Ginji is one of the main characters of the Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi series and the young master of Tenjin-ya. He is a nine-tailed fox ayakashi who was the first ayakashi in the Hidden Realm to show Aoi real kindness on her first night in Tenjin-ya. He initially runs a small restaurant in the garden of Tenjin-ya but does not receive many customers. Later, he asks Aoi to work with him after tasting her human style food.