"Mr. Kujira" (assumed name meaning Mr Whale), wearing his Kyodo Senpaku whaling fleet uniform, is a seaman who worked aboard the Kyodo Senpaku ship the Nisshin Maru (research/factory ship of the Japanese whaling fleet). The 'whistle-blower' Mr. Kujira has spoken out in criticism of practices within the whaling industry which include the wasteful dumping of whale meat, and alleged embezzlement of whale meat by whalers.