Hanako Arasaka

Hanako Arasaka is Saburo's third child and was head of the Kiji Faction of the Arasaka Corporation.

Overview
Hanako third child to Saburo and the apple of his eye. She is loved by many people and often described as sweet and beautiful in the eyes of many Arasaka employees. Hanako is an intelligent women who doesn't agree with her father's ambitions and has her own agenda she plans to follow. Despite knowing what her father's wishes entail, she still loves and doesn't want to displease him. Her relationship with her brother Yorinobu is one of great importance to her. Through her strong and calm demeanor Hanako is able to command and lead with great pride for her work.

In 2077, Hanako is in charge of a portion of Arasaka. Her devoted bodyguard is a Cyberninja called Oda.

Biography
Hanako Arasaka is Saburo Arasaka's youngest child, conceived when he was eighty, and the apple of his eye. Hanako was born to Saburo's third and last wife, Michiko, who died shortly thereafter due to complications caused by the birth.

Saburo was charmed by his little daughter's stunning beauty, and he decided to raise her in the sheltered confines of the compound to protect her from the scarring traumas of life in the exterior world. Hanako received her schooling at the compound through trusted tutors. Although she is a grown woman now, Hanako still only leaves the compound about once a month, and then only under heavy escort. Cut off from the outside world, she learned how to travel and explore the Net instead. Saburo made sure that Hanako was never made aware of the darker side of the corporation, but, through her Net explorations, Hanako was just beginning to suspect the horrible truth.

Hanako is a sweet, intelligent woman. She had been chafing under her fathers well meaning restraint for several years, but she had never voiced her complaints. She knows that her father wants to arrange her marriage in order to solidify a corporate alliance, but she secretly dreaded the day it would happen. Hanako does not want to hurt her father, but she has sworn to live an independent life after he dies. Hanako's relationship with Kei was strained. Kei doted on Hanako, but she found him cold and threatening.

Her closing family member was Yorinobu, her older rebellious brother of the same mother. Hanako and Yorinobu would regularly meet in the Net while he rode with the Steel Dragons.

2023
Hanako took part in the internal struggle Arasaka Corporation after the war. The following years the corporation fractured into three warring organizations, and Hanako was head of the Kiji faction.

2077
Hanako Arasaka appears in Cyberpunk 2077, under the protection of her loyal bodyguard Oda.

Parents

 * Saburo Arasaka - Father
 * Michiko Arasaka - Mother

Siblings

 * Kei Arasaka - Eldest Half-Brother
 * Yorinobu Arasaka - Older Brother

Reference
Hanako Arasaka