Wiseman Hunter

Wiseman Hunter was born in 1957. His life was more or less unremarkable until the age of four, when he suddenly awoke one day to find he was able to run at unfathomable speeds. His parents, fearing it was an effect of a Soviet Communist plot, took him to be diagnosed. The doctor, secretly an ex-Soviet actor, denied that the U.S.S.R. could have any possible involvement in this development. Later that same year, Wiseman's brother Richard was born, adding to the Hunter family's stress.

Unlike his brother, Richard displayed amazing feats the day he was brought home from the hospital, when he lifted the family's couch above his head. Although they had seen many doctors, the Hunters were still unable to receive any explanation for their sons' astounding abilities.

The brothers grew close, due to their powers making them different from their peers and their shared love for automotive mechanics. Eventually, Wiseman was scouted for a prestigious job at Kōkan Motors, an auto manufacturer in Japan. Wiseman's speed made him highly valued at Kōkan, although he did his best to never upstage his colleagues. After working at Kōkan for about a year, he was struck from behind by a lead pipe one day on the way to work. Several suited men continued to beat on Wiseman, and he feared his death, when suddenly his assailants were dispatched. Waking up two days later heavily bandaged in a medical facility, he was informed that he had been saved from what was assumed to be the Yakuza by a ninja, Ichirō Hontō, and was being cared for by Doctor Izanami Kisaragi.