Fan Casting President Shinra in Nia DaCosta's Final Fantasy

President Shinra is the president of the Shinra Electric Power Company. He is a ruthless businessman and a cunning politician who rules Midgar with fear, manipulating the media in his favor, willing to eliminate any obstacles who oppose him, and rewarding those in his good graces. President Shinra seeks to locate the "promised land" and use its abundant mako energy to build a Neo Midgar. He is the father of Rufus Shinra, the vice president and heir to the company, and is the illegitimate father of Lazard Deusericus and Evan Townshend.