Ichiro Taiji - Human

Basic Information

Birth Name: Ichiro Taiji
Aliases: Tai; The Vampire; Hiro
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Age: (real and apparant) 31, 31
Male/Female: Male
Current Occupation: Freelance Yakuza member.
Past Occupation: (If different from above) Petty thief, acrobat, smalltime thug

Appearance

Hair Color: Black but n/a, see next...
Length and Style: Shaved (bald)
Eye Color: Light brown
Skin Color: Deep gold
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 180 lbs
Nationality: Japanese
Race: (I.E. Vampire, human etc.) Vampire
Body Type: Athletic, quite muscular, but tending more towards a slight/lean frame - not big-boned.

Description (if an NPC) or name of your creator(if a PC): Ellis Duban, former leader of Tacharan.

Personal Questions

1. Describe your character's personality: Mercurial; Tai is always cold, mercenary, and calculating. He sees everything in terms of potential gain, whether it be monetary or otherwise. However, Tai can be warm and charming when the situation calls for it, polite, suave, and even witty. He is perfectly capable of sliding in under the radar as a regular run-of-the-mill good old guy.

2. Describe how your character would appear to a stranger (I.E. typical dress, way they carry themselves etc.) : Tai appears as a fit, handsome man, in his late 20's-early 30's. He dresses well; usually slacks and a tailored button-down shirt with a good jacket, but with his athletic physique he makes jeans and tees look spectacular as well. He walks with the air of someone trained in martial arts, reminiscent of a stalking cat and always poised for action. Even when relaxing he seems to have an air of subdued energy.

Physically, he has fairly broad shoulders for his body type, emphasized by the fact that they are fairly muscular. Well-built arms and a wide, flat chest taper into a trim, narrow waist and muscular, taut thighs. he isn't overly tall at 5'10", but the fact that he has such a predatory air about him can often make him appear 'larger than life.'

3.What does your character like? : Killing, to some extent, executing plans, fighting and winning, intrigue and political sabotage. He also enjoys reading, mostly philosophy, finer arts such as painting, and larger works of art such as architecture. He has travelled quite a bit, and although business is the primary reason, he generally takes time out from each trip to view the architecture of whatever city or country he's in. He finds historical buildings fascinating, along with any type of antique. He likes to be able to put his hands on the past, as it were.

4. Dislike? Slothful people, lack of ambition. Anyone who acts without thinking and considering consequences first.

5. (For humans) Describe what abilities you see your character having if they were turned. : Agility, Subterfuge, Coat of Arms, maybe.

6. What are your fears? Tai believes fear is a useless and non-productive emotion. However, as a freelance agent he dreads the day the clanned members of the yakuza cease to consider him worth supporting and when that day comes he must either have a clan to join, or the savvy to begin his own. Although he tries to stifle any sort of irrational behavior, he does maintain a profound fear of being bound or constrained in any way, as a result of some of the things inflicted on him as a child. Cool and composed as he likes to be, he will lose it completely in that scenario.

7. What is your character's strengths and weaknesses? Tai is a ruthless predator and a skillful, emotionless killer. He has a flair for improvisation, a versatility that makes him a highly desireable assassin as he can troubleshoot many problems that might arise. That said, he is also a very careful planner, minimizing the opportunity for those problems by carefully studying any target quietly and for a long time beforehand.

One of Tai's worst weaknesses is his preference to work solo. He does not like to work as part of an ensemble and that has made it difficult for him to forge the relatonships in his line of work that he will need if he is to eventually form his own clan and/or join another. He has remained aloof and that has colored his reputation in Japan and throughout the yakuza. If he cannot work against this, he faces a high likelihood of eventual death when his usefulness is worn out.

Hobbies & Skills: Martial arts (blackbelt in several schools), trained in a variety of weapons including guns, rifles, as well as older and more 'traditional' weapons. Tai is quite well-read, and although he often gets lumped into the 'hired muscle' category, he's not at all stupid.
Planning and execution, careful study, etc.
Patient
Passable pickpocket
Can pick locks
All methods of breaking/entering, concealment.
Very flexible - acrobat, tumbler, gymnast.

Abilities: Agility, Bloodlust

Flaws: Psychotic

Cosmetic Traits(These must be minor, see the rules) : As a full Yakuza, Tai is fully tattoed from neck to wrist/ankle. Suits, longsleeved shirts, and long pants cover then tattoos. If they are seen, he would be easily recognizable as a yakuza member to anyone familiar with the custom.

Quirks and Habits worthy of mention: Twirls a coin over his knuckles and between his fingers when idle. Very minor tic at the corner of his left eye, not necessarily related to lying or stress or other anxiety, but acts up occasionally.
Sometimes called The Vampire. On occasions when his employer(s) wish a death to be remarkable/remarked upon, Tai will 'bleed' his target dry.

Personal History (Please be detailed, this creates your basis for your character)

Ichiro Taiji was born in Tokyo, Japan, to the "comfort woman" of an anonymous yakuza member. Abandoned at the age of 6, he was left to fend for himself or die. Spurned again and again by well-to-do people who considered him no more than a piece of filth on the streets, Tai eventually realized that his own livelihood would be entirely up to him. He became a beggar-child, living in paper boxes and under newspapers, doing menial, often-humiliating chores for anyone who would throw him a few yen.

At the age of 7, Tai was picked up by a group of traveling carnies. At first he'd thought it was because as a youth he was still flexible enough to manage the complex maneuvers that brought in the large amounts of money. That was correct, but the flexibility and complex maneuvers turned out to have another use. The men and women of the carnival were not only acrobats, but 'serviced' their wealthier patrons as well, none too subtly. By age 8, Tai was indoctrinated into this world, a young attractive boy, to those men and women who desired it.

Tai's cold, calculating side surfaced at about this time, perhaps pushed into existence at such an early age by necessity. He did what was required of him without complaint, collecting money and planning for the day when he would be able to leave and strike out on his own.

Four years later, he stole away in the night, traveling back to Tokyo and demanding entrance into his father's clan. Amused by the boy's audacity, the clan-father allowed him to stay, even going so far as to provide training for him. Tai was schooled in all manner of martial arts, weaponry, stealth, and even biology and physiology. By age 16 he was ready to begin working for the clan. Eventually, 6 years later, the clan-father was killed by an upstart rival who assumed leadership of the clan. Those few members who remained loyal to the clan-father either left the clan and became freelance yakuza, or were killed. Tai avoided the hit-men long enough for them to lose interest, and eventually re-emerged into yakuza society as a freelance assassin. This particular 'job' has brought him to Nachton to plan and execute the assassination of the visiting CEO of a quickly growing company by a rival monopoly.


Animal this character most closely identifies with: Mongoose.

OOC Checklist

Player name (online is fine) Foxx
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