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'''Satoru Umezawa''' is a [[human]] [[ninja]] and leader of the [[Hyozan Reckoners]] in [[Kamigawa]].
'''Satoru Umezawa''' (oo-meh-ZAH-wah)<ref name="Glossary 2">{{DailyRef|kamigawa-glossary-part-2-2005-01-24|A Kamigawa Glossary, Part 2|[[Magic Arcana]]|January 24, 2005}}</ref> is a [[human]] [[ninja]] and leader of the [[Hyozan Reckoners]].<ref name="Legendary Crew"/> He is part of the [[Clan Umezawa]] that is still in [[Kamigawa]].


==Description==
==Description==
He has bright tattoos up to the bottom of his ears. His black hair is wound in a tight bun and metal armor is latched strategically across his chest and arms, with windowed panels across his shoulders and stomach that show off his colorful markings. A gas mask hangs from his neck, neon green with painted blue swirls, making it look like the jaws of a monster.<ref name="Kaito Origin">{{DailyRef|magic-story/kaito-origin-stories-test-loyalty-path-forward-2021-12-16|Kaito Origin Stories: A test of Loyalty & The Path Forward|[[Akemi Dawn Bowman]]|December 16, 2021}}</ref>
Ruthless and efficient, Satoru is a master ninja covered in magical tattoos that he can freely manipulate.<ref name="Legendary Crew">{{DailyRef|feature/a-legendary-crew-for-an-unbelievable-heist-outlaws-of-thunder-junction|A Legendary Crew for an Unbelievable Heist: ''Outlaws of Thunder Junction''|[[Magic Creative Team]]|April 11, 2024}}</ref> Umezawa has a handsome face and the bright tattoos reach up to the bottom of his ears.<ref name="Jailbreak"/><ref name="Kaito Origin">{{DailyRef|magic-story/kaito-origin-stories-test-loyalty-path-forward-2021-12-16|Kaito Origin Stories: A test of Loyalty & The Path Forward|[[Akemi Dawn Bowman]]|December 16, 2021}}</ref> His black hair is wound in a tight bun and metal armor is latched strategically across his chest and arms, with windowed panels across his shoulders and stomach that show off his colorful markings. A gas mask hangs from his neck, neon green with painted blue swirls, making it look like the jaws of a monster. He appears to be left-handed or ambidextrous.<ref name="Left">{{TwitterRef|jay13x|1754599908328247379|author=[[Jay Annelli]]|title=Satoru Umezawa is shown drawing his weapons with his left|date=February 5, 2024}}</ref>
 
Umezawa claims to be capable of picking any lock.<ref name="Jailbreak"/> He carries several tools to help accomplish this, including a spiderlike device that can unlock safes, a metal origami device that can fold into a key, an origami dragonfly drone, and a retractable dagger.<ref name="Train"/><ref name="The Ballad"/>


==History==
==History==
Satoru Umezawa is the ruthless leader of the [[Hyozan Reckoners]], the largest and most well-known Reckoner gang on [[Kamigawa]]. Under his rule, the Hyozan Reckoners have grown bolder and more daring in their activities, sometimes even going so far as to attack [[Imperials|Imperial]] patrols in their territory. Satoru is infamous for having once exterminated the family of another rival [[Reckoners|Reckoner]] who was thinking about challenging him, just to send a message. He claims to be a descendant of the fabled [[Toshiro Umezawa]], a claim that no one has ever been able to verify, but that no one dares question, either.<ref name="Legends Kamigawa">{{DailyRef|feature/legends-kamigawa-neon-dynasty-2022-02-11|The Legends of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty|[[Ari Zirulnik]], [[Grace Fong]], [[Emily Teng]], and [[Gerritt Turner]]|February 11, 2022}}</ref>
Umezawa is the ruthless leader of the [[Hyozan Reckoners]], the largest and most well-known Reckoner gang on [[Kamigawa]]. Under his rule, the Hyozan Reckoners have grown bolder and more daring in their activities, sometimes even going so far as to attack [[Imperials|Imperial]] patrols in their territory. Satoru is infamous for having once exterminated the family of another rival [[Reckoners|Reckoner]] who was thinking about challenging him, just to send a message. He claims to be a descendant of the fabled [[Toshiro Umezawa]], a claim that no one has ever been able to verify, but that no one dares question, either.<ref name="Legends Kamigawa">{{DailyRef|feature/legends-kamigawa-neon-dynasty-2022-02-11|The Legends of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty|[[Ari Zirulnik]], [[Grace Fong]], [[Emily Teng]], and [[Gerritt Turner]]|February 11, 2022}}</ref>
 
===Neon Dynasty===
Before becoming a [[planeswalker]], [[Kaito Shizuki]] participated as a member of the Hyozan Reckoners in an attempt to gain information about the [[The Wanderer|Emperor's]] whereabouts. It was Satoru who gave Kaito the mission to steal information about the technology that [[Tameshi]] has been developing. Suspicious of Kaito's loyalty, Satoru sent his henchmen to follow him.<ref name="Kaito Origin"/>
 
Satoru fought alongside [[Goro-Goro]] in defense of Kamigawa during [[New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse]].
 
===Thunder Junction===
When [[Omenpath]]s appeared on Kamigawa, Satoru was the first of his gang through one to the plane of [[Thunder Junction]], hoping to expand his influence.<ref name="Legendary Crew"/> Unimpressed with what he saw, he was intercepted by the planeswalker [[Oko]] on his way out. Oko recruited him into his gang to assist in their planned heist on [[Maag Taranau]] by promising him magical technology from the vault, unlike anything Kamigawa had ever seen.<ref name="Jailbreak"/> An incident occurred between him and [[Kaervek]] that led to enmity between the two of them. Later, they were both imprisoned by the [[Sterling Company]], the lawkeeping entity on the plane.
 
Kaervek and Satoru were later broken out of prison by [[Eriette]] and the newly recruited [[Annie Flash]].<ref name="Jailbreak">{{DailyRef|magic-story/episode-2-the-jailbreak|Episode 2: The Jailbreak|[[Akemi Dawn Bowman]]|March 13, 2024}}</ref> Kaervek escaped while Satoru stayed back to assist Oko in the main goal of the raid: securing a key to Maag Taranau from the company head's office. Oko offered to help Satoru escape with shapechanging magic, but he declined, not trusting the [[faerie]]. In a subsequent raid on a locomotive, Umezawa was shot in the shoulder, but was later stitched up by [[Geralf]].<ref name="Train">{{DailyRef|magic-story/episode-3-a-train-to-prosperity|Episode 3: A Train to Prosperity|[[Akemi Dawn Bowman]]|March 17, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Tarnation">{{DailyRef|magic-story/episode-4-finding-tarnation|Episode 4: Finding Tarnation|[[Akemi Dawn Bowman]]|March 20, 2024}}</ref>
 
Oko eventually secured the complete key and opened the vault for their benefactor [[Ashiok]].<ref name="The Ballad">{{DailyRef|magic-story/episode-6-the-ballad-of-thieves-and-thunderslingers|Episode 6: The Ballad of Thieves and Thunderslingers|[[Akemi Dawn Bowman]]|March 25, 2024}}</ref> However, when they got what they wanted out of the vault, they revealed themself to be [[Jace Beleren]] under an illusion and planeswalked away without paying the gang. They were also unable to take the vault's treasure as a reward since it flew into the air after Jace triggered a trap. Displeased with this outcome, Satoru told Oko that he would be willing to team up with him again for a greater prize or to get revenge against Jace, but warned him that he would ask for triple the fee upfront.


==Story appearances==
==Story appearances==
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|{{ArticleArchive|magic-story/kaito-origin-stories-test-loyalty-path-forward-2021-12-16|Kaito Origin Stories: A Test of Loyalty & The Path Forward}}|| [[Akemi Dawn Bowman]] || 2021-12-16 || ''[[Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty]]'' || [[Kamigawa]] || [[Kaito Shizuki]], Satoru Umezawa, [[List of secondary characters/Kamigawa#|Nari]], [[List of secondary characters/Kamigawa#|Eiko Shizuki]], [[Kami|Kodama of the West Tree]], [[Tameshi]], [[Kami|Gravelighter]], [[Himoto]]
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Satoru Umezawa
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Details
Race Human
Birthplace Kamigawa
Lifetime Mending Era
Relatives Toshiro Umezawa (ancestor)
Clan Umezawa
Colors
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Satoru Umezawa (oo-meh-ZAH-wah)[1] is a human ninja and leader of the Hyozan Reckoners.[2] He is part of the Clan Umezawa that is still in Kamigawa.

Description

Ruthless and efficient, Satoru is a master ninja covered in magical tattoos that he can freely manipulate.[2] Umezawa has a handsome face and the bright tattoos reach up to the bottom of his ears.[3][4] His black hair is wound in a tight bun and metal armor is latched strategically across his chest and arms, with windowed panels across his shoulders and stomach that show off his colorful markings. A gas mask hangs from his neck, neon green with painted blue swirls, making it look like the jaws of a monster. He appears to be left-handed or ambidextrous.[5]

Umezawa claims to be capable of picking any lock.[3] He carries several tools to help accomplish this, including a spiderlike device that can unlock safes, a metal origami device that can fold into a key, an origami dragonfly drone, and a retractable dagger.[6][7]

History

Umezawa is the ruthless leader of the Hyozan Reckoners, the largest and most well-known Reckoner gang on Kamigawa. Under his rule, the Hyozan Reckoners have grown bolder and more daring in their activities, sometimes even going so far as to attack Imperial patrols in their territory. Satoru is infamous for having once exterminated the family of another rival Reckoner who was thinking about challenging him, just to send a message. He claims to be a descendant of the fabled Toshiro Umezawa, a claim that no one has ever been able to verify, but that no one dares question, either.[8]

Neon Dynasty

Before becoming a planeswalker, Kaito Shizuki participated as a member of the Hyozan Reckoners in an attempt to gain information about the Emperor's whereabouts. It was Satoru who gave Kaito the mission to steal information about the technology that Tameshi has been developing. Suspicious of Kaito's loyalty, Satoru sent his henchmen to follow him.[4]

Satoru fought alongside Goro-Goro in defense of Kamigawa during New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse.

Thunder Junction

When Omenpaths appeared on Kamigawa, Satoru was the first of his gang through one to the plane of Thunder Junction, hoping to expand his influence.[2] Unimpressed with what he saw, he was intercepted by the planeswalker Oko on his way out. Oko recruited him into his gang to assist in their planned heist on Maag Taranau by promising him magical technology from the vault, unlike anything Kamigawa had ever seen.[3] An incident occurred between him and Kaervek that led to enmity between the two of them. Later, they were both imprisoned by the Sterling Company, the lawkeeping entity on the plane.

Kaervek and Satoru were later broken out of prison by Eriette and the newly recruited Annie Flash.[3] Kaervek escaped while Satoru stayed back to assist Oko in the main goal of the raid: securing a key to Maag Taranau from the company head's office. Oko offered to help Satoru escape with shapechanging magic, but he declined, not trusting the faerie. In a subsequent raid on a locomotive, Umezawa was shot in the shoulder, but was later stitched up by Geralf.[6][9]

Oko eventually secured the complete key and opened the vault for their benefactor Ashiok.[7] However, when they got what they wanted out of the vault, they revealed themself to be Jace Beleren under an illusion and planeswalked away without paying the gang. They were also unable to take the vault's treasure as a reward since it flew into the air after Jace triggered a trap. Displeased with this outcome, Satoru told Oko that he would be willing to team up with him again for a greater prize or to get revenge against Jace, but warned him that he would ask for triple the fee upfront.

Story appearances

Title Author Publishing date Set Setting (plane) Featuring
Kaito Origin Stories: A Test of Loyalty & The Path Forward Akemi Dawn Bowman 2021-12-16 Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Kamigawa Kaito Shizuki, Satoru Umezawa, Nari, Eiko Shizuki, Kodama of the West Tree, Tameshi, Gravelighter, Himoto
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Episode 2: The Jailbreak Akemi Dawn Bowman 2024-03-13 Outlaws of Thunder Junction Thunder Junction Annie Flash, Tinybones, Breeches, Malcolm Lee, Oko, Geralf Cecani, Gisa Cecani, Eriette, Vraska, Ashiok, Rakdos, Kaervek, Satoru Umezawa, Ral Zarek, Kellan
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Episode 3: A Train to Prosperity Akemi Dawn Bowman 2024-03-18 Outlaws of Thunder Junction Thunder Junction Akul, Oko, Kaervek, Annie Flash, Vraska, Gisa Cecani, Geralf Cecani, Eriette, Malcolm Lee, Breeches, Satoru Umezawa, Tinybones, Kellan, Ashiok, Nolan
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Episode 4: Finding Tarnation Akemi Dawn Bowman 2024-03-18 Outlaws of Thunder Junction Thunder Junction Oko, Kellan, Rakdos, Kaervek, Nolan, Breeches, Malcolm Lee, Tinybones, Vraska, Eriette, Ashiok, Annie Flash, Satoru Umezawa, Gisa Cecani, Geralf Cecani, Twist Fandango, Akul
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Episode 6: The Ballad of Thieves and Thunderslingers Akemi Dawn Bowman 2024-03-25 Outlaws of Thunder Junction Thunder Junction Oko, Breeches, Annie Flash, Tinybones, Rakdos, Satoru Umezawa, Geralf Cecani, Gisa Cecani, Kaervek, Akul, Vraska, Malcolm Lee, Eriette, Kellan, Ral Zarek, Jace Beleren, Loot, Amalia Benavides Aguirre

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