The Colonel

Colonel Shikishima,or just the colonel, or even "The skinhead," as used by Kaneda, was the man in charge of a shadowy organisation in the city of Neo-Tokyo before Akiras second energy output. He was in control of all Military forces in the city before the second Akira awakening and was a central part of the resistance force against Tetsuo. He was in charge of the organisation which first discovered the psychic powers hidden inside some people. His organsiation, while groundbreaking, caused the children with psychic powers trauma, because if the childrens minds could not handle the psychic powers within them they became retarded, mentally unstable or died. The colonel felt a great duty to the citizens of Neo-Tokyo, and set himelf on stopping Akira from being unleashed. He tried to bring Tetsuo under his thrall, but ultimately failed, Tetsuo becoming too mentally unstable to be controlled. His organisation was opposed by the resistance which he took every oppurtunity to destroy. The colonel was not stupid and when Akira destroyed Neo-Tokyo for the second time, he became part of the force trying to destroy Tetsuo. He teamed up with Kaneda and Kei, his former enemies and helped to destroy Tetsuo.