History Characters / TNOSixtiesGuangdongChiefExecutives

* HorrifyingTheHorror: For a sociopathic monster that speaks and behaves like an EvilOverlord, Komai is terrified when Muto's coup succeeds in Japan and dreads to imagine what the general has planned for Guangdong.

** Komai worries about how Muto is willing to kill in the name of order, fearing it'll bring harm to Japan. But in his security-related focuses and later during the riots, Komai is perfectly willing to kill the locals in the name of order and even enjoys it.

->'''In-Game Biography''' (External Secretary - Komai cabinet)[[labelnote:Click to Show]]First as tragedy, then as farce: Matsushita Masaharu finds himself as Guangdong's External Secretary once more, under the employ of Chief Executive Komai. Theoretically powerful, in practice, Masaharu knows well what his place in the government is: he is to be a toothless spokesman, his words dictated by bureaucrats in Hsinking. Bodyguards and minders follow and trace every movement he takes, document everything he says, 'kindly provided' by Komai for 'his own safety'.\\\

** Matsushita is appointed as Komai's External Secretary and serves as a toothless mouthpiece and puppet guided by bureaucrats in Hsinking. Much as he hates the position, he does not try to break free from Komai's grasp, with Hitachi bodyguards watching his every move and threatening to imprison him if he steps out of line.

->'''In-Game Biography''' [[labelnote:Click to Show]]A new authority stands ascendant and triumphant upon the tumultuous stage of Guangdong, a towering figure now eclipses the Pearl River Delta in somber darkness, its penumbra extending far and wide. A goliath has stepped onto Guangdong's shores, a man who embodies the ruthless efficiency of the industries of Manchukuo, whose vision for the state is one of steel and sweat, one where the backbreaking toil of the workers allows for productivity to soar to heights never before seen. The iron cavalier of Hitachi - Komai Kenichiro.\\\

->'''In-Game Biography''' (External Secretary)[[labelnote: Click to Show]]Plenty question why Hitachi's Komai Kenichiro, only recently invited into the Legislative Council, was selected to be the external face of Ibuka's regime. Komai was already seen as an outsider, seen as an agent of Manchuria's state-dominated economy in the freewheeling corporate ecosystem of Guangdong. Would being forced to defend Guangdong to outsiders separate Komai from his masters in Hsinking?\\\

->'''70's In-Game Biography''' (Manchurian)[[labelnote:Click to Show]]There are times when Komai Kenichiro can only laugh faintly at how ordinary his life must be, at least in comparison to his former competitors in the form of Morita, Ibuka, and Matsushita. All he really did was graduate from Tokyo Imperial, start working for Hitachi Limited in 1925, and work hard to advance through its ranks ever since. All those years, and here he still is, forever a corporate suit with little to no real agency. Some might point to all Komai has achieved for Pan-Asianism, but always he dismisses this disinterestedly. Everybody does Pan-Asianism these days, there's nothing special about him promoting it as well. Nothing special about him at all, save only for his title of President of Hitachi Limited, a throne made of paper.\\\
Yes, he can relish in these ephemeral piles of gold all he want; yes, he can call himself Caesar as many times as need be. But every Caesar has his Augustus, seated far and high away in Rome, holding the true reins of the empire they share regardless of the illusion of autonomy. No matter how many dissenters Komai locks away, no matter how much wealth he sits upon, something will always be missing. Something that isn't just another directive from Hsinking.\\\

->'''70's In-Game Biography''' (Personalist)[[labelnote:Click to Show]]In the end, Komai Kenichiro can't help but to look back at the whole of his life in awe at how ordinary it must be, at least in comparison to his former competitors in the form of Morita, Ibuka, and Matsushita. All he really did was graduate from Tokyo Imperial, start working for Hitachi Limited in 1925, and work hard to advance through its ranks ever since. Nevertheless, here he is now, having brought Hitachi as well as Guangdong as a whole to new heights both financially and technologically while eliminating all forms of dissent and real competition. All this is beyond the wildest dreams of his so-called 'superiors' back in Manchuria, perhaps beyond even his own just 10 years ago.\\\

->'''70's In-Game Biography''' (External Secretary - Persistent Ibuka cabinet)[[labelnote:Click to Show]]It should come as no surprise to anyone that, having promised to keep Komai Kenichiro in line back in 1964 when he invited him to take part in government, Ibuka has proceeded to do exactly that all these years later. Much as Komai thought he might be able to take advantage of Ibuka by enabling his worst excesses in hopes that it would bring his plans to a halt, this idea ended up backfiring as Ibuka became the sort of monster with a list of people he feels have wronged him - with Komai's name one among many on it.\\\

->'''70's In-Game Biography''' (External Secretary - Reconciliatory Ibuka cabinet)[[labelnote:Click to Show]]All along, Komai Kenichiro had seen this coming: that Ibuka would fail to meet the needs of his great selfish vision. As the fulfillment of this prediction presents Hitachi with a great business opportunity, so Komai will not allow it to go to waste. He will do whatever it takes to put Ibuka's newfound softheartedness to use and pay him back for daring to think Komai could possibly be 'kept in line.'\\\

** When a vote of no confidence is initiated against Suzuki, Ibuka guarantees the Chief Executive's downfall by bribing Matsuzawa, Suzuki's only and most powerful ally left. Playing on Matsuzawa's fears that he and his family will be left impoverished by the end of the Yasuda Crisis, Ibuka leaves Suzuki with only twelve votes in his favor.