A statue of Prince Yosho on the planet Jurai.
In the Tenchi Universe continuity, Katsuhito is once again revealed to be Yōshō and is apart of Jurai's Royal Family along with being the greatest swordsman who has ever lived. While Ayeka and Sasami are from a distant branch of the imperial family, Yōshō is a lineal descendant of the main line and is the rightful heir to the throne of Jurai. This also makes Tenchi the direct heir to the throne.
Unlike the OVA continuity where Katsuhito had retained his youthful appearance throughout his seven centuries on Earth and simply chooses to appear as an elderly man, Yosho of the Tenchi Universe continuity truly is as elderly as he appears, but he has not been on Earth for 700 years, and is not semi-immortal.
In the movie Tenchi Forever! (Tenchi in Love 2), it was revealed that after Yosho defeated his rival Kagato for the first time, he left Jurai along with his lover, Haruna. They left the planet because Haruna was from a lower class than Yosho, and they fled so they could wed. Tragically, she died before arriving to Earth.
Upon arriving on Earth, Yosho met the Masaki family who guarded the shrine which coincidentally housed the great scientist, Washu, and trained in order to take over as its guardian and Shinto priest. He took the name Katsuhito Masaki, and fell in love with a member of the family named Itsuki, who would bare his daughter Achika Masaki, the mother of Tenchi.
Trivia
- The movie, Tenchi Muyo! Daughter of Darkness. and the series, Ai Tenchi Muyo!, both have tenuous connections to Tenchi Universe, but are their own distinct continuities and Katsuhito's depictions in each (if present) can be found in the Other Spin-offs tab.