Masahiko Amari

Masahiko Amari (天理正彦) is a disciple of the Hazy Lifestream Style of martial arts, as well as the best friend and rival to Tatsuya Kondou.

Appearance
Masahiko is a young Japanese man with slicked black hair and thin narrow eyes that gleam with intelligence from behind his glasses. He wears a mahogany-brown military uniform and carries a Japanese-style sword at his waist.

Personality
Masahiko is a fiercely intelligent and calculating person, called one of the brightest minds on his entire planet. He prioritizes information over strength and always comes up with a perfect strategy to fit the situation. He found the idea of being a king to be extremely tiresome, preferring to handle things from behind the scenes.

Background
Masahiko was originally a member of the Imperial Japanese Military and a disciple of Gensei Araki. He was one of Gensei's top three disciples alongside Tatsuya Kondou and Saburo Minamoto. He was defeated by Phantoms when he and Tatsuya were deployed as part of military aid to China and subsequently used as a vessel for incarnation. The phantom that had possessed Masahiko was a Staff Officer and Kornu's second-in-command, its ego slowly being worn away by Masahiko until he ultimately regained his freedom. After Pulcinella and the rest of the phantoms were dealt with, Masahiko took full responsibility for their actions and retired from the army, going on to join the Emile Entertainment Agency in the United States of Azalea and taking control of a massive portion of the criminal underworld to support it.