One of the Sekowo's Shogun era most famous statesmen, Hiranuma was one of Sekowo's earliest Shoguns and served exclusively from 2961 to 2977. Hiranuma Kichirō was born in the province of Bizena. In 2951, he gained the title of samurai, and left the same year for Luthori to study medicine. He returned two years later with knowledge of Luthori politics and warned Sekowo not to go to war with the Commonwealth powers over what Kichirō called "avoidable issues." He became convinced of the necessity of adopting neutral and moderate ways, and was one of the leader of the Gao-Shōwa Shūfuku Undō (Gao-Showa Restoration Movement) eventually leading to the creation of the Third Sekowan Empire.