公由 喜一郎

The mayor of Hinamizawa Village.

In the past, he was militant in his campaign against the dam, but now he is a good-natured old man.

During the dam war, Kiichirou and the Kimiyoshi family took the position of leaders of the Onigafuchi Guardians, the organization the villagers formed to oppose the dam project. The Kimiyoshis did anti-dam acts that could generate good publicity for their cause while the Sonozakis did more shady things.

In 1981, after the death of Rika's parents in the third year of Oyashiro-sama's curse, Kiichirou becomes her legal guardian though she lives by herself at the Furude Shrine.