Sakui Urimei

うりめい咲井, Urimei Sakui

 Kazuki Takeo (テイオ・カズキ, Takeo Kazuki)  Riddle Artist (谜语艺人, “Gintoki Maze”)

 Your Majesty (陛下, "Heika")  Eighth Earth Shadow (第土影, “ Daidaime Tsuchikage”)

## Chakra Natures

  Fire Release
  Lightning Release
  Wind Release
  Earth Release
  Yin Release
  Yang Release

 Blazing Festival Technique
Space-Time Hole
Kenbikyō

## Tools

Zin Shi Chopsticks
Stone of Gelel

**Sakui Urimei** (うりめい咲井, Urimei Sakui) is a descendent of the Takeo Clan & Yoshadhara Clan, eighth Tsuchikage of Iwagakure and the current 32nd Feudal Lord of the Land of Earth. He had taken leadership of the land and ruled it with absolute Monarchy, ultimately gaining leadership of Iwagakure as its eighth Tsuchikage. He has been accredited worldwide as Land of Earth's primary innovator and is viewed as one of the land's notable figures.

## **Background**

Born as Kazuki Takeo, Sakui is the third child of the Takeo Clan's Patriarch and had eventually become the clan's successor. He is the longline descendant of the Yoshadhara family.   Being a part of a clan that only carried themselves socially and culturally, Sakui and the rest of his siblings  had the highest nobility underneath the patriarch himself.  Out of the three, he was once the nonchalant yet observant child who would rarely partake in social activities due to his introverted nature. As he grew up, he had become more aware of the world around him and had realized the common family affairs; his elder siblings' wayward beliefs and the lies and deceit throughout the immediate family.

Between his time as merely a prince and successor of the Clan, Sakui was once a part of a national  bounty hunting service dubbed the Makulan Organization, an organization founded by Sakui’s grandfather, Shaolin Takeo that only operated in groups of eight.

As he was at the age to be the successor of the Takeo Clan, it was from there Sakui broke the clan’s structure into branches; to broaden the special and unique abilities respective bloodline clansmen possessed. This had eventually led to the ‘royal family’ of the clan to be known as the Urimei Branch, a terminology mostly used by members of the clan themselves.  With his other two siblings being disinherited and shamed upon, Sakui acted as the clan’s most key figure for ages. His raw physical prowess left him unmatched by his kinsmen which resulted in constant praise, along with his prodigious talents. He had mastered the clan’s ‘coming of age’ technique at just five years old, along with the ancient forms of fighting deemed sacred for years throughout the clan.

As years progressed and tension between lands and minority villages alike grew, Sakui and the rest of his clansmen refused to interfere in the conflict that did not benefit them in any way. Despite their stray away from conflict, Sakui has had his own verbal quarrels with Iwagakure. He heavily loathed the village’s structure and their beliefs. He believes that it has always been the Tsuchikage’s arrogant nature that not only puts the village at risk, but the land as a whole. He also blamed the Feudal Lord during this time for their lack of justice towards the Tsuchikage’s narcissistic nature. It seemed to be that way since the very founding of the hidden village and that arrogance and corruption had eaten away at the village’s chance to prosper in its early stage of development.

The lack of change throughout the land had only left Sakui prioritizing not only his clan’s social status, but also expansion for more land to have in possession. He had never deemed himself as merely an icon. Ultimately his reputation had begun to exceed him; Kage of the Five Great Nations and reputed Shinobi often valued Sakui as a person and as a formidable combatant.

## **Personality**

The time of being under his elder siblings’ shadow as the youngest, Sakui was never the one who got the most attention. That said, he was not at all neglected. Still, this made him introverted by nature, a collected individual who always sought the finer things in life and what life had stored for mankind. He was never arrogant and did not take his royals for granted. In fact, Sakui had a philanthropist nature; donating a bit to charity to nearby villages and giving away his lavish gifts to friends and family alike. This had some-what carried into his adulthood where he had become the Takeo Clan’s Patriarch, only wanting his clansmen to be cared for and as such he wanted them to have more land which would later be dubbed the Takeo Clan Province during his reign.

His sense of morality towards mankind wanted nothing more than equality. As conflict between villages or single threats continued, he became more so indifferent towards the world around him. This made him develop a more nonchalant and shrewd persona, but also retaining his humble and respectful nature. Touted as one of the most powerful Shinobi to exist, he had never considered himself above anyone and would only expect formalities, yet he never uses honorifics when addressing others.

Sometime during his young adult years, he had heard that he was the father of Tè Takeo, who was adopted and trained at the Shaolin Temple. The separation between him and his first lover had left him clueless about his daughter’s existence for years.

The more he continued to climb the ranks in social class, the more indifferent to conflict he had become. After becoming the Feudal Lord of the Land of Earth, Sakui still ensured that the relations between Iwagakure and the Takeo Clan province remained separate. This continued on for a couple of years then eventually restricting the Tsuchikage’s power and influence throughout the land, making him rule with absolute Monarchy. His time as the Feudal Lord had given him the opportunity he had longed for, the climbing stability of the Takeo Province and their name more staple to the word “legendary”.

Oftentimes, his nonchalant and indifferent nature made his priorities exceedingly trivial. He remained calm during previous threats and potential war between other lands, much so it appeared careless. Nevertheless he developed care for the Land of Earth as a whole, permitting relations between Iwagakure and the Takeo Province to grow even stronger; his daughter, Tè Takeo, his brother Endoku Takeo and pupil Heihachi Takeo had become Tsuchikage after him.

The desire to allow the land’s economic status to thrive was also his ambition. Sakui had eventually founded Fuxi Daijzhuang, an Earth Kingdom-based mining and mineralogy company worth billions of  ryō

## **Appearance**

Sakui has retained the appearance of a youthful individual for over a century. As a Takeo Clansmen, he was born with white hair and dark-green eyes. His hair is oftentimes spiky, while sometimes groomed and well kept depending on the occasion. He has a long ponytail that reaches down to his lower back with bangs reaching his jawline. At some point during his life, he had gotten the mark of the Takeo Clan's insignia on his upper right shoulder. As his casual attire, Sakui dons a long, dark brown cheongsam with a golden collar trim that curtains his black pants and black tai chi shoes. Oftentimes, Sakui wears a variety of western-styled suits. They are black with a brown tie, clipped by a tie clip that bears the Kanji of 'Earth' on it. During his reign and as the Land of Earth went into a more modernized era, Sakui had discarded the traditional Earth Daimyo headpiece. He, along with the other members of the immediate family carry an emblem that signifies their royalty.