Diverboy Edge

Diverboy Edge
Player: @Rotundo
"So what if some call me a sellout? I like helping people, but I need to make a living too."
Character Build
Class Focus:	Melee DPS
Power Level:	40
Research & Development:	Arms
Biographical Data
Real Name:	Lenny Nakamura
Known Aliases:	Diverboy Edge
Gender:	Male
Species:	Human
Ethnicity:	Japanese-American
Place of Birth:	Los Angeles, California
Base of Operations:	The Seven Seas
Relatives:	Hideki Nakamura, father; Kotone Nakamura, mother. Elise, fiancee.
Characteristics
Age:	26
Height:	5'9"
Weight:	167 lb.
Eyes:	Brown
Hair:	Black
Complexion:	Smooth
Physical Build:	Swimmer's build - particularly strong legs
Physical Features:	Unknown (never seen without suit)
Status
Alignment:	██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ Neutral Good
Reputation:	██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ Imposing
Identity:	Secret
Years Active:	4
Citizenship:	United States
Occupation:	Marine biologist
Education:	College graduate, degree in marine biology
Marital Status:	Engaged
Known Powers and Abilities
Expert swordsman, martial artist, swimmer, shark affinity
Equipment and Paraphernalia
Specialized diving suit for combat and utility, dual beam swords, smoke and flash grenades, harpoon/hook gun

Attributes
	Strength	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █		Endurance	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █
	Agility	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █		Speed	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █
	Fighting	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █		Projectiles	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █
	Durability	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █		Resistance	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █
	Intelligence	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █		Psyche	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █
	Intuition	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █		Charisma	█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █
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History

Lenny Nakamura grew up in an upper middle class family in San Jose. His parents, second generation immigrants, brought him with them during their summers in the Wakayama Prefecture of Japan. It was during these summers that he would practice swordplay at the nearest dojo, under his master Saichiro Murata. Murata was no one of any particular fame with the sword, but as the years went by he noticed that Lenny trained hard when he was here, and was largely well-liked by his peers. So, at age 16, Murata took Lenny to the next level: dual katana. From then on, Lenny would spend his summers there, attempting to master the technique. His childhood and teen years were largely spent training, swimming (he was the star swimmer in his high school in San Jose), and going to beach parties.

He enrolled in college to study marine biology, and took some extra time to earn his master's degree. By that time he met his girlfriend and soon to be fiancee, Elise Rickerts. The future looked bright...but soon burnt out. There wasn't much demand for a marine biologist, and Lenny often worked odd jobs in hopes of landing a career. But he was slowly losing hope, despite the fact he remained outwardly optimistic. Elise stuck with him, trying to find her own work. They were living with low income, and Lenny tried his hardest to stay away from bad crowds.

Then his luck changed. He got a job taking people scuba diving and was co-opted by a cruise line to entertain guests. One day, Lenny was taking a couple diving when pirates hijacked the ship. Lenny took note of this and had the couple swim for a nearby island while he made the decision to sneak on board the ship and try and do something. He managed to grab some improvised weapons in the form of tiki totem incense burners, made of real bamboo. With communications cut, he took out the pirates (lightly armed and armored) one by one using surprise attacks, until the ship was cleared. He was hailed as a hero for that, and he figured that would be the end of things.

Fortunately for him, the Wonder Fish company noticed his tale. Impressed by his heroism, they decided to offer him a sponsorship. After some thought, he accepted. This would be his future, he realized: fighting crime and getting payed for it. He liked the idea. He agreed to protect Wonder Fish's assets from terrorists and other villains in exchange for equipment and pay, and would even feature in some of their ads. It was the start of a new era for Lenny, as he became the hero known as DIVERBOY EDGE.

Notes on Wonder Fish

• Wonder Fish is a multi-national conglomerate dealing mainly in the manufacture and sale of fish-related products; they control all aspects of their company, from the fishermen, to researchers, factories, and marketing.
• Investigation would reveal that Wonder Fish is an on-the-level company with no shady dealings. The recent decade has seen them turn towards sustainable fishing practices and recent research into cloning exotic fish meats from cells, marketed as gourmet food.

Personality

Diverboy tends to be very laid-back, never getting too upset or anxious about anything; some might wonder how he handles the every day dangers of his work so casually. He is friendly and honest with nearly everyone he meets, even those that may take some offense to his ties to the corporate world. Many have labelled Diverboy as a sellout or a fake hero because of the marketing involved with his sponsorships, accusing him of only being in it for the money. But he just lets the criticism roll off his shoulders, and keeps doing what he's doing. Whatever anxiety he feels, he keeps it hidden, like his face underneath the diving suit.

One of his biggest passions is the oceans themselves. He finds them enchanting, with entire civilizations under the waves, numerous wondrous and exotic creatures, vibrant plant life, and unexplored mysteries. He is willing to talk at length about everything related to the oceans, particularly facts about marine life (he still feels miffed about his degree going to a dead end, so he enjoys the chance to flex his knowledge whenever possible). As a result, he is particularly conscious about civilization's impact on the oceans, often extolling careful, controlled use of the ocean's resources to advance mankind.

He isn't without his quirks. While he actively avoids the temptation to fall into greed because of his new wealth, he likes to buy things like jetskis, comic collections or other unusual things when the mood strikes him. He takes care not to use company finances to do this, instead using those funds to maintain his equipment. Diverboy is also highly afraid of germs, his biggest secret. He wears the diving suit almost all the time because it wards off all manner of diseases and toxins, and a traumatic childhood experience has made him fear contamination. If one were to rip the suit off him, he'd feel extremely exposed and uncomfortable.

Powers

Expert Swordsman: Diverboy studied a Japanese style of wielding two swords at once during repeated summer visits to his parents' hometown in southern Japan. He showed a combination of natural talent and discipline that allowed him to quickly advance in his training since he was 10 years old, and now wields his own pair of swords against evildoers. His beam katana, Kamaitachi and Amikiri, were made by Wonder Fish and can cut through the toughest metals easily at full power.

Shark Affinity: An unexplained empathy with sharks, whether standard sharks or mutated shark manimals, that is a sort of 'shark charisma'. Sometimes he can summon normal or mutant non-anthropomorphic sharks to aid him in underwater combat, or surf on them.

Relationships

Friends

Knuckle Sharkman: "He's my partner in crime fighting and seems to have a good head on his shoulders. It takes some used to being around a giant shark man, but he's friendly and nice. Packs one hell of a punch, too."

Jumping Jack Blue: "Ah, Jack's one of my biggest fans. He's a good guy, I can't wait to see his style in action!"

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Diverboy and his trusted partner, Knuckle Sharkman, sponsored by Wonder Fish.

Enemies

Sister Natural: "What a piece of work. Loud, annoying, and dabbling in things she doesn't understand. She's the baddest eco-terrorist I've ever met, just psychotic and driven enough to make things bad for honest fishermen out there. Plus, she doesn't shave."

Opinions

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OOC Info

Character Hooks

• Diverboy's visage is plastered on billboards, food boxes, and televised advertisements. He also has action figures, a brief anime series and his own brand of energy bar, 'Kansbar' (named after Kansai). If you are in touch with pop culture, you have likely seen him.
• Diverboy is deeply involved with protecting the oceans and all that live within it, so if you are an aquatic hero, you might run into him.
• As a swordsman he likes to participate in martial arts tournaments, and is interested in those with different fighting styles.
• Probably my friendliest alt; he is that chill dude that doesn't try and be the center of attention, but is cool to hang out with all the same.

Theme Songs

Accept - Fast As A Shark

The Aquabats - The Shark Fighter[[Category: Japanese][[Category:American]