Emperor Shuichi Murakami The Emperor of Sakura and father of Crown Prince Ichiro. A good and fair ruler he is not without problems, his first wife was killed shortly after giving him the crown prince and he misses her greatly. He married again and has children with his second wife, but his heart still belongs to his first wife. He also has two child with the royal concubine, one he had before his first marriage and the other after the death of his first wife.
(Face: Chow Yun Fat)
Empress Mizuki Murakami She was the Emperor's first wife and mother of the Crown Prince. She loved her husband and her son greatly.
(Face: Park Eun Hye)
Crown Prince Ichiro Murakami He is the only son of the Emperor and his first wife. He loves his father greatly and gets along well with his step mother and most of his siblings. He misses his mother though and is secretly in love with his guard.
(Face: Won Bin)
Empress Tamako Murakami She is the second wife of the Emperor and the step mother of the Crown Prince. She knows her husband does not love her deeply, but she is greatful for the afftection he gives and the children he has given her.
(Face: Ko Hyun Jung)
Prince Ryuu Murakami He is the second son of the Emperor and future head of the Army's. He is close to his brother despite having different mothers and he is resently married to the Lady Usagi.
(Face: Song Seung-heon)
Princess Usagi Murakami Formerly Lady Usagi of a high ranking family, she fell in love with Prince Ryuu and married him.
(Face: Soo Ae)
Prince Hideo Murakami The third son of the Emperor, Hideo prefers to spend his days deep in study instead of learning how to fight. He has fallen in love with the eldest daughter of the Seiji House.
(Face: Bae Yong-joon)
Samurai Naoko Ishikawa A strong warrior, he has protected the Emperor many times and cames from a long line of samurai. He saved the Emperor and the Crown Prince from an assassin and is now engaged to the eldest princess for his great deed.
(Face: Shin Koyamada)
Princess Aika Murakami The eldest daughter of the Emperor. She is well trained in the arts and looks forward to meeting the husband her father has choosen for her.
(Face: Zhang Ziyi)
Prince Akio Murakami The youngest son of the Emperor. He is playful and enjoys pranking the court, looks up to his two older brother's.
(Face: Kim Nam Gil)
Princess Ayame Murakami The second daughter of the Emperor and the elder twin of Sayuri, she is nothing like her twin save in looks. She would rather be learning the ways of the arts and court then exporing with her younger sister's.
(Face: Park Eun-bin)
Princess Sayuri Murakami The third daughter of the Emperor and the younger twin of Ayame, She is nothing like her two oldest sister's. She would rather spend time with her youngest sister exporing and having adventures.
(Face: Kim So-Eun)
Princess Yukiko Murakami The youngest daughter of the Emperor. She is not like her sister, she and Sayuri would rather have adventures then learn courtly ways with their two oldest sisters. She loves her family and looks up to her brother's.
(Face: Lee Yo-won)
Lady Kikuko Takara The royal concubine and mother of two of the Emperor's illegitimate children. She hates both of the Emperor's wives and thinks because she gave him a child first that she should of became Empress. She has trained her children to hate the Crown Prince.
(Face: Gong Li)
Lady Akako Murakami The eldest of the Emperor's illegitimate children. Despite having a lovely childhood and the love of her father, she has been twisted by her mother's hate and plots with her brother to kill the Crown Prince.
(Face: UEE)
Lord Haru Murakami The youngest of the Emperor's illegitimate children. Despite having a lovely childhood and the love of his father, she has been twisted by his mother's hate and plots with his sister to kill the Crown Prince.
(Face: Qin Junjie)
Lord Hayate Doumeki The husband of Lady Tsubasa and father of Lady Sora
(Jo Min-ki)
Lady Tsubasa Doumeki The sister of the Emperor, wife of Lord Hayate and mother of Lady Sora.
(Kim Hye Ri)
Lady Sora Doumeki/Ninja Kari The neice of the Emperor, her mother is the sister of the Emperor. Thanks to plotting from Lady Kikuko Sora was kidnapped and thought to have been killed, the reason behind it being that Kikuko saw her as another threat to her children. She wasn't killed though, being saved by a group of assassin's that took her in as one of their own. She has fallen for one of her foster sister's, but her true past has been found out and she has been sent back to the royal family.
(Ha Ji-won)
Lord Ishida Doumeki The brother of Sora, born after his sister was thought dead he was closely protected from Lady Kikuko. He's earned much praise from his uncle, the Emperor and is close to his cousin's. He has married resently, deeply in love with his new wife he protects her from evil gossip.
(Aarif Rahman)
Ladi Meiko Doumeki The wife of Ishida, she is the daughter of a minor noble and a Kitsune. Her beauty is said to be like her mother's, almost supernatural and she has a little magic. Her mother left, having to return to her home after catching ill. Jealous court ladies spread gossip, but with her husband at her side she ignores it.
(Fan Bingbing)