Shaw Harlow

Shaw Harlow is a character role-played by Loqrin.

Background
Shaw Harlow is from South Africa, growing up he became extremely fond with cars - specifically street racing. Shaw comes from a poor background, finding his cash from winnings on the street. Shaw has been street racing since he was 16, being involved with his home town's most elite street team. Up until Shaw was 19, Shaw retired from street racing and pursued in getting a job as a car mechanic. Various of Shaw's friends from the street team he was apart of had left the country, or moved elsewhere. However Shaw kept in close contact with one of his greatest friends, Miki, who had moved to Japan.

A few years after working as a car mechanic, Miki had contacted Shaw for a great opportunity to move to Japan and be a car mechanic over there, earning triple his current salary. Shaw, looking for new adventures in life, took the gamble and moved to Japan, Tokyo, Koto City and stayed with Miki. Shaw adapted to the lifestyle in Japan, earned good money and owned an apartment and his dream car - a Nissan Skyline R33 GTR. The mechanic shop Shaw worked for would often hold a stand at events taken place at the Tatsumi parking area in Koto City. There Shaw would sell NOS, change tires, and other general mechanic work for people attending the events. Often the events would be car meets or street racing.

One day Miki convinced Shaw to part take in a street race with him, and since Shaw hadn't street raced for awhile, Shaw agreed. With his R33 GTR, Shaw often took first if not top 5 in the street races. Shaw would go home with cash winnings, and once Shaw pink slipped and won a Honda Civic. Everything was up good for Shaw in Japan, until one fatal day of street racing occurred.

During the night, Miki and Shaw were street racing where one of the rivalries had played dirty. They pitted Miki, having his car pinned against barriers flipped. Shaw stopped over by Miki to check up on him, but Miki was deeply hurt and told Shaw "Go! The cops are almost here, and I may not make it. It was fun racing with you, Shaw, I'll be cruising with you on the other side one day." In utter tears, Shaw didn't want to leave, but the police stopped on the scene and Shaw quickly got into his car and fled. However, other officers were pursuing Shaw and managed to setup a blockade ahead of him, causing Shaw to get caught. The police impounded Shaw's R33 and eventually crushed it. Shaw spent a day in a cell at a police station, but due to his street racing crew managing to bribe the police to let Shaw go, Shaw went back to the mechanic shop hurt, in tears, and disbelief that he had just lost his greatest friend. Unable to cope with his life in Japan after the events, losing everything he had built up - his car, his home, his courage and motivation - Shaw jumped the bullet and moved to Los Santos, USA.

Shaw decided to start a new life in Los Santos, however Shaw lacking any other skills other than mechanic work, Shaw sought out for a mechanic job in Los Santos. Shaw landed a job at the 6STR Tuner Shop, becoming friends with Wayne Marshall, Eddie Marshall, Tommy Cruizer, Chip Wheeler, Armando Hernandez and others. However due to inactivity, Shaw was marked as an inactive mechanic. Shaw also managed to purchase himself a Kanjo, and due to desperate for money, he turned back to his old habits of street racing in Los Santos using his old alias that he had used in Japan, Harikari. Shaw one day hopes to obtain his dream car again, an R33 GTR, and have a livery paying homage to his greatest friend, Miki.

Shaw is still exploring Los Santos.

Racing
Shaw has been seen racing under the alias of Harikari and has attended a few private Yokai racing events. Shaw races in his Kanjo, but has also been seen racing in a rented Nissan Skyline R34 GTR.

Racing Alias Background
Shaw's racing alias, Harikari, was founded by him back when he was in Japan. Harikari is a modified name of harakiri, otherwise known as seppuku. Seppuku is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment, and was originally reserved for samurai in their code of honor but was also practiced by other Japanese people during the Shōwa period to restore honor for themselves or for their families.

Racing Theme Song
Shaw's racing theme song, not made specifically for Shaw, however ties in with his racing alias, is JOYRYDE - HARI KARI.