A shadowy but powerful figure in Japanese industry and politics, he built his fortune and influence through control of Sakuradite mining—the resource that would eventually make Japan strategically invaluable. During the Kururugi Administration, he was one of the regime's most important behind-the-scenes operators.
When Britannia invaded and occupied the islands, he made a calculated and very public show of support for the new order, earning him a reputation as a collaborator and traitor in the eyes of most Japanese. But this was cover. Behind closed doors, he quietly orchestrated the Japanese resistance movement and served as head of the Kyōto house, working to undermine Britannian rule from within.
He's known Lelouch and Nunnally since their childhood visits to the Kururugi Shrine, and he was one of the few who figured out Lelouch's true identity as Zero. Rather than turn him in, he became one of Zero's key supporters—backing him materially and strategically in the rebellion against the empire, even as his public persona remained that of a loyal Britannian collaborator.
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