Name: Yamamoto Tetsuo<br/>Age: 27<br/>Hair:  Jet black, shaved at the temples<br/>Eyes:  Brown<br/>Height: 5’9<br/>Build: Lithe<br/>Homeworld: Luthien<br/>Piloting: Wolverine-8K "Giri"<br/><br/>Description: Tetsuo is a physically unimpressive individual, standing only average in height and build. He makes up for this with with a self confidence that some would see as arrogance. He is unconcerned by what others believe though. He normally wears a Kuritan style military jacket, but with the unit patch and rank insignia removed. Until he feels worthy to wear those again, they remain in a small laquered wooden box in his quarters. At his waist he wears a wakizashi, indication of his status as samurai.<br/><br/>History<br/>Yamamoto Tetsuo was born and raised samurai, heir to generations of samurai who had served the house of Kurita. Raised in duty and honour, he could do no less, and followed his ancestors into the military. Such was his performance at the Sun Zhang MechWarrior Academy that, coupled with his family name, he was granted a place in the prestigious 2nd Sword of Light regiment as soon as he had qualified for it, serving a tour in the 14th Sun Zhang Cadre and then just over four years in the 21st Galedon Regulars.<br/><br/>His strict adherence to the code of bushido though, learned through his family and reinforced by his time in the 21st, led him to some clashes with his commander. Though not serious enough for any formal action to be deemed necessary, it has led to bad blood between the two, which only grew over time.<br/><br/>His rise in the Second Sword was equally notable, right up until the war with the Ghost Bears. Ferocious fighting there saw the regiment reduced to some 23% of its full strength, losses in machines and warriors both. Though he distinguished himself in the fighting on Garstadt against the Ghost Bears 283rd Battle Cluster, gaining a battlefield promotion to Sho-sa (Major), his unit was virtually crippled, and his own mech (a Hatamoto-Chi) destroyed when its reactor blew.<br/><br/>Currently he has taken a 'leave of absense' while the unit is being rebuilt. He has secured an older mech, and joined up with a mercenary unit. His intent is to capture a mech worthy of the Sword before returning, to expunge what he sees as a personal dishonour.<br/><br/><br/>Major skills:<br/>Mech piloting and gunnery<br/>Speaks Japanese, English, Arabic and Swedenese<br/>Leadership and Administration<br/>Kuritan military martial arts