Iliana Kahoshi
FACTION: Atrisian Empire, Rekireki
RANK: Adept
SPECIES: Human
AGE: 36
GENDER: Female
HEIGHT: 1.524m
WEIGHT: 45.35kg
EYES: Brown
HAIR: Black
SKIN: Alabaster
FORCE SENSITIVE: No
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
+Manipulative
+Networking connections in the criminal syndicate
+Poison making
+Perfect hostess : As the main front of their business deals with the production and shipment of rare teas and cheap brand name knockoffs, she is well apt at providing a comforting and warm atmosphere and conducting perfect tea ceremonies.
- Prideful and arrogant.
- While adept in using the jar'kai swords, she is inept at using blasters. She chooses also to have her Yovshin swordsmen deal directly with disciplining or battles than getting her own hands dirty.
BIOGRAPHY:
Iliana Kahoshi is the current head of family for the honorable and noble Kahoshi family on Atrisia. She oversees the Illustrious Families , known as Rekireki on Atrisia, a society of Yovshin families that are members of a unique traditional organized crime syndicate on Artisia. Their planet is ruled by fear and love by the syndicate, and Atrisia's government is closely tied and mandated by the families influence.
Their culture is strictly bound by traditions, honor, and that of their ancestors. Here, a breaking of an oath or tarnishing of honor would mean a death sentence.
Iliana is strict, manipulative, and an ambitious woman. She took over her brother's position as Oyabun after staging a coup, and has been reigning over the criminal activities of Atrisia for the past twenty years.
Name of Organization: Rekireki (Illustrious Families)
Leader: Shin Kahoshi / Iliana Kahoshi
Planet: Atrisia
Structure of leadership for Jar’Kai
Oyabun/Kumicho- family overlord/ Boss
Saiko’komon - Senior Advisors/administration
Tenjin- Headquarter’s chief
Rajin -First Lieutenant
Ranks
Kyodai- Elite
Shatai- Adept
Kohei- Trainee
Created during the time of the induction of the Yovshin Swordsmen, the Illustrious Families are a society lead by the strongest Yovshin family, with more than 55,000 members divided into 850 clans. From its headquarters in Atrisia, it directs criminal activities throughout the sector. Shin Kahoshi, is the Illustrious Families's current oyabun, or family overlord. A man filled with hatred toward his father and immediate family Shin is driven to prove himself and keep control of the organization.
History:
The Illustrious Families , known as Rekireki on Atrisia, is a society of Yovshin families that are members of a unique traditional organized crime syndicate on Artisia. Their planet is ruled by fear and love by the syndicate, and Atrisia's government is closely tied and mandated by the families influence. The Illustrious Families can trace their origins back to as early as 25,200BBY, during the formation of the Kitel Phard Dynasty. In this time, the Emporers maintained control by the Yovshin swordsmen, known in their native language as machi’ yokko (Servants of the town). These families were the ones who took up arms and defended the villages and towns and served the emperor. These people consisted of such varying occupations, some noble, others not-- however they were joined in a brotherhood that made them close knit families.
During the period in Atrisia, the Illustrious Families formed an organization declined as the entire population was mobilised to participate in the war effort and society came under strict military government. However, after the war, the Jar’kai Clan adapted again. The Yovshin groups are headed by an Oyabun or Kumichō ( family head) who gives orders to his subordinates, the kobun. In this respect, the organization is a variation of the traditional Atrisian Sen’pai-ko’hai (senior-junior) model. Members of Yovshin gangs cut their family ties and transfer their loyalty to the gang boss. They refer to each other as family members - fathers and elder and younger brothers. The Yovshin is populated almost entirely by men, and there are very few women involved who are called "nee’san" ( older sister).
The Yovshin have a very complex organizational structure. There is an overall boss of the syndicate, the kumicho, and directly beneath him are the saiko’komon (senior advisor) and and Tenjin (headquarters chief). The regional gangs themselves are governed by their local boss, the Shaga’shira. Each member's connection is ranked by the hierarchy of saa’kazuki (saa’ke sharing). Kumicho are at the top, and control various saikō-komon ( senior advisors). The saikō-komon control their own turfs in different areas or cities or planets. They have their own underlings, including other underbosses, advisors, accountants and enforcers.
Those who have received saa’ke from oyabun are part of the immediate family and ranked in terms of elder or younger brothers. However, each kobun, in turn, can offer saa’kazuki as oyabun to his underling to form an affiliated organization, which might in turn form lower ranked organizations. In the Illustrious Families, which controls some 2,500 businesses and 500 Yovshin clans, there are even 5th rank subsidiary organizations.
Rituals
Yubi’tsume, or the cutting of one's finger, is a form of penance or apology. Upon a first offence, the transgressor must cut off the tip of his left little finger and hand the severed portion to his boss. Sometimes an underboss may do this in penance to the oyabun if he wants to spare a member of his own gang from further retaliation.
Its origin stems from the traditional way of holding a Jar’kai dueling swords. The bottom three fingers of each hand are used to grip the swords tightly, with the thumb and index fingers slightly loose. The removal of digits starting with the little finger moving up the hand to the index finger progressively weakens a person's sword grip. The idea is that a person with a weak sword grip then has to rely more on the group for protection—reducing individual action. Due to the advancement of technology, prosthetic fingertips have been used to disguise this distinctive appearance.
During the formation of the Yovshin swordmen, they adopted the traditional Atrisian hierarchical structure of oyabun-kobun where kobun. (foster child) owe their allegiance to the oyabun (foster parent). In a much later period, the code of jingi (justice and duty) was developed where loyalty and respect are a way of life. The oyabun-kobun relationship is formalized by ceremonial sharing of Saa’ke from a single cup. This ritual is not exclusive to the Yovshin—it is also commonly performed in traditional Atrisian weddings, and is a part of sworn brotherhood relationships.
Many of the Illustrious Families Yovshin Swordsmen have full-body tattoos. These tattoos, known as ire’zumi in Atrisia, are still often traditionally "hand-poked", that is, the ink is inserted beneath the skin using non-electrical, hand-made and hand held tools with needles of sharpened bamboo or steel. The procedure is expensive and painful and can take years to complete.
When the Illustrious Families' members play Oicho’Kabu cards with each other, they often remove their shirts or open them up and drape them around their waists. This allows them to display their full-body tattoos to each other. This is one of the few times that Jar’Kai members display their tattoos to others, as they normally keep them concealed in public with long-sleeved and high-necked shirts and business suits. The coloration between the Illustrious Families and tattoos have made tatoos synonymous with criminals and delinquents on Atrisia.
Criminal Activities
Much of the current activities of the Illustrious Families Yovshin can be understood in the light of their feudal origin. First, they are not a secret society like their counterparts, they are an organization with an office with a plaque on the front door, openly displaying their dragon emblem on it. Members of Illustrious Families tend to dress more conservatively and flash their tattoos to indicate their affiliation when the need arises. In addition to their many legal operations they participate in all manors of illegal businesses.
The Illustrious Families are heavily involved in cafarel- related industries, such as smuggling uncensored holovideos to censored planets. They also control large cafarel rings throughout their areas of control. Taking advantage of poorer and more desperate planets to suit the need. They specialize in the procurement of the Rutian and Lethan Twi'leks, those of the rarer skin colours, and put them to work in the night entertainment business, either in Family-controlled bars, nightclubs and restaurants or sold to various clients throughout the galaxy. They have expanded their reach on Zeltron in the same business, exploiting the marooned hued species unique abilities, whether male or female to a prospective client for the right price.
The Families frequently engage in a uniquely Atrisian form of extortion. In essence, this is a specialized form of protection racket. Instead of harassing small businesses, the Jar’kai harasses a stockholders' meeting of a larger corporation. They simply scare the ordinary stockholder with the presence of Jar’Kai operatives, who obtain the right to attend the meeting by a small purchase of stock.
-Protection Rackets
-Prostitution
-Slave Trading/contracts
-Espionage
-Extortion
-Money lending
Current Members
Shin Kahoshi
Iliana Kahoshi
Miho
Markus Ryujin
ROLE-PLAYS:
- Blood Moon ( TGU - Occupation of Gromas System )
- House of Daggers ( Atrisia Crime Family)
- Justice is on the end of a nightstick ( Liberation/Takeover of Sullust UT v TGU ONLY)
- An Imperial Missive: Takeover of Atrisia (TGE vs TGU)
- The Wayward Son Returns (Kahoshi family and friends)
- YLRP 2011: Return of the Vong