Akitoki Hōjō

is a down the line ancestor of Kagome's classmate named Hōjō (who also harbors a crush on Kagome) and who appeared in the movie  The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass when he was attacked by a samurai and was saved by Inuyasha. He falls in love with Kagome though the feelings go unrequited.

He first appears in the anime series in episode 137, "An Ancestor Named Kagome", where he is traveling to dispose of a sword that has brought nothing but trouble upon his family. He meets Inuyasha again in the episode where InuYyasha saves him from bandits; it becomes clear in the episode he has shared a crush on Kagome upon first meeting her since when Kaede mentions her, Akitoki's face lights up and he goes to wait by the well for her arrival practicing ways to greet her. Also in the episode, Inuyasha catches him spying on him and Kagome talking and agrees to only help him because Kagome asked him to as a favor. In the episode he also calls Kagome "so nice" and also says how her smile is "so adorable."

Due to finding her name on her classmates family tree, Kagome begins to wonder if maybe she couldn't return to modern times and ended up marrying Akitoki instead. Also due to a comment Inuyasha made about demons and humans just not understanding each other during the episode, Kagome further ponders if she really does end up marrying Akitoki wondering if there was a "deep rift" between demons and humans that just couldn't be crossed; though she brushes off this thought about it being her to marry Akitoki.

Also in the episode, he saves her life when they fall into a river with fast rapids and even attempts to kiss her when she was asleep.

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 and how love never fades in humans and mortals.

Later in the same episode, he confesses his love for Kagome and that he loved her with all his strength; saying how she was different and special from anyone else he had ever met and he would go as far as to die to save her. 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.