Editing Vincent Kurita (31st c.)

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{{InfoBoxCharacter
| image               = 
| name                = Vincent Kurita II
| birthdate           = [[3061]] or [[3062]]<ref name="J:FRp60">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 60: "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
| died                = 15 March [[3137]]<ref name=ER3145p20-21>''Era Report: 3145'', pp. 20–21: "Dragon's Passing"</ref><ref name=DRc67>''Dragon Rising'', ch. 67</ref>
| othernames          = "The Peacock"<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 19</ref>
| affiliation         = [[House Kurita]]
| rank                = 
| title               = 
| position            = [[Coordinator of Worlds]]
| profession          = Noble
| parents             = [[Hohiro Kurita (31st c.)|Hohiro Kurita]] (father)<br/>[[Fiona Kurita]] (mother)
| siblings            = [[Shinjiro Kurita (31st c.)|Shinjiro Kurita]]
| spouse              = [[Ramiko Nishimura]]
| children            = [[Theodore Kurita (32nd c.)|Theodore Kurita]]<br/>[[Emi Kurita]]<br/>[[Ryuhiko Kurita]]
}}
'''Vincent Kurita II''' was the [[Coordinator]] of the [[Draconis Combine]]. He was the son of Coordinator [[Hohiro Kurita (31st c.)|Hohiro Kurita]].

==History==
===Early Life===
Vincent Kurita was the second son of Hohiro and [[Fiona Kurita|Fiona]] Kurita. The younger brother of [[Shinjiro Kurita (31st c.)|Shinjiro]], Vincent's existence and relationship to the Coordinator were kept secret until May 3079, along with the existence of the other members of Hohiro's family, due to what was claimed to be security concerns and family tradition. At the time his existence was publicly acknowledged by his father from the capital of the Draconis Combine at the time, [[New Samarkand]], Vincent was 17 years old, indicating that he had been born in either 3061 or 3062, while his older brother Shinjiro was 22 years old.<ref name="J:FRp60"/>

At the time of Vincent's public presentation to the various cultural, media and political figures on New Samarkand he was enrolled as a cadet at the [[Sun Zhang MechWarrior Academy]], the same Academy from which his brother had recently graduated.<ref name="J:FRp35">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 35: "Heirs To The Dragon"</ref>

===Marriage and children===
Vincent married Lady [[Ramiko Kurita|Ramiko Nishimura]] in a private ceremony on the planet of [[Kirei Na Niwa]] on the 12th of May [[3081]]. The wedding was held on the estate of Ramiko's father and was attended by a number of family members from both sides of the family; Ramiko was attended by her sisters [[Yukio Nishimura|Yukio]] and [[Akiko Nishimura|Akiko]], while Vincent was accompanied by his brother Shinjiro and his cousin [[Kitsune Kurita|Kitsune]].<ref name="J:FRp39+">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', pp. 39–40: "Coordinator's Son Weds"</ref>

At the time of the wedding, Vincent was 19 and Ramiko was 17; the two had met at a joint humanitarian effort after devastating flooding caused by the Torvillo River on New Samarkand. At the time, Ramiko was a student at the Chrysanthemum Blossom School for Young Women, while Vincent was still a student at the Sun Zhang MechWarrior Academy. Vincent proposed to Ramiko in January 3081 after her parents had met formally with his mother and father for the first time. The newlyweds had a honeymoon on the planet [[Isesaki]] before Vincent's posting to the [[16th Sun Zhang Cadre|Sixteenth Sun Zhang Cadre]] on [[Turtle Bay]]. The bride and groom requested that any wedding gifts be sent instead as donations to the [[Omi Kurita]] foundation.<ref name="J:FRp39+"/>

The media speculated after Vincent's wedding that his father was unhappy with his older brother Shinjiro because of Shinjiro's determination to concentrate on his military career, rather than settling down with a wife, in contrast with Vincent.<ref name="J:FRp39+"/>

Vincent is the father of [[Theodore Kurita II]], [[Emi Kurita]], and one other child, a son [[Ryuhiko Kurita]].

===Coordinator===
Vincent would become Coordinator of the Draconis Combine upon the death of his father in [[3104]]<ref name=H:WotREp15>''Historical: Wars of the Republic Era'', p. 15</ref>

===Funeral of Victor Ian Steiner-Davion===
Vincent Kurita traveled with a number of nobility to [[Terra]] after being invited to [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]'s funeral. Vincent's delegation arrived on April 17, [[3134]], and sent a decoy Kuritan force to Japan. That force was ambushed by [[Senate Alliance]] loyalists trying to capture them.<ref>''Sword of Sedition'', p. 155</ref>

===Post-Republic intrigue===
After proving her worth, Vincent Kurita appointed [[Katana Tormark]] as Warlord of [[Dieron]] on November. This showed faith in her abilities after capturing a number of worlds in the name of the Dragon since the HPG blackout of [[3132]].<ref>''Daughter of the Dragon'', p. 286</ref> Giving her goal of capturing Dieron itself from abandoned worlds of The Republic.

===Assassination===
On 15 March [[3137]], Vincent Kurita and his surviving son Ryuhiko were assassinated by a bomb while celebrating his deceased son Theodore's birthday at the Imperial Palace.<ref name=ER3145p20-21 /><ref>''Dragon Rising'', p. 287</ref><ref name=DRc67/>

With all members of Vincent Kurita's immediate family mysteriously killed and allegedly assassinated, including Theodore's wife and unborn son, the great-granddaughter of [[Franklin Sakamoto]], [[Yori Kurita]] was appointed as his successor on 15 May of that year.<ref>''Dragon Rising'', p. 296</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Daughter of the Dragon]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Dragon Rising]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
* ''[[Historical: Wars of the Republic Era]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Sword of Sedition]]'' (novel)


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