Sasai Arasaka

Sasai Arasaka
Biographical Information
Age	101
Status	Deceased
Date of Birth	1859[citation needed]
Place of Birth	Tokyo, Japan
Date of Death	1960
Place of Death	Tokyo, Japan
Physical Information
Gender	Male
Family
Partner(s)	Yui Arasaka (wife, deceased)
Relative(s)	Unnamed father Saburo Arasaka (son) Kei Arasaka (grandson) Yorinobu Arasaka (grandson) Hanako Arasaka (granddaughter) Michiko Arasaka (great granddaughter)
Faction Information
Affiliation	Arasaka
Role	Founder CEO (former)
Appearances
Game(s)	Cyberpunk 2020 Cyberpunk 2077 (mentioned)
Literature	Chromebook Volume 1

Sasai Arasaka was the founder and former CEO of the Arasaka Corporation from 1915 to 1960, and former Imperial Japanase Army captain. His death marked the end of his reign as CEO, which then saw his only child Saburo Arasaka take over the corporation.

Biography

Sasai Arasaka was born in 1859 in Tokyo, Japan. At some point he joined Imperial Japanase Army and eventually become a captain. He eventually left the military and went into business. Sasai was known for being a shrewd businessman in the Tokyo prefecture and gained experience in Industrial companies. During the early 1900s he met his soon to be wife Yui and married her in 1905. His ambitions and beliefs led him to forming the company of Arasaka, which he built up to become one of the more successful wartime manufacturing companies in Imperial Japan. During the War, Sasai took full advantage supplying the military with top of the line equipment. He foresaw the defeat of Japan and during this time, he gained considerable wealth and was wise enough to diversify his holdings around the world. To this end his company, and by extension his family, maintained their wealth in the years following World War II.^{[citation needed]} In 1919 Sasai and Yui Arasaka had their first and only child, Saburo.

Sasai lived a long life, where he saw much success, the Arasaka corporation grew and became one of Japan's biggest industrial manufactures. He raised his son to carry on the Arasaka legacy once he passed. After being CEO for 41, Sasai passed away at the age of 101 in 1960 and the reigns of his corporation were given to his son, Saburo. His wife Yui was left in the care of Saburo after his death, however three years later she also passed away at the age of 96 in 1963.^{[citation needed]}

Trivia

• Sasai Arasaka is based on a real lieutenant general of the Imperial Japanese Army Arisaka Nariakira, who invented the Arisaka family of rifles, and is regarded as one of the leading arms designers in Japanese history, alongside Kijiro Nambu.

Gallery

Sasai Arasaka's funeral of 1960.