Kennedy Family

## Kennedy

The Kennedy Family, originally known as the Toshiki Family, credited to bringing the news to Giggleswick County with their afamed The Cresthelm Times, originated from Japan before immigrating to America in 1968 and changing their name to The Kennedy Family.

## Biography

### Founding

The Kennedy Family, originally known as the Toshiki family originated from Japan. Hailing from Japan, the Toshiki family was one of the multiple families in Japan that was trapped due to the isolationist nature of Japan through generations. After World War Two, the Toshiki family was able to migrate to the United States.

After migrating to the United States, they would face heavy discrimination before changing their last name to Kennedy; as JFK was a big figure advocating for them at the time. Inspired, the Toshiki family took his last name and made it their own. Coming from a murky but honorable lineage, the Toshiki's great great grandfather was Matsudaira Nobunori, younger brother of the last Shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. Thought to have no successors, when the rise of the Imperial Court occurred in Japan, the family of Nobunori fled and lived as commoners, under the name Toshiki, until Japan became embroiled in the Second World War.

During this time, Toshiki Date, father of Kevin and Kiyoshi, died flying his fighter plane into an American aircraft carrier, destroying it and elevating the family name. Unbeknownst to date at that time, his brother was building a criminal empire in Tokyo, which resulted in vast sums of wealth. This yakuza carried the crest, or mon in Japan, of the Tokugawa clan, a reference to the Shogunate, which would become important later on, as it was a sign of carrying on tradition in Japan. Toshiki Katsuro, Kiran's grandfather, legitimized the money through heavy investments into Mitsubishi Motors, resulting in even greater generational wealth later on. Kiyoshi and Kevin would eventually move to the United States, after the war ended in the 40s.

### The Birth of Light

During this time, Kevin and Kiyoshi would be in their late teens. During the late 70s, Kiyoshi would meet his late fiance and wife; Elizabeth Kennedy, a relative of the Kennedy family. Legimitizing their last name; they would give birth to Kiran "Light" Michael Kennedy, who would be born in late 1981. However, Kiyoshi would develop a serious autoimmune disease and die before Kiran was even born. Leaving Elizabeth alone with her pregnant child, she entrusted the care of her child to Kiran's uncle as his godfather. The final will of Kiyoshi as he entrusted his brother as the Godfather of his child. Taking care of his Nephew, Kiyoshi's child, Kiran would inherit the Cresthelm Times and the Giggleswick Gazette at the young age of 16.

As he was old enough to inherit his father's will, which was passed down to him by his Uncle. The Cresthelm Times was founded by Kevin and Kiyoshi Kennedy after moving to Giggleswick as a form of entertainment but also as a News Source for those who lived in the local area in January of 1970. Seeing no one else taking advantage of this, the two brothers would dominate the scene with ease and provide information to the people. Having a tight grip of control over the information of Giggleswick, they are the primary source of News for the area. The Giggleswick Gazette falls under it. Kevin funded the Kennedy House to honor his late brother and also to house his Nephew, handing over the reigns to his nephew in 1998.

### Present Day

Alongside this, Kevin would fund the Voila Hall so Kiran could have a place to gather people and continue the Cresthelm Times. As a result, Kiran would be able to form his own team and gave himself the title of Chief Editor. Gathering his team, he would get a Co-Chief Editor and Ghostwriter. Forming an Editoral Board and taking the reigns, Kiran would solidify his place within Giggleswick Academy as someone for reliable information on various topics.