Hantei Genji was the son of the Kami Hantei and the second Emperor of Rokugan, who reigned as Hantei II. Hantei Genji was coronated as the new Emperor 5 months after the death of his father. He was also known as the Shining Prince, the Son of Heaven, and the Poet Emperor. He married a Doji woman of the Crane Clan, as his father had and as many other Emperor would after him.