An American Superhero Geek

With his blue eyes, tousled blond hair and foreign passport, Charisma Man is a sake-sipping man about town, suavely negotiating the intricacies of Japanese culture. Women adore him. Men respect, even fear, him. Life in the East bends to his every whim. "It's great to be a Western guy in Asia," he says. "I've got lots of money, chicks dig me -- everybody respects me."