Kida Tanaka

Age: 34 Appearance: A handsome Japanese man. Dark hair, pale skin, dark eyes, wears glasses, a hat, and a tan suit. Carries a briefcase. Lore: Tanaka is an Edoan businessman who has travelled far to Europa to take an advantage of the political turmoil to further his family's business. After the end of the second Great War, the borders of Edo reopened and Tanaka's father arranged several meetings for his employees, wanting to expand the family business overseas. He entrusted Tanaka with the role of ambassador to the company, and Tanaka left for one such meeting that was supposed to take place in Prehevil. After the train mysteriously stops functioning, Tanaka begins to panic and initally sets off for his meeting in the city alone.

Personality: Tanaka is a timid and polite person, with many constant worries about failing his father and his business. He was raised to only rely on himself and he has a non-stop work mentality, seeming especially anxious that the train stopping will make him late, although he remains kind and helpful to the other people from the train out of formality. Also, his lack of survival skills and over-reliance on himself means that Tanaka more often than not finds himself in danger (or getting killed) more than the other contestants.

At heart Tanaka is an unlucky optimist who loves his family dearly. He's a really good person, but he's a bit naive. He's incredibly anxious that everything he's doing is okay, and is very worried about not being a disappointment to his father.

Should he survive until later in the game, Tanaka will meet Marcoh and Olivia who will show him the value in comradery working with others, and he will quickly realise the flaws in his way of thinking. The three of them become good friends, with Tanaka and Marcoh putting themselves in danger to acquire a wheelchair for Olivia before returning to the train with it, where Marcoh will then teach Tanaka how to fight. Tanaka becomes a lot more assertive, protective and open to others after all of this, until a certain supply run goes south...

After witnessing Marcoh giving in to his guilt, losing his mind in the White Mold Apartments and moonscorching into Giant, Tanaka will be incredibly distraught, as he not only mourns the loss of one of his only friends but also figures out the purpose of the festival - that the man in their dreams wants the contestants to kill each other or else everyone will turn into monsters and turn on each other regardless. With his newfound strength and courage, he boldly states that he'll set out to avenge Marcoh and attempt to prevent anyone else from turning into creatures like Giant, setting out to face Per'kele himself while continuing the legacy of his fallen ally.