Kou (狡) can also mean "cunning."
Tora (虎) can also mean "tiger."

Koushu (黄朱) are citizens of the Yellow Sea. Shusei (朱旌) are traveling entertainers. Also citizens of the Yellow Sea, they travel throughout the Twelve Kingdoms, incorporating regional history and folklore into their performances and functioning as an informal news network. Suzu joins such a troupe in A Thousand Leagues of Wind.

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