Wu Kenshu

Wu Kenshu is the last Warlord of the Army of Eastern Kamijing. He was the effective commander of all AEK forces and later received strategic command of the united Protectorate military effort during the Solar War.
== Life ==
=== Childhood ===
Kenshu was born in Kyoto Province, Japan on Earth in SY 73. He was raised in a Traditionalist family and had a classical Buddhist education, particularly excelling in martial arts and Zen. 
=== Earth Career ===
He joined the Japanese military at age fourteen in SY 87, was educated and commissioned as an officer at age sixteen and by seventeen had become an accomplished HALO jumper. He received aerospace wings after extensive test piloting and at nineteen, in SY 92, became a Consortium courier. He chose to expatriate to the Confederacy after his first cycle at twenty three years old in SY 96.
=== AEK Early Years ===
The Freitaika Rebellion was occurring during Kenshu's emigration from Earth to the Main Belt. He joined the AEK upon arriving on Kamijing and quickly became Kashi-Gahira in the Infantry subdivision. He participated in peacekeeping affairs and some minor skirmishing. He was particularly noted for his kindness to civilians and fair treatment of prisoners of war.
At age forty four, Kenshu mastered the art of Kami Do and was commissioned as Logistics Daimyo. He briefly governed Kamijing.
=== As Warlord ===
In SY 121 became the Warlord of the Army of Eastern Kamijing. While he was not the most senior Daimyo, he was credited with having years of experience because of his upbringing as a martial artist on Earth. He brought deep Zen influence to the Army's spiritual life.
He led the AEK through the Solar War and was present at all of it's major battles. During the Battle of Earth, he helped to instigate the Japanese Uprising.
=== Death ===
In SY 138, Kenshu committed harakiri in response to the Siege of Mars.
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