Okudaira, Yoshimichi

奥平義道

He is the father of Okudaira Akira and Shinobu, and the husband of Okudaira Shouko.
As the family patriarch, he is moderately aware of his children's lives, although his involvement is largely unwanted and exasperates them. His doggedness and tactlessness in asking about their lives strongly resemble Shinobu's behavior, and the young man remarks that his father is even more persistent than he is.
He attends Akira's school functions and goes to the drama festival both years, even though in the first year, Akira only worked as a stagehand.
He knows that Shinobu is dating Mogi and boldly asks him in front of Shouko and Akira if the two have "done anything funny" together yet, much to the disgust of the Okudaira women.
Most of the time, he likes to sit and read the paper. Unlike his wife, whenever Akira and Shinobu fight, he simply asks them what is going on and leaves it at that, returning to whatever he was doing; thus, it seems his wife is the disciplinarian in the family.