| In 1945, famous war hero Oyama flew a kamikaze plane into a US aircraft, but his bombs failed to detonate. Shamed and scarred, Oyama became a prisoner of war. After Japan’s surrender, a hooded Oyama vowed to hide his face until he had restored Japan’s tarnished honour and old values. Profiting from a war experiences book, Oyama bought an island off Hokkaido’s coast, married and had three children whose faces he branded as a sign of superiority. His code attracting devotee’s, Oyama financed reactionary political activity, and his son’s died trying to assassinate Japan’s Prime Minister. Oyama renamed himself Darkwind, symbolising a wind from the past that would sweep away the land’s shame, and began his quest for the ultimate warrior. |
