Akak Shouja was a male Human mercenary, the firstborn of bounty hunter and assassin Ryluk Shouja and his wife, Lymie Chamna Shouja. He was born in 22 BBY on the Outer Rim planet of Subterrel. He was named after his maternal grandfather, Akak Chamna. Akak was trained in several forms of martial arts by his father, and was given a pair of Parable Weapons 34x advanced blaster pistols for his eighteenth birthday. He remained on Subterrel for five years after that, receiving combat training from his father until, in 3 ABY, Akak left Subterrel.