Tenchi Muyo! Fan Fiction :D

"Ryoko, the Flower Girl"
(Tenchi Universe)

Tenchi Muyo
FanFiction by VraieEsprit
CHARACTER BIOGRAPHIES

My writing, as with most people's fan fiction, does attempt to use as many of the original characters as possible. I'm not a fan of random new characters coming into stories, taking over the plot and turning themselves into Mary-Sues. So I sincerely hope that none of my characters have ever been construed in that way.

However, when you're writing something which goes into detail, sometimes there is a need to bite the bullet and add in a new character or two to balance things out and make things make sense. Most all of my new characters are bit part or single story appearance players. Some have multiple appearances because of the nature of their role - others do not. I've not had hate mail for any of them yet, so hopefully none of them are insanely nauseating.

With that said, below is a rough basic outline of the main additional characters that appear/will appear in my writing! WARNING: The biographies may provide spoilers!

Ages given - where given - are the ages the characters are when they are first introduced. :)

A NOTE ABOUT VRAIE'S BUTCHERED JURAIAN ROYALS:
Please note that because my writing has meshed the Juraian royal family more than a little, the family name Masaki "柾木" cannot apply to Ayeka and her family. I have generally avoided using surnames for Ayeka's kin to save on confusion. However, in my interpretation of the Tenchi Universe's royal family, Seto (aka Seto Kamiki Jurai) is the mother of Azusa, Haru and Aiko. Since she has a seperate surname in the OVA canon, I have adopted her name Kamiki "神木" for Azusa and his siblings. For this reason, Haru is Haru Kamiki Jurai and Aiko is Aiko Kamiki Jurai. Logically this probably also means Ayeka has become Ayeka Kamiki Jurai, and Sasami has become Sasami Kamiki Jurai. Because Katsuhito took the name Masaki from the shrine and Itsuki's family when he arrived on the Earth, it is impossible for it to remain as his family name. We are never given an official family name for the Universe royal family...so I have improvised :)
To further add to the confusion, Ayeka and Takeru's son has Takeru's name, Imada " 今 打" (I hope I got my kanji right - I didn't want him to be Mr Not Yet!). That makes him Shigure Imada Jurai.
In short, the only characters in my Juraian royal family interpretation/butchering to keep the surname Masaki are Tenchi himself, and obviously, his daughter Nozomi :)
Where written in kanji, the names adopt the japanese formation (ie surname first).

  Nozomi Masaki JuraiNOZOMI MASAKI JURAI　
柾木 望み 樹雷
Age: 16 and a half
Hair colour: Teal
Eye colour: Amber gold
Other names: Moriko. (森子）
Comments: Nozomi is the daughter of Ryoko and Tenchi. Raised by Sasami and the trusted companion of Tsunami in a dangerous, Kagato-infested future world, Nozomi's task is to help save Jurai's past at the expense of her own future. Nozomi's existance in the new future timeline is uncertain, since time itself is changeable and neither Ryoko nor Tenchi know what it will hold for either one of them. However it is *just* possible that Nozomi might make another story appearance yet...
In the original timeline, Nozomi was abducted from her parents as a baby by members of the Cult of Kagato and known under the name Moriko ("Child of the Forest"). The Cult used her to raise Kagato's spirit, thus setting into play the potential death of Jurai. After the raising of Kagato, Nozomi fled the Cult and found sanctuary with Sasami at the Royal Palace, where she was given the name Nozomi. Her true birth name - as decided by her original parents - is never known (although maybe it was Tenko!).
::picture of Nozomi-chan by the exceptionally talented NADOU::
SHIGURE IMADA JURAI
Imada Shigure Jurai今打 時雨 樹雷
Age: 17
Hair: Dark purple
Eyes: Dark red
Comments: Shigure is the son of Ayeka and Takeru - brought up in the Juraian social system, he has a lot of trouble disassociating himself from the social stereotypes and expectations of the class system, which can make him appear stuck up. He is very proud, and has a quick temper, especially if he thinks he is being ridiculed in some way. As potential heir to Jurai's throne, Shigure is mortified that as yet he's been unable to wake Jurai's power inside of him, and is secretly fed up with being forced into many marriage meetings with ambitious young Juraiain women, all eager to be the consort of Jurai's future King. Shigure has a good heart beneath his misguided social opinion and his sharp tongue, although sometimes Ayeka despairs of ever making him the King Jurai will need him to be.
Shigure is named after his great, great grandfather - Ayeka's grandfather King Shigure, who was the Emperor that martyred himself against Kain. Shigure feels the burden of this title very much, for his namesake was a great Emperor with tremendous magical ability. This makes him all the more determined to prove himself, and even more frustrated when his magic refuses to materialise!
::picture of Shigure-sama by the exceptionally talented NADOU::
KAZUKI
和希
Age: Unknown
Hair colour: Dark blue-black
Eye colour: Blood red.
Comments: Kazuki is Nagi's younger brother, and the son of a bounty hunter, although he expressed no interest in following in the family business. Intelligent and driven, just as his sister, Kazuki trained as a doctor and graduated with very high marks. However, during his education he fell in love with a girl called Naoko who was also a medical student. When Naoko contracted a terminal illness, he refused her request to help her die and was haunted by the decision ever after. His regrets caused him to end the life of another terminally ill patient when she asked him to stop her suffering, and as a result he was struck off from the Galactic Medical Register. Thanks to Nagi, he was not charged or imprisoned for his action, but he now makes his home on a remote planet outside of Galaxy Police jurisdiction. Although legally forbidden from practicing medicine, Kazuki uses his skills regularly to tend to the refugees and outlaws that inhabit his planet, and it is thanks to his abilities that Ryoko manages to survive her original encounter with Kagato Jurai. Nagi and Kazuki are very close, although shows of affection do not exist in their family.

HAKI
破気
Age: Unknown
Hair: Ebony
Eye colour: Ice blue
Comments: Possibly the most evil Space Pirate ever to roam the galaxy, Haki was once aligned with the powerful Daluma guild but betrayed them after a heist on the Science Academy, killing several of their members in the process. Since this fight, Haki has worn a scarf over his lower features, to hide the scars taken in the battle. Few have ever seen his face, and those who have usually wind up dead.
After making off with the Phoenix ship Karasu, Haki became bonded to the craft's technology, allowing him to regenerate when Karasu did but at a high mental cost. His mind and the ship's are now meshed, causing an already dangerous man to become more and more insane.
Haki discovered that Ryoko had Juraian roots and so took her under his wing when she was a child, training her in the art of piracy while secretly planning to use her in his own devious plans to snare Jurai's power.

SUKI TENNAN
天南 崇気
Age: 17
Hair: Pink
Eye colour: Aquamarine
Comments: Suki is Seiryo Tennan's young and gentle sister, and someone he would do pretty much anything to protect. Suki is naive and inexperienced, easily scared by events and surroundings.
Suki's mother Kaede is critically ill and Suki's father Seiji has many vices which alienate him from his family. He is also somewhat chauvenistic and has kept Suki pretty much at home, without allowing her to grow and develop outside of his influence. Consequently she has never had friends who weren't of "suitable" class and is quite lonely. Seiryo was sent away to the Galaxy Police when she was seven, making her more like an only child for the last ten years, but it has also left her very alone and helpless with her mother's deteriorating health and her father's continued problems with infidelity, alcohol and money. Seiji's attitude towards women has meant she has not learnt many of the skills other women her age have, and whilst she can read, write, take care of domestic things and speak six languages, she has no experience with family finances and is forbidden from becoming involved in her father's business affairs. The Tennan family are one of the oldest on Jurai, so Suki has been raised with the constant idea of her family's honour being the most important thing - above all else.
Suki loves Seiryo with all her heart and equates him to something close to perfection in her mind, relying on him to solve her problems and protect her when things go wrong. However, after her father's untimely death and it's wide ranging consequences, she discovers that her demands on Seiryo are unfair and she does her best to take responsibility for her own and her family's actions.
Suki also has a big heart, she is just often too shy and insecure to reveal it. However, she is incapable of holding grudges or hating anyone, and once taken under Sasami's wing begins to blossom at the Juraian court as a lady in her own right.

TAKERU IMADA
今 打 丈瑠
Age: 28
Hair: Black
Eyes: Dark purple
Comments: Takeru is the eldest son of one of Jurai's most prestigious noble families, and a childhood sparring partner of Seiryo Tennan. Takeru's father is wise to the ways of court and managed to negotiate with Ayeka's father the rights to her hand in marriage. Well-spoken, well-mannered and the kind who thinks before he speaks, Takeru's true feelings or thoughts are often concealed behind his natural Juraian diplomacy. However, he loves his wife very much, even to the point where he feels he needs to defend her honour against insults with swordplay. Takeru knows that Ayeka still loves Tenchi, but this fact only makes him more determined to prove himself to her as the kind of husband she's worthy of having. He is often very astute, but reluctant to act in drastic ways in case it upsets the balance of life around him. However, an exception to this is in situations regarding Seiryo - when he's only too happy to pull out his weapon and fight.

KICHI ITOKAWA
糸川吉
Age: 21
Hair: Silver blond
Eyes: Dark indigo
Comments: Kichi is an "immaculate" - a child born to a family with serious genetic flaws in her structure. Most children born this way are unable to develop normally and die within a few days of their birth, but Kichi's unusual magical potential has allowed her to overcome her physical weaknesses and she makes up for in power what she doesn't have in stature. Initially expected to die on account of the severity of her condition, her family considered her survival a miracle and so named her "Kichi" (Lucky) because they believed her divinely blessed.
Petite and deceptively slight, she is capable of putting up a fight if anyone threatens her, and despite her youth, is one of the Academy's most promising talents.
Kichi is an alumnus of the Science Academy who worked under Washu many years before. When Washu began to develop Ryoko, Kichi was the only one she took into her confidence, and when Ryoko was born, Kichi was entrusted with the job of raising her and training her in her magic to be the best fighter she could be. Unfortunately, Kichi's wherabouts were discovered by Kagato's knights Tetta and Tessei. Although she managed to protect Ryoko from being detected, Kichi was killed in the resultant struggle.
Kichi's immaculate structure means she is unable to bear her own children, and as a result she grew to love Ryoko as if she were her own daughter.

MANAMI KURASHIDA
蔵市妥 満網
Age: 22
Hair: Indigo
Eyes: Sea blue
Comments: Manami is another of Washu's protegees, who worked under her at the Science Academy. Fascinated by Juraian magic, Manami spends much of her time and career after Washu's exile studying the Light Hawk Wings and other Juraian mysticism. At one point, she even operated in a senior consultancy position on the planet itself, after the defeat of Kagato and during Ayeka and Sasami's childhood she was relied upon often by Prince Haru and his wife when a scientific opinion was required, because of her compassion and her discretion.
Her intense research brings her to the attention of the vengeful Lady Tokimi, and unfortunately she is captured and killed by Clay and Zero when she refuses to relinquish to them all of her findings. On occasion, Zero has been known to assume Manami's appearance when accessing the Science Academy files, and her death has yet to be officially reported.


AKIRA ITOKAWA
糸川明
Age: 27
Hair: Silver
Eyes: Black
Comments: Akira is Kichi's hot-headed older brother. He works at the Science Academy as both a scientist and head of security, in order to help supplement his limited finances. He and Kichi drifted apart in the time before her death, which he blames Washu for and as a result he hates Washu enough to want to kill her. However Academy rules forbid killing, and so he has to resort to just hating her from afar. Although he tells people he feels Kichi let herself and her family down, he secretly misses her very much.
SAKURA ITO
糸 桜
Age: 21
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Comments: A native Earthling, Sakura is one of Tenchi's university friends at Osaka Seikei. At first scared half to death by Ryoko's strange abilities, Sakura's natural curiosity allows her to overcome her original prejudices and she and Ryoko become friends also. Sakura has a reputation for being a question mark, but she is loyal and means well.

HIROSHI IKEDA
池田 博史
Age: 21
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Comments: Like Sakura, Hiroshi is a college friend of Tenchi's at Osaka Seikei, and in many ways is his closest friend at the college. Although he too is wary of Ryoko to begin with, he tends to try and cover his discomfort with humour. In the end, he learns to accept Tenchi's alien companion, turning his interest to other things - such as the subject of whether she has any pretty alien friends he could meet, and what alien girls are 'like.'
::The name IKEDA is taken from the OVA continuation, where Tenchi's school friends are AMAGASAKE, IKEDA and KAMIKURA. No first name is given for IKEDA or KAMIKURA and Hiroshi's inspiration comes from that source.::

PRINCE HARU OF JURAI （HARU KAMIKI JURAI)
神木 春 樹雷
Hair: Dark purple
Eyes: Dark red
Comments: Haru is Ayeka's father, the younger brother of Azusa and the eldest of twins. Predicted to be born with Jurai's power, Haru's magic is dead inside him and no amount of effort made him popular with his late father. As a result, Haru is not always a happy individual and has a tendancy to be protective of both of his daughters. Truthfully he loves them very much, but he is not a natural people person or communicator, so his manner and methods often offend others around him. He and Azusa are very close and it was they who found Ryoko on the planet Yubisu, after Kichi's murder. Haru is Azusa's chief of security, allowing him the pomp and responsibility of interrogation and investigation, something which he occasionally pushes beyond legal Jurai limits.
Haru was extremely close to his dead twin sister Aiko, and her death affected him far more deeply than he has ever properly expressed. Although widely believed to have been suicide, Haru rests with the opinion she was killed by her mad son Kagato, and this is one of his many reasons for hating Ryoko.

PRINCESS AIKO OF JURAI　（AIKO KAMIKI JURAI)
 神木 愛 子 樹雷
Hair: Dark cyan-green (a few shades darker than Seto's hair).
Eyes: Ruby red
Comments: Aiko is the jezebel of Jurai's court - the youngest of three children and Haru's twin sister. She is as different from her bookish brother as chalk from cheese, and loves the social whirl of Juraian society. Gaining a reputation as a flirt and a tease as a young girl, she was forcibly married to an older Lord by her father at seventeen, but was widowed just over a year later when he was killed in battle. Refusing to wear widow's garb or respect his memory, Aiko returned to her old ways, although she was too smart to get too involved with any of her many admirers. Unlike her brother, she cares nothing for her father's opinion and is quite happy annoying him as much as possible. She is very fond of her son Kagato, and seeks to protect him as much as possible. However, there is a question-mark over the identity of her son's father.
Aiko died in mysterious circumstances and although most people on Jurai believe it was suicide, those who knew her best are loath to believe one who was so full of happiness and life would ever have taken that step.

YURIKAGE MOTONOYA
下悩夜 友吏影
Age: 21
Hair: Golden blond
Eyes: Brown
Comments: Yurikage is the eldest child of the wealthy Motonoya family and very conscious of the burden of responsibility on his head. Impulsive, sometimes foolish but generally well-meaning, he has attached himself to Sasami's retinue in the hope that one day he might be considered worthy of being her consort. Although his heart is in the right place, Yurikage's naturally imperceptive nature does not allow him to see that Sasami doesn't hold him in the same regard, and on occasion his youth and fervent devotion to the Princess means he goes to foolish lengths to impress and protect her (often when she doesn't need his protection). A man of suitable Jurai breeding and education, it is thought that Lord Haru approves of the young noble as a prospective husband for his younger child, although Sasami's opinion has yet to be swayed in his direction. Although of equal status to Seiryo Tennan, he often defers authority to his peer due to Seiryo's older age and greater experience, and holds him in high esteem, although Seiryo generally considers him a fool and cautions Sasami to take him in hand before his foolish nature costs him his life.

RIKISHOUKI NO TADASHI (Tadashi of Rikishouki, Tadashi Ohira)
力生気 の 唯　(男碑等 唯）
Age: 21
Hair: Dark blue
Eyes: Green
Comments: Tadashi is one of the surviving peoples born from Kihaku's immigrants and now living on Rikishouki. Although his father's line is descended from the ancient Kii Ohira tribe, mixing between tribes means that his name is generally given as Tadashi of Rikishouki, or simply Tadashi. He is the only survivor of his family who were wiped out by a tropical plague that struck his village - he survived because of his position as Captain of Yuzuha's Kii guard. Although originally bewitched by Yuzuha and forced to serve her, Tadashi has since defected thanks to the influence of Mayuka, the true heiress of the planet Rikishouki. Despite his young age, Tadashi's life experiences have made him much older than his twenty one years in some respects, making him a natural leader and survivor. However, the losses and suffering of his people mean that he does not always have the same faith others around him do in the legendary Eagle of Kihaku that supposedly protects their people from harm. A fighter with a kind heart, Tadashi's spirit is representative of the warrior Ohira blood that still courses through him, and he is a role model for some of the younger men in the guard, particularly Shouhei, who he sees as an adoptive younger brother.

RIKISHOUKI NO SHOUHEI (Shouhei of Rikishouki, Shouhei Kakunara)
力生気 の 生平　（覚習　生平 ）
Age: 16
Hair: Dark auburn/chestnut
Eyes: Blue
Comments: Shouhei is one of the youngest of Yuzuha's guard on Rikishouki. Barely sixteen, his entire family were also killed in the plague that destroyed Tadashi's family and consequently he has been under Tadashi's wing since he was fourteen. Though he is young and scared stiff of Yuzuha, he is completely loyal to Tadashi and seeks to prove himself as a man and a fighter in the same way as his friend. Shouhei is not naturally brave but he works hard to fight against his cowardice. He is descended from the Kakunara tribe, a family known for their literary prowess and extensive historical knowledge and his father was once the keeper of historical records before his untimely death. Consequently Shouhei is able to read a lot of the ancient script that even Tadashi and Mayuka are not able to interpret. He is extremely intelligent, although young, naive and sometimes foolish. Though he does not have the natural warrior mentality or ability, he has clung to his position as Guardsman simply because he has no other way to support himself, and he relies on Tadashi's support and protection more often than any of his fellows. His name's meaning, "Calm Life" is indicative of the fact his family's people are generally peaceful and not trained in the arts of war - a fact which becomes more than obvious when Shouhei is fighting, as he is unable to bring himself to kill anyone and he finds it difficult to witness and endure the pain and suffering of others around him. He serves Yuzuha only out of fear, but his loyalty to her is never guaranteed. He carries with him his father's belief that the duty of all the Kii is to serve the true Priestess - and this he takes very seriously indeed.

AYA AKARA
朱螺  彩
Age: 23
Hair: Silver
Eyes: Ruby (blood of the Akara)
Comments: The younger sister of Najya, Aya Akara is a happy go lucky soul - most of the time. Despite her clan loyalties to her father and sister as Mages of Airai, Aya prefers to get along with people if she can and is quite willing to accept those born of rival clans if they prove to be of no threat to her and her family. She has a strong fondness for Kagato's father Akito, although it is a one sided affection - Akito is still in love with Princess Aiko, and although he and Aya are friends, it never progresses further than that. Aya works on the reception desk at the Arian Consulate, a place where she can adequately spy on diplomatic Arian proceedings on her clan's behalf and she is not averse to using her natural magics to good use. She is not as powerful as Najya, owing to the fact she is not the Akara heiress, however she has a fair amount of spiritual magic of her own which she usually uses for mundane, everyday tasks.
Aya and Najya are extremely close and it is Aya that Najya trusts her sealed spirit when she is forced into dormancy to escape Kagato's probing assassins.
AKITO SAOTOME
刺悪止　陽途
Age: 41
Hair: Reddish
Eyes: Gold (legacy of the sun demon)
Comments: Akito Saotome is an ambassador for Airai who resided on Jurai during the early part of his career. He soon fell in love with the youngest daughter of the Emperor, Princess Aiko, but being born of a branch of the deadly Saotome clan, his connections meant that he was refused her hand in marriage. Despite this, he and Aiko had a short, if dedicated affair and both still hold strong affection for one another right up until death. Akito is Kagato's blood father, although few know it, and Kagato goes to great lengths to conceal this connection. Akito's heritage is something he and his branch of the family have turned their back on, preferring not to follow the cursed magic of the Saotome Mage and their descendants. This makes them unpopular with their clan, but able to befriend their family's natural rivals, and Akito is good friends with Aya Akara despite the differences in ages.

JUNICHI NAKABITO
中人順一
Age: 30
Hair: Dark
Eyes: Green
Comments: Junichi was a fellow student at the Galaxy Police Academy alongside Seiryo and the two were far from friends. Born of a Kanemitsu mother and an Earth-born father who abandoned the family at birth, Nakabito's true family name is actually unknown and he adopted the name shared by his mother and brother Akihiro from his mother's first marriage (from which she was widowed). Junichi and his half-brother are as close as real siblings. Although he pretends to have sympathy for the Earth to gain their friendship, he really has no regard for the planet since he has little or no respect for his father's side of his heritage.
Junichi's mother was one of the slain aboard the doomed ship Sumire, for which Junichi (wrongly) blames Juraian plotting. Having grown up on Kanemitsu, he shares their ideals about independance but unlike his mother is willing to work with terrorists and stoop to low levels to achieve it. He considers Seiryo his nemesis, for Seiryo taunted his heritage and stole his fiancee when they were students (neither of which Junichi is able to forgive). Although not fundamentally evil to begin with, Junichi has a bad habit of hanging onto grudges and these have twisted his mind out of rationality and onto a downward spiral towards destruction.
AKIHIRO NAKABITO
中人明弘
Age: 33
Hair: Sandy
Eyes: Green
Comments: Junichi's older half brother, whose father died in a munitions accident when Akihiro was just a year old. Despite his mother's wariness, Akihiro inherited all his father's latent interest in weapons technology and is currently one of the premier experts on Kanemitsu in various forms of space war weaponry. Although employed by the Juraian assembly on Kanemitsu to carry out research and projects, he also has many ties with underground terrorist organisations and has secretly supplied them with minor arms for many years without his mother's knowledge. Following the death of his mother, Akihiro became more resolved to liberate Kanemitsu in her memory. Of the brothers, Akihiro is more level-headed and less personally involved - although he wishes to do it in his mother's memory, he is not actively vengeful and he is concerned his brother's tendency to become emotional may weaken their cause. He does not care about anything except his brother and the future of Kanemitsu, and does not mind what has to be sacrificed to achieve independance. However he is not evil - he simply has no concept of the views of other races and particularly the Earth, which he is willing to sacrifice if it will achieve their end.
RYOUSUKE TAKAMURA
高村寮助
Age: 30
Hair: Indigo
Eyes: Blue-green
Comments: Ryousuke Takamura is the second son of the current incumbents who rule Yubisu in Jurai's name. Of derivative Juraian noble blood, his family is extremely wealthy, and very outward minded - for this reason Ryousuke was educated mostly on Seniwa, where he met and befriended Hideki Imaguchi at boarding school when they were children. Ryousuke is extremely intelligent, but also gentle and cautious, and his vocation was always medicine. At sixteen, he began training two years early on Seniwa due to his intelligence and natural aptitude, but at eighteen, under the coercion of Hideki, he left it behind and signed up for the Galaxy Police Elite where he focused his attention on forensic medicine. He is now the foremost expert in his field, and although sometimes he feels that his connections to Jurai clash with his duty, he has always managed to separate them in his mind. Ryousuke has a better understanding of Seiryo than Hideki does in some regards, in particular in terms of how close Seiryo is to his family. He also has a certain fondness for Seiryo's younger sister Suki, although this has not been made public knowledge.
HIDEKI IMAGUCHI
今口秀樹
Age: 29
Hair: Blond
Eyes: Sky blue
Comments: Sharp, incisive and occasionally too much to the point, Hideki Imaguchi is Ryousuke's long term best friend and Galaxy Police Elite partner. Born of an influential Seniwan Daimyo family of similar, of not exact standing to the Kuramitsu, Hideki is nonetheless fairly down to earth about getting his hands dirty in the pursuit of wrong-doing. He is tenacious and not averse to sneaking around or breaking the rules, and his manipulation and handling of people is usually both deliberate and carefully designed, due to his extensive training in dealing with terrorist negotiations and extremist groups. He has no sympathy with the Kanemitsu rebels and despite the fact when they were students Hideki's sharp tongue often was a match for Seiryo's arrogance and pride, he is genuinely fond of his former classmate. He also is not as tied as Ryousuke is by consequences or implications - he sees the path he wants to take and follows it, often without reference to anything else. He is not stupid or foolish, but highly single-minded, and he has no time for Junichi Nakabito or his "whining" behaviour. He is a very honest person at heart, with a good sense of justice...although this sense can occasionally be modified to better fit his opinions.
Hopelessly untidy, Hideki is often the only one who can ever find anything in his own quarters - a fact which is a matter of both frustration and amusement for the extremely careful and tidy Ryousuke.
SEGURU ISHIDA
石田背繰
Age: 50
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Comments: The owner of a lucrative business conglomerate called "Kouken Industries", Seguru Ishida has investments in many different interests on the Earth, particularly in Japan and in the defence project that Washu is involved in to protect Earth from potential space attack. He is also highly suspicious of the interest of external planets, however, and his suspicions lay him open to the skillful manipulation of men such as Junichi Nakabito, who have agendas of their own.
KENICHI ISHIDA
石田剣市
Age: 22
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Comments: A fellow graduate of the same university as Tenchi and his friends and the son of Seguru Ishida, Kenichi is somewhat the spoiled rich boy who like to be the centre of attention. He is a close friend of Kane Kyoda, and also firmly involved in his father's anti-alien policies, bringing Kane into the web as well. His weakness is his lack of discretion, especially when he loses his temper, or when he feels he has someone's attention or interest. This weakness lays him open to Yume's powers of manipulation...and also puts him in serious danger.
KANE KYODA
拠拿河根
Age: 22
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Comments: A former friend of Tenchi's from university, the two have not seen eye to eye since the arrival of Ryoko and the revalation that she is actually of alien birth. Kane is afraid of the alien threat, and a little resentful of the way they've snuck into society. He is also upset that he and Tenchi are no longer friends because of Ryoko and this is another reason he seeks to fight against her by joining up with Kenichi and Seguru Ishida. He is rather prone to being hot-headed, proud and to jumping to conclusions...and although he feels guilty when asked to spy on Tenchi, he also feels that what he's doing is in defence of his own people and planet.
MITSURU KURAMITSU
九羅密満
Age: 50
Hair: Blond
Eyes: Sapphire blue.
Comments: Mihoshi's father, a Daimyo lord of Seniwa, and once an Elite agent of the Galaxy Police who was trusted by the Imperial House as well as Headquarters. An expert in Encryption, among other things, Mitsuru was Seiryo's tutor at the Academy and also, in some respects, his mentor, for it was largely thanks to Mitsuru that Seiryo was not expelled on account of his quick temper. Mitsuru is sharp and perceptive, but also extremely patient and he is very fond of his family, even though his wife Mitoto and his daughter Mihoshi are somewhat eccentric. He is very fond of Kiyone and grateful for all she has done for Mihoshi since they became partners. (Although Kiyone doesn't know it, it seems likely that Mitsuru and his family had a lot to do with Kiyone being able to continue with her Academy education after she befriended and helped Mihoshi...)

OTHER NOTES
PLANETS
Some of the planets which appear in my stories are directly pulled from the series(es!) themselves. The most obvious example is Jurai, but also Concor, Yubisu, Airai, Seniwa - these are all mentioned at some point in the various Tenchi canons. My interpretations of them are largely my own, however - although I have used the foundations given for Jurai to further develop it to the benefit of my writing.

There is at least one obvious example of a planet which I have not borrowed from the series. This is the planet to which Washu belongs in my writing - Kihaku. Below is a brief outline of Kihaku as I intended it to be...:

KIHAKU (気 迫).

Kihaku is an old colony of Jurai which was - as legend has it - decimated by the madness of it's last priestess. Like Jurai, Kihaku is a planet with a soul, but unlike Jurai, there is no sentient being like Tsunami living within it's core. Instead, the Priest or Priestess of the planet binds his or her soul to the planet's in order to maintain and protect the people from the savage wildness of the world's true nature. Unfortunately, after Juraians came to KIhaku and began mining Kihaku's sensitive core, the spirit of the planet was permanently scarred and wounded, becoming a vengeful spirit who wanted only to rid itself of all life in an attempt to find peace. The madness of the planet became reflected in the Priestess, and all life on Kihaku died out. This happened many, many milennia ago, but the stigma about the Kii people still remains because of this legendary last priestess.
The Priest/Priestess's family are always the ones to inherit the burden of the world's spirit and upon the death of their predecessor, their aging freezes. No Priest ever dies of old age - but misadventure in Kihaku's harsh, unforgiving climate. It is said that the life force of the Priest's tribe is tied up completely with the planet, and if anything was ever to happen to Kihaku, the Priest's line would automatically die out.
A planet whose ideals were based on spiritualism rather than science, many people view Kihaku as a savage backwards world and their people little more than demons. However Kihaku had a thriving culture before Jurai's invasion and although they had no interest in science or space exploration, the world had many remedies, spells, prayers and rituals which bonded the community closely together. Their overwhelming deity was the
Eagle God (鷲神様 - washi-kami-sama), thought to be the visualisation of the World's power and when drawing on Kihaku;s full magic, a Priest or Priestess was able to take on the wings and shadow of the Eagle. When invaded by Jurai, this faith was considered heresy in comparison to the Cult of Tsunami, creating serious tension between the two peoples and their cultures.

Other significant non-Canon planets in my continuity:

YOUSAI (要偲)

Yousai is a dependant of Jurai, and one which has always been loyal to the Imperial house, with a strong spiritual belief in the Goddess Tsunami. However, ten Juraian years ago, Yousai's central city "Shinoshi" (新和市 - "Shin-o-shi" or New Harmonious City) was ravaged by the ambitions of the Arian-born Lady of Yousai, who sought to claim power for herself. With the help of Jurai's then Crown Prince Azusa, the Lord managed to imprison his wife in a charm-sealed tower known to locals as "Tounochi" (塔の血), or "The Tower Of Blood".The events of ten years previous have caused many locals to refer to their city as the City of Death (Shi-no-shi, 市の死) instead.
The ruling clan of Yousai, and the majority of the native-born populace belong to a people called the Shizukasari　（静かさ人）, or "Peaceful People." Although blessed with a certain amount of spiritual magic, they are not a warrior race by nature, and have sought to maintain peaceful relations inside and outside of their own world. This allowed Jurai to annexe them in the first place, but it also means that they have few defences against outside attack and are often reliant on Imperial help to subdue any threats to their people. Technologically speaking, their developments are at an equal level/standard as Jurai. However, despite their close links with the Imperial planet, there are few sentient trees on Yousai and Tsunami's reach is largely symbolic and spiritual, without the dependance on wood-based infrastructure that the Goddess's own people seem to favour.

HEIWA (平和)

Heiwa is the planet from which Dr Clay originally hailed, and where he had his secret lab, based deep within the foundations of an old Feudal castle. Once, in the long distant past, Heiwa was a lush green paradise of a planet (indicative by its name which means "peace"), but the encroachment of the population and their careless disregard for natural resources has made the atmosphere arid and hot and the glare of the amber sun dangerous to the skin of the native people. Because of this, much of the old town is abandoned, and thus Clay was able to carry out secret research well out of the view of the ordinary people.

Heiwa's population now live in sealed, artificially lit domes which spread across the whole planet and are connected by a series of enclosed walkways. Their demand on electricity and other fuel sources is great, therefore the climate continues to deteriorate.

RIKISHOUKI (力 生気)

Rikishouki is a remote planet in the depths of space, situated not far from the dead planet Kihaku's solar system. This is significant for a number of reasons, for it was Rikishouki that the refugees from Kihaku landed on after attacking and overwhelming the crew of the Juraian transport ship taking them to Jurai. The people settled, mingled their tribal blood and became more or less one people, although some tribal traditions and the Kii faith in the Eagle God  remains. Fifteen years previously, the demon Yuzuha landed on Rikishouki and, taking advantage of the kindness and naivety of the local people, took control of the planet with her magic, making the people effectively her slaves and causing much suffering and poverty. Consequently Rikishouki's traditional paranoia about outsiders and visitors has been heightened and much blood has been shed. However, the Kii who live on Rikishouki still believe an age old legend that one day the Eagle God will send the true Priestess to save them and set them free once again.