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Kiryu Takako / The Return
This is a 28 year old middle-ranked ninja who serves as an educator for Tamaki's group and the other young girls. She's married.
She is a tea ceremony instructor by trade. Her husband is named Kiryu Takaomi, who is a high-ranked ninja of the Shugetsu. She is somebody Miho fears. Her nickname is "Taka-nee".
Her shinobi costume is part of her dark past, and is now confidential.
https://note.com/hikaru_kouno/n/n5802c6942248
I wrote a lot more of her character background, so please check it out!