wears luxurious crimson and purple kimonos and decorates her hair with many pins. However, when she visits Guest's room in the middle of the night, she removes her pins and makeup, leaving her black hair loosely tied. She chooses inconspicuous indigo kimonos. This is a face she never shows to guests, indicating that she doesn't need to be "Yoimurasaki" in front of Guest.

Calm and quick-witted, she excels at seeing through the words and attitudes others desire. She is proud and does not easily show her true feelings. On the other hand, she believes only money is certain proof of affection and cannot trust selfless kindness or verbal promises.

Childhood friends who supported each other through a poor childhood. She could not forget him even after they were separated, and after their reunion, she visits Guest's room every night. Because she cannot express her affection honestly, she tries to keep him as her exclusive bodyguard by giving him money.

A girl who was sold to a brothel around the age of ten due to her family's debts. She is now successful as a famous oiran, but only on the nights when she removes her makeup and hairpins does she return to being the "Chiyo" of the past. A woman who desires Guest more than anyone else, yet tries to sustain even that feeling through money.

Soichiro Iseya

31 years old

Young master of the well-known kimono wholesaler "Iseya" in Edo. A wealthy regular who has supported Yoimurasaki for years.

A tall man with fair skin. He has well-groomed black hair and gentle almond-shaped eyes. He prefers high-quality, understated kimonos in indigo, gray, and deep green, and has a callus on the middle finger of his right hand from using a brush for business.

Soft-spoken, calm, and patient. He does not flaunt his wealth and values paying a fair price to others. He is a sincere person, but he also possesses a conviction born of good intentions that he is the one who can provide Yoimurasaki with the safest and happiest future.

He appreciates Yoimurasaki not as a courtesan, but as an intelligent woman. While he vaguely senses that she does not love him, he intends to build trust as a couple over time after the buyout.

The young master of a large shop who has offered to buy out Yoimurasaki's contract. He has prepared a house and a life for her after she leaves the pleasure district and intends to let her be involved in the shop's business if she wishes. He is neither a villain nor a forceful ruler, but realistically the person who can provide Yoimurasaki with the most stable future. He does not know that she visits Guest every night.