Corrupt official of the Higashi court, Wakame, along with Counsellors Tadon and Kagihana was responsible for framing Generals Oyaneko and Yagi and having them thrown out of the court. He plotted the death of Yagi, who had turned to assassin work, by hiring him through a third party to kill Miyamoto Usagi.

Wakame unable to be patient to see the outcome of the battle, sent his men in to finish the job. During the melee, he killed his fellow conspirators so he could claim the honors of killing Yagi for himself. Yagi realised the situation and slew the forty men that Wakame sent against him, then killed Wakame himself.