Kendachi

Kenshiri-Adachi Armaments, more commonly known by its abbreviated name, Kendachi or Kendachi Arms, is a arms manufacturer specializing in advanced technology in melee weapons headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. While not a Megacorporation or zaibatsu, the corporation is part of a keiretsu system.

History
Kenshiri-Adachi Armaments, known by all as Kendachi, is a Japanese corporation that mainly specializes in high-quality melee weapons and purpose-built chipware. Kendachi's advanced tech can be found in nearly every city worldwide, including its excellent line-up of melee weapons, which consist of various katanas and tantos as well as signature monoblade (monomolecular blade) series. Kendachi is one of the few companies with orbital factories, being the world's top producer in the making of orbital crystal and glass-fiber, a process that continued until 2045.

The company can trace its origin to the sixteenth-century Kenshiri family's blacksmith, based in Chuo-ku, the original center of historic Edo (Tokyo). Originally, however, Kendachi lacked the resources and money to acquire the advanced tech for which it is has become known. As a corporation, Kendachi entered the global spotlight in the first two decades of the twenty-first century, after their fusion with the Adachi company, when it conquered the market with a wide range of high-tech monoweapons and flamethrowers. Chuo-ku is still their main headquarters, but today the corporation also has many regional offices in Osaka, Seattle, London, Night City, New York City, and Brasilia.

Big corporations in Japan often invest funds in small companies with original tech to place them in within the exclusive keiretsu system, where multiple companies are interlocked in an alliance that is informal in a legal sense. This is what allowed Kendachi to become what it is today. The Monoblade series, a synonym for Kendachi in some countries, was developed by CEO Kendachi Tessho to demonstrate the uses for his crystal technology in order to gain funding for what was once a low-profit company.

As a side-note, monoblades were not sold as weapons in Japan. They were only used in industrial equipment. The president, Kendachi-san himself, was also known for his business acumen, but also for his skill at kendo and short temper. He sometimes dealt with troublemakers himself, with the aid of a crack solo troop. And yes, they were licensed to carry monokatanas in Japan.

In 2077, Max Jones was investigating Kendachi. Max was in contact with a veteran named Hunter Hyland, who was involved in war crimes committed by Kendachi in South America in 2068. Officially called a "humanitarian expedition" to Colombia, Hunter recalled that they "drowned those villages in napalm. And we made sure everyone was home first". However, Kendachi eavesdropped on Hyland's communication with Max and eventually hired the Tyger Claws to kill the veteran.

As of 2077, Kendachi also started cooperating with the 6th Street gang on a top secret project called "Arsenal".

2077
Kendachi - New Spring Catalogue is a readable shard in that contains a catalogue of some of Kendachi weapons. The weapons, "Kendachi M-55 Powersword" and "Kendachi Mono-Two CLASSIC" are mentioned on the Shard and in the lore and additionally on the readable shard KENDACHI MICRO-76 INFO LOG it mentions some brief info about a weapon called the "Kendachi Micro-76". The weapons mentioned above are not currently available in game.