Son of a blues trumpet musician, when college student Lyle was contacted by Takashi from the Hand, and recruited in their school for ninjas.

Thanks to his good results in basketball, his fame, and charisma, he got chosen to become the frontman of the ninja sept. With deception he was made to believe he was really becoming the top leader of the school, thought he was just going to be the host-shell body for spirits of the dead ninjas.

Elektra, discovering the trama, killed him.