Meiji Hideaki

Meiji Hideaki is Minister for Infrastructure and Transport in Gishoto. He is also leader of the Meiji faction of the Gao-Showa Peoples' Party and as head of the Meiji clan is the Gao-Showa claimant to the Throne of Gao-Soto. In this role he styles himself His Imperial Highness the Emperor Meiji LXXV of all Gao-Soto, Emperor of emperors, King of kings, Lord-Protector of Kazul in the tradition of the Gao-Showa emperors though he will more commonly be referred to as the Emperor Meiji or the Meiji Emperor in this role. The claim of being Lord Protector of Kazul goes back to a conflict over the succesion of a Kazulian King and has never been acted on.

In the Modern day the position gives Hideaki no real power, he is a highly respected member of the Gao-Showa comunity and by tradition the leaders of all the other clans swear loyalty to him. In practice however most power is held by the Clan Tokugawa due to their role in opposition to communist rule and their leadership of the Gao-Showa Peoples' Party. This means that tradition of swearing alligence to the leader of the Clan Meiji has become mainly symbolic. Hideaki has however expressed a desire to re-install a Gao-Showa emperor and this is the main policy of his Meiji Faction.