by Micki. » Sat May 27, 2017 2:26 pm
Father: Elijah Kuro Adachi
Mother: Mei Harper Jennings
Kuro's parents met when his mother went to England for college. His father was her law professor and they carried on a secret affair, eventually getting him fired. After being fired, Elijah built his own business empire from the ground up and became a very, very successful and rich man. They married after Mei got out of college, much to their parents dismay and despite the ten year age difference. Soon, they would have their first child: a boy, given both Elijah's family name (Kuro) and the name of Mei's grandfather (Jacob). They would go on to have two more sons and a daughter.
Growing up, Kuro was a member of one of the richest families in the world. However, both of his parents had come from no money and worked hard to raise Kuro and his siblings with the same values that they had been taught growing up. They taught him that hard-work, determination and perseverance were the keys to success. His mother also preached the importance of love and happiness as well as forgiveness, though the latter has never been a strong suit for Kuro. Kuro was raised to respect and value money instead of taking it for granted. Money is the least important thing to him, which now results in him frequently splurging on gambling sprees and other things that make him happy.
He was always less interested in taking over his father's company than his father wished. Instead, he decided that he liked to learn and later became a professor. Kuro is still a member of the board of his father's company and still attends company functions often. His father still wants him to take over and Kuro may end up doing so when the time comes, but for now Kuro is happy teaching university and traveling during his summer break.