Name: Issei Hamada, The Prodigy of the Takeda
Nickname: The Grinning Demon
Age: 19 (Senior)
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 189 lbs.
Personality: Issei is an odd assortment of personality
traits. On the surface he gives off an air of being aloof and
mysterious, never truly showing real anger or happiness instead
keeping an eerie seeming smile. He tends to stand back from a crowd
scanning for possible weakness in others, perhaps planning to
prevent a tragedy before one starts, but more likely looking to
exploit said weakness for his own gain. On the rare occasion that he
does actually express the churning sea of emotions inside of him it
is usually rather explosive and violent, on either side of the
spectrum.
Fighting Style: Issei is by definition an endurance fighter.
Believing that the fight can be determined through the unveiling of
a fighters technique Issei almost always puts up a front as
inexperience allowing him to takes a beating before taking his
opponents to the ground.
Martial Arts:Daito-Ryu- Issei's preferred method of combat, is a
traditional Japanese sharing similarity to both Jujitsu and
Aikido. Where Aikido uses large circles and "gentleness" in its
locks and throws Daito-Ryu uses small circles and explosive power to
almost rend the affected limb from the body. A typical scene for
someone on the receiving end of a Daito-Ryu are several finger
shaped bruises all along the forearm.
History: Issei Hamada was born to a lower-middle class family
in Tokyo, never needing anything but understanding the value of
hard-work. Issei was always a little bit of an outcast, never really
picked on or bullied he was never a social butterfly either. At the
age of seven he started taking classes in classic karate and through
those classes he finally began to thrive both socially and
emotionally.
Over the next few years Issei began bouncing from school to school
in search for the perfect style to fit him finding faults in
everything that he attempted to study, until he found a Daito-Ryu
school in Tokyo only a few blocks from his childhood home. It is
unknown when or why Issei began acting the way he does now but what
is known is during his middle school years he began systematically
picking fights with people in what appeared to be a challenge system
to prove he was the strongest. On his final day of middle school he
received his invitation to Shinjuku Academy, something that he
accepted gladly.
In his sophomore year Issei had already earned a reputation as a
powerful fighter. Without throwing a single punch he single handed
defeated most of his peerage with little to no effort, it was this
that brought him to the attention of the Head of Disciplinary
Committee. Issei's arrogance brought him to a face to face challenge
with the Club chairman to which he lost astoundingly, in doing so he
seemed to lose touch with himself. It wasn't until he began training
himself in the spiritual aspects of martial arts that he finally
began to regain some sort of control.
It took the bulk of remainder of the year, but on the last day of
his sophomore year he once again challenged the Disciplinary Head to a
rematch. The match was intense with neither fighter backing down and
both dealing serious blows in rapid succession, it was a long drawn
out battle. After an extended bout it came down to a single mistake
but the Disciplinary Head was downed and forced to surrender. Issei
had become the Head of the Disciplinary Committee during his sophomore
year and has been unbeaten since.
