Kengo Tateuri

Kengo Tateuri or Uriken (ウリケン), is a young boy and relative to Makoto Tateuri.

Appearance
Kengo bears great resembles to Makoto, has a short brown hair and big frontal teeth.

Personality
Kengo really loves his grandpa and because of his wish to meet again Mineko Seki, he embarked on the journey to meet her in his place. He is childish and prideful, so he won't accept any charity.

Synopsis
Kengo was going to the store counter, where he met Oriko Seki, who started calling him Uribou. He got annoyed by her and explained his name was Uriken. As he checked his bag, he realized he lost his wallet, so he left the products he wanted to buy, apologized and left the store.

A bit later, Oriko found him on a tree. She tried convincing him to get down, but he was feeling cool there. As his stomach growled, he revealed that he lost his wallet, so he haven't eaten. He refused any help that Oriko was offering and she left.

Later that night it started raining and Oriko returned to see him. She warned him that there were news of upcoming thunders and he got afraid he may get hit while on the tree. He started going down, but slipped and in that moment Uribou took over his body and helped him land. He was surprised his body moved on his own, but Oriko congratulated him of his acrobatics and then took him to the inn.

At the inn, he met Mineko Seki and showed her a picture of his Mineko, Uribou and his grandfather, who was Uribou's brother and revealed that his grandfather wanted to meet Mineko again. Oriko then asked Mineko if he could stay as he lost his wallet and she agreed. At diner, he refused to eat the fancy food as he couldn't pay for it and had an argument with Oriko, but Mineko assured him that was leftovers from the staffs food and he could work there, to earn his food and Kengo agreed.

Later in his room, Oriko came to see him and saw him looking at the magazine article that featured their inn. Kengo revealed that his grandfather had given up on looking for Mineko, but then saw this article and realized she was an innkeeper. He wanted to visit her, but had died before was able to, so Kengo decided to go on his place. Kengo had heard a lot about the beauty Mineko, but looking at Oriko as he granddaughter, he didn't see any resembles and Oriko felt offended and left angry.