A Japanese physician at Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Dr. Shiro Nagai was travelling through Kentucky for an international conference hosted by the team at Cortman Medical. Pausing for fuel and to buy some cigarettes at a Fossoil petrol station, a petrified scream from the rear storage room prompted discovery of the Knoxville virus and it’s newest victim. Shiro fled, clambering over a wooden fence behind the station with the re-animated victim and aggressor in close pursuit, falling into an American suburbia starkly different to televised portrayals in Japan.

Shiro is academic and intelligent, but health sacrifices made during his time as a physician result in an aversion to combat and an unremarkable level of fitness. Driven by a will to unite any survivors of the pandemic, and with little experience of American culture, Shiro may seem an easy target for manipulation – However, his intelligence, language skills gained from private study and attentive nature regarding the world around ensure that any mistakes made will be quickly rectified.