Masaki, Nobuyuki

柾木信幸

Nobuyuki is Tenchi Masaki's father and works as an architect.
He seems to be the primary source of income for Tenchi and the girls during their stay on Earth.
In Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki, Nobuyuki is merely a minor character, a distant descendant of Yosho (Katsuhito). Initially, he and Tenchi resided in the city where Nobuyuki worked and Tenchi attended school. However, after Ryoko was awakened, Nobuyuki spotted Tenchi with her and was startled to find a girl in his son's room. Nobuyuki tried to record their private moment, but Ayeka arrived, and while fleeing from her, Ryoko miniaturized both Nobuyuki and the house.
Subsequently, the house was permanently moved next to the Masaki family shrine, and Nobuyuki eventually returned to the city, living in an apartment with Rea Masaki, an old friend of the family. He and Rea became engaged and married by the end of the series.
Prior to the wedding, Tenchi was initially angry upon discovering that the story he had been told about his late mother Kiyone's death was fabricated. Eventually, Tenchi and Nobuyuki spoke, and Tenchi apologized for his earlier conduct, choosing to accept his father's new wife, Rea, since she had served more as a mother figure to him than his biological mother, and her presence would not change things. Nobuyuki confessed that the fabricated story was the reason they had hesitated to reveal the truth about Kiyone's death or the fact that Kiyone was also a prankster.
Because of his Juraian heritage and training (enhancement) at the Galaxy Academy, Nobuyuki has lived longer than any ordinary human and is currently approximately two hundred years old.