Kinogasa is the top official for the Hakone Checkpoint who seems to take pleasure in executing people. He's from a high-ranking family in Edo so he's spoiled rotten. He first appears arresting Mugen, Jin, and Fuu for forged passes, and sentences them to death after just executing a man who should have been extradited on an outstanding warrant, so Yamane tells him to send Mugen to deliver the dead man's severed head. He then orders Jin and Fuu to be executed if Mugen fails to return on time, but gets stoned before the execution can be carried out and ends up rolling on the ground crying and giggling.