Editing The Akiyama Agent

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{{Character Infobox
|name=The Akiyama Agent
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|image=ACSH The Akiyama Agent 1.png
|death=1582<br>[[Miyataki]], [[Yamato]], [[Japan]]
|species=[[Human]]
|affiliates=[[Kurai Eikyou]]
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'''The Akiyama Agent''' (died 1582) was a [[Japan]]ese [[samurai]] [[soldier|captain]] and a member of the [[Kurai Eikyou]] located in [[Miyataki]], [[Yamato]].

==Biography==
Holding the rank as a captain of the Akiyama clan, the Akiyama Agent joined the [[Kurai Eikyou]], a group of criminals that conspired to create chaos and to terrorize the public of Yamato. The captain outsourced his part by enlisting [[Mercenary|mercenaries]] to attack and kill citizens in disguise of soldiers, in order to damage the reputation of the Akiyama clan.<ref name="Kurai Eikyou">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Kurai Eikyou]]</ref>

In 1582, the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] members [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and [[Yasuke]] followed a clue about a group of warriors of the Akiyama clan attacking locals at [[Uda Matsuyama]]. In a small town in northern Uda Matsuyama, they arrived to find mercenaries talking about their orders from an Akiyama captain to kill innocents. Fortunately, Naoe and Yasuke killed the mercenary leader and recovered a message from the captain at [[Uda Matsuyama Castle]]. Arriving at the castle, they encountered the captain within the [[Daimyo Residence]] of the castle. There, they assassinated the agent and recovered a letter from [[The Messenger (monk)|The Messenger]] from the captain's personal effects.<ref name="Kurai Eikyou"/>

==Personality and traits==
The Akiyama Agent used a ''[[Arquebus|teppō]]'' as his main weapon and held a [[katana]] as his side weapon.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''</ref>

==Behind the scenes==
Out of all his fellow Kurai Eikyou members, he is the only target that wears [[armor]].

==Gallery==
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ACSH The Akiyama Agent 2.png|The Akiyama Agent without his armor
ACSH The Akiyama Agent 3.png|The Akiyama Agent polishing his ''teppō''
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==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''

==References==
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