A Master of Martial Arts & Siblings of Fate

The Basics
Name: Shuuji Sugata
Age: 49
Sex: Male
Species: Human
Date of Birth: April 26, 1963
Nationality: Japanese
Hometown: Osaka, Japan
Occupation: Martial Artist; Martial Force Master
Alignment: Lawful Good
Theme Song: Theme of Master Mask

Outer Stuff
Face Claim: Chen Daoming
Height: 5’10’’
Weight: Unknown
Hair color: Black
Hair Style: Short; Thinning
Eye Color: Brown
Skin Color: Asian
Posture: Firm; Stalwart
Scars/Tattoo’s/Other Markings: N/A
Accessories: A white sash he’ll often wear around his waist (which he will actually use as a weapon in a fight sometimes)
Clothes: Primary Outfit (On Left), Alternative Outfit
Anything Else? N/A

Inner Stuff
Likes:

• Martial Arts
  
• A peaceful lifestyle
  
• Various Chinese and Japanese teas
  
• Nature
  

Dislikes:

• Evil
  
• Belittling of Martial Artists
  
• Pollution
  
• Dirty Tricks
  

Strengths:

• Has intense Chi Control
  
• Has mastered various martial arts
  
• Has intense knowledge of the human body (stuff like vital points)
  

Weaknesses:

• Is suffering from an unknown terminal illness
  
• Can’t fight for extremely long periods of time
  
• Suffers from occasional spasms in which he coughs blood up—sometimes in the midst of fighting
  

Goal(s):

• The eradication of as much evil as possible before his life comes to an end; also the training of the new generation of the Martial Force to carry on—may or may not be seeking a successor to the mantle of “Master Mask”.
  

Habits/Quirks:

• He will sometimes smell a cup of tea if freshly made to take in its warmth and its aroma.
  
• Sometimes will strike the ground with a balled fist before taking stance before a battle.
  
• Has a habit of crying out “Look, the east is burning red!” upon finishing his transformation into Master Mask—although he only says this during the day or evening, its kind of pointless for him to exclaim this at night.
  

Relationships:

• Kokoro’s Mother – Acquaintance; A good friend of his from his youth, if asked about, he would probably share that he had a bit of a crush on her as a young man—the fact that he was close with her only makes him more protective over Kokoro more so than the other Masks in a sort of Uncle-Niece relationship.
  
  
• Kokoro – Disciple; The daughter of someone of who was a good friend to Shuuji; because of this relation, Shuuji takes great care to make sure Kokoro is well taught the rest of the secrets of her Martial Art so she’s prepared to fight—wanting to insure her protection above the others as he feels responsible for her almost as if she were his own daughter.
  
  
• Charles Aznable – Disciple; Sees him as the son he never could have, although he frowns upon Charles’ agenda—knowing full well that Charles dislikes Xinyi Quan and only barely likes his responsibility as “Red Mask”.
  
  
• The other Masks – Disciples; Has trained them, or is currently training them, or even only assists them in the mastering of their respective Martial Art. To an extent he also sees them all as “surrogate children” and sometimes worries over if they were to ever become endangered on a scale of losing their lives.
  

Overview: A responsible aged man with years of experience; Shuuji is someone who has gone through much in his life, he has learned and experienced all the joys and all the sorrows that there is to life. He has also undergone extreme training in his youth; sacrificing a life he could have had to take on the mantle of Master Mask and carry the inheritance of various martial arts and years of training as so he could prepare the new generation of the Martial Force to combat against evil. He is very wise and quite fatherly to his disciples, but he also has some questionable traits—such as a perverted side, and is one to crack bad humor at times. Of course he knows the difference of when to be serious and when to… not.


Hero Stuff
Name: Master Mask
Type of Hero: Sentai Senshi
Henshin Device: Masking Belt (resembles the belt in the picture, but bears the logo of the Maskmen on it)
Henshin Sequence: Closing his eyes, Shuuji raises both hands—moving them around slowly before removing the sash from his waist—revealing beneath it nothing until his eyes open and he shouts “Belt On!” which causes the Masking Belt to form on his waist. Taking up a new stance, Shuuji then proceeds to move his arms around in a strange fashion as chi gathers around his body, completing a new stance as he calls out “Mask On!” and the chi becomes a green color that shrouds Shuuji. When the barrier of chi fades, Shuuji emerges—now Master Mask.
Forms: Master Mask, Hyper Master Mask

• Form Name: Master Mask
  Image/Description: Here
  Motif: Martial Artist
  Color Scheme: Green / Black
  Transformation: See Above ^
  Fighting Style: Master Mask fights in various martial arts, possessing intense chi control to infuse his strikes with chi as to decimate his targets from the inside—especially if he strikes them at specific points in his body (think Hokuto no Ken almost). He prefers above all the martial art of Xinyi Liuhe Quan. Sometimes will use his arsenal—but most commonly out of it uses the ‘Master Sash’ in which he constrict his opponents and even charge the sash with his own chi to use it as a cutting weapon.
  Weapons: Master Blade & Master Magnum (except the red and white color scheme is green and black), Master Cloth
  Abilities: Chi Channeling, Enhanced Strength, Enhanced Speed
  Finisher(s):
  Burning Finger – Holding his left hand out, Master Mask lets out a yell crying out, “Burn! Burn my Burning Finger!” before his hand ignites with fiery chi—grasping ahold of his target by their face he crushes their face with a burst similar to a small explosion made from his chi before letting them drop. Sometimes he’ll accompany the beginning of this attack with a line or two.
  
  Choukyuu Haou Den'eidan – Master Mask spins in a horizontal whirlwind (surrounded by flaming chi) as it flies along, allowing him to clear whole fields of enemies. He takes a deep inhale followed by an exhale, launching himself towards one or more enemies in order to start this attack.
  
  Juuni Ouhouha – Rotating its hand in the air, Master Mask forms several kanji in a circular pattern. These kanji then launch themselves at various points of a target’s body—similar to homing missiles—as once they all strike their target they explode in unison.
  
  Sekiha Tenkyoken – His ultimate technique, described as an “earth-splitting, heaven-piercing” attack that is used by him in the form of a large burst of flaming chi sent out from his palms in unison toward his foe. He begins this technique by taking a few deep inhales as to circulate his chi throughout his entire body.
  
  
• Form Name: Hyper Master Mask
  Image/Description: Except completely golden
  Motif: Martial Artist
  Color Scheme: Golden
  Transformation: See Above ^
  Fighting Style: Letting all of the chi in his body ignite completely, Shuuji gains access to an incredible power boost that lasts for three minutes. In this form, Shuuji moves a lot quicker and strikes a lot harder—he isn’t as precise with his strikes as with a boost in power like this, he feels no need to pin-point vital strikes. He makes no usage of his pre-existing armament in this form, only the Master Cloth if any.
  Weapons: Master Cloth
  Abilities: Chi Channeling, Super Strength, Super Speed
  Finisher(s): Same as before, except all finishers are greatly amplified in strength
  
  
• Mecha Name: Land Galaxy (Galaxy Robo)
  Type of Mecha: Masky
  Image/Description: Land Galaxy, Galaxy Robo
  Motif: Truck, Warrior
  Abilities: Is armed with the Galaxy Drill (a drill weapon housed in its left arm), the Galaxy Anchor (a anchor weapon housed in its right arm), the Galaxy Bazooka (a pair of cannons in its chest), and can do the Iron Fist Aura Galaxy finishing attack, allowing it manipulation of chi through its “pilot”. The Galaxy Robo can also enter an all gold form known as the “Hyper Galaxy Robo” but only for three minutes as this transformation triggers when Shuuji’s Hyper form begins and ends when Shuuji’s Hyper form ends.
  Megazord Component: N/A
  

Other Equipment:

• Fuunsaiki – A robotic horse that was constructed by a Master Mask preceding Shuuji; it was a gift to him along with the mantle of Master Mask by the previous Master, Fuunsaiki having become a companion and friend to Shuuji. Shuuji often keeps Fuunsaiki resting at his home, but if need-be he’ll call him out in order to ride him in battle. Fuunsaiki can only use brute force as a means of combat, that and make its horn glimmer with chi as to pierce foes with it.
  
  
• Turbo Roader – A car that Shuuji uses as his personal means of transportation outside of battle. There’s nothing really special about it, aside from being another thing he inherited from the previous Master Mask.
  

Shuuji Sugata was a young man who grew up in the slums of Japan—he was left orphaned for as long as he could remember, those who adopted him had told him his birth family had been a very poor one who had left him in the care of others and most likely died off in the slums. Poorly cared for, his adoptive parents loved him little, and others around him saw him as scum, growing up he found serenity in nature and how peaceful it was—using that as well as other things such as learning his first martial art (Xinyi Quan) to bring peace to his mind. Although he had endured much as a youth, such as beatings from his adoptive parents, days he would go without a proper meal, and abuse from the others around him. His only true friend growing up, had been an elderly man of who was a master of various martial arts—this being the same man of who had taught Shuuji the martial art of Xinyi Quan.

Although Shuuji would learn this man had a secret, he was also known as “Master Mask” and was the mentor and leader of a group known as the Martial Force—a group of five, six counting their mentor of who used a combination of martial arts and control over the essence of life, chi, to combat against and vanquish evil. upon learning this, he had chosen Shuuji to join it as “Red Mask” the team leader. As he joined this force, he made friends at last, those being the other Masks of who he trained and fought alongside. It was this time too that Shuuji discovered a first love in the Pink Mask of that time. Shuuji and his comrades-in-arms fought extremely hard in order to preserve the peace, protecting the innocent as well as the weak from the threat of evils that continuously preyed upon them. It was a fight that they all endured that had gone on for many years—coming to an end only once they had grown old, and their mentor’s life had begun to fail.

It was this time, that they all had discarded their mantles; going to have lives of their own, and leave this past of heroic fighting behind. Of course, Shuuji continued—as his mentor had chosen him to succeed him, and had entrusted Shuuji with the mantle of Master Mask. Since then, Shuuji had become something of a hermit—training himself vigorously to master all of the arts that he had previously been taught before. Shuuji was without a family of his own, and without a love to produce his own family, living a life of solitude Shuuji would sharpen his strength—becoming a greater Master Mask than his mentor as he unlocked all of the secrets of his chi control all on his own. After he had finished training himself, now a grown man, he had become well-known as a martial artist famed in the east—becoming entitled as “The Undefeated of the East” and continuing the original fight of the Martial Force all on his own as Master Mask for quite some time. Of course, as sudden realizations came to the front, this time of fighting on his own would end.

The truth is; Shuuji also has a terminal illness, its unknown what it is—it being something similar to cancer but also having some symptoms to tuberculosis as Shuuji must endure spasms in which he’ll cough up blood. It’s impossible to diagnose it properly due to its strange nature, and with Shuuji’s parents—his family—having long since passed with no medical records of their own, Shuuji can do nothing to treat it. Although his mastery of the arts as well as his chi has preserved his life considerably, he still isn’t immortal and he is fated to a painful death one day. Thus, seeing this as his inevitable fate, Shuuji has now decided to create the newest generation of the Martial Force—finding several individuals in which he will train to succeed the mantles he and his comrades once held in their youth. Whether or not Shuuji intends to leave his mantle behind for another to succeed as Master Mask is unknown though… but why?

OOC Stuff
Anything Else: Shuuji’s main fighting style in which he can control chi is reminiscent to styles of fighting from Hokuto no Ken—the effect of its appearance is taken from the art of Hamon or “the Ripple” from the series, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure. Also rather than control his Mech with controls from inside, the Mech’s movements is synced with his own from inside (or even outside sometimes) in a similar vein to G Gundam.
OOC Name: Neo
Name Color #FF0000
Number of Stars: Six
Color of Stars: Yellow
Sample RP:
“So it’s finally become that time..?”

Shuuji exhaled, having just gone over the contents of a letter sent to him by a dear friend of his from Japan. It had finally been time to amass the five disciples he would train to become the newest generation of the “Martial Force”. “To think that the time had come so quickly…” he reminisced, feeling that it was only mere days that he had once served as the previous generation’s Red Mask—even less days that he had donned the mantle of “Master Mask”. To be honest, he kind of missed those days.

“Back then, I still had friends—I had people I fought alongside, even… a crush you could call it.” He frowned, his eyes closed as his head was raised, losing himself in his memories. “Now though, also I have inherited a great will, I have lost those friends I once held dear. Now it’s only me, myself, and…” he perked suddenly, interrupted by the cybernetic neigh of… a horse? “…and Fuunsaiki of course.” He let out a hearty laugh. Going to stand from where he had sat, “Bah, why do I even grow depressed? Soon enough my life shall become filled with that of five more individuals I will know, for I will ‘father’ five great fighters to inherit the will of the Martial Force.” He laughed again, “This is only the beginning of their stories, and a continuation to my own!”