Haru (Beverly Hills Ninja)

Haru or The Great White Ninja is the main protagonist of the 1997 comedy film Beverly Hills Ninja. He is an American male, who was raised in Japan by a group of skilled Ninja. He is the adopted son of the the dojo's sensei and adopted brother of Gobei.
He is portrayed by the late Chris Farley, who famously portrayed Matt Foley on Saturday Night Live, Tommy Callahan in Tommy Boy (1995), and Mike Donnelly in Black Sheep (1996).
==Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)==
Haru was born sometime prior to the events which take place, having lost his parents at sea and ending up on the shores of Japan. There, a clan of skilled ninja discover Haru in a wooden chest, taking the boy in and training him to become a ninja. Haru would learn alongside his adopted older brother Gobei in the arts of combat and ninjutsu, but grew up to become a rather overweight, clumsy and inept individual, struggling in his training to become a ninja. While others of his class become ninjas successfully, including his own brother, Haru is given the task to watch the dojo while the others are away on a mission. While training himself rather unsuccessfully, Haru is met by a beautiful woman who is under the alias of Sally Jones. She seeks a ninja to follow a man named Martin Tanley, in hopes of finding out if he is up to no good.
Haru accepts the assignment and tracks Tanley in Japan, where he discovers that he is a criminal, operating a counterfeiting ring with members of the Yakuza. With this information, he attempts to inform Sally, only to find she has left before hand and he must now venture forth to Beverly Hills in order to find her. Saying goodbye to his family, Haru leaves for America, where he finds the customs of western culture differ significantly from those in the east. Nevertheless, Haru is determined to find Sally and inform her of what he's learned.
==Skills & Abilities==
Since his adoption by the clan, Haru had undergone training to become a great warrior. Despite his quirks of being overweight, clumsy and inept nature, Haru has demonstrated to possess skills that make him a formidable foe.
*Martial Arts: Like all who live in his clan, Haru has demonstrated to be a superb martial artist. He's taken on enemy combatants on his own, as well as with his brother.
*Agility: Despite his body being overweight, Haru demonstrated to possess quite the agile nature. Such feats include the ability to perform a split in between 2 large crates to dodge an incoming knife. He was also able to perform a flip in mid-air while jumping down and taking down an opponent about to kill Gobei.
*Weapons Expert: Haru has shown to be well versed in various weapons, though the full extent on each individual one is unknown. He is capable of moving about 2 swords fast enough to actually deflect bullets in mid-air.
*Astral Projection: Haru, like others of his class, are capable of astral projection which enables him to communicate with his sensei so far from home. He usually can't control his astral form in terms of moving about in the air, but is successfully capable of speaking to his master. When he returns to his physical form however, it usually results in him going flying, either into others or through windows.
==Personality & Traits==
Haru, as stated before, is inept, clumsy and overweight for someone who is a ninja. He has shown his clumsy nature on more than one occasion, such as when he ran right into the back of a stopping bus and shows he can be very gullible as well, such as when Alison Page used an alias, rather than her real name. Despite all this, Haru has a good heart and truly means well, even if others don't see it in him. He looks up to his brother and wishes to be like him initially, but he eventually learns to become his own man, as well as ninja.
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