Ichiko Nobunaga

**Ichiko Nobunaga** (市子 信長) is a Japanese immigrant who served as the minister of economics from 1921 until 1950,where she became deputy minister of the interior until her first death in 1962.

## Ichiko Nobunaga

Ichiko in the 50s,wearing a headband Sasha gave her.

## Private Life

### Residence

Susume Palace 18 Wallenhorst,Eylstadt (Former)

2 Wiener-Philharmoniker-Gasse (Current)

### Diplomas

Doctorate Diploma in Budgeting,Finances and International trade.

## Politics

### Political Roles

Minister of Economics (1921 - 1950)Deputy Minister of the interior (1950 - 1962)

### Political Affiliation

None

She was born on the 31st of May 1900 in Saitama,a town in the kanto region in Japan.

## Early Life

Ichiko was born in a modest family in Saitama. She spent most of her early years wandering around with her older sister Shibuya. As she first started school : she quickly developed an interest in mathematics and most importantly : economics. According to her classmates she was relatively talkative but very shy and lacked self confidence. Ichiko would go on to graduate from High School with full honors and immediately went into the Saitama University to avoid military service. However as soon as she got her Doctoral diploma from the university : the army tried to conscript her,forcing her to accept a job in Ebreichten as secretary.

## 1922 - 1941 : From secretary to minister

### Under Karla

Ichiko was originally hired by Karla Schmidt,minister of security at that time,to be her secretary and associate. Ichiko was put in charge of budgeting the secret services and making sure that they didn't overspend. Ebreichten's economical situation at that time was abysmal to say the least,relying solely on taxes and the small profits collected by selling grain to neighboring countries. At the time minister of the interior : Michail Goldmann realised that he needed a minister of economics to manage this delicate economical situation. He quickly picked up on Ichiko's financial skills and hired her as his minister of economics : beginning ichiko's rise through the ranks

### Under Goldmann

Ichiko would prove herself useful by striking a deal with Ľubovít Jahoda and created the first transnational railway,linking etterstel,eylstadt and küsfelden together. She managed to get the economy roaring,but her true time to shine started during the Army insurrection of 1927

### The Army insurrection

Ichiko was not well known before this event. This event was what turned her from a regular office lady that anyone barely knew about to a national symbol of resistance. During the insurrection,while the rest of the government and the rest of the military were busy fighting each others and trying to take over : Ichiko held the palace on her own from both fascists,communists and soldiers from both sides with a machine gun. That act of defiance and of devotion to the center of Ebreichtist power cemented her as an Ebreichtist figure and the population was able to overlook her japanese heritage due to that event. It's also thanks to that insurrection that she met her future spouse: Sasha Schwann

### The Great Depression era and the following recession

Ichiko's first reaction to the depression was one of despair. She reportedly visited the stock market and just walked around with a look of terror on her face. However once she overcame her fears,she threw herself at work and tried to solve the situation as best as she could. Investing heavily in infrastructures and industries to restart the local production but due to her focusing on fixing the economical turmoil she did not take part in the Anti Karla coup of 1934

## 1941 - 1945: The war

Following Germany's declaration of war,Ichiko mobilised the economy and turned it into a war economy. Trying her best to juggle between civilian demands and military supplies. However she's more well known for being one of the few members of the government to be actually on the frontline,mainly to look after sasha. She would however be one of the three ebreichtists to take part in the 1st burning of Munich in October 1941,alongside Jacques and Zachary from the 38DK. However following the fall of Küsfelden in May 1942: she tried to prevent Sasha from fighting. After the witch fight above eylstadt however,when she saw that Sasha was severly wounded by her own allies: she took to defending her from her own allies. Experts say that this coupled with her experiences later with the army fueled her anti military views. After the battle: she directly confronted Marshal Erwin about this outrageous tactic. This is where she and sasha both did their coming out to each other. Ichiko and Sasha quickly became a propaganda symbol as the nazis were firmly homophobic and were beaten by both Ichiko and Sasha. Soldiers even adopted the saying "Ichi sends her regards!" as they walked into Munich again. However as nationalistic thoughts took hold of the people,Ichiko grew to hate those ideas of a newly reformed warden empire.

### The Sasha Crisis

At the end of the second world war: Ebreichten was faced with something commonly refer to as the Sasha Crisis. Ichiko would take the government's side after discussing the situation with Karla. She would lead Erwin , Goldmann and Karla to Sasha's hiding spot.

## 1946 - 1950: Sand and Beginning in Politics

Ichiko would take part in the international forces sent to Israel to fight against the warmongering arabs. She would take part in the battle of Lod-Tel Aviv and visited the recently retaken east jerusalem with Sasha and Goldmann.

After the war: Ichiko became a politician despite her original wishes. She was thrusted forward as a main opposition voice to goldmann's government and to the military as a whole after releasing a novel named "The Alpine Jungle" in which she detailed every single bit of bad stuff that happened in the governmnent. She would be the 1st candidate to announce her intentions to run for office. Her ideas at that time were mainly focused around cutting down military spendings all together,an international neutrality,closer bounds with the german states in the hopes of forming a so called pan german economical union and a more liberal type of society focused on urbanisation. She found most of her influence within vraks' dissident population that grew to despise the air force. She would manage to get all the way to the 2nd round,only losing to Sasha in there. As sasha was forming her government,she invited ichiko over to be her deputy minister

## 1950 - 1961: Deputy minister and Death

Ichiko became deputy minister of the interior right after sasha's election. Ichiko and her would marry as well later that year,marrying behind closed doors to not steer up conservatives. The country would be alright up until the Great asian war's beginning in March 1961. Where sasha would call for an emergency council. Ichiko's ideas would clash with Riko's and Karl's,with Ichiko wanting to conscript the germans for 10 whole years to help out Japan in the fight. The climate became tensed and very,very frustrating. Following an insult from riko,Ichiko walked,leaving the council. When sasha attempted to continue without her : Clémentine,Stéphanie and the Archiduchess walked too,there was no unity to be found. Ichiko would spearhead the "Pan Japanese Movement" within Ebreichten by starting the 1st full on japanese protest in Ebreichten's history. The protesters clashed with german nationalists in an event known as the Battle of the Palace. After an armed intervention,Ichiko would be beaten up by Eva while karl did nothing and brought back in the room.

Some days later,due to the sheer amount of stress caused by that decision,she died of a heart attack at 3:40PM, on the 20th of April 1961. Her death devastated the nation and most importantly : rallied up anti military elements within society. Sasha would give her a funeral with a small committee and later on Ichiko's body was moved to the Ichiko Mausoleum.

## 1964 - 1966: Revival and life in the inter war years.

Rumors circulate as to how she was brought back to life and it's generally unknown but the first trace of her revival can be found in a Japanese town named Kawakami where she was spotted with a IJA officer that many have claimed to be her sister. She would make her way back to Warden,right on time for her reunion with her spouse,albeit in a very unfortunate situation

### Anti Sasha Coup

Ichiko arrived in warden and fought with her spouse to protect Riko. A conflict that resulted in a partial destruction of Munich (Again). At the end of the day : both sasha and ichiko were betrayed by Eva Jonas,Commander of the Elite 38DK Unit who put them both under arrest. However : thanks to one of the guards getting a bit 'Thirsty' they were able to escape but it was too little too late since Ayano had already couped both Clémentine and Amalie And declared herself the supreme head of the government,under the crisis Act.

### Life Post Coup

Following the coup d'etat : Sasha and Ichiko decided to put their powers to good uses and just opened a restaurant in Eylstadt. Their restaurant had something that others didn't : Magic,litteraly. The restaurant's gimmick was that the special meal would be cooked in front of your eyes,using magic to do so. Ichiko would take care of the preparation while sasha would use her powers to control the fire and then put it out. Ichiko's turbulent past seemed to now be behind her and life seemed bright..until the soviets attacked.

## 1966 - 1969 : Service in the WAF

In 1966 : Sirens went off across Warden : General Mobilisation had been declared and ichiko was conscripted,much like many other young men and women from Eylstadt,to make up for Bab's decision to not implement Mobilisation. Ichiko Nobunaga was assigned to Commander Riley's division and sent off to fight in Germany. She would there meet Alicia Morgan and her friends. She seemed to get along quite fine with her commander and her squadmates. Later on she would be joined by Sasha who was forced to join the army to not starve on the streets. Experts states that this fueled her hatred for Babian and Bavarian corporations. Ichiko's squadmates reported that Ichiko seemed happier and more bold now that Sasha was in her unit. Which would lead to her being wounded and getting hit in the leg during a charge.

### Beach Episode

the 'Beach Episode' or "Strand-Episode" is something that normally wouldn't be noticeable in the grand schemes of things : just warden soldiers deciding to chill off on the beaches of Rostock. However due to Sasha and Ichiko's fame within Warden,the event was covered by Journalists and most importantly : Paparazzis. In the end that 'beach episode' ended up boosting Ichiko and Sasha's popularity within the federation as well as Riley and Franz's.

## 1969 - Onwards : Return to civilian life

Once the war ended,Ichiko and Sasha decided to move to the newly created State of Francia. Where they started to work on their new restaurant. Ichiko hoped that by moving to Francia,they would at least be safe from Bavarian Corporations.

### Sasha's Death

As the years went by however,Sasha's health continued to deteriorate and she had to be transferred to the hospital and had to stay there 24/7. Ichiko kept visiting her every week. Doctors in that hospital reported that they had never seen someone so desperate and so devastated by their partner's condition. Ichiko took the hard decision,proposed by her partner,to maintain the opening day of the restaurant on the same day as Sasha's surgery. Witnesses reported that Ichiko was acting a bit strange midway through her service,seeming to act as if she wasn't alone. She only found out at the end of her service that Sasha died during her surgery.In the Honor of Sasha,Ichiko named her restaurant 'La petite Sorcière' or The Little Witch in English. She was devastated by that news and still struggles to this day to move on from it. According to Riko : Ichiko continued to prepare the table and continued to prepare a lunch and a dinner for two,despite living alone now. And to not help in her recovery : politics were about to catch up to her very fast.

### Francian - Bavarian conflict.

as tensions were increasing between the two states : Ichiko was called up for service in the Francian militias. Due to her experience in the armed forces,she was granted command over a brigade of militias : the 11ème Régiment de Milice de Défense du Territoire. Her unit as well as many others would take part in the famed battle of Rosenheim. Where ichiko would be wounded by a bullet. Feeling endangered : she decided to use her magical powers to force the wardens to retreat out of the town. Becoming a national symbol for her troops and for Francians in the process. She would go on to arrive in Munich,without firing another shot. Once there she demanded an audience with the main federal leaders. She concluded a ceasefire with them and ended the war. However that did not save her as she was put on trial for treason with her other squadmates and was sentenced to death. However as the execution was about to happen : Alicia Morgan saved Ichiko with Sasha's witch powers and thus : Ichiko and her squadmates fled back to Francia.

### National Icon & Restaurant Owner

Following this war : many people in Francia started to see Ichiko as their protector,their guardian of peace. Many posters portrayed Ichiko as a National Symbol of Francia while many Francians asked her to become the new governor which ichiko declined. Going back to her Restaurant.

Now we wait and see what life has left for little Ichiko.