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 named Hojo (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 InuYasha 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 watching him and and Kagome talking and agrees to only help him because Kagome asked him 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; though she brushes off this thought.

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.