Kei Arasaka

"The ocean waves swell... Stare into Death's eyes, laughing... The Seagulls cry above..."

- Kei Arasaka's Finale Words

Kei Arasaka is the eldest son of Saburo Arasaka, and the current CEO of the Arasaka Corporation. Kei was the logical Heir to the Arasaka Empire and out of Saburo's three kids he was his most trusted confidante.

History
Kei Arasaka as the eldest son of Saburo Arasaka, became CEO of the Arasaka Corporation. He was Saburo's most trusted child, and the only who believed in his fathers goals, enough so to that he continued his fathers work after acquiring the corporation. Kei was challenged in rigorous schools and from a early age he was groomed to inherit the corporation after his fathers retirement. His experience in business, finance, and investing is only second to his father.

Kei considered himself of a man of action; in 1999, Kei amused himself by training at the Hokkaido facility, but when he took this training more seriously than his schooling, Saburo put a stop to it immediately. He still kept fit and occasionally practiced marksmanship and martial arts even after leaving the training camp.

Even after taking control of the corporation in the 2000s, Kei, at age 40 is the CEO of the Arasaka corporation, and he has many years of executive experience, despite his age. Although it was said that Saburo still made the most critical decisions. Kei had always been fully aware of his fathers methods and the true scope of Arasaka's power. He shares the same ideals of his father, in his nationalistic dreams and has every intention of following through even after his father passes away. Unlike Saburo, who almost never leaves home, Kei travels around the world and into LEO on business. In fact, he's abroad just as often as he's in Tokyo or at the family compound. It was during this time he also was searching for a wife.

While Kei wasn't as driven as his father, he was calculating, cold, and efficient. While Saburo's spirits rise and fall with the fortunes of his brainchild, Kei maintained a detachment he considered imperative to objective decision making. Very rarely did Kei actually show emotion, and when he did it was only with trusted friends and family. He was devoted to his father and younger half-sister Hanako, and wished the best for both of them. Kei worked hard to ensure their happiness and comfort at all times.

Saburo is virtually a prisoner of the Compound, Kei is able to travel and often does go all over the world and near orbit ceaselessly, arranging meetings, consolidating business, and making contacts worldwide. Heavy escorts always travel with him when he leaves Japan. At some point in the 2000s Kei married his wife who then gave birth to his two children, Michiko and Yorinobu, who would then take control of different factions of the Arasaka Corporation.

At the time of the Fourth Corporate War in 2022, Kei was responsible for a great deal of the daily operations during the IHAG fracas. He viewed the fight like any other business operation and would never take it personally (unlike his father). However, in the Arasaka tradition, Kei would stop at nothing to make sure his side is victorious, and he would never step down from a direct offense to Arasaka.

By 2024 Kei had full control over his father's corporation. During this time Saburo was in seclusion for security reasons for the duration of the conflict. Kei was in charge of important decisions as well as day to day operations.

He was now fully behind his father's war. However he knew the war wasn't going to end well. Kei Arasaka saw the war as just another part of the game for power, and considers everyone in it to be chess pieces of different levels rather than people. It was also now that he was working directly with General Ubo Tanaka. He was ready to sacrifice major assets in order to win. The only thing left was his contingency plans that he hoped would save the zaibatsu if the worst occurs and Arasaka loses.

After his compound was rushed and all his guards killed, Kei had then lost everything. Kei was visited by Spider Murphy wearing a kinomo. They shared sake together, as she explained his failure to the corporation, his family, and himself. His own nation had turned on him and Murphy took advantage of it. She apealed to Kei's samurai roots and convinced him "seppuku" was the only way to restore honor to his family and every they built. Kei reluctantly agreed by uploading his consciousness into a digital prison, using the Soulkiller device she had mentioned. Kei died in 2025, ending the war and restoring his honor.

Parents

 * Saburo Arasaka - Father

Siblings

 * Yorinobu Arasaka - Younger Half-Brother
 * Hanako Arasaka - Younger Half-Sister

Children

 * Michiko Arasaka - Daughter
 * Yorinobu Arasaka - Son

Stats
INT 9, REF 6, TECH 2, COOL 10, ATTR 8, LUCK 3, MA 7, BODY 8, EMP 8/5, SAVE 8, BTM -3

Skills
Resources 10, Personal Grooming 5, Wardrobe and Style 8, Leadership 6, Social 4, Awareness 2, Education and Gen Know. 7, Expert Economics/Stock Market 8, Expert International Business 8, Expert Administrator 5, English 6, Library Search 5, Handgun 4, Karate 3.

Cyberware
Basic processor, chipware socket, dataterm link, smartgun link, subdermal armor, nanosurgeons, basic cyberoptic, Times Square Marquee, targeting scope, basic cyberaudio, phone splice, scrambler, bug detector, voice stress analysis.