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[u][b]Appearance [/b][/u]  
Yanagita Shunji stood 6’ 2” and weighted around one hundred fifty pounds with a muscular frame. He was always told that he looked and sounded like his father according to relatives. He always maintained a healthy body and often worked out despite his prosthetic leg. The prosthetic leg won't be noticeable whenever he is wearing his armor around, but it becomes very oblivious in casual wear. Beside the leg, there wasn't anything "fake" about him. And whenever he isn't wearing his armor, you might spot him wearing a professional outfit that makes him looks like an off duty officer than a freelancer. And he tends to cut his hair short since he spent time with the Alliance (Artist: [url=http://leeyongyi.com]Lee Yong[/url]).

[u][b]Nicknames[/b][/u]
Kirin; Qilin

[u][b]Race[/b][/u]
Human

[u][b]Homeworld[/b][/u]
Earth

[u][b]Gender[/b][/u]
Male

[u][b]Age[/b][/u]
Thirty-three

[u][b]Psychological Profile[/b][/u]
Being in the military has made Shunji into a mature and strict person. He's the one person that would be honest about any given situation and then provides a plan to deal with it. But, he won't consider him to be a leader. For one, he lacks the confidence and ambition to lead a team. Hell, he only became a freelancer to seek out the feeling of enjoyment during combat not because of fame and fortune. But, he is more of a loyal follower than a fearless leader. Take him out of combat and he is a different person.

A person that doesn't have many hobbies and interests because it doesn't provide the same amount of excitement that war has. A person that finds civilian life to be boring. It was the reason why Shunji joined C-Sec after leaving the Alliance. C-Sec provided him some form of comfort and excitement until the Citadel was under attack. Afterwards, that desire proven to be too much for Shunji to handle and left C-Sec behind to become a freelancer. He knew that being a freelancer provided enough excitement even if it meant attacking the authorities. But, he has the fear that freelancing won't be enough to contain it. He has already sought out drugs in an attempt to solve that problem. Even then, he will always feel that nothing can be done about controlling or even curing his problem.

Despite dealing with that problem, Shunji tries his best to be positive in front of strangers. He does it because he wants to prove his mother wrong. She judged people heavily and criticized them on everything from looks to the way they sit. And she hated aliens, especially turians because she never could forgive them for killing her husband. Even if it has been hard to not judge, he does his absolute best to get to know people instead of assuming things about them.  

[u][b]Bio[/b][/u]
Yanagita Shunji was born a year after the discovery on Mars to Nakagome & Yamaha. They both were scientists who were trying to extract any remaining technologies from the ruins. That was why Yanagita was born on Lowell City. Once the Alliance had no more use for the scientists, they moved back to Japan and began working for them more often. Yamaha became a recruiter for the Alliance's science department to care for her only child while Nakagome directly worked for the Alliance. Nakagome was one of the scientists that studied the Charon Relay when it was discovered to reactive it. However, Yanagita barely remembered his childhood expected on the day that the First Contact happened. 

Nakagome had been working with the Alliance to active any deactivated relays that they found. However, they met resistance when reactivating Relay 314. The aliens, which were the turians, opened fire on the fleet and destroyed all but one starship. Unfortunately, Nakagome wasn't on the lone starship and perished. Yanagita and Yamaha did not hear about the attack until the lone ship returned and learned of Nakagome's fate. Heartbroken and angry, she developed a hatred for aliens, especially turians and wanted the Alliance to keep fighting them after Shanxi fell. While, Yanagita was heartbroken over his father's sudden death, but he never truly understood what happened until he was older. 

Yanagita struggled without his father during his time in middle and high school while his mother found comfort with Terra Firma, an anti-alien political party. Yamaha soon became a key speaker for the party and attended rallies to spread Terra Firma's message. She often got into arguments about alien influences on humanity with protesters; however, that didn't bother Yanagita until he got into high school. In high school, students quickly learned about his mother and assumed he had the same beliefs. Thus, he had to deal with bullying and mocking from everyone. It wasn't until his last year in high school that he wanted to prove everyone wrong. 

In order to do that, he had to confront his own mother while she was giving her usual speech on the ninth anniversary of the First Contract War. Yamaha was stunned and embarrassed that her own son would proclaim his support of aliens and say it on the anniversary of Nakagome's death. As if it wasn't enough, a picture of Yanagita kissing a turian went viral days after the speech. It was such a big scandal that Terra Firma denounced Yamaha and discredited her as a member. She never forgave Yanagita for dishonoring the family name and ruining her only source of happiness. When he turned eighteen and finished school, she kicked him out and told him to never visit. 

With nowhere to go, Yanagita went to an Alliance recruiter to join. He got basic training before being placed in a division apart of the Alliance Engineering Corp. His division was responsible for maintaining defenses of colonies located in the Skyllian Verge against pirates and slavers. Whenever he was on military leave, he attended college in Elysium to get a degree in electrical engineering. Thankfully, Yanagita wasn't on Elysium when it came under attack during the Skyllian Blitz. The attack made him angry towards the pirates and wanted to fight back. And when he heard of the upcoming battle on Torfan, he requested transform to the 103rd Marine Division. The chain of command approved the transform and Yanagita left for Torfan.

The Battle of Torfan was a bloodbath for the Alliance while a massacre for the pirates on the moon. Hundreds of Alliance soldiers were killed during the push towards the base. And thousands got injured, including Yanagita, who had shrapnel in his legs due to an explosion. It was his first serious injury that he got during his time in the Alliance. He never regretted the decision to join the Marine Division but it was a wake up call. Once he got his degree, he decided to leave the Alliance and move into the Citadel. However, civilian life was difficult for Yanagita to get back into. The Citadel was too peaceful for a military man, like Yanagita, to spend his remaining life. And he didn't have many friends in the Citadel until he met Sertius Quintis. Quintis was a C-Sec officer that met with Yanagita during his break.

Both Quintis and Yanagita were military men at a point in their life and went to the Citadel to retire; but, Quintis joined C-Sec to keep himself busy. After some convincing, Yanagita applied to the C-Sec's Network Division. It wasn't as fun as being part of the Patrol Division, but he knew that his skill would be best suited to deal with E-Crimes. For three years, he did his job for the Network Division to the best of his abilities without question. His superiors were impressed with Yanagita and gave him pay raises. And Quintis became a great friend to Yanagita. Life was comfortable enough for Yanagita until the Citadel was under attack.

Yanagita volunteered his assistance to the Patrol Division given his time in the Alliance. His superiors accepted the request and sent him to temporary join Quintis' unit. Both Yanagita and Quintis were tasked with escorting citizens to one of many safety zones established by C-Sec. The situation was getting better with the arrival of the Alliance fleet and the destruction of the geth starship. Until pieces of it began to crash down on the station. One of the pieces from the massive starship crash landed onto the safety zone that Yanagita and Quintis were in. They were trapped under rubble for hours until C-Sec finally got them out and transported to a local hospital. Yanagita' left leg had to be amputated due to it being seriously infected, while Quintis lost both of his legs. However, both men got free prosthetics because of their actions during the attack. And in need of more officers, they were offered their original jobs. 

Both men quickly accepted the offer and went back to work within the month; but, Yanagita was bored working at a desk job and solving the usual extranet crime. Originally, he tried to apply for the Patrol Division but was rejected. So he did what he felt was right and retired for C-Sec. Quintis was confused about the sudden retirement and confronted Yanagita about it. He went on to explain how he felt so alive and energized during the Battle of the Citadel that he realized how much he missed the front lines. And if C-Sec wasn't going to give it to him, he had to look somewhere else. 

Shortly after retiring C-Sec, Yanagita left the Citadel to begin his new life as a freelancer. In a seven month period, he had only taken a few jobs around the galaxy. He used several of his nicknames as alias and gained a decent reputation for getting a job done despite causing a mess. Being a freelancer cost him a comfortable job and a possible relationship, but Yanagita Shunji has never once expressed regret for his decision. Just like his choice of defying his mother and being apart of Torfan.

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[u][b]Class[/b][/u]
Engineer

[u][b]Abilities[/b][/u]
Energy Drain
Flamethrower
Flashbang Grenade
Overload
Shredder Ammo

[u][b]Equipment[/b][/u]
Naginata Sniper Rifle VIII
Hurricane Shotgun IV
Nexus omni-tool VII
Light Freedom armor VI (in the color and with the golden markings from the picture).

[u][b]Strengths[/b][/u]
In combat, Yanagita Shunji is completely focused on accomplishing the objective while having fun in his own way. He is able to follow orders through—even if he disagrees with him. If you need a sniper to provide support for afar or someone for close quarter fighting, then Shunji's your guy to ask. And it's thanks to the military authorities in his life that taught him about the importance of loyalty and the long term benefits. As a result, he isn't prejudiced towards most species except for batarians because of reasons. For his skills as an engineer, he knows how to repair, restore, and build several things if you give the space and the tools required. His specialty is weapons, armors, prosthetics, and augmentations.

[u][b]Weaknesses[/b][/u]
Even known Shunji is an engineer, he is a terrible hacker compared to other engineers. He cannot hack a simple machine if his life was depending on it. It was one of the reasons why the Alliance moved him to the front lines rather than with the other engineers. In the terms of being a freelancer, he isn't well known across the galaxy and tends to be careful while selecting his next contract due to his good nature. Thanks to his time in the Alliance and C-Sec, Shunji has a hard time overcoming that aspect of him and its preventing him from becoming a better freelancer. 

After the battle is over, Shunji has to deal with his worries and fears, eating him up because of his fear of the uncontrollable future. And the fear that his past, his family, will catch up with him. The Alliance and C-Sec helped him kept those fears in line for a while until he decided to move on for them. During the first few months as a freelancer, every fear and worry started to overwhelm and he found comfort in drugs. The high of smoking marijuana kept him chill and relaxed. Then, he tried and fell in love with other drugs like Hallex; but, he stayed away from red sand. Alcohol, on the other hand, was something that Shunji only drank with people or his friend. He does know that these things could affect his mind and thought of seeking out a therapist. But, he hated the idea of sharing his thoughts and feelings with a stranger.

[u][b]Misc[/b][/u]
As for batarians, he hates them for what they did during the Skyllian Blitz and especially the Battle of Torfan. In Torfan, he had to watch as countless soldiers and friends were killed by batarians, but he is trying to move on. And as for hobbies, Shunji recently got into cooking as another way of keeping his mind occupied. And he used to draw a whole lot before stopping for some odd reason. In the terms of having fun, he does like to play strategy games, like Kepesh-Yakshi and chess, and watching war movies. In terms of a love life, he hasn't been seeking out a relationship due to the Alliance and C-Sec; however, he has had a few one night stands. And he has a crush on turians. 

Yanagita Shunji's theme song, [i]Triumph[/i], represents the struggles that he dealt with throughout his life and how he has always overcome them even if it came at a cost.
 
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