Kusunobi Miller

**Kusunobi Miller** is a leader of the 88, a high-class gang of thieves in Diver City. He is also a former BLANK member and the father of Keiichiro Goulbourne.

## Appearance

Kusunobi is tall in stature and has short black hair and bags under his eyes. He wears a large black beanie and a gray sweatshirt with "88" engraved in the back over a blue shirt, and baggy tan sweatpants that end just below his knees. He either has a pair of checkered black Trucks or white slippers on.

## Personality

Despite being a leader of the 88, Kusunobi appears to be completely indifferent to the ideology of the group, or to anything at all. He is rarely seen conveying any emotion and bases all of his decisions off of his primary motivation, which is "to have everyone know me." He puts this motivation over everything, including the well-being of the 88 and even himself. He became leader and participates in the ordeals of the 88 because he finds it interesting, but has no personal attachment to it and has stated that he "hasn't joined any other gang because they won't let him in."

Kusunobi ignored Keiichiro completely when he met him for the first time, and didn't care when Keiichiro told him he was his son, not out of disbelief but rather indifference. He has little to no personal connection to anyone and views people as objects, using them for personal gain instead of forming real relationships. Because of this, he is incredibly skilled in perceiving others' emotions and actions.

He even finds his lack of emotions to be annoying, saying that he couldn't become friends with anyone if he tried. He recognizes that his philosophies are bizarre but both can't and won't change them.

## Background

Kusunobi was originally a member of the BLANK, a group located in Masari. It is assumed that from here he learned his combat skills and his sense of morality. After some time and getting Keiichiro's mother pregnant, he became bored of the quarrels of Masari and travelled to Diver City in hopes of the gang problem spiking his popularity. He found the 88 clan and was taught under the former leader Chris Breaux. He then challenged Chris to a 1v1 for the title of leader and promptly defeated him, becoming leader.

## Abilities & Powers

Kusunobi has all the powers granted to him as a leader of the 88. He is known by nearly everyone in Diver City, as well as neighboring states. As a BLANK member, he is highly skilled in hand-to-hand and close quarters combat. He is adept with most handheld weapons, including but not limited to knives, swords, scythes, chains, knuckles, spears, and maces. He also possesses an uncanny ability to sense the emotions of anyone, even those skilled at hiding them.

### Keiyaku

Kusunobi's Keiyaku is a 350 cm obsidian spear.

### Kotsu

Because Kusunobi was raised as a BLANK member, he is skilled in Kotsu and considered one of the best Hassan users in the world. He is primarily a Jotai user, but is also adept in Ryogae.

#### Hassan

Kusunobi can perform nearly every Hassan technique created. He developed his own technique simply named "**Epilepsy**" in which he solidifies his aura to alternate between white and black extremely quickly, disorientating opponents.

## Goals/Motivation

Kusunobi's only motivaton is to become world-renowned, which led him to seek out the gang life. It is unknown why he pursues this, but it likely has to do with the BLANK's ideals of secrecy and is a form of retaliation against that.