Open Character: Hiromi Amaya | Lawyer | Alignment: S.H.I.E.L.D. | Human | 28 Years Old
FC: Rinko Kikuchi
Hiromi was born in the city of Kyoto, Japan but moved to New York when she was three years old when her father was offered a job at a prestigious law firm. As an only child, Hiromi loved her parents and even though she was living in a different country, she was fascinated by Japan’s rich and beautiful culture. New York was home to her, but she often made trips to Japan during her teenage years to visit extended family. As she got older, she began to follow in her father’s footsteps, taking an interest in criminal law with the concept of helping the helpless appealing to her.
She didn’t let her father’s success influence her. Paving her own way, she joined a firm right after her graduation. She quickly became known as the ‘Crouching Tiger,’ cool and calm on the surface but when push came to shove, always willing to strike back. It was during her time at her first job that she was offered another, better job by a rival firm known as Wolfram & Hart. Hiromi declined the offer however, knowing of the firm’s loose morals and way of operating. A few months passed and just when Hiromi thought that she’d rid herself of Wolfram & Hart, she found herself defending a case against them.
It was the case itself that caught Hiromi off guard. The client claimed to have witnessed her daughter’s murder at the hands of a 'vampire', a man that Wolfram & Hart was now protecting. Hiromi found herself doubting the woman but still managed to get the jury on her side. On the night before the last day in court, Hiromi returned home to find her father’s lifeless body on the ground and her mother on the brink of death, victims of a vampire attack. Though her mother recovered eventually, and Hiromi won the case, she lost a parent, a loss that she never recovered from.
She was convinced of Wolfram & Hart’s involvement with her father’s murder and set out to prove her case against them. Endless hours of research against them proved futile and just when she was on the verge of giving up, a colleague and friend of hers, Matt Murdock, referred her to an organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D. knowing that she would find some sort of answers there. She offered her services to the organization in exchange for a way to bring down the law firm and now serves as a legal aid, getting their agents out of tight binds as well aiding them in criminal prosecution cases.
Character Traits: Respecting, Brave, Diplomatic, Troubled, Evasive, Vengeful
Strengths and Abilities:
Exceptional knowledge of the law
Multilingual
Expert in Martial Arts as well as sword fighting
Skilled in social politics and interoffice relations
Vast supernatural knowledge – literary and working
Other Important Information:
Friends with lawyer, Matt Murdock but is unaware of his alter-ego
Works at S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Main Headquarters
Often goes to the training room to spar when she needs to think
