List of Arasaka employees

This is a listing of prime universe Arasaka Corporation employees. For individual character information see their respective pages.
==Cyberpunk 2013==
Employee 	Role	Description
Kenji Arasaka	CEO 	main shareholder with 19.2% of stocks of the Arasaka corporation. He only appears in Cyberpunk 2013, in name alone and has since been retired as a character since Kei Arasaka is the new CEO in Cyberpunk 2020.
Toshiro 	Corp	Appears in the Night City Arasaka Tower as a major corporate. He kidnapped Alt Cunningham to retrieve her work on the Soulkiller.
Akira 	Solo	A large security guard that appears in the lobby of the Arasaka building in Night City for a brief encounter.
==Cyberpunk 2020==
Employee 	Role 	Description
Adam Smasher 	Solo and Head of Security	The loyal Arasaka affiliate, and long time veteran of the Fourth Corporate War, had disappeared but returned in recent years. Smasher was in charge of taking care of Arasaka's dirty work as well as being Yorinobu's bodyguard. After Saburo's murder and Yorinobu's ascension as CEO, Smasher was promoted to Head of Security for Arasaka.
Sasai Arasaka 	Founder 	The founder and original CEO of the Arasaka Corporation. Born sometime in the mid 1800's he was a shrewd businessman, creating a successful manufacturing company that survived the post World War 2 economic instability of Japan.
Saburo Arasaka 	CEO (1960 - 1999) 	The son of Sasai Arasaka, born in 1919 he had risen in the ranks of the Imperial Japanese Navy during WW2 where he held the rank of Lieutenant. After he was medically discharged he set about becoming his father's successor, and as such he has taken Arasaka from a small manufacturing company in japan, to a worldwide Megacorporation.
Kei Arasaka 	
CEO (1999 - 2023) 	Saburo's son and heir apparent to the Arasaka Corporation. He is cold and calculating and shares his father's ideals. As of 2020 he is the acting CEO of the company but relays everything through his father, who runs the corporation from behind the scenes.
Kiichi Nagawa 	Corp 	The director of the Arasaka Corporations Internal Affairs Division. Also loyal friend of Kei and the overall Arasaka family.
Seiji Okano 	Corp 	Epitome of the Arasaka Corp with his own agenda. His ultimate goal is to become the world's most powerful man, and surpass Saburo Arasaka, in doing so he has Haruko Kanawa as chief of security to his division.
Hanako Arasaka 	Netrunner 	Saburo's 21 year old daughter. She has lead a sheltered life in the confines of the Arasaka family compound, and suspects she will be married off by her father to ensure a corporate alliance.
Yorinobu Arasaka 	Rockerboy 	Saburo's youngest son, an outcast appalled by his father's company. He left home and formed the Steel Dragons gang in order to expose the Arasaka Corporation.
Shintaro Takayama 	Solo 	Arasaka's director of security and a very dangerous individual. A very loyal friend of Saburo and also a close confidant of Hanako.
Katsuo Iwashima 	Solo 	A weapons expert and second in command of the Arasaka family compound. He secretly covets Shintaro's job and is also in love with Hanako, though he keeps that a secret.
Yoru Tomobiki 	Corp 	The supervisor of the Arasaka Corporation's Security contracts in Night City.
Bryon Harrelson 	Solo 	Field sergeant who participated in the Fourth Corporate War.
Ubo Tanaka 	Solo 	General of Arasaka Hokkaido training camp and strategic expert of the Arasaka military of Japan.
Asao Koremoh 	Corp 	Head of the Arasaka, Osaka regional office.
Iwasao Koremichi 	Corp 	The appointed Arasaka representative for the Osaka regional office.
Haruko Kanawa 	Solo 	Chief Enforcer and Leader of a covert operations team.
Toshiro Hikaru 	Ex-Solo 	Security Service Manager for several Arasaka divisions in Europe. Oversaw Arasaka's security contract with CINO in the beginning of the Fourth Corporate War.
Hiraki Edono 	Corp 	An assassinated Arasaka employee in Washington, that caused a heavy battle during the Fourth Corporate War.
Hyung Mitsumoto 	Solo 	A half Korean and half Japanese man who worked for Arasaka as the Captain of the Eel, a cargo submarine carrying something called the "Project Five."
Obu Satomei 	Solo 	The Commander in charge of the Arasaka Benkei Island Training Facility, a good teacher, if quick-tempered; those who pay close attention to what little he says can learn a lot.
Sho 	Solo 	One of Koremichi's bodyguard/solos. A lithe young man, somewhere in his twenties. Wears black leather and has a fiery temper.
Metane Tekara 	Solo 	Instructor at the Arasaka Benkai Islnad Training Facility.
Kissimi Morokasi 	Solo 	General Instructor at the Arasaka Benkai Islnad Training Facility.
Kagekaze 	Solo 	General Instructor at the Arasaka Benkai Islnad Training Facility.
Frederick Reiss 	Divemaster 	A member of Arasaka's CINO Observation Team during the Fourth Corporate War.
Casey Barrons 	Fixer/Divemaster 	A member of Arasaka's CINO Observation Team during the Fourth Corporate War.
Garret Ward 	Subjock 	A member of Arasaka's CINO Observation Team during the Fourth Corporate War.
Angel Ardale-Forbes	Techie 	A member of Arasaka's CINO Observation Team during the Fourth Corporate War.
Quincy Griffiths 	Solo/Divemaster 	A member of Arasaka's CINO Observation Team during the Fourth Corporate War.
Oburo Tatsunaga 	Corp 	An executive agent who held a meeting with Militech execs during the Fourth Corporate War.
Seki Nara 	Corp 	Advertising Division Head.
==Cyberpunk RED==
Employee 	Role 	Description
Hanako ArasakaPONDSMITH, M. Cyberpunk Red Corebook. Kenmore, WA; R. Talsorian Games, 2020.	CEO 	Hanako is the face of the Arasaka Corporation and head of the Kiji faction.
Michiko Arasaka 	Head 	Kei's daughter, and head of the Hato Faction of the Arasaka Corporation. She's a US citizen and allies with the US government.
Saburo Arasaka 	CEO 	
Yorinobu Arasaka 	Head 	
Kenichi Zaburo 	Bodyguard 	The personal bodyguard of Michiko.
Kodai Khan 	Agent 	Quit after the Fourth Corporate War.
Aisha "Ai" Tang 	Agent 	Quit after the Fourth Corporate War.
Lotus LeMarch 	Elite Technologist	Quit after the Fourth Corporate War.
Darius 	Infiltrator Agent 	Netrunner tasked with infiltrating Danger Gal.
Nymph 	Solo 	Hired Mercenary tasked with infiltrating Danger Gal.
==Cyberpunk 2077==
Employee 	Role 	Description
Aaron Mallory 	Corp 	Concerned employee working in Arasaka Tower.
Alex Sebold 	Corp 	Concerned employee working in Arasaka Tower.
Anders Hellman 	Corp 	Anders was a leading bioengineer in the Arasaka American Branch. He was the director of the Relic project, which is advertised, but not yet released. Anders later fled the corporation.
Arthur Jenkins 	Corp 	Arthur is higher up in the Arasaka counterintelligence operative, as well as V's boss. Arthur has always had a rivalry with his boss, Director Susan Abernathy, because she stole his promotion.
Barreto 	Board member	Member of the board of directors.
Ben Cotey 	Corp 	Employee currently working in Night City.
Carter Smith 	Counterintel	Carter works under V and Arthur Jenkins in the counterintel operatives.
Charles Watanabe 	Corp 	A supervisor working to secure Arasaka Tower.
Frank Nostra 	Corp 	An Arasaka counterintel operative, underling of Susan Abernathy, and co-worker of V. Frank is eventually fired by Abernathy in a department-wide purge.
Goro Takemura 	Bodyguard 	Saburo Arasaka's loyal bodyguard.
Hajime 	Bodyguard 	An Arasaka bodyguard from Kyoto, working aboard the Arasaka Orbital Station.
Hajime Taki 	Defense Rep 	Hajime Taki is an Arasaka employee who was visiting Konpeki Plaza in 2077.
Hanako Arasaka 	Spokeswoman 	Hanako in 2077 has no official position aside from being their unofficial spokeswoman but was given the greater task by Saburo to keep the Arasaka family together.
Harry 	Counterintel	Harry works under V and Arthur Jenkins in the counterintel operatives.
Howard Russo 	Corp 	Concerned employee working in Arasaka Tower.
Franklin S. Temple	Corp 	Standard employee.
Joey Livani 	Corp 	An employee in the Arasaka mergers and acquisitions department. When he was fired during V's career at Arasaka, he soiled himself and had to be dragged out of Arasaka Tower by guards. V long considered him to be most pathetic person to have ever worked for Arasaka.
Kaoru Fujioka 	Corp 	A corporate Agent of Arasaka whom V meets in the StreetKid Lifepath starting quest.
Kitarō Abe 	Corp 	An employee suffering from a split personality due to the stress of the job and lack of proper medication.
Midori Higuchi 	Corp 	Standard employee.
Michiko Arasaka 	Board member	Michiko served as a member of the board of directors.
Patricia Vogel 	Corp 	Standard employee.
Robert Bloom 	Corp 	Employee apart of the Arasaka Industrial Park management team.
Roger S. Templeton	Corp 	An employee conducting a search of the fugitive Goro Takemura.
Saburo Arasaka 	CEO 	Saburo Arasaka, known as the Emperor and beloved by millions, had returned as CEO after the death of his previous son Kei Arasaka. He was working on a personal prototype of the Relic before Yorinobu stole it from his lab and fled to Night City. Saburo was murdered by his son during a confrontation in Konpeki Plaza.
Sachiko Kusama 	Doctor 	An Arasaka specialist working aboard the Arasaka Orbital Station.
Sandayu Oda 	Bodyguard 	The loyal devoted Arasaka Bodyguard to Hanako Arasaka, a true cyberninja and martial arts master.
Susan Abernathy 	Corp 	Susan is the Director of Special Operations for Arasaka in Night City. Susan is said to have gotten the position over Arthur Jenkins by sucking up to the Japanese.
Shigeru Koizumi 	Corp 	Employee at the Arasaka Industrial Park.
Tatsuko Hoshino 	Corp 	Concerned employee working in Arasaka Tower.
V 	Corp 	(Corporate Lifepath Only) - V is a counterintelligence operative for the corporation working under Arthur Jenkins.
Yorinobu Arasaka 	CEO 	Has a penthouse in Night City. Became CEO after murdering his father, Saburo.
Yui Tawada 	Corp 	Employee currently working in Night City.
==Cyberpunk: Edgerunners==
Employee 	Role 	Description
Faraday 	Corp and Fixer	A ruthless fixer with ties to Militech that defects to Arasaka.
Katsuo Tanaka 	Corp 	Student of Arasaka Academy.
Maxim Kuznetsov	Solo 	Chauffeur and bodyguard for Mr. Tanaka.
Principal 	Corp 	The principal of Arasaka Academy.
Tanaka 	Corp 	Father of Katsuo Tanaka.
== Reference ==
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PONDSMITH, M. Cyberpunk v3.0, 1st ed. Berkeley CA; R.Talsorian Games, 2005
PONDSMITH, M. Cyberpunk 2020. 2nd ed. Berkeley CA; R.Talsorian Games, 1990.
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