Braden is a pimp
He's like the badass cousin of Val Kilmer and Christopher George!
He's best friends with Sho Kosugi, packs heat with him to Japan, and takes down ninjas like a dead-eye. I don't think, outside of You Only Live Twice, I've ever seen a ninja felled by gunfire. But it ain't no thing to Braden.
Furthermore (though this may be in dispute) he's the one who sent the ninjas after Cho's family in the first place in order to convince him to move to America and be an unwitting accomplice in his nefarious plans.
The close-ups of his eyes (with an appopriately "Cannon" synth sting) make me forget my own name.
He's secretly a ninja. Think about that. How surprised would you be if you found out your best friend knew ninjitsu and took down mob bosses in his spare time?
He smuggles herion inside authentic Japanese dolls, but gets his friend to do the dirty work.
He puts Caifano in his place.
He puts Cathy in her place.
I suspect he's the brother of Tony Roberts though without a DNA test I can't confirm.
When he says, "You know what to do," it means, "Put Cathy in a jacuzi and turn on the high pressure jets. Oh, and Cho's kid? He goes in the sauna."
He wears a creepy silvery plastic mask over his face when in ninja mode. It would be virtually impossible to see out of that thing, but it looks utterly badass.
His laughter sends fear into the hearts of men. And if he wags his finger at you, you know you're in for it.
His commanding voice shrivels my man parts. "Cathy the dolls are gone! Someone stole them!"
Braden may not be the hero of the film, but he's certainly my hero.