Kudan

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## Character Information

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## Media

### Voice Actor

Mariya Ise

**Kudan** is an Obbligato Musician, and a promotion and agitation specialist. She lies like she breathes and toys with the hearts of others. She is in charge of persuasive propaganda and public relations on behalf of Regret, who does not talk much. She often quotes wise figures from history, manga, and anime.

## Appearance

Kudan has short, maroon hair, with magenta eyes and eye-shadow alongside a beauty mark beneath her right eye. She wears an over-sized, faded-green military jacket over top a school uniform. Additionally, she wears dark platform shoes, a yellow and orange neckerchief, and has several silver ear-piercings. She wears what resembles a red banner with beige tassels - centering an emblem resembling a dove - attached to her jacket. She is often seen smoking cigarettes in her downtime.

## Personality

Kudan is cunning, conniving, and manipulative. As Bluffman's assistant, she is the primary point of contact for many of the musicians. She treats such a position as nothing more than a game of chess; treating them as her own subordinates, commanding them to do her, Bluffman, and Regret's bidding, and exploiting their weaknesses for her own gain. Using her aptitude for logic and intellect, Kudan discerned that the Go-Home Club was largely a non-violent organization, and that by confronting them, they would not use lethal force against her. Although she predicted such an outcome following her defeat, she had not anticipated Niko's pure hatred towards her, and reminisced how the young girl and her father bore many similarities.

## History

Kudan was the daughter of Tetsu Ushizawa, a rising politician who could stir the hearts of his supporters with a single, honest word. Kudan felt a strong sense of admiration and pride for him.

Hoping to one day help her father in his political service, Kudan devoted herself to academics in her youth, delving into myriad subjects in an attempt to absorb them all.

Kudan's intelligence and talent quickly became apparent. However, she struggled with public speaking from birth, and despite her and her parents' attempts to address it, never improved.

Nevertheless, she was not too discouraged, as she had always planned on supporting her father from behind the scenes in lieu of assuming a more public role.

Though her oratory prowess much to be desired, Kudan was yet hopeful that she could help bolster her father in other ways, further committing herself to her studies.

However, when Kudan was twelve, Tetsu Ushizawa fell from grace after one of his closest aides fabricated and leaked a scandal.

As Tetsu Ushizawa had built his base of support on a clean image, this scandal became perfect media fodder. News outlets jumped on the story, sensationalizing it to the point where even his supporters turned their backs, denigrating his name with vile slander.

"The day will come where the people realize my innocence."

With those words, Tetsu put on a brave front. Yet he could do little to hide his dismay at the stream of verbal abuse from his ex-supporters. It was as if every word, deed, and effort in his life had amounted to nothing.

Kudan watched it all unfold, carving it into her memory.

One day, the media, seeking an interview with Tetsu Ushizawa's daughter, accosted Kudan on her way home from school. Though she was told to ignore the press, the recent days and nights of unrest had pushed Kudan past her limits.

As she stood before the camera, she strung together an eloquent defense on the grossly unfounded scandal and how hard her father worked on his country's behalf.

But though the logic came easily in her mind, her tongue struggle to catch up to her wits. Despite Kudan's zeal to clear her father's name, her anxiety compounded until she could say nothing at all.

The unintelligible interview was repeatedly mocked on the news, turning her into a laughingstock. Ironically, Kudan had sped up her own father's downfall.

Young as she was, Kudan realized a single truth. Her father's "loyal" supporters scattered like flies when the scandal broke. In short, "The masses have no habit of self-reliance." They were...hollow. The majority reacted without ever asking why. Their vaunted ideals and logic were only excuses to justify their own beliefs.

Her father did not know that. He'd expected too much from the masses.

The Ushizawa family grew quiet, but Kudan still strove for a comeback. Her father had lost heart, utterly devoid of his former verve. She had to rise in his place.

She considered getting revenge on her father's accuser, as well as those who had made a fool of her, but upon her revelation about the masses, felt they deserved to be praised. After all "It's human; we all put self-interest first."

All of Kudan's contemplations led her to the same conclusion: articulation was a necessary trait of a proper leader.

Leaders of the past were said to have possessed a quality to their voices capable of utilizing 1/f (or "pink noise") frequencies.

Kudan's lack of oratory skill extinguished any chance she had at holding a position of power. She felt that if she had only been more articulate, she could have easily cleared her father's name.

In the meantime, Kudan learned of the incident caused by *μ*. The existence of virtuadolls seemed to fit in nicely with her own aims.

Though the commotion with *μ* was written off as mass hypnosis, Kudan saw little reason not to use such a powerful idol for a political agenda. She then set her eyes on Regret, who had been rapidly gaining followers after the Astral Syndrome Incident.

Regret was an entity known only to a select few. While her power was undeniable, her promotional output was lacking.

Kudan intended to fill that niche in exchange for Regret's aid wit her own objectives, but had little idea how to initiate contact. Thus did Kudan begin her musical career. That said, she knew she would have to rise above the crowd to catch Regret's attention.

Kudan's genres of choice were slam poetry and rap, performed by virtuadolls.

At long last, the silver-tongued vocabulary she had never been able to utter herself exploded onto the scene through borrowed voices.

Kudan had managed to find success as a truly unique breed of Doll-P.

One month after making her debut as a Doll-P, Kudan received an invitation from Bluffman, who introduced himself as Regret's manager.

Though their plans for Redo came as a great surprise, even for her, she managed to secure a deal with Bluffman. In return for restoring her father's political career, he would have her help in promoting Regret.

## Trivia

* Kudan's associated flower is the Tropaeolum. It is derived from the word "trophy" — specifically in the context of war and victory during combat. Regarding its symbolism - the petals represent "armor" and the leaves "shields. The flower generally represents guidance, competency, and patriotism.

## Gallery

Compilation of all of Kudan's sprites.Official Steam card for *The Caligula Effect 2*, featuring Kudan and Niko.Official Twitter icon featuring Kudan.Official cafe collaboration for *The Caligula Effect 2*, featuring a drink inspired by Kudan.Official artwork published by Historia counting 2 days until the Steam release of *The Caligula Effect 2*.Kudan smoking her cigarette.Bluffman betraying Kudan.
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