Daidoji Kinto

Daidoji Kinto' was a bushi of the Crane Clan.

Festival of Tsuruchi
Kinto, a seasoned archer who had taken the field many times, was back in the Empire after a tour of duty in the Colonies. In 1200 he moved to Gyousha province, in the Kakita provinces, when he would enter an archery tournament, as part of the Twenty Festivals. He was second to Tsuruchi Taito, a skilled Bounty Hunter of the Mantis Clan to whom Kinto had befriended. After the tournament Kinto sworn he would motion for the archery tournament to be held yearly, and renamed ‘The Festival of Tsuruchi.’ The Tsuruchi would be extended a permanent invitation. In turn, Taito accepted to find a man in the Colonies for Kinto.