"Yanagi" Kobayashi

The brainy half of the Shadow Mercenaries goes by the nickname "Yanagi." His actual first name is unknown. A notorious computer hacker, Yanagi was responsible for the great Sakura City power outage of 2032 AD, although the SCPE never connected him to the crime. Since then, many computing oddities - from the traffic light malfunctions to robots turning against their creators - are the malicious work of Yanagi.

Yanagi, along with his partner in crime "Ganjou" Yamamoto, have been enlisted by Shen Nakamura to assist him in locating the five elemental Runes needed to unlock the secret of immortality.

Though physically weak, Yanagi is extremely dangerous with guns and computers. He can unleash untold terror with a simple laptop, and his technical wizardry often confuses Tai. Fortunately, Diode is there to tackle this menace.