Akodo Hiroko was the wife of Akodo Shigetoshi, the Lion Clan Champion and had three children. The elder, Akodo Shinjiro became the Lion Champion and was killed by Shinjo Min-Hee, Shinjo Shono's daughter, in vengeance for the murder Shigetoshi took over Shono. The second son, Akodo Kano, who had been born in 1170, refused to become the new champion, and passed it to the third children, her daughter Akodo Dairuko.