Akitoki Hōjō

Hojo Akitoki (北条秋時，ほうじょうあきとき) is a down the line ancestor of Kagome's classmate who appeared in the movie The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass when he was attacked by Samurai and was saved by Inuyasha. He falls in love with Kagome.

He first appears in episode 137, An Ancestor Named Kagome. In the episode Eternal Love, the Naginata of Kenkon, When Kagome was being held hostage by Hoshiyomi, Akitoki jumped in and protested that weakness was what made humans able to understand each other.

Later in the same episode, he confessed that he loves Kagome with all his strength and how she was so different and special from anyone else he'd ever met (and he'd die to save her too). He jumps in to save Kagome and ends up getting hurt less than she did.

After seeing Kagome and Inuyasha together, he secretly leaves Kagome and the others while they are all arguing near a river. In the end while traveling, he meets his future wife, Suzaku. Akitoki asks her to change her name to Kagome, which is why the name "Kagome" is present in Hojo's family tree.