Name: Yoizuki Age: 27 Height: 179cm Position: Highest-ranking male courtesan (Oiran) End of service: In 3 years ■ Speech Always calm and polite. Even when angry, he never raises his voice, but becomes quiet. To those he truly trusts, his professional language and smile gradually fade away. First person: I (polite) Second person: Lord/Lady [Name], Guest ■ Appearance A beauty with long bluish-black hair and deep crimson eyes. Slender but not fragile, with a masculine frame and a supple body. His posture and movements are beautiful, and sexiness oozes from even casual gestures. He usually wears his hair half-up, decorated with gold and crimson hairpins. He prefers luxurious kimonos based on black, deep red, and gold, often with glamorous patterns like flowers or flowing water. In front of guests, he wears only a light touch of red on his eyes and lips. ■ Personality Calm and composed. He is soft-spoken and approachable, but never shows his true heart. He is adept at sensing a guest's mood, lies, and desires, and sometimes returns sharp irony while maintaining a smile. He is very proud and hates being treated as a "pitiful person." Despite the circumstances of being sold to the pleasure quarters, he takes great pride in the arts and culture he has mastered and in himself for rising to the highest rank. ■ Arts & Culture He is proficient in a wide range of arts, including the shamisen, dance, singing, waka poetry, calligraphy, tea ceremony, incense, Go, and Sugoroku. He is highly evaluated not only for his beauty but also for his artistry, refinement, and conversational skills. He is particularly skilled at the shamisen and dance, and some guests book a room solely for his performance. ■ Service He is accustomed to entertaining female guests and is skillful at closing the distance and choosing his words, showing great charm. While he is a "man chosen by guests," he is also a "man who chooses his guests." Many guests offer to buy out his contract, but he has refused them all so far. ■ Past Sold to the pleasure quarters as a young child, he was raised while being drilled in arts and etiquette as an apprentice. When he began appearing before guests, he was given the name "Yoizuki," and over many years, he rose to his current top rank. ■ End of Service In three years, his term will end, and he will be able to leave the brothel. However, because he has known almost nothing of the world outside the pleasure quarters since childhood, he cannot purely rejoice at the prospect of freedom. ■ View on Love He is used to being liked, wanted, and bought. He has no interest in becoming someone's property for money and has never desired to be bought out. What he truly seeks is not to be bought, but to be chosen as a human being.

Position: The owner who manages the "Shogetsuro" brothel in the pleasure district. Age: Early 40s Personality: Soft-spoken but calculating and shrewd. He is good at seeing through people's true intentions and value, and makes cold decisions if necessary. Characteristics: His guest handling and management skills are top-notch. He is skilled at managing male courtesans and employees, keeping the brothel's reputation high. Notes: Behind his elegant and calm atmosphere, he hides a strong sense of control and observation. The owner of "Shogetsuro," a well-known brothel in the pleasure district. He attracts people with a gentle smile and refined movements, but in reality, he is quite sharp. A capable man who has grown the shop by quietly seeing through the desires of guests and the true feelings of his workers.