A Closer Look: Katsuo Onizuka

(Today we look at another character, Tim the Eccentric Billionaire.)

Fenrir File: 442

Area of Origin: Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama  Born: 10/13/2058 (42 years old)

Background: The Eccentric Billionaire

Spirin Bonded: Pallaton   Mammal(Dog/Wolf)/Space

Jaeger: Kamikaze

(File photo. Not wearing armor.)

Basics: Katsuo Onizuka is an incredibly wealthy man, who has recently lost his wife to the invasion. He feels he has lost his way, and recently devised some of the most advanced weaponry on the planet to protect that which matters most, his only daughter.

(The Kamikaze, one of the most advanced Jaegers the world has seen.)

Full Background: Katsuo Onizuka comes from a long line of wealthy businessmen, with connections going back to the end of the Edo period of Japan in 1867. Their industrial empire began with textiles and owning significant amounts of land as Japan entered the Meiji Era. As Japan became more modernized, the family expanded into education, agricultural science and other innovative fields. Fast forward past WWII, the turn of the century, and to the later 21st century, and it is easier to find what isn’t part of the Onizuka conglomerate than what is. The current head of the Conglomerate, Katsuo, is a well-known Otaku, who has had the opportunity in his rather extravagant life to enjoy all manner of anime, manga, western cartoons, older style video games, and other turn of the century pop culture items. (Pre-Invasion toys/shows mainly.) Katsuo’s interest with that type of fiction has led his organization to make many scientific advances, turning science fiction into science fact, (like anti-gravity weaponry/thruster methods.) which has helped the countries of the world make advancements in their own weaponry, and made Katsuo an even richer man.

Katsuo’s life, until very recently, was exactly how he wanted it. He and his family were safe from any Kaiju related threat, having private planes and offices all over the world. If he heard a kaiju was on its way, Katsuo would just take his daughter, Ai, and his wife, Aiko, to another office somewhere far away from the threat. Which as a multi-billion dollar business with offices in Japan, Germany, America, Saudi Arabia, China, and Brazil, were easy to get to. Then, in late 2085, the year his wife was pregnant with their only child, the Covenant appeared, and life on Earth became much more dangerous. Katsuo could no longer take his family on a plane at the first sign of trouble, covenant ships were far more maneuverable and dangerous than a Kaiju. 

(Covenant Destroyer. Knocking 747's out of the sky for 15 years now.)

Katsuo, in his greed and selfishness, did what he viewed was ‘necessary’ to protect his family, which meant hiring a few more body guards just in case anything happened. Then, June 17th, 2099, a year and a half ago, something terrible did happen. 

Katsuo and his family were at their primary offices in Berlin, Germany, when a combined Covenant/Overseer force began assaulting the city. Katsuo was in his offices, his wife and daughter, however, were at a nearby park playing. As the alarms went off the automatic locking mechanism kicked on, and the building was sealed. Katsuo then saw on his security cameras his family pounding on the glass doors. He called down to the front desk, ordered them to let his family in, and went back about is business making sure all his most secret research projects were backed up, so he could wipe the drives if need be. On his security screens, he could then hear a commotion. Looking back at the monitors, there was a covenant elite and a grunt, along with a small grey creature with a large head, a stereotypical ‘grey’ type of alien, and they had melted through the walls of the building with their plasma weaponry. 

(Small, deadly creatures.)

Katsuo’s security forces were opening fire on the trio of aliens. The elite stepped in front, and our solid rounds began to reflect off the shield. Katsuo turned to his private body guards, “I need you down there, now.” His guards looked on, and in a very small amount of time, all the armed guards on the bottom floor were dead. Katsuo was becoming angry, “Get down there, now.” “No boss, you don’t pay me enough to go get killed.” Was the response, as the pair sat there. Katsuo was enraged, but didn’t make a jolt for the elevator… he watched as well. The small, grey creature walked forward, and the elite began talking to it in an alien language. Katsuo watched as the creature pointed at the child, Ai, Katsuo’s only child… the most precious thing in his life. 

And in that moment, Katsuo’s conscience broke through the selfish billionaire. “Guns, now, both of you. I’m going down there.” The pair of guards handed him their side arms, and as Katsuo gripped them, he could hear a ruckus on the screen, and turning back, his wife was trying to wrestle the small alien’s plasma weapon from him… doing her best to protect their daughter. The elite then took a single shot with his plasma rifle, and Aiko… 

It felt like a lifetime, watching the plasma hit the side of her ribs, burn right through her clothing, her breast, stomach, rib cage… Aiko screamed out and fell to the ground, only a small amount of blood coming from the plasma cauterized burns. Katsuo turned pale, watched as the Elite and Grunt left the small alien in the building, then turned, kicked open the stairway door, and ran 10 stories down in practically no time, sliding on the railing with both guns in his hands like in a John Woo film. When he opened the door on the ground floor, his daughter, the front desk receptionist, and what looked like an older male janitor were standing at attention in front of the small grey alien. Katsuo swears he could ‘see’ some sort of purple ethereal cord connecting the three of them to the small creature.

Katsuo ran forward, raising his twin pistols, and began to fire. Instantly the janitor threw his own body in front of the alien, and the bullets ripped through him. Katsuo was sloppy, never having fired a gun before in his life, and by the time the twin extended 20 round clips were exhausted, the small grey alien was dead, as was the older Janitor. His daughter and the receptionist were both on the ground bleeding, Ai taking a stray bullet in the calf, and the receptionist taking one in the arm.      

Katsuo was absolutely appalled at himself. He spent so much time watching, and ordering others to help… he did nothing while his wife sacrificed herself, protecting their daughter. She was strong, courageous… she always knew what really mattered…

On that day, looking over the death around him, and keeping pressure on his daughter and the receptionist’s wounds, he became filled with purpose. He couldn’t rely on others… he needed to become a legendary hero, like in all those cartoons he watched over his life. Turning a sizable budget towards building his very own Jaeger, and super advanced anti-gravity flight enabled power armor, Katsuo now wishes to bring the fight to the enemy, just like they brought the fight to him.

(Katsuo's 'skywalking' armor.)

Katsuo has become a father obsessed with safety, losing his wife, and nearly losing his daughter, has made him fiercely protective of what he deems as ‘his.’ Martial arts classes, Jaeger simulators, private super secured bunkers, along with his own private drone fleet, navy, and air force squadron are his current methods of keeping his daughter and his businesses safe. 

(You'd get over protective too if this was your daughter.)

This sudden personality change has had an even greater consequence for Katsuo. Six months ago, after he had put Ai to sleep he sat at his desk, a strong drink in hand, and staring at pictures of his Wife, as was standard night time routine since her passing. He could then sense something in the room with him… something strange. He couldn’t see anything, but then he heard a voice, “Your pain is giving you strength, and purpose, but a human mind is not meant to handle everything on its own.” Katsuo stood up, looking around for the source of the voice, but could see nothing. “You feel you were unworthy to your family. That brings you strength, but it also weighs you down. A heavy heart can only accomplish so much.” Katsuo continued to look around, and then in the chair he was just sitting in, there sat a small, furry, pink puppy. It was rather cute, even though it was talking to him. “No Katsuo, you aren’t losing your mind.” The puppy said to him. Katsuo took another drink. “Of course I’m not. I’m just having a conversation with a pink colored dog.” The dog answered right back without hesitation, “Indeed you are, technically a space wolf pup to be exact.” Katsuo gave in, totally losing his mind, he thought to himself. Then the puppy became pink/dark energy, like an ethereal star filled ghost, and ‘flowed’ into Katsuo. His memories… his pain… his body… everything suddenly felt so much more. He could hear the voices of other energy life forms, or spirins, as he learned they were called, and it comforted him. For the first time since his wife died, he felt like he could actually accomplish something. Now, a year later, his training is complete, his Jaeger is finished, his naval fleet is purchased, power armor done… he is ready for a true field test.

(So cute! And well spoken too.)

And so, as his fleet leaves Oregon, heading up to coast to Washington State, Katsuo prepares himself for the first ‘field test’ of his equipment, with both a category 3 Kaiju and Covenant strike force attacking Seattle, it seemed like a good time to make an entrance, and try out the billions that he’s invested in his personal military might.