Yamashita Tatsuya  (山下 竜也) is a man of mystery, having died his hair and underwent massive plastic surgeries to conceal his identity,  The Drifter as he is now known remains an enigma to even the most skilled detectives. Never leaving a fingerprint nor a trace, The Living Shadow plays his cards like a master mind. 
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Name: Yamashita Tatsuya 
Aliases:  Riyan Kusaka, Johnathan Castle, The Living Shadow.
Identity: Public
Age: 20
Height: 6'1
Weight:  145 lbs
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Brown
Hometown: Unknown Village in Japan
Birthday: Unknown
Known Family:  None
Arch-Enemies: Akira Overdrive
Team: The Expendables
 
 

Costume

 
Wearing a red skin-tight suit with yellow lightning bolts around it, Drifter's suit represent how fast not only how he travels but how fast he can end a life...in the blink of an eye.
 
 
 

 

 

 
 

Mutant Powers

 

  or Yin-Yang Manipulation is the ability to manipulate positive and negative energy. This can be used to induce "yin-dominant"(or  good) behavior or "yang-dominant"(or bad) behavior. One with this power can even use yin energy to heal or rejuvenate allies or use yang energy to blast or strike foes. This ability can even be used to separate the subject’s (or the user’s) body into separate yin and yang personalities, which retain the same powers as whoever the power is used on. One with this ability may be able to only manipulate yin (positive, protective, healing energy) or yang (negative, aggressive, offensive energy). 
 


 

• 2  Super Speed 

After receiving boots of speed from a museum of Supervillains, although giving Drifter  incredible powers...they also gave him the ability to move superhumanly fast, increased reaction time, incredible stamina allowing him to run long distances without tiring, the ability to think at a superhuman rate to match his movements, wounds heal at a superhuman rate, ignoring certain laws physics such as friction and other laws related to movement. The Drifter is also able to vibrate incredibly fast allowing to accomplish such feats as melting through ice.
 

Weapons

 

Standard Weapons

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Abilities

 
   The Tiger Spirit 
  Although most of his powers derive from the X-genome more commonly referred to as the Mutant Gene. Some of his powers come from a sacred spiritual power that the Warriors Monks taught him. However contrary to belief,  this spirit is not limited to Drifter. It is often questioned if Drifter actually copied the ability from Akira Overdrive using a siphoning of powers, as both have shown a connection to the Tiger.
 
   1 Agility of the Tiger:
Although, Drifter is a master of Swordplay, Drifter's perhaps most dangerous weapon is his double jointed body. Able to perform flips, back flips, twists and turns that no human body could ever achieve in a life-time.
 
  2 Swordplay of the Samurai: Able to block bullets or completely cut them down the middle, the master swordsman handles blades like no other. Not limited to Katanas, Drifter is skilled in Knives, Darts, Dagger, Kunai, and Sai's.     
 

Stats

Agility

7) Metahuman; Extraordinarily beyond the natural limits

Durability

4) Regenerative

Energy Projection

3) Short range, short duration, single energy type

Fighting Ability

6) Master of a single form of combat

Intelligence

4) Gifted

Mental Power

 
 4) Trained in mystical arts, posses mental ability

Speed

3) Advanced reflexes and movements

Stamina

4) Enhanced; Able to sustain for several hours

Strength

3) Peak-Able to lift up to 800 pounds

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Personality

Lustful: 6

Energetic: 10

Lazy: 1

Forgiving: 3

Vengeful: 9

Generous: 1

Selfish: 9

Honest: 1

Deceitful: 8

Just: 5

Merciful: 1

Cruel: 9

Modest: 4

Proud: 10

Pious: 1

Worldly: 10

Prudent: 8

Reckless: 5

Temperate: 5

Indulgent: 4

Trusting: 3

Suspicious: 10

Valorous:  10

Cowardly: 1
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BIO

Long ago, there was a dragon who every year would fly into the mountains of Fujii and grant one villagers wish.The Dragon although demonic in appearance meant well in this regard however in order for a wish to be granted...a human heart would have to be sacrificed to him, and for many years, Wishes went un-granted due to the people being too terrified to give the Dragon his wish in return. 
 
The Dragon infuriated with the village people, flew into the city from his moutanious perch and killed everyone...except a single child, known as Yamashita Tatsuya, for the boy's father had instructed him to hide within the bamboo fields off the edge of the village. Hours later, the child return to find every last villager including his own parents lying dead on the ground, their chest ripped open, without hearts and blood pouring from their exposed rib-cage.
 
 That massacre was what drove Yamashita to do what he did next. 
 
The boy would run back into the bamboo fields and farther than he'd ventured to find the temple. The temple was were monks would come and pray for the souls of the dead, they (along side the boy) were the only living ones after the massacre, it was here Yamashita would be raised. The monks happened to be warriors who not only trained Yama how to meditate but also how to kill with precision and swiftness.   
 
Yama, After 23 years of training would thank the organization for everything they'd done for him, in return for the thanks, The monks offered him two dual swords, golden tigers wrapped around the hilt, the blades themselves made of the finest metals,  They were called the "Swords of the Tigers Spirit"
 
 
Gladly accepting his gift, Yamashita went on traveling the world as a Drifter....
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more coming soon
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Other Writer's take on Drifter

 
Why So Serious?
(A fan-fic from DC about a spineless idiot Drifter...)
 
 

Drifter's Theme Song