Kane

Kane's real name is John Riley. An American film student, he was spending a year abroad in Japan working on a Japanese film company's project as an assistant director. He's fluent in Japanese, thanks to the fact that his parents were missionaries in Japan themselves when he was young, and was taught the language. Returning to the country his parents loved, John was excited to try SAO when he heard about it, but that may have been the last mistake he'd ever make...