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Hajime Obi (尾美一)
Obi Hajime is the former head coach of the Koudoukan. In his time in Koudoukan, he studied under Shimura Ken and was noted to be a sword genius throughout Edo. At a young age, he became the head coach of Koudoukan and he taught both Otae and Shinpachi.