Takeo Masaki (Ultimis)

Captain Takeo Masaki (Japanese: 正木 武雄 Masaki Takeo), also referred to as Ultimis Takeo, was a Japanese soldier who fought in the Imperial Japanese Army, and is a playable main character in Zombies, as well as a major character in the Aether Story. His player indicator color is yellow in Call of Duty: World at War and Call of Duty: Black Ops (shared with Richard Nixon and Danny Trejo), but is randomized in Moon and all subsequent maps. 
Ultimis Takeo was absent from Call of Duty: Black Ops II and much of Call of Duty: Black Ops III, where a younger counterpart of him (known as Primis Takeo) appears and is playable in his place. The Black Ops III map Zetsubou No Shima features a non-playable variant of Ultimis Takeo from a fractured timeline, known as Proditione. Ultimis Takeo returns as a playable character in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, in the maps Classified and Alpha Omega (the latter of which features Primis Takeo as an alternate playable character). Ultimis Takeo appears for the final time as a non-playable character in Tag der Toten.
Ultimis Takeo is also an unlockable character in the Blackout game mode.
==Biography==
===Overseeing the Rising Sun facility===
On November 5th, 1942, Takeo Masaki was dispatched by the Emperor to oversee the work of Group 935 and Division 9 at the Rising Sun facility. On June 15th, 1943, Takeo reported to the Emperor that the work being done at the Rising Sun Facility was "unacceptable".
===Getting captured by Group 935===
On July 24th, 1943, on the orders of the Emperor, Imperial Japanese Army Captain Takeo Masaki was taken prisoner by Group 935 and Division 9. Later on, he used as a test subject for experiments.
===Arriving at the Siberian Facility===
On July 15th, 1945, Dr. Edward Richtofen traveled to the Siberian Facility to do further research on "live specimens". Group 935 begins transferring three test subjects for experimentation: Nikolai, Pablo, and Takeo. Alongside fellow test subjects, an American soldier named "Tank" Dempsey, who had replaced the Mexican spy who was accidentally killed named Pablo Marinus, and a Soviet soldier named Nikolai Belinski, each are exposed to serums and Element 115, causing memory loss, and in Takeo's case, loss of interaction, as Richtofen stated "he is still staring at the floor, muttering what sounds like some kind of proverb over and over again." Seeking to create the Agarthan Device as a back-up plan to reach Agartha, Richtofen creates the Elemental Shard using his soul, as well as the soul of the three test-subjects (including Takeo); permanently binding them to the Aether itself.
On September 27th, 1945, Takeo, along with the other test subjects, were put to sleep until further need to reawaken them.
===Working with Richtofen===
On October 14th, 1945, Takeo along with the other test subjects are reawakened by Richtofen. With no memory of who they are or who Richtofen is, Dempsey, along with Nikolai and Takeo, agree to help him. The four would become known as Ultimis.
On October 21st, 1945, Takeo along with the rest of the Ultimis crew venture off to Group 935's Rising Sun facility in Japan to obtain Richtofen's diary. Unknown to Takeo, along with Dempsey and Nikolai, the plans Richtofen detailed in his diary are to take control of the Zombies and destroy the crew along with Samantha Maxis, who is the current controller of the Zombies, once he obtains the power from the Moon Pyramid Device.
On October 28th, 1945, Ultimis then returned to Der Riese. Following Richtofen's orders, they planned to use the teleporter to teleport to the moon and confront Samantha. Unfortunately, the Wunderwaffe DG-2 overloaded the teleporter and sended them through time, which caused Richtofen to drop his diary.
From Der Riese, Ultimis teleported through time and space and ended up at the Kino Facility on October 28th, 1963, another station once ran by Group 935, which was located at an abandoned theater in Germany. Unbeknownst to them, they begin to receive help at this point from Dr. Monty, a Keeper, who added changes in the background across time with things such as chalk drawings of weapons on the walls, helping Group 935 come up the idea to make Perk-a-Colas, etc.
===Helping Gersh===
Ultimis located a Lunar Lander and flew to the Ascension Facility in Soviet territory, which is where Richtofen finds out his diary is located. Ultimis then arrived at the Soviet Cosmodrome on November 6th, 1963 and following Richtofen's orders, freed Anton Gersh, a scientist who worked for the Ascension Group from the Casimir Mechanism, after Samantha corrupted Yuri Zavoyski, another scientist of the Ascension Group, and obeyed her wish by tricking Gersh into activating the Gersh Device. The rift created by it absorbed him and allowed Samantha to travel through. Richtofen recovered his diary, and learned that they need the Vril Device from the Siberian Facility for his plan. Maintaining his ethereal form, Gersh sent Ultimis into a rift to their next destination before beginning his travels across space and time.
===Retrieving the Vril Device===
The group then teleports to Group 935's Siberian Facility on March 17th, 2011, where George Romero is filming a zombie movie with four well-known actors. Samantha, in her pursuit of Ultimis, unleashes an undead outbreak. The celebrities find the group trapped in a small room. The film's stars fight the undead horde, ultimately recovering the Vril Device for Richtofen.
===Retrieving the Focusing Stone===
Ultimis then teleports to the exotic jungle where Richtofen once teleported to in one of his experiments, now known as Shangri-La, in an effort to acquire the next artifact Richtofen stated he required to defeat Samantha: the Focusing Stone. Ultimis soon arrived at Shangri-La on April 25th, 1956. Ultimis discovered explorers Brock and Gary, who are trying to find Agartha. During an eclipse, they're unwittingly trapped in a time loop. With the help of Brock and Gary, the group assist Richtofen in acquiring the Focusing Stone.
===Completing Richtofen's Grand Scheme===
Having everything necessary to complete his plan, Richtofen teleported the group to Hangar 18 in Area 51 on October 13th, 2025. Overrun by zombies, Ultimis quickly ran to the teleporter in the hangar, which teleported them to Griffin Station on the Moon. Using the Vril Device and the Focusing Stone, Richtofen had completed his Grand Scheme and swaps bodies with Samantha on the Moon, giving him full control of the zombies and the Aether. Takeo, along with Dempsey and Nikolai then realized Richtofen's scheme for unlimited power and attempted to stop him by contacting Ludvig Maxis, who was present at Griffin Station on the Moon. Instead of helping the trio, however, Maxis manipulated them by claiming that Richtofen's link could be destroyed by launching three missiles to sever the link from Agartha and the Moon. The trio went forward with the plan to fire the missiles, only for the Earth's ozone layer to become polluted, and for the explosion as a result of the missiles to create more zombies and further chaos.
Takeo along with the rest of the Ultimis crew end up time travelling from the Moon and back to the Pentagon as revealed in "Classified". The four were discovered by Corneilus Purnell who recognized Dempsey and Richtofen who at the time was brain dead due to Samantha's soul no longer inhabiting his body. Takeo and the others are then held captive in Hanger 04 on Groom Lake for potential Element 115 experiments from the US Government. Takeo is alive, but traumatized by the events that occurred on the Moon. Richtofen also eventually revived himself, much to Ultimis' surprise.
===Joining Primis===
After Primis managed to break the cycle, they make a stop at Groom Lake to recruit their older counterparts. As Ultimis Nikolai expresses glee at being able to drink uninterrupted, Primis Nikolai emerged from a portal asking his alternate self if drowning his sorrows in vodka is the best choice. The Primis crew rallies their alternate selves and recruit them to fight in the coming battle. As the they each face their alternate selves Ultimis Dempsey asks Primis Nikolai "What kind of war?" to which he replies "A war unlike any other that you have seen. A Great war."
===Journey to Camp Edward===
Led by Nikolai, both versions of Takeo (as well as the rest of Primis and Ultimis) arrive at the Camp Edward facility in Nevada to gain access to the Elemental Shard. With the assistance of Rushmore, Primis & Ultimis defeat the former director of the facility, Cornelius Pernell, who has since become the "Avogadro" and gain access to the Elemental Shard. Soon after, the group is reunited with Samantha and Eddie, who have been teleported from the House to Camp Edward.
===The End===
Soon after, Primis and Ultimis arrive at a forest, where they proceed to celebrate over a campfire. Both versions of Takeo participate in the celebration before they are eventually poisoned by Nikolai.
==Personality==
Takeo tended to distinguish himself from Nikolai and Dempsey, due to their lack of intellect. He liked to see himself upon the mental level of Richtofen, however, Richtofen would not return the same feeling. He stayed vigilant by his suspicions for Richtofen. He was very quiet and wouldn't talk unless necessary. His relationship with Richtofen came to end at his grand scheme as he swore to annihilate him along with the rest of Group 935. Before Richtofen took control of the Aether, he considered him as a high quality combatant, however he was not very fond of Dempsey, and disliked Nikolai with hatred who returns the same feeling.
==Appearances==
Nacht Der Untoten Menu Selection WaW.png|Nacht der Untoten Black Ops I and III only
Verruckt Menu Selection WaW.png|Verrückt Black Ops I and III only
Shi No Numa Menu Selection WaW.png|Shi No Numa
Der Riese Menu Selection WaW.png|Der Riese
Kino Der Toten Menu Selection BO.png|Kino der Toten
Five Menu Selection BO.png|"Five" Cameo as portrait
NewAscensionStatic.png|Ascension
Call of the Dead Menu Selection BO.png|Call of the Dead Heard only
Shangri-La Menu Selection BO.png|Shangri-La
Moon Menu Selection BO.png|Moon
Zetsubou No Shima Menu Selection BO3.png|Zetsubou No Shima Ultimis version appears in end cutscene.
Gorod Krovi Menu Selection BO3.png|Gorod Krovi Ultimis version's soul appears in end cutscene.
Revelations Menu Selection BO3.png|Revelations Ultimis version's soul appears as child in the intro cutscene.
Classified Loading Screen.jpg|Classified
AlphaOmega LoadingScreen BO4.png|Alpha Omega Both Primis and Ultimis versions playable
TagDerToten LoadingScreen BO4.png|Tag der Toten Both Primis and Ultimis versions appear in cutscenes, also heard in-game
==Gallery==
===Call of Duty: World at War===
NZ Takeo.png|A photo of Takeo from World at War.
Takeo.jpg|Takeo in Shi No Numa.
===Call of Duty: Zombies (Mobile)===
Takeoipod.png|Takeo in Call of Duty: Zombies.
===Call of Duty: Black Ops===
takeoava.png|Takeo wielding a Ray Gun.
Takeo g11.jpg|Takeo wielding a Pack-A-Punched G11.
Takeo Portrait BOI.png|Takeo's Portrait in Kino der Toten from the original Black Ops.
Takeo Shangri-La Water Slide BO.png|Takeo on the Water Slide.
Astronaut suit.png|Takeo in Moon looking at a spacesuit.
Takeo model.jpg|Takeo's character model, as seen in Samantha's room in Kino der Toten.
===Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies (Mobile)===
Takeo iPhone4.jpg|Takeo in Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies.
===Call of Duty: Black Ops III===
Ultimis Takeo HUD Icon BO3.png|Ultimis Takeo's HUD icon in Black Ops III.
Takeo Portrait BOIII.png|Takeo's portrait in Black Ops III Kino der Toten.
WWII Takeo BO3.png|Ultimis Takeo tells his younger self about the truth of the Emperor in the ending cutscene for Zetsubou No Shima.
Takeo Punishment BO3.png|Ultimis Takeo being sent to confront the Giant Spider.
WWII Takeo Closeup BO3.png|A closeup of Ultimis Takeo
Ultimis talk to Primis Takeo BO3.png
WWII Takeo with Summoning Key BO3.png|Ultimis Takeo holding the Summoning Key.
WWII Takeo Staring BO3.png
Takeo ZC BOIII.png|Ultimis Takeo in Zombies Chronicles
===Call of Duty: Black Ops 4===
Ultimis Takeo HUD Icon BO4.png|Ultimis Takeo's HUD icon in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.
UltimisTakeo PathOfSorrows BO4.png|Ultimis Takeo wielding the Path of Sorrows.
What kind of war BO4.png
Primis and Ultimis BO4.png
AlphaOmega Richtofen Promo BO4.jpg|Takeo and Richtofen in Alpha Omega.
Ultimis Takeo Blackout BO4.png|Takeo in Blackout.
==Trivia==
*Quick Revive is Takeo's favorite perk, sometimes commenting on how it tastes like sushi.
*Ultimis Takeo hates Nikolai, who hates him in turn.
*Ultimis Takeo originally disliked Dempsey but later grew to respect him.
*In Call of the Dead, Ultimis Nikolai, Dempsey, and Richtofen can be heard behind a locked door. Takeo is revealed to be ill and isn't talking at all during the dialogues.
*If the player completes the Original Characters Trapped Easter Egg in solo on Xbox 360, they unlock an Xbox LIVE Gamer Picture of Takeo's profile picture from the Call of Duty: Black Ops version of Shi No Numa.
*According to the hidden radios in Call of the Dead, Takeo is referred to as "Test Subject N3WB", which is leetspeak for "NEWB".
*In the Kino der Toten Trailer, when Takeo fires the Crossbow, his first-person model is Richtofen's.
*Ultimis Takeo in Zetsubou No Shima wears his officer uniform, albeit striped of his medals and accolades, hinting at him being betrayed. He also resembles his Call of Duty: Black Ops version more than his Call of Duty: World at War version.
*According to a quote in Classified after his shield breaks, Ultimis Takeo has a tattoo.
*Ultimis Takeo is self-aware that he is the least favored character of Ultimis as seen in a quote from Classified after receiving the Hellion Salvo from the Mystery Box. The quote says "Takeo always brings the Boom! It is why he is so popular! ...Right?"
*According to one of his quotes, Ultimis Takeo dislikes the Arisaka, as he will deem some weapons to be "still better than the Arisaka".
==References==
sv:Takeo Masaki
Category:Call of Duty: World at War Zombies Characters
Category:Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies Characters
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Category:Call of Duty: Black Ops III Zombies Characters
Category:Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Zombies Characters