Isawa Taiko

When the position of Master of Fire became vacant, the Council decided that no one in their family could fill it better than a Lion, the recently-retired Kitsu Taiko. Taiko left the Lion at the age of 38 and swore fealty to the Phoenix. As Isawa Taiko, he served the Phoenix until his death in 781. (SoPhoenix, p. 10; Phoenix pp. 90-91)