<strong>Name:</strong>Daigo Tanaka<br/><strong>Age:</strong>29<br/><strong>Nationality:</strong>Japanese<br/><strong>Rank:</strong>Ranger<br/><br/><strong>Appearance:</strong><br/>(http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/9247/637189-2002003724376651131_rs.jpg)<br/><br/><strong>Positive personality traits:</strong>Hard-working, Helpful, Disciplined<br/><strong>Negative personality traits:</strong>Prideful, Short-tempered, Traditional<br/><br/><strong>Pre-PPDC experience:</strong>Police officer, pilot in the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.<br/><strong>Other skills:</strong>-Talented baseball player from high school career.<br/>-Strong PR skills (interviews, public image, etc.).<br/>-Good at navigating without instruments. Can perform some on-mission repairs in an emergency.<br/>-Passable English, but refuses to use it on home soil, believing those who work at the Tokyo Shatterdome should know Japanese.<br/><br/><strong>General Backstory:</strong>Born to an Okinawan police officer and his wife, Daigo was raised in a very traditional Japanese style, being taught only to show full trust to his family and neighbors, and always to be wary of outsiders. In the modern era, only some of this mentality managed to stick in the boy, but he still idolized his parents and did whatever he could to emulate their example, playing baseball in school just like his father had and joining the police academy as soon as he was out. Still, Daigo spent only a couple years as a police officer before he decided to put his athletic and intellectual skills to better use. He joined the air force just into his twenties and became a fairly talented pilot, forming a close friendship, trust, and amicable rivalry with a female pilot in his squadron.<br/><br/>Daigo took much pride in his service for the next several years, completely certain that he and his partner could take down any kaiju that dared to approach Japan, but the attack of Onibaba proved him dead wrong. Most of his squadron was wiped out, and he barely made it out alive as Onibaba completed ignored their attempts to bring him down. It took a British-piloted Jaeger to finally bring the beast down, a fact that shames Daigo to this day. He couldn't stand for the fact that Japanese defense had to be left to foreign Rangers, so, as soon as his injuries had recovered, he immediately signed up for the Ranger program along with his partner, where his set-in-his-ways style nearly prevented him from passing. Now he works out of the Tokyo Shatterdome, acting as a symbol of Japanese resistance to the kaiju threat.<br/><br/><hr/><hr/><br/><strong>Code Name</strong>: Bushido Dawn<br/><strong>Launch Date</strong>: 2017<br/><strong>Classification</strong>: Mark III<br/><strong>Status</strong>: Active<br/><strong>Country of Origin</strong>: Japan<br/><strong>Height</strong>: 65 meters<br/><strong>Weight</strong>: 1700 tons<br/><strong>Appearance</strong>:<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">The Samurai Protector</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/662/22315-gw_sandrock2.jpg)</div></div><br/><strong>Equipment</strong>:<br/><em>Mach Katana</em>- A Jaeger-sized katana made of the most durable alloys available, with the intent of cutting through even the densest of Kaiju exoskeletons. The backside of the blade is lined along most of its length with jet engines, to give added force to the more critical strikes performed. Fuel is limited, but Bushido can make a few of these attacks before running out.<br/><br/><em>Heat-Seeking Stingers</em>- Dozens of repurposed jet missile launchers are tucked away inside Bushido's shoulders and can release of a volley of small but powerful heat-seeking missiles. While not usually enough to kill a full-sized Kaiju, they are effective in distracting, staggering, or even blinding them.<br/><br/><em>Sora Oni System</em>- This "Sky Demon" system is what grants the lighter, less-armored Bushido Dawn its exceptional maneuverability. While no Jaeger can dream of full-on flight at this point, the Sora Oni system allows Bushido to propel itself around the battlefield at remarkable speed for a Jaeger, and can even be used to very briefly glide if overclocked enough.