Most of the players that appear in the "Genji Monogatari" are people deeply related to the Imperial Family or the Imperial household, such as the hero of this story, Prince Hikaru Genji, who became a subject of the state; his younger brothers, Hotaru Hyobukyo no Miya and Uji Hachi no Miya; his wife, Imperial Princess Onna San no Miya; and their children, Kaoru, Suetsumuhana (a daughter of Hitachi no miya) and Akashi no onkata (whose mother was a grandchild of Nakatsukasa no Miya).
ちなみに源氏物語に登場する奏者は、主人公で臣籍降下した皇子光源氏やその弟の蛍兵部卿宮・宇治八の宮、また源氏の妻の内親王女三宮とその子薫、常陸宮の娘末摘花(源氏物語)、明石の御方（母が中務宮の孫）など、多くが皇族または皇室に深いかかわりを持つ人物である。