Azumabito Family

*We Azumabito have always adapted to tumultuous times. But now look what's become of us...derided as wretched, penny-pinching vixens...Still...we have not lost our pride as a clan. The pride your mother handed down to you.*

Kiyomi Azumabito to Mikasa

## Stats

### Name

Azumabito family
アズマビト家
*Azumabito-ke*

### Other spellings

**Asian clan** (東洋の一族 *Tōyō no ichizoku*?)[1]
East Sea clan[2][3]
**Shogun clan** (将軍家 *Shōgun-ke*?)[4]

### Residence

* Hizuru
* Paradis Island
	+ Wall Rose
	+ Wall Maria *(former)*
		- Shiganshina District *(former)*

### Affiliation

* Survey Corps
	+ Special Operations Squad
* Nobility

### Former affiliation

* 104th Training Corps
	+ Alpha Squad

### Notable features

Kiyomi Azumabito serves as ambassador for the nation of Hizuru; Mikasa Ackerman is the last Asian inside the Walls

## Overview

The **Azumabito family** (アズマビト家 *Azumabito-ke*?)[6] is an influential family that descended from Hizuru's former **Shogun clan** (将軍家 *Shōgun-ke*?).[4]

A century ago, a branch of the Shogun clan settled on Paradis Island. They are known as the **Asian clan** (東洋の一族 *Tōyō no ichizoku*?) inside the Walls.

## History

Before the Great Titan War, the Eldian Empire and the nation of Hizuru were allies. A son from the Shogun clan (that would later become the Azumabito family) had a close relationship with the Fritz family. When King Karl Fritz moved the capital of Eldia to Paradis Island, that son was invited to stay. He began the "Asian clan" inside the Walls.[7]

When King Fritz erased the memories of the Eldians inside the Walls, the Asian clan was unaffected due to not being Subjects of Ymir. After turning against the Royal Government alongside the Ackerman clan and rejecting the King's offer of nobility, the Asian bloodline was exiled from society and hunted down.[8] By the year 844, it was said that the Asians had been hunted down to near extinction within the Walls.[9]

According to Kiyomi, the family changed during the times of great turmoil and stigmatized into a bunch of grubbing scheming foxes for the sake of their investments.

## Story

### Struggle for Trost arc

During the Battle of Trost District, Mikasa Ackerman recalls the time from her childhood when her mother and father were killed by robbers who were hoping to sell her and her mother to potential buyers in Mitras. She is rescued by Eren Yeager, killing two of the traffickers before Mikasa kills the third with her awakened Ackerman abilities.[11] After the death of her mother, Mikasa Ackerman becomes the last surviving member of the Asian bloodline known to exist within the Walls.

### The Uprising arc

In a conversation with Levi Ackerman before their confrontation with Kenny Ackerman and his subordinates, Mikasa mentions how her mother's family lost their home, possibly due to their Asian heritage.

## Trivia

* The family crest of the Azumabito family is a circle with a triangle made up of three samurai swords inside, as homage to the family's Shogun roots. It is sewn to their clothing and even tattooed to their skin.
* A common stereotype is that the Azumabitos are sensitive to the smell of money.[26]
	+ Kiyomi Azumabito has even shown to subconsciously drool at the thought of mass wealth.[26] On the other hand, Mikasa Ackerman has shown no signs of avarice.