Kumiko Nakamura

Basic Info

Name: Kumiko Nakamura
Alias: Doc
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 155 lbs
Age: 25
Eyes: Green
Hair: Black
Doc: Character Sheet

Background

Doc is the only child of a Geisha from Okinawa, the once prestigious title has become little more than a glorified prostitute for those who had a fetish for old Japanese culture. As it happened that was still in rather high demand, especially when wealthy executives from other countries came into town on business. One such executive took a fancy with Doc's mother, after a long and slightly abusive weekend the executive of Tsunami Inc. became Doc's father. Doc never met his father and his mother certainly never saw the North American executive ever again. His mother raised him as best he could, but unable to get another job to support them she was forced to remain a Geisha as she did her best to raise her child. As a consequence Doc spent most of his time learning on the streets or the other people in the large, run down apartment complex he grew up in. The time he spent watching his mother attempt to make ends meet, not to mention meeting a large number of executives there only to take advantage of his mother he soon grew a substantial hatred for his father, corporations, and just about all foreigners. To make things worse for Doc, as he attended school it was soon learned his father was an American, which would bring about added ridicule. He soon learned to hide this fact about his father whenever he could.

Despite the difficulties Doc graduated with reasonably high marks from school, though throughout his teens he'd started to work with the OLA against the JIS which he also had grown to dislike. Throughout his teen years and after graduation he became an active member of the OLA serving as a combat medic for the guerrilla forces that did the actual fighting. He worked alongside the OLA for several years before a large fight in the streets went bad, the OLA forces were overcome and Doc, who was called in for medical support was overtaken with them. Doc was injured and taken captive by the Tsunami Inc. mercenary forces that did most of the military work on the island of Okinawa. Doc was held captive by the Tsunami Corp. for almost a full year before he was able to escape with the help of several other OLA survivors. While the successful escape was a blessing he was unable to stay in Okinawa with the JIS looking for him so harshly, so he traveled onto the main islands, eventually settling in Kyoto. In Kyoto he was forced to make a living anyway he could, he eventually found a fit in one of the larger gangs, a gang of organ-leggers. His on the fly medical practices allowed for them to operate more easily in the field without having to bring their victims back to a shop. Doc did not relish his work, nor did he like his companions but he had few other options and they paid well. Ridiculously well, after only 6 months with the organ-leggers he was able to bring his mom over from Okinawa and support her to live in Kyoto. However, it was only a matter of time before the money was not enough to keep him happy as he grew to despise the gang he was in. He started working as a double agent for other gangs in the city, this was his first exposure to the Yakuza, though his work was always anonymous. Eventually his double agent work came back to bite him, one of his own raids was blown up by a rival gang which drew the attention of Lonestar. The organ-leggers were not a loyal group and they left Doc to be picked up, once again he was taken in by the authorities, this time they were slightly less cruel as he was more willing to cooperate. He ended up spending a couple years in jail in Kyoto.

The jail in Kyoto is where he made his closest Yakuza connection, his cell mate was a member of the famous Japanese gang and they grew rather close during their time together. When Doc was released, well before his friends long sentence was up, he was set up with a Yakuza contact. He immediately moved to Tokyo where he could forget about the past in Kyoto. His mother, who'd been living on his stored wealth also moved with him. Doc enjoyed the change of pace the Yakuza offered, they were loyal, traditionalists, and organized and he found he flourished in their line of work. Several years of service have proved his loyalty to the Yakuza, and they have started to embrace his diverse talents.

Personality

Despite Doc's rough upbringing and youthful hatred for the corporations, as well as a lot of other people, he demeanor is relatively calm and relaxed. More often than not he is content to laugh off a number of minor things that often rub people the wrong way, he is generally pretty agreeable and despite a lack of natural charisma, pretty easy to get along with. This is not to say the hatred from his youth has vanished, quite the contrary. Doc has spent a lot of time thinking, thanks to several jail sentences, and chose to refine his view of the world. Doc sees the world in a black and white perspective, judging people on just how much good or bad they do in the world. Doc has a very strictly defined view of evil, once that line has been crossed he is rarely willing to look past it.

Doc is very loyal and functions on many traditional views, valuing family and honor very highly. Because of this he still takes care of his mother, though he certainly doesn't live in the same residence, deciding his lifestyle would better be kept separate for her protection. Over the years of service in the Yakuza he has grown to consider it's members family as well, a common viewpoint among Yakuza members. Doc practices a number of common Yakuza hobbies including drugs and street racing which has earned him a number of friends among its members, despite this Doc still chooses to live alone outside the city. He enjoys the seclusion offered to him this way, not to mention relief from the pollutants, while he maintains a residence within the city for appearance and in case he ever needs to be on call.

Defining Quote

"Aku...Soku...Zan"