Henry Kano

Henry Kano is the son of Manfred and Michelle Kano and was born in, in 2346. He served on from 2371-2378 during the starship's seven year journey through the Delta Quadrant. In 2376 he was involved in an away mission gone awry with, William Telfer, Tal Celes, and Kenneth Dalby.

Family
Henry's father was a Starfleet Master Chief Petty Officer in the Security community and the former Master at Arms for the penal colony on New Zealand. His mother was a civilian counselor who specialized in dealing with mental issues for Starfleet personnel. Henry is the eldest of three sons.

His younger brother, Michael, was born in 2351 and attended the University of Sydney in 2369. As of 2371 Michael was an intern at the Federation Embassy on under Doctor Roberta Stetham studying the  economic structure of the Ferengi Alliance.

His youngest brother, David, was born in 2353 during a family trip to in the British Isles. As of 2371 David was a sophomore at Botany Bay Secondary School.

Starfleet
Henry enlisted in Starfleet at seventeen and spent two years aboard the (NX 63712). After his first year he put an application to, endorsed by his department head, Lieutenant Russell Lockhart, the Norway's security chief. He was accepted in 2363 for the class of 2367. He graduated in 2367, in his own words: 'Right in the middle of my class'.

He classed up with SAR Class 06-2367 (the 6th class of 2367) with 117 other souls. In mid-2368 he graduated with thirty-four other members of this very difficult training course. He was posted with the 172nd Search and Rescue Squadron on the Bajoran frontier. Some of his first rescues were refugees from, and casualties of the.

He was a member of the 172nd SAR Squadron's Evacuation Flight.

Voyager
He was assigned to Voyager for the Chakotay mission in 2371 as the Officer in Charge of an eight man detachment from the 172nd SAR Squadron.

Onboard Voyager Henry Kano served as a security officer with a secondary assignment assisting the medical department. Because of his background in Search and Rescue it was deemed that the SAR Detachment assist Sickbay and Security in the event of large catastrophes.

Personal Life
His closest friends on Voyager include Michael, Tal Celes, and William Telfer. He regularly is seen at mealtime with any one of the three of them.

Lieutenant Ayala is his regular sparring and workout buddy for two of his favorite hobbies: and. Ayala was the first person he talked to in 2374 when his longtime girlfriend, Leslie Hendrick sent him a message saying that she had moved on in early, having given up on Voyager six months prior. . By, Ayala was the first person he confided in about longtime romantic feelings towards Tal Celes.

He became almost an older brother figure to Crewman William Telfer prior to the time of the Away Mission from Hell. The two men met through a mutual friend, Crewman Tal Celes.

His relationship with Tal Celes is that of friendship with definite romantic tension just below it. In 2371 he first met Tal Celes when every seat in the Mess Hall had been occupied. He struck up a conversation with the young woman and by 2372 he was frequently sitting with her and Billy Telfer for lunch and other social activities. Around 2373 his romantic attraction for Tal developed, but he chose not to say anything about it, because of his girlfriend Leslie on Earth.

He has an named Titus back at 172nd SAR Squadron's HQ. In 2371 he left Titus in care of his parents. As of 2373, Titus accompanied David to London when David was accepted into the. By 2376, David claimed Titus was really helping his dating life on campus.