Takeru Ootsuki

Takeru Ootsuki is one of the 5 "subjects" who underwent a clinical trial to cure their neurological disorders. He is currently a graduate of Reinan's Senjukuha Program (SP) and has been a Private Military Contractor (PMC) for over a decade.

Appearance
Takeru is a tall, muscular male with silver hair and blue eyes. Described as "lean" before participating in the SP, Takeru has since put on a large amount of muscle.

Background
Takeru's biological father, and mother, died shortly after he was born. His father was the Director of a sprawling economic powerhouse who in his efforts to take over the company ended up utterly destroying it with no way to recover. He ran away in disgrace and his mother turned to drugs. She overdosed a few weeks after putting Takeru into the adoption system leaving him no connection to his biological family but the scroll to his father’s style.

Takeru was a homeless drifter from the age of six to eighteen, at which point he became a permanent resident of Reinan University. Takeru's biological family is unknown, but his surrogate father Ren Lie gives him links to the Ye family. Ren Lie cared for Takeru for several years and taught him how to fight, how to survive, and left Takeru with a burning desire to protect those who were weaker than himself.

Personality
He has been described as "idealistic", "loyal", and "kind", despite the circumstances of his youth. Initial struggled with a misconception of his abilities making him "unstoppable" and with a hesitation towards hurting women until his summer training with Coach Gozu Kabane between Year 2 and 3.

Abilities
Takeru is a practitioner of Martial Arts Banking which revolves around Ki absorption and redistribution. Unfortunately he suffers from Spiritual Incontinence for the majority in his life. The symptoms of his neurological disorder started manifesting after he mastered the basics of his style allowing him to tap into the elemental lines of force that encircle the planet. Takeru has the ability to absorb and redistribute multiple energy types, though he cannot change its form after absorption (Fire taken in will always come back out as fire, etc). He has not shown a limit in the capacity of energy he can hold, and it is unknown if he has discovered all the types of energy that his power allows him to absorb. Thus far, Takeru has shown the ability to intentionally absorb/distribute: Energies that exist but have yet to be seen absorbed
 * Thermal (Fire/Heat)
 * Electricity
 * Electromagnetic (Light)
 * Sound
 * Motion (Kinetic)
 * Sendayuu's Ki Constructs(Year 2)
 * Chemical Potential Energy
 * Another fighters attack
 * Nuclear Potential Energy
 * Elastic Potential Energy
 * Gravitational Potential Energy

Trivia
Takeru Ootsuki is based off of Vince Reynolds from Super Powereds. His name comes from a character from Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru.