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Tokai Ichiro was born to a poor family. His father worked long hours at an automobile factory; his mother did the same at a tea house. They earned enough to put their only son through college. When he graduated with a degree in engineering and vowed that he would not be poor.

When his father died of a heart attack, Ichiro opened a box that his father had kept hidden in a closet. That was when he learned of his ancestry. He had always assumed that his family, like many others had made the transition from poor, hardworking farmers to poor, hardworking industrial laborers during the Meiji rein. Instead, his family's history was very different than the norm. They were descended from ninja. Specifically, he was the direct descendent of the master of the Tokai ninja clan of southern Japan.

Having acrued a small fortune, Ichiro left his job at Oshiro Electronics and began researching. Within a few years, he had found several descendents of Tokai clan families of which twenty six were both physically fit and psychologically willing to renew the clan. Many of the new clan, which called themselves Fuchi-no-Kuroi (Dark Pool), had some knowledge in technology. So the clan naturally gravitated towards technological espionage. They immediately began training themselves and their children in the dark art of taijutsu; some knowledge had been passed on through the generations of Tokai families, other knowledge recovered from scrolls within the box Ichiro's father hid.

The driving force, Tokai Ichiro, assumed the position of ninja master. He guided the clan by taking contracts and ensuring their completion, but soon he found that his lifestyle had taken a toll on his body. Battle damage weakened his limbs while emphysema and diabetes degraded his internal organs.

Slowly, he stole or purchased bionic parts to replace his organic limbs and organs. As technology progressed, so too were the limits of the parts expanded. Today, he is the powerful cyberninja, Cyber One.

Money has kept the Dark Pool Ninja Clan alive and thriving. Tokai Ichiro ensures that this lifeline keeps coming in. At the same time, he feels himself indispensible for Dark Pool and hence places a large amount of importance on his own survival and freedom.

Ichiro would otherwise be an old man by now, but he has periodically rejuvenated his limbs and organs by replacement with cybernetic parts. Most of his body is metallic and appears robotic. With a shaven head and age-lined face, only his head appears human.