Emori Shiawase
First CEO of Shiawase Corporation
Emori Shiawase was the head of the Shiawase Family and CEO of Shiawase Corporation until his death in 2019. He consolidated several smaller companies held by family members into the Corporation which then became a global empire under his watch. Upon his death, Shiawase Corporation saw a power struggle that continues to this day, undertaken by factions loyal to his three children, Soko Shiawase, Sadato Shiawase, and Ryoi Shiawase.
Physical Description
Identifying Characteristics
Although the rest of the Shiawase family became known for ageless facial features thanks to Shiawase's biotechnical research, Emori did not live long enough to get the benefits of this treatment. As such, his image shifted in his later years to that of the elderly grandfather of the whole company, wise in his old age. Standing among his children, who were well into their 30s but looked to be in their late teens, the image worked particularly well. Ironically, the one child he would eventually resemble was Ryoi Shiawase, who never underwent leonization so as he aged he looked more and more like Emori, giving him an odd parallel to the one child of his he didn't particularly like.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Emori Shiawase grew up in the chaotic aftermath of World War II, during which Japan experienced large-scale efforts to rebuild the country. Several of his family members owned smaller companies focused on infrastructure, which saw impressive growth just after the war. As Emori came of age, however, these companies started to slow down. Japan quickly modernized to catch up with the rest of the world, so work for infrastructure-focused companies decreased. In 1989, Emori decided to consolidate his family's companies under one name; the Shiawase Corporation. Under his ownership, the company found dozens of opportunities both within Japan and in the greater Asia area to expand and grow.
Alongside the corporation's growth, Emori's family also grew. He had three children, all of which were born in the years after Shiawase Corproation formed. Of the three, Emori seems to have favored Sadato Shiawase the most, although his may have been more out of manipulative control than actual familial love. Soko Shiawase, his oldest child, was notably skipped over in succession for Emori's empire, leading to anger between both her and Emori and her and Sadato. The youngest of the three, Ryoi Shiawase similarly saw little attention compared to his older brother, but seems to have handled it better, as he never seems to have been much for the corporate life. With all three of his children, Emori demonstrated the same focus he showed in his professional life; if it could make him money and expand his influence, he liked it. If not, he set it aside.
The early 2000s saw Shiawase grow from an international to the first megacorporation. With the Shiawase Decision, the corporation gained not only the right to build nuclear reactors in the US, dominating the energy market in the country, but also gained extaterritoriality. Emori cleverly used this new benefit to his advantage, rapidly expanding Shiawase into as many un-regulated industries as possible before disappearing into the background as other corporations rose up to match Shiawase. As the Corporate Court came together, Shiawase largely supported its creation, but did not actively contribute to it, instead letting its fellow megacorporations take the brunt of the effort. Although his children would weaken the corporation in the years to come, they always followed this same tactic of working in the background and keeping Shiawase's reputation as gentle as benign as possible.
Emori's stance on the Awakening lined up with his stance on everything else; he only cared as far as profit was concerned. He pushed to keep UGE-affected individuals out of his business, as it was bad optics, but the company's policy towards metahumans relaxed as they became better understood in the following years. He seems to have had a better stance on metahumans that Sadato has towards the end of his life, but unfortunately he didn't live to further develop Shiawase Corporation's stance on metahumanity. In 2019, Emori suffered heart failure that put him in the hospital and would ultimately take his life. Although he handed his empire to his son, Sadato didn't have the experience to initially hold off attacks from distant Shiawase members. Sadato eventually regained control of the corporation, but still deals with internal conflicts to this day.
Relationships
Relationship Reasoning
Soko holds some anonymity towards her father for passing over her for selection as his heir. He, in turn, seems to have been indifferent towards his daughter, whether due to gender or because she lacks some characteristic he considered important to rule.
Relationship Reasoning
Of Emori's three children, Emori chose Sadato to be his heir. Although he outwardly treated Sadato as a golden child, this was likely more due to Sadato's ability to be manipulated. Emori never gave Sadato very much power during his life, leading to Sadato's loss of the company following his father's death. Despite this, Sadato has always looked up to Emori, seeing him as the golden father that he portrayed himself as.
Relationship Reasoning
As far as Emori was concerned, Ryoi did not exist and Ryoi himself seems to have preferred it that way. The corporate business never seemed to be important to Ryoi, so he kept to himself as much as possible.
Species
Life
1967
2019
52 years old
Circumstances of Death
Died of heart disease
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