Soshi Tanaka

Please note: This article is about the bushi born in the Bayushi family. For other uses of the term, please see Tanaka (disambiguation).
Bayushi Tanaka was a bushi of the Scorpion Clan who joined the Soshi through marriage as Soshi Tanaka.
== Soshi family ==
Tanaka was a small man born a low-ranking Bayushi, who wed to his true love, a high-ranking Soshi woman, just after his gempukku, becoming Soshi Tanaka. She died in childbirth with their first child and Tanaka became bitter and resentful. Secrets of the Scorpion, p. 53
== Ashio ==
After an unfortunate accident at his dojo that crippled his sensei, Tanaka was sent to Ashio where he wouldn't have any further "accidents." He never remarried and had proven to be a wise and capable leader of the tiny farming village. 
=== Peasant Revolt ===
The village suffered a peasant revolt 2011 Kotei Locations, Week 10 in 1158, when a newly discovered jade mine poisoned the local crops and waterways, and starvation went rampant among the villagers. 
Category:Scorpion Clan Members