Kenji Osawa

**Kenji Osawa** is a virologist, the father of Maria and Hitomi Osawa, and one of the main protagonists of the game.

## Kenji Osawa

### Family

Maria Osawa (eldest daughter)
Hitomi Osawa (youngest daughter)
Unnamed former wife (deceased)
Ai Osawa (current wife)

### Relations

Yoshio Kajiwara (liasion, trusted ally)
Suguru Makino (boss, father-in-law)
Mamoru Tanaka (colleague)

## Biography

Osawa is a virologist working in Okoshi Pharmaceuticals who prefers to isolate himself from people as much as possible, finding viruses far easier to understand and work with. Over the course of the game he ends up having to deal with multiple problems including the abduction of his daughter, work related struggles, and problems in his family life, leading him to question how good of a father and husband he has been. Osawa does his best to keep calm and not lose his mind amidst the chaos of the scramble.

## Personality

Osawa is an introvert, much preferring to work in his lab with viruses than deal with people. This has resulted in him growing more detached from his wife and daughters, something he comes to worry about now. He is in a shocked state due to his daughter being kidnapped for most of the day, though he is still capable of functioning and doing his work. Osawa is generally a serious person, not being too entertained by Kajiwara's shenanigans, though after some time he does start to warm up to him.

## Spoiler Alert

**Note: the following is a spoiler alert,you should not be viewed without completing the game.**

## Before the Scramble

Osawa was previously married to a woman with whom he had Maria and Hitomi. However, his first wife died 15 years ago from the present time.

Osawa was married to Ai in a second marriage. She was Makino's daughter so this solidified his position at Okoshi and he soon rose to be a director in the company. At some point, Osawa developed an antiviral agent for the Ua virus and was able to administer it in the right amounts using DDS technology.

Osawa had gone on a business trip to a branch of his company in the USA. He came back to Japan a week before the Scramble, and was slated to go back soon, with another company there interested in recruiting him.

The night of the kidnapping, the kidnapper's demands came in for 50 million yen as ransom. Ai asked where they'd get that kind of money from and panicked about it, and Osawa asked her to leave, telling her she was causing a scene. He then informed the detectives he'd go to the bank and work something out to arrange the money needed. Despite his reservations about the police's methods, Osawa agreed to cooperate with them.

## 11:00 - 12:00

### 11:00 - 11:10

The kidnapping of Maria is what is most on Osawa's mind and not even his favorite Aya Kamiki music can cheer him up. His vice-director Tanaka enters the room, telling him that the lab wants a response to the mails they sent as soon as possible, much to Osawa's chagrin. Nontheless, after Tanaka leaves, Osawa gets to work, responding to emails and taking care of anything else with detachment. He sees a strange email sent from someone called "A" with the subject being "One Year Ago - South Africa", and opens it to find gruesome images of people bleeding out and on the brink of death. Osawa recognizes the symptoms as being from the Ua virus, a deadly virus with a mortality rate of 100% that isn't known to the general public. He writes a reply to ask who A is. As Osawa looks at the images, he notices a reply to his email. Once he reads it, there are only two words written: "your crimes". Osawa looks at the images again and wonders whether he is truly to blame for the state those people are in.

### 11:10 - 11:15

Osawa's wife, Ai, enters the study room and asks him to reconsider going to America. Osawa was scouted by another company during his business trip and the opportunity to work there intrigues him due to better funding. However, Ai's father Makino is on the board of directors at Okoshi and it would be difficult for Osawa to relocate. Ai asks him to consider her position as well as Okoshi's, telling him to stop thinking about himself and then leaving.

### 11:20 - 11:25

Osawa calls in Tanaka to show him the emails he received from A. Tanaka also recognizes those as being symptoms from the Ua virus and promises to look into the emails as best he can. Osawa promises not to trouble him as he leaves, reflecting on the Ua virus' unique characteristics.

### 11:35 - 11:45

A third email from A arrives with the same subject line, telling Osawa to not look away from his crimes and then attaching 4 images. From these images, Osawa realizes that someone, seemingly from Okoshi, conducted live clinical trials of the antiviral agent on humans without his knowledge, essentially infecting patients with Ua to then test the antiviral. Furious at the violation of ethics, Osawa goes to call his boss but decides he needs to calm down first. Osawa puts on Aya Kamiki music and relaxes, doing his best to calm down and let the music cheer him up. Once he feels ready, he calls Makino and asks about the clinical trials. When Makino asks where his question came from, Osawa tells him about the emails he received. After some thought, Makino tells Osawa he'll head to his place to meet in person.

### 11:45 - 11:55

As Osawa is going to tell Tanaka about his upcoming meeting, he is stopped by detective Kajiwara who asks if he's going anywhere. Osawa declines going anywhere in particular and asks about the kidnapping, to which Kajiwara states there hasn't been progress made. He offers Osawa a banana, which is declined, and then takes him to the dining room. Osawa overhears the other detectives badmouthing him and wondering how he can be working at a time like this. Osawa walks in and asks them if they'd rather see him weeping, to which they don't have an answer. Kajiwara de-escalates the situation before tensions rise further.

### 11:55 - 12:00

Having heard that the police were letting the kidnapper roam free for the time being, Ai becomes more hysterical, asking about the money again. Osawa chides her for worrying more about money than their daughter to which Ai just yells again about how much it is. She repeats herself, demanding the police reimburse them should the money be lost, to which Kajiwara meekly agrees to. Osawa tells Tanaka he's going to meet Makino and then heads out, only to be stopped by Kajiwara again. Kajiwara tells Osawa he'd rather that he stay in the living room. As the two talk, Kajiwara suddenly leans in and asks Osawa not to hide things from him. He then apologizes, offering a banana and chocolate bar, but Osawa just wants some time to himself. He looks through a photo album of him and his daughters, wondering if he loves them or virology more.

## 12:00 - 1:00

### 12:00 - 12:05

Osawa stares at a picture he took during his trip to the middle east with Maria, reminiscing about their time spent together. Kajiwara's voice interrupts his reverie, and he hears him arguing with Ai. Kajiwara insists that Ai shouldn't go out but Ai yells at him that she doesn't want to sit around and wait, and then heads out before another objection could be made. Osawa heads downstairs to observe this. Kajiwara asks if he knows where Ai went and Osawa replies that he doesn't. Kajiwara says that his wife is something else, and then further elaborates on Osawa's insistence that they've been holed up in rooms without any marital discourse. Osawa snaps at him, telling him to mind his own business, to which Kajiwara nods. Osawa adds that them not talking is normal, with him not being a fan of pointless conversation. He states that since microorganisms don't have a purpose but can still thrive, once a purpose is found then conversation becomes meaningless. Kajiwara asks what his purpose with his wife is and Osawa replies that it is to be a family. Kajiwara then points out that the two of them have pointless conversations and Osawa angrily replies that it's only because Kajiwara initiates them.

### 12:05 - 12:15

At that moment, Tanaka enters. Osawa asks Kajiwara for privacy, stating that he needs to discuss something work related with Tanaka. Kajiwara reluctantly leaves and Osawa is about to talk about the emails he received but then sees Kajiwara peeping into the room. He points out that Osawa never said he couldn't watch and Osawa shouts that it should be obvious, causing Kajiwara to sadly close the door. The two continue their conversation. Osawa wonders how Makino would be able to get the antiviral agent to anyone on the outside without his knowledge. Tanaka talks about the rivalry, noting that Makino would need the company president's approval. Osawa dismisses that for the moment and talks about the security, since taking the antiviral would require fingerprint authentication from both Osawa and Tanaka. Tanaka states that he saw nothing suspicious in the storage entry logs. Kajiwara opens the door, stating that something terrible has happened. Osawa braces himself, and Kajiwara reveals that the toilet has been clogged.

### 12:20 - 12:30

Osawa is still unclogging the toilet with a plunger, having never done this before. Kajiwara tells him to think of it as a blessing in disguise and leaves. As he continues, Tanaka then enters the room and suddenly approaches, stating that he's been waiting for a time they could be alone. Osawa feels a tad paranoid as Tanaka reaches into his pocket, but ultimately he relents to seeing what Tanaka has to show. Osawa, to his shock, sees a mail from Hitomi stating that she's being chased by a gunman who wants to kill her but she's fine for the time being. Osawa is confused as to why they'd want Hitomi if she already gave the ransom. He then asks if it's related to the "other thing" but Tanaka shakes his head, saying that they'd have no reason to go after Hitomi. Tanaka reviews that the kidnapper has Maria and the ransom and now wants Hitomi, wondering if the kidnapper is someone with a grudge against Osawa. Osawa recalls that it could have spurred from his upcoming transfer to the US but doesn't say anything about it. He then asks why Tanaka has Hitomi's contact info, to which Tanaka promises he'll explain, and then exits. Kajiwara re-enters and points out it's taking a while. Osawa angrily shoves the plunger in his hands and leaves it to the detective.

### 12:30 - 12:35

Osawa tries to relax in his studies, Kajiwara's antics frustrating him. However, Kajiwara shortly opens the door to his study to talk to him again, informing him that the toilet is fixed. Osawa is dismissive, causing Kajiwara to talk more and irritate him further. When Osawa wonders how he became a detective, Kajiwara boasts about his popularity and computer skills. He then goes to Osawa's computer and opens the browser to see an Aya Kamiki fan page, asking him more about it. With his patience at its limit, Osawa decides he wants to be left alone and goes out of the study. When Kajiwara says he has something to give him, Osawa yells that he doesn't want a banana and goes to head out.

### 12:35 - 12:40

Using the back door to avoid the police, Osawa quietly sneaks outside. He finds a nearby alley to relax in, though it's not long before he spots a father and daughter pair (Toyama and Hana) who go to hide in some bushes. When Toyama spots Osawa, he begs for help from him, briefly recognizing him and saying that he might not have a right to ask but that he at least needs help for his daughter. When Osawa suggests calling the police, Toyama insists that they can't help. Osawa decides to help them and guides them to his storage shed, hiding them there. As he heads back out, he sees two thuggish looking men (Ozu and Segawa) who are likely the pursuers. Osawa points them in the wrong direction when asked about Toyama, then heads back to the shed to tell them they're gone. Toyama asks if they can hide in there longer since they might come back and Osawa agrees to it, resigning to the fact that he won't get alone time, and heads back inside.

### 12:40 - 12:50

When he returned, Osawa continued to be disturbed by Kajiwana. But Kajiwana didn't mention that he was going out. Instead, he pulled out something. That's what's clogging the toilets -- plane ticket. Osawa was puzzled because it was his key to the United States, and it was in a drawer, somehow in the toilet. He came to the door of the only possible person-Ai went out and did not return. He had to go in to explore AI's motives. Instead, he found a magazine, Four-star General Gossip, that said Ai had "sacrificed" herself to marry and bind Kenji Osawa to help her father's Okochi pharmaceutical company. She also mentioned that she broke up with her long-time boyfriend. Osawa just felt that the magazine insulted his marriage to Ai and threw it away. Then he went back to his study to listen to more music. On the way, he recalled how he met Aya Kamiki while buying gifts for his daughters and fell in love with her songs.

However, when he wanted to listen to For tomorrow, he didn't find the CD on his shelf. It occurred to him that the CD was in the research room. He had to pick up another CD of For tomorrow in Hitomi's room. Once he had it, he thought about Makino keeping him in the dark about the clinical trials, and he calmed down around the music. That's when Makino called him out to talk. Osawa on a date.

## 13:00 - 14:00

### 13:00 - 13:15

Osawa tried to leave, but Kajiwana found him. After dodging Kajiwara's uncomfortable questions, Osawa finally got out and talked to Makino. And, Makino says, the UA virus is expected to take over the world. The people in the clinical trials were only making a voluntary sacrifice for that power. Though Osawa still wanted to fight, Makino taught him to give up, and he finally gave up the idea of going to America.

### 13:20 - 13:30

When he returned, AI was waiting for him. However, she was pleased that Osawa could not travel to the United States. Back in his study, he began to worry about the motive for the kidnapping. So he went online to look up information about the kidnappings and learned that the police generally put their own face first, and that even if the hostages were dead or missing,the criminal would still have to be caught, after all, the media would bomb them. Then he went to the middle aged group of Aya Kamiki's fan community, known as Aya Kamiki Expanding Into the U. S. Posted on the topic. After deactivating the tracker, Kajiwara said there was one more "big thing". Just when Osawa thought it had heard anything about Maria, Kajiwara said he had eaten the remaining two portions of the bento, which means Osawa didn't eat.

### 13:35 - 13:55

To make up for it, Kajiwara cooked herself. He first opened the fridge and took out the frozen leftovers, letting Osawa take them to Ding the microwave, but that kept him busy for a few seconds. Next, Kajiwara took out some bubble wrap and asked Osawa to play with it while waiting for the cooking to finish.

Then Kajiwara made a bowl of fried egg on rice for Osawa. Osawa cleaned fried egg on rice with his mouth. Osawa washed the dishes, but the tracker made a sound. But there's nothing like Tanaka getting texts from Hitomi.

As Tanaka goes out to help Hitomi, the tracker rings. Since it's Kajiwara's tracker, he's definitely from Tanaka.

## 14:00 - 15:00

### 14:00 - 14:10

Kajiwara tackled Tanaka. Because he found a listening device on Tanaka's tie clip. However, AI shows up and says she gave him the tie clip to learn about Tanaka's hidden agenda. Osawa stopped AI from talking because he didn't want to Leak Hitomi's message. After AI left, Kajiwara began to question AI's motives in giving the tie clip to Tanaka. A woman doesn't give gifts to her husband's Colleague.

### 14:10 - 14:15

Osawa went back to her study to check out a new post on the Internet from Pretty Honey. Pretty Honey disagreed with if Kamaya Kamiki moves to the United States, because she had accomplished so much in Japan that there was no need to go back to the United States. Next, "She" recommends Osawa to try Aya Fortune-Teller. Osawa entered its own ID and waited for the result. After a while, it turns out that Osawa is a very work-minded person. Next, it turns out that Osawa has no one around him to "support" him, and if he doesn't pay attention to that, he will soon be lost in the world. After reading the results, Osawa wrote back to Pretty Honey, saying that he thought it didn't matter if Aya Kamiki went to the United States, and that if she failed in the United States, "Japanese fans" would continue to welcome her. After that, Kajiwara came to see him again. In this case, Osawa went to the living room.

### 14:15 - 14:30

Although it wasn't Maria, detectives located the prisoner's hideout. And the detectives traced the location to Mamuro Tanaka. Hearing Kajiwara say this, Ai first worries, accusing the detectives of having no evidence against Tanaka. Kano called Kajiwara because he wanted to question Osawa. Kano asked Osawa if Hitomi was carrying the antiviral because the prisoner's real goal was Hitomi. After hearing this, Osawa hung up weakly and unilaterally. Under mental pressure, Osawa returned to the study to calm herself. He gave himself a bunch of pills.

And then he remembered six days ago. A man called him to analyze Hitomi's blood. Osawa then analyzed Hitomi's blood for the UA virus. He quickly calls Tanaka and takes Hitomi to the lab to get the antiviral. Despite the security measures, they came to the lab and injected Hitomi with antiviral drugs. Now, he ponders the purpose of the crime, and connects Tanaka's perversity to the crime.

### 14:30 - 14:50

Kajiwara came out of the blue and said Osawa had a guest. When Osawa answered the door phone, the "guest" pointed to Osawa in front of the phone screen and asked for an interview. Though Osawa was unhappy with the journalist, from Four-star General Gossip, he came to the gate.

After making an appointment with Minorikawa to interview Maria and Hitomi, Osawa went back to the house and threw the card in the trash. In front of his computer, he recalled Fortune-teller's results and his life experiences. Later, he calls Tanaka to ask about his motives. Tanaka is a different man than he was when he was a colleague, and he is now a suspect jealous of Osawa's achievements. After Tanaka hung up, Osawa began to think about clues. He quickly thought of AI giving a tie clip to Tanaka, and the way he looked when the detectives suspected Tanaka. He therefore doubts the relationship between AI and Tanaka, if combined with what was reported by Four-star Gerenal Gossip. At that moment, he suddenly thought of the reporter named Minorikawa.

## 15:00 - 16:00

### 15:30-15:55

Osawa now not only can not understand Tanaka's motives, but also do not know who they want to trust. Kajiwara came in and discussed music with him. Kajiwara mentioned classical music and asked Osawa to try it. Osawa said his heart is very cold.

When Maria was in the fifth grade, Osawa saw Maria's letter in her room and hit her angrily. However, this leads to Osawa's fear of family relationships. Kajiwara to Osawa must show their emotions, if hurt others, apologize to each other.

It turned out that they had heard HQ's radio and had learned about Maria's infection and the body ID of the van. Osawa was sweating when he learned that the body ID was Mamoru Tanaka, and Ai was wailing loudly. For Osawa, Tanaka's death would make antiviral drugs unavailable.

## 16:00 - 17:00

### **16:10 - 16:30**

Osawa is also worried about Tanaka's death because he was one of the keys to unlocking the electronic lock. In desperation, he calls Makino again to ask him to unlock the electronics. However, Makino said one executive had disappeared while on a business trip abroad and was unable to invite vendors through meetings. After getting Makino's solution, Osawa froze. To ease his anxiety, he visited AyaNET again.

This time, the result he got from Fortune Talker was that he wasn't a very good relationship person, always in his own little world. But as he reflected on his actions, the detectives were instructed by HQ to leave the place. This means that the detectives have to abandon the kidnapping case. Kajiwara was trying to persuade them to stay, but failed.

Even Osawa's pleas failed to persuade the detectives to stay. He and Kajiwara sat down on the chairs. As Kajiwara has been asked to act as Osawa's contact with headquarters, he can continue to work in Osawa.

To soothe Osawa, Kajiwara said his had a history of a divorce that resulted from snubbing his family. This reference led Osawa to tell Kajiwara the truth. He took Kajiwara to check the threaten e-mails sent by A in today. Before that, he received an encouraging response from Pretty Honey. In addition to a better understanding of the UA virus, Kajiwara also discovered the sender's IP address. As a result, the IP address is located in the Shibuya and is the same as the router used by Osawa. The name of the sender was on the tip of Osawa's tongue, but Makino called. However, he told Osawa that the meeting could not take place today.

## 17:00-18:00

### 17:25-17:30

Makino's phone make A Bolt from the Blue to Osawa. Although Osawa couldn't think of any other way to save Maria's life, Kajiwara suggested asking him to think about the possibility that Tanaka had given the password to someone. He only thought of one person and he had to think of one person: Ai, Tanaka's ex-girlfriend. Considering that Maria could not be isolated, Kajiwara tried to stop her.

### 17:30-17:35

Osawa went into Maria's room instead of looking for AI and recalled the past. On that day, because Osawa was too busy at work to fulfill their dream of taking the twins to an amusement park, Maria got angry, wrote a runaway note, and walked out the door. However, Osawa did not visit her usual park until she walked home drenched.

Osawa slapped her daughter for the first time in his life because she said Osawa didn't care about her. This leads Osawa to fear the uncontrollability of single-parent family. To make up for this, he married Ai Makino. Now, however, he regretted what had happened.

### 17:35-17:55

Before deciding to confront Ai, Minorikawa told Osawa on the other end of the phone that AI's ex-boyfriend was Tanaka. In the backyard, Osawa asked AI if Tanaka had given her the password and why she wanted to marry Osawa. Ai mocks itself by saying that it married to help its father, and that women's values are worthless compared to the company's goals. She will do anything to lock down Osawa, including sending e-mail threats. But she doesn't know the password. Hitomi's call came in during the standoff, and she asked Osawa to come with her to the lab,

Ai hugged Osawa to stop him, because Osawa once to the institute, will lead to Okoshi pharmaceutical banned him. She even wanted Maria quarantined to keep the antiviral secret. To change Ai's mind, Osawa knelt down and begged Ai. Ai shed tears, as if to predict the end of the marriage. But Osawa had to drive and race to save Maria and fill the void in her family. So he headed for the lab.

## And then...

### Tateno 18:55-20:00

Osawa came to the lab and joined Tateno, Maria and Canaan, but not allowed by Makino. However, as AI gradually think clear Osawa mood, she let Osawa and others through her father to pass the entrance. As Tateno and Canaan stayed outside, Osawa took Maria alone. He then learned Tanaka's password from Kano and successfully unlocked the security door.

### Epilogue

Osawa managed to inject Maria with an antiviral. When Maria woke up, he apologized for that day and was forgiven by the optimistic Maria. However, their attention was quickly drawn to the monitor as Tateno and Stanley pointed their guns at "Canaan". After learning that "Canaan" is actually Alphard and trying to kill Osawa by making the necklace explode, they come out to face Alphard. Alphard provoked Maria by giving her the misleading message that Canaan is dead.

### Normal End

Maria fired, but missed. Alphard took the opportunity to shoot Maria, but Osawa blocked the bullet with his back. Osawa was eventually taken to an ambulance and sirens wailed away. Life and death unknown.

### True End

Maria didn't shoot but let Alphard be arrested. Osawa witnessed it all.

## After Scramble

**Note: The content of *428 shibuya Scramble Novel* is based on Normal End in the game, not True End.**

Despite massive blood loss, Osawa survived the surgery. A year later, he recovered and was invited to Kano and Rumi's wedding.