Kakita Toruo

Please note: This article is about the bushi. For other uses of the term, please see Toruo (disambiguation).
Kakita Toruo was a bushi of the Crane Clan.
== Kakita Dueling Academy ==
Toruo trained in the Kakita Dueling Academy and became one of the favored students of its sensei, the Kakita Daimyo Kakita Noritoshi. Sun and Moon, Part IV, by Shawn Carman
== Guilty as murdered ==
A merchant was found killed, and evidence suggested he had been transporting Liquid Void. The magistrates found tracks of the murderer which led to the Academy. Noritoshi asked the students if anyone had heard or seen something strange. The student on guard was dismissed when he said a fellow student entered the garden through the exterior entrance without checking who it was. Kakita Kensho-in stepped forward and stated that she had seen Toruo entering the Academy during night while she was practicing her kata. Despite Toruo claiming his innocence the magistrates found Liquid Void in his chambers and he was convicted of the crime. 
=== Kensho-in ===
He never knew Kensho-in had killed the merchant, allowed the guard to see her at the gate, and planted the beverage, to take Toruo's place as Noritoshi's favored student. 
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