Although, Arthur Brown may have been the first one to wear the fedora and cape, an 18th century ancestor of Makoto Tanaka inspired the origin of the Shadow Chaser.  Yoshi Tanaka, a powerful samurai, lived with his family in a small village on Okinawa Island.  But an evil sect called the Dragon of Darkness appeared.  Their intention was to take over the island and awake an ancient evil.  The powerful warrior, using the Shadow Art, banished the darkness from the village.  This moment in history motivated Brown to name his alter ego the Shadow Chaser, for he would chase evil through the shadows of the physical and psychological worlds.  Brown spent 10 years fighting as the Shadow Chaser, but his career ended in 1987.  Twenty years later, Kevin Wolf has taken over the mantle of the Shadow Chaser.  The young teen continues to defend the innocent in the name of justice as Brown had done in the past.