Gaichu (害虫) was a shadowrunner active in Hong Kong in the year 2056. As a child, he was raised to be a devout Renraku man by his wageslave father, living in Kobe. He ran slightly afoul of expectations as a teenager when he and some friends highjacked a Shiawase truck containing cutting-edge prototypes and were caught, damaging the reputation of both Renraku and his father. Despite this, he was able to enter Kyouto University, where he studied military tactics, political science, and economics. At this time he had a friendship with young woman from Kyouto that nearly blossomed into a romantic relationship, and he often thought of her fondly years later.