Ryuji was born into a modest family. As a young man, he was gentle, humble, sincere, and deeply devoted to the woman he had loved since childhood. After she rejected him and humiliated him because of his poverty, he left the village and joined the military. Through years of discipline, hardship, and military service, he rose through the ranks until becoming one of Japan's most respected generals. He accumulated enormous wealth, influence, land, and political connections