Shuji Tanaka

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Shuji Tanaka
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Nickname(s)Shelley
Allegiance Mr. Toyoda
Service/branchGeneral Protection
RankLieutenant

Lieutenant Shuji "Shelley" Tanaka is a member of Mr. Toyoda's security force, and the sole guard of a military depot in Mongolia. He was met by choxorn and his zombie entourage as they searched for Toyoda; Tanaka suggested the possibility that Toyoda had gone alone into Enclave territory to meet with Dr. Breen. He also suggested choxorn may learn more information from Kuraki Tojikawa, although cautioned that "finding her can be as difficult as finding him".

Based on information gleaned from the Toyoda Papers, choxorn enquired about a "project" Toyoda may be working on. Tanaka did not provide any definite response, although mentioned they had been testing defencive measures with a prototype tank. Tanaka informed choxorn that the base itself was used by Genghis Khan in 2006, circa the War of the Steppes.[1]

Shortly after choxorn left, Tanaka was approached by a cloaked figure flanked by soldiers in Combine uniform who demanded the whereabouts of "several people". When Tanaka refused, the figure replied: "I guess we have to do this the hard way", leaving Tanaka's fate up for conjecture.[2]

Later, the cloaked figure got up from being shot several times, and said that he'd pry the information out of Tanaka's cold, dead hands.[3] Although it's not known exactly how he got it out of Tanaka, he did certainly glean a lot of information from him, most of which he considered "useless." It's also certain that Tanaka's head is now the consistency of chunky salsa.[4]

Fun facts

Tanaka's unusual nickname was inspired by Airplane! ("Don't call me Shirley"), Royal Canadian Air Farce ("I'm Colonel Stacey; my friends call me Teresa"), and the author Shelley Tanaka.