Akira Ueshiba

Akira Ueshiba (SY 62 to SY 138) was the founder and first warlord of the Army of Eastern Kamijing. He was a second generation Japanese colonist on Kamijing and direct descendant of Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido and both a disciple and teacher of the Ōmoto-kyō Old Earth religion throughout his life. Akira was heavily influenced by his ancestry and was given a classical Japanese education by his parents growing up.
Both of his parents were Earth expatriates to the Main Belt from Earth. While he was young, he was attracted to the oral teaching of Faithful missionaries from the Rim and both he and his parents were converted.
By 17, Akira had begun developing a martial art specifically for use and practice in space. He called this art Kami Do, or the Way of Spirit. In the early SY 80's, he began teaching this art to a small group of students. In SY 92, his first group of trainees graduated and were bestowed with the authority to teach the art themselves. That same year, Akira and his newly commissioned teachers opened a formal academy on Kamijing and by SY 94 had several hundred students. This alone secured his fortune. 
Three years into the academy's existence, the Freitaika Rebellion broke out in SY 97. The quick response of his academy as a disciplined peacekeeping force directly contributed to the swift end of the Rebellion. They recieved a charter from the Second Confederate Congress officially recognizing them as the Army of Eastern Kamijing as well as the de-facto militia of the liberated Freitaika platform. 
After the Rebellion, he stepped down from his position and honorably retired but continued to be a revered and influential and indespensible source of wisdom.
When the Solar War broke out in SY 129, he was 67. He returned to full time active duty as a Daimyo under Wu Kenshu and piloted the kamikaze mission of The Defiant that broke the Seige of Mars.
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