Zakimi Seifu
, was a bureaucrat of the Ryukyu Kingdom. His was , later changed to . Zakimi Seifu was born to an aristocrat family called Mō-uji Zakimi Dunchi (). He was the 11th head of this family, and his father Zakimi Seichin, was a Sanshikan during Shō Kō's reign. King Shō Iku dispatched Prince Urasoe Chōki (, also known as Shō Genro ) and him in 1839 to celebrate Tokugawa Ieyoshi succeeded as shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate. They sailed back in the next year. Zakimi Seifu was selected as a member of Sanshikan in 1847. In 1857, Makishi Chōchū, who was a member of , planned to act as an intermediary for buying warship from France at Shimazu Nariakira's behest. It was strongly apposed by Seifu. He came into conflict with pro-Japanese factions, including Makishi Chōchū, Onga Chōkō and Oroku Ryōchū. He was impeached by Onga and had to resign in 1858. It was needed to elect a new member of Sanshikan to follow him, and the election was held in the next year. Oroku helped Makishi to offer a bribe to two Japanese samurai, Ichiki Shirō and , in order to let Makishi be elected. However, Seifu heard about