Hanako Arasaka

Hanako Arasaka (荒坂 華子) is the third child and only daughter to Saburo. Hanako is a skilled netrunner and the head of the Kiji (雉) Faction of the Arasaka Corporation.

Biography
Hanako Arasaka is the 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 woman 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 with her, she still loved and didn'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.

Hanako became the figurehead of the Kiji (雉) Faction of Arasaka. Although her digital projects were what drove her, Hanako was the only one who understood Alt's work with the Soulkiller.

By 2077, Hanako was something of a celebrity, though she was never given an official position within Arasaka. Her devoted bodyguard is a Cyberninja named Sandayu Oda.

1999-2020
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 in March 2, 1999.

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 knew that her father wanted 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 closest 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.

2045
In the 2040s, as the eldest daughter of the Arasaka family, Hanako had always been a bit of a recluse. As a highly skilled Netrunner, she had always preferred to work on her digital projects, particularly on a revised version of Soulkiller that would allow the transfer minds into clone bodies, she was of one few who grasped the true meaning of Alt Cunningham's work. However, with the death of Kei, the remainder of the Old Guard had unified around her and wanted to continue Saburo and Kei's plans as the Kiji (雉) Faction. They represented the faction that hoped for a peaceful reconciliation with the NUSA and Hanako was their figurehead. She was also instrumental in getting her brother, Yorinobu to finally reconcile with the fractured Arasaka family.

2077
In 2077, Hanako was scheduled to participate in the celebration of a Japanese matsuri festival in Night City, one of the handful of times in her life she had ever left Tokyo. She traveled to Night City for the occasion on the Kujira, an Arasaka aircraft carrier, and was accompanied by her bodyguard Oda. After the death of Saburo and Yorinobu seizing control of Arasaka, Hanako planned to give a eulogy for her father from a float in the main parade in Japantown during the festival.

Demise
In The Devil ending, Hanako along with V storm the upper echelons of Arasaka tower to dethrone Yorinobu Arasaka's tyrannical reign. If V is successful, Yorinobu's suicide attempt will be stopped and Hanako will comfort her grieving brother who agrees to restore honor to the Arasaka family by giving up his brother to his father's engram through the Relic.

This action saves Arasaka from the impending corporate war with Militech.

In the Path of Glory ending, Hanako will disappear from the public. News reports include a statement from Hanako that she is grieving her father and needs time away from the spotlight. The fate of the Arasaka family and company is unclear.

Parents

 * Saburo Arasaka - Father
 * Michiko Arasaka - Mother

Siblings

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

Trivia

 * Hanako's identity was confirmed by CD Projekt RED's Senior Quest Designer, Philipp Weber.
 * Her name in Kanji appears to be 荒坂 華子, according to a post by a Japanese CDPR forum moderator.

Reference
Hanako Arasaka