Battosai    KOTC Database Entry:   BATTOSAI

    NAME           :  Battosai
    ALIAS          :  Hikaru Himura
   
CLASSIFICATION : 
Human (Special Training)
    TYPE           :  Martial Artist.
    MORALITY       :  Hero?
   
AFFILIATION    : 
Knights of the Coast.
    STATUS         :  Unknown.
    SEC. CLEARANCE :  L2 (Basic)
   
GENDER         : 
Male.
    AGE            :  35.
    HEIGHT         :  5'8".
    WEIGHT         :  150 lbs.
   
THREAT RATING
 
     PHYSICAL/CLOSE    :  High
     PHYSICAL/RANGE    :  Medium
     MENTAL/CLOSE     :  Unknown
     MENTAL/RANGE     :  Unknown
     OTHER/CLOSE      :  Moderate
     OTHER/RANGE      :  Moderate
   
 OVERALL       : 
Medium-high.

QUOTE:  "If you threaten the weak, if you threaten to kill, beware the battosai."

BACKGROUND: 
Hikaru was a former retainer of Sato Naoki, the CEO of major multinational conglomerate Naoko Industries. The company holds no records of his position or even his employment with the company. In May, 2000, Hikaru fled Japan and started travelling through China, India, Russia before ending up in England. Pursued to England by some unnamed foes, he was forced to flee and came to America, arriving in Coast City in early 2001. He was introduced to Perseus and thence the rest of the Knights through the medium of Master Po.

There are some indications that he may have been a former student of the villainous (and perverted) Happosai.

When the dimensional walls weakened during the incident involving the Crimson Claw, a slightly-different version of Hikaru was left inhabiting this universe, apparently stranding that known as the Battosai in another dimension. The new incarnation of Hikaru calls himself Starseed and is possessed of different abilities than that which initially joined the Knights of the Coast.

MOTIVATION: 
Seeks to atone for "grevious sins" in his past. Protect the weak.

TACTICS: 
Go in and hit 'em, hit 'em some more and if they are still standing, hit 'em again.

KNOWN STRENGTHS: 
Quick and moderately hard to hit.

KNOWN WEAKNESSES: 
Blind. Depends upon keen hearing to locate adversaries.

OFFENSIVE POWERS: 
Martial Arts HtH and Ki (EB) attacks.

DEFENSIVE POWERS: 
Damage Reduction (75%).

NON-COMBAT POWERS: 
Force-learned a basic comprehension of the Ophidian tongue for tactical purposes using the Ophidian Collar.

FOCII/EQUIPMENT: 
No Data.

LOCOMOTION: 
Running, superleap.

KotC ENCOUNTERS: 
- was introduced to the group just in time to lend a hand with the incident at the Mesa Flats Nuclear Power Facility.

- became recognized as an official part of the group over the course of the next month or so, to the point of being perhaps the best candidate to lead the group when Phoenix stepped down in late April, 2001.

- when the dimensional walls weakened during the incident involving the Crimson Claw, a slightly-different version of Hikaru was left inhabiting this universe, apparently stranding that known as the Battosai in another dimension.

KotC COMMENTS: 
- Perseus: "Impressive..."
- Sub-Zero: "Make the blind guy with the noodlehouse and hookers leader?!? I don't think so!"