Character (James Deveraux)

Gangster Name:

- James Deveraux (presently known as)
- Ichise Kobayashi (original birth name)



Current Mafia Family:

Vercetti Crime Family



State of Residency:

New York



Background:

James Deveraux formely known as Ichise Kobayashi and former member of the Yamaguchi-gumi (yakuza family) in japan. Family tree indicates a blood line to the Imperial House of Japan also known as the Yamato Dynasty. Having such a diverse background in the mafia Ichise hid his bloodline and discarded it so not to bring dishonar to the family name or japan. After being razed through the Yamaguchi-gumi (yakuza family) in secret till 17 Ichise had made himself well known in the mafia community. Making a name for himself Ichise set out to russia so that mafia family ties would grow. Gaining the respect from one russian mafia family known as Solntsevskaya brotherhood; set forth to create his own family. The Solntsevskaya brotherhood helped Ichise into the chinese secret police where he broke multiple mafia members out of jail and helped set back the chinese police years on there crime syndicates.
This incident would later be known as the Solntsevskaya up raising.

Solntsevskaya brotherhood parted ways with Ichise during the winter months after the new reform of there organization was finished. Ichise took on a new identity and went into the UK where he later picked up english and created a military background with the royal air core. Becoming an officer and climbing the ranks he was offered a military scholarship to prestigious military defense academy.

Ichise changed his name to James Deveraux while in irland after joining the IRA (Irish Republican Army), most of his military followers from the UK and other well known organizations joined. While with the IRA James bought his way into the University of Cambridge where he double majored in Clinical Science and Experimental Psychology. James also minored in french, german, spanish, and business administration in his free time after graduate studies were over.

A family in New York across the sea held new connections for him and a better future in the mafia. Smuggled into the states through military contacts he later was processed as a US citizen and became friends with a young man by the name of john dillinger shortly abroad before going into hiding.





James Deveraux - (aka) Ichise Kobayashi




(In his youth while in japan)