Koshiro dreamt of exploring the stars ever since he was a small boy. He went to an American Unversity, studied aerospace technologies and then got his citizenship so that he could join the airforce. A natural talent for piloting lead to him becoming a fighter pilot. After mustering out of the Airforce he was interviewing with NASA when a call from Sasaki Umon, the CEO, founder, and lead designer of Sasaki Industries. They had been chosen to build and deploy Japan's first manned space vehicle and wanted him to be their pilot. The thrill of space travel along with the pride of knowing he would be honoring his home country made the decision an easyone. The rocket, Raiden, was going to leave the Earth's atmosphere, stop off at UNTIL's space station, and then fly to the moon and back. It was a largely symbolic mission, meant to show the world that Japan would be a leader into the "Final Frontier". Koshiro took the first plane back. He spent the next year and a half working closely with the development team. He became very close to the lead scientist. Yumi Sasaki (she prefered the Western name customs), the daughter of Sasaki Umon. Yumi, all of 12 at the time was considered a hidden gem in the academic world. Her father, proud of her but unwilling to let his daughter become a "Circus Sideshow", kept her out of the spotlight. However it was her designs for Gravitic Engines that would make the dream possible. Koshiro treated Yumi as his little sister, and was a lot more fun to be around than her father. The launch and mission went perfectly; to a point. Unbeknownst to the dreamers at Sasaki Industries, an agent of VIPER was a member of the technicians. Against the wishes of the Japanese Nests, the council of 30 decided that a bomb capable of destroying the UNTIL space station would be placed in the Raiden. The Japanese nests were outraged, because of the shame it would bring their country if the world thought a faulty Japanese rocketship caused so much damage. However, while the decision was not in thier hands the actual mission most certainly was. The agent incharge of the sabotage set the bomb to the engine core, it was decided that the Gravitic Engines destruction would cause a similar rupture of the Artificial Gravity use at the spacestation. The agent then left evidence of tampering (on purpose) hoping that the mission would be scrubbed, and he would forfeit his life for his "incompetance" but VIPER Japan would not bring shame to thier homeland. It didn't quite work out that way. The technician who found the tampering was unable to discern the problem; he called his superiors but was unable to convince them to stall the launch. Things went off as planned. The device however was reset by the second technician's poking at it. The explosion didn't happen until after the Raiden had left the UNTIL Station. Koshiro never knew what hit him. It was as if the heavens openned up and all was brilliant white light. He felt a searing heat and then a wave of force propelled him out into the depths of space. To this day, the fact that he wasn't atomized confuses Koshiro. The transformation seemed almost arbitrary, as if some God simply decided that he would not die. He awoke to find himself floating in space. He quickly oriented himself and willed himself towards Earth. It took him days, he had been knocked for some distance. When he arrived back in Japan, he immediatly contacted his superiors. The Japanese Secret Service contacted him shortly afterwards. He didn't make an appearance as The Dragon of the Stars until three months later. He was a national hero (even though he felt he had failed in his mission) and the fact that he was now a superbeing was even better. When the government announced the creation of Nippon Ichibon; the official government superteam, The Dragon of the Stars was the first to be named. Koshiro still longs for exploration; he still works with Sasaki Industries and the Japanese Space Program to give the people of Japan a legacy of space travel. He has worked as a trainer for the newest crop of Astronauts when he isn't fighting the forces of VIPER or Professor Alchemy. The Dragon of the Stars is a man with a love of seeing the unknown. He is a loyal and respectible japanese citizen who has easily adapted to his role as superhero. He is a good public figure, gives back to his country in any way he can and is often on the cover of magazines and newspapers. He is dating korean born Tokyo singing sensation Song Chin-sun. She, like him has always been facinated with outerspace and the unknown but has turned her facination into a series of successful albums and songs. The couple is often seen singing kareoke, as Koshiro love to sing as well. "Firewing, if I can defeat you in combat you will compare notes of space travel with me, agreed?" A brick with impressive gravity powers, Dragon of the Stars can use his power to further increase his impressive lifting capacity to Grondian Levels. He also tends to launch his foes around the battlefield (x2 KB on most offensive powers) and can make himself an Immovable Object. He also can fly, survive the rigors of space unaided and is very difficult to injure. He takes point with Raiden when the team joins with their foes. Dragon of the stars doesn't Hunt characters but he could be used with the team to aid or attack the heroes in the classic "Didn't know you weren't evil" encounter. If he's too powerful lower his strength to 50 and drop his MP to 60 pts. To make him more powerful increase his MP and add some other gravity powers. A huge man, standing over eight feet tall. He has no body hair at all save for eyebrows and lashes. He is massively muscular and has to have his clothing made specially for him. He tends towards modern fashions; often light as he feels no temperature extremes anymore. His costume is a white body suit with black gloves, boots, and a black 8 pt star on his chest. He wears a golden belt, leg and arm bands. He wears no mask but often has a "Crown" on his head (his comlink).