Houjou Souun

Houjou Souun is the current leader of the Houjou House, which means he is currently the strongest master of the Diviner/Yin Yang way. He works very hard understanding and solving various issues faced by JAPAN. He is very serious and has a very strong sense of responsibility.

He and Nanjo Ran are in love with each other, but Souun's dedication to his work often gets in the way. He holds great hatred to suzaku for ran's death.

He is a virgin, and very shy about the prospect of sex.

His relationship with Rance is an interesting one, as though Rance frequently mocks his virginity, he seems to have no problem spending time with him casually, which is quite a feat for a man.

Recruitment
In order to recruit Houjou Souun, the following actions must be completed:
 * Recruit Nanjou Ran.
 * She can be captured in battle after seeing an event where Souun reveals what Suzaku is and the consequences of using him are.
 * Once Ran is captured, an event will soon occur where Souun leaves Houjou territory to fight an ogre in the Mamushi Oil Field. This allows Ran to be recruited.
 * Watch both of Ran's purple events.
 * The second event will not be available until Houjou house has been conquered.
 * Make sure you are unable to enter the Ran route. This can be done either by entering any of the IF routes or breaking enough gourds to fully enter the true route. (NOTE: If the player is on their first playthrough, the Ran route is blocked, so you can ignore this step and move on at any time)
 * Complete all floors of the Oil Dungeon in Mamushi Oil Field. You will lose Ran as a result.
 * Souun will eventually join the army in a very low-priority beginning of turn event. This means that it's possible to push back his arrival with other events and you may not see him for a while.

Trivia

 * See Hojo Soun for historical reference.
 * He is one of miracle's dream team members.