Yorinobu Arasaka

"Since I consider the Arasaka Corporation to be bastion of evil, I work wherever I can to undo their operations. I am aided by covert factions across the world."

- Yorinobu, 2020

Yorinobu Arasaka the second son to Saburo Arasaka, and rebellious bosozoku leader of the Steel Dragons as well as close affiliate of Iron Lotus

Overview
Yorinobu disagreed with everything his father set out to accomplished, and abandoned everything because of it. He is passionate, caring, and determined more than anything else. This led to him help in the founding of two separate bosozoku gangs whose sole purpose was to appose the corporations that control Japan. Yorinobu is the charismatic counter to Johnny Silverhand in Tokyo (though he does not play in a band). He is known to rally up the Japanese public to rebel against the corporate overlords. Yorinobu still cared for his sister Hanako and would frequently speak with her behind their fathers back, he swore one day to save her.

In 2077 Yorinobu still rebels against his father, but has not seen him in decades. However he soon realized that the corporate giant’s power was impossible to defeat. At least from the outside.

Biography
"Yori-kun, see Arasaka Security that made our company famous? Well, that’s not the thing that has made the company powerful, what made the company powerful is the Arasaka bank. I know that with enough extortion and political influence, killing the appropriate people and massacring the workers of the appropriate corp, we can restore the glory of the Empire of the Sun and make Japan the biggest superpower of the world,"

- Saburo on Yorinobu's 21st birthday The day after 21 year old Yorinobu Arasaka graduated from Todai, Saburo brought him to his private chambers at the compound. There he explained to his youngest son the true nature of the Arasaka Corporation. Rather than agreeing with his father's vision, as Kei had, Yorinobu was secretly appalled. That night, after a celebratory dinner given in his honor, Yorinobu slipped out of the compound and vanished into the Tokyo night.

Now, four years later, Yorinobu has gathered about him a cadre of tough Tokyo nomads: 'Kotetsu no Ryu'...the Steel Dragons. Together, they have sworn to expose and destroy Arasaka. At night they prowl the canyons of the city, harassing Arasaka men and unearthing information on Arasaka black operations. Yorinobu's knowledge of Arasaka facilities and corporate procedures gives the Steel Dragons some advantages, but they still lack the power or information to make serious headway against the corporation. Yorinobu is, however, able to tread the world of the street and the corporate tower with equal facility. When he is not riding with his men, he is travelling the world, meeting with other enemies of Arasaka, looking for funds and equipment. Slowly but surely his operation is growing.

Saburo was greatly saddened by his youngest son's disloyalty and acknowledges that Yorinobu needed be destroyed. Kei, who hated Yorinobu for his defection, had sworn to kill his half-brother. Hanako, on the other hand, still loves her brother. Yorinobu was Saburo's only other child by Michiko, and he had always felt a special bond with his sister. Although Hanako is unaware of it, he has sworn to free her from her father's clutches. Once a month Yorinobu and Hanako secretly communicate through the net, reaffirming their fraternal love for one another.

During the Fourth Corporate War, Yorinobu played a huge role. He didn't side with Militech during the war. Instead he played a role in supplying info to the Government of Japan that helped their nationalization of Arasaka's native offices. However sometime before October 2022 he is imprisoned by Kei Arasaka and is the first victim of Soulkiller v3.0. During the Militech assault on the Arasaka Tower in Night City, Strike Team Beta free him from the sub-basement Soulkiller storage core.

2077
Yorinobu was the original heir to the Arasaka Empire, before he rebelled and cut ties with his father. For many years he lead the Steel Dragons and sought destruction, but soon realized that the corporate giant’s power was impossible to defeat. At least from the outside.

Yorinobu still rebels against his father, but has not seen him in decades. Yorinobu has stolen the Relic from one of his father's laboratories.

Parents

 * Saburo Arasaka - Father
 * Michiko Arasaka - Mother

Siblings

 * Kei Arasaka - Older Half-Brother
 * Hanako Arasaka - Younger Sister

Reference

 * Nippon Sourcebook

Yorinobu Arasaka