Editing Kenzo Yamata

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'''Kenzo Yamata''' was a [[ComStar]] [[ROM]] handler.<ref name=MW5M11/>

==History==
===Partnership with Black Inferno===
Sometime in the early [[thirty-first century]] before [[3015]], [[Precentor]] Kenzo Yamata was one of the heads of ROM in charge of ComStar forces that had discovered a [[Star League]] fortress buried on [[Xinyang]] that had been lost for almost three hundred years. Inside one of the excavated buildings was an ancient star map carved into one of the walls containing the locations of Star League bases, settlements, and weapon depots that were also lost to time. Yamata partnered with [[Andreas Kane]] and his recently formed [[Black Inferno]] [[mercenary]] group, letting them set up a base of operations on Xinyang and supporting them both financially and with [[BattleMechs]],<ref name=MW5M14>''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'', Campaign Mission 14: "Killing Kane"</ref> in order to pillage those sites for whatever [[Lostech]] they could find while shielding them from retaliation by any of the [[Great Houses]].<ref name=MW5M7>''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'', Campaign Mission 7: "Collateral Damage"</ref>

There was a missing section of the Xinyang star map and Yamata had reason to believe [[Nikolai Mason]] had the coordinates to something massive within that section out in the [[Periphery]].<ref name=MW5M14/> On 21 May [[3015]], Black Inferno attacked the [[Nik's Cavaliers]] base on [[De Berry|De Berry Prime]],<ref name=MW5M0>''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'', Tutorial</ref> killing Mason and salvaging his ''[[Victor]]'', but could not find the coordinates they were after and believed it had escaped aboard the unit's ''[[Leopard]]''-class [[DropShip]].<ref name=MW5M11/>

The Cavaliers had been gradually rebuilding their strength over the years under the command of Nikolai’s son [[Jake Mason]] and finally started striking back at Black Inferno, interfering with their operations. Yamata and Kane saw an opportunity to both confront the persistent Cavaliers and also make another attempt at acquiring the Periphery coordinates by staging an ambush on [[Cavanaugh]]. They spent weeks planning a two-pronged attack aiming to box the Cavaliers' 'Mechs on-planet while hitting their DropShip with [[aerospace fighters]] in low orbit. The operation failed and Kane recalled the commanding officer back to Xinyang to face punishment from both him and Yamata. Little did they know that the Cavaliers had intercepted their message and now had the location of their base.<ref name=MW5M11/>

After taking back possession of Nikolai's ''Victor'' from an Black Inferno reclamation facility on [[Eaton|Eaton III]], the Cavaliers attacked the Xinyang base with a vengeance, razing every facility they encountered on their way up to the main fortification. Andreas Kane made his stand against the Cavaliers and died fighting, but in doing so provided Yamata the opportunity to escape off-world to continue his pursuits in the Periphery.<ref name=MW5M14/>

===Operations in the Periphery===
Sometime between the [[Helm Memory Core]] discovery in [[3028]] and the founding of the [[Free Rasalhague Republic]] in [[3034]],<ref name=MW5Mtrr>''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'', Transmission: "The Rasalhague Reaches"</ref> the Cavaliers decrypted one set of coordinates that had been hidden in Nikolai's ''Victor'', sending them out into the Periphery beyond [[Draconis Combine]] space. Partnering with [[Interstellar Expeditions]], the Cavaliers captured Yamata's stellar research facility in the [[HD-276914]] system, which had been used to aid the [[Explorer Corps]] in searching for more lost Star League facilities as well as tracking the movement of people and ships through that region of space.<ref name=MW5M17>''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'', Campaign Mission 17: "Coordinated Effort"</ref>

After the Cavaliers destroyed a communications hub in the [[HD-417328]] system used to help coordinate Yamata's operations in the Periphery,<ref name=MW5M18>''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'', Campaign Mission 18: "Blackout"</ref> they unlocked another set of coordinates and landed on Godwin Prime in the [[HD-389202]] system. There, they encountered a ComStar field base tasked with excavating for Lostech at a massive Star League spaceport and searching for clues to what else might lie waiting out in unexplored space. Yamata was currently on-world overseeing operations and, upset that the Cavaliers had caused him enough trouble for a lifetime, attempted to confront them himself on the battlefield. He died without ever knowing what Nikolai Mason's [[HD-438297|final set of coordinates]] would have revealed.<ref name=MW5M19>''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'', Campaign Mission 19: "Reckoning"</ref>

==BattleMech==
Kenzo Yamata piloted an [[Annihilator|ANH-1A ''Annihilator'']].<ref name=MW5M19/>

==Behind the Scenes==
Kenzo Yamata was voiced by [[Brent Mukai]].<ref name=MW5Mky>''https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11838280/characters/nm4273372</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' (video game)

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