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Gaku Space (born Gaku Oshiro on May 7, 1979) is a Japanese-born actor and martial artist based in Los Angeles, internationally recognized for his voice acting and motion capture work in high-profile video games and television. He achieved global stardom as the voice and physical performer behind the cybernetic ninja Genji Shimada in Blizzard Entertainment’s massive franchise Overwatch (2016) and its sequel Overwatch 2 (2022). A highly skilled martial artist with a background in Kendo and Kenjutsu, Space often performs his own stunts, which he demonstrated in his portrayal of Goki in the live-action series Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist (2014) and through his work in films like The Shake Up.
Overwatch was an organisation formed by Earth's United Nations 30 years earlier. I say "was" because it was destroyed, torn apart by allegations and in-fighting and eventually an explosion at the Swiss headquarters that reportedly killed two of its founding and leading members, Gabriel Reyes and John "Jack" Morrison, and maybe Ana Amari, Pharah's mother. Overwatch was disbanded and declared illegal, and all agents associated with it scattered to the wind. That was six years ago. But once upon a time Overwatch was great, held aloft and cheered around the world. It was a super-team created to end the Omnic Crisis - omnic robots turned bad (or was it robots awakening from slavery and rebelling?). For years the omnics had served humans, churned out by huge omnium factories, but something went wrong just over 30 years ago. God programs - AI super-brains - took over the omniums and turned omnics against humans, equipping them for war, and the Omnic Crisis began. The omnics had taken over most of the world but with the help of Overwatch they were eventually beaten, forced back into submission, although a religious omnic off-shoot was formed called Shambali that claimed omnics had souls, and crusaded for equality with humans. An era of peace was ushered in and Earth's champion Overwatch prospered for 20 years under the command of Morrison, expanding its influence and numbers all over the world.
