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BASICS
Name: Ayako Kobiyashi
Age: 17
Occupation: Student/ Messenger service worker part-Time
Character PB/Icon:Ayase Shinomiya

BACKGROUND
Character history: Born in the city of Kyoto Japan, Ayako’s family moved towards Okinawa when she was younger since her Mother managed to get a job working as a teacher for an international school in Okinawa, thanks to her younger sister who lived here with her husband. Here her younger brother was born and her parents went into a separation due to issues.

After the birth of her brother, her mother and the two kids moved back to Kyoto to live with her Aunt (mother’s older sister) and cousins, and where Ayako attended the rest of her schooling for grade school. While there she discovered a love of running as a means of dealing with family problems. As a runner she became determined to become the best in the world, eventually wanting to join the Olympic team. However these plans were cut short when she sustained a knee injury in middle school that caused her to quit track for a year. Due to this, she couldn’t qualify for Olympic status and thus missed out on that chance.

Ayako’s mother eventually found work as a part time tutor and beautician in an unnamed city in Osaka, pulling up roots from the capital city of Kyoto where they were staying. Ayako got a part time job as a courier for a messenger service using her speed as a runner and being a decent biker from her time in Okinawa. She still intends to find a way to regain her dreams, but for now intends to work hard and help her family. She enjoys school for the most part and tries to push herself and her siblings forward to a better future.

Personality : Headstrong, a bit jaded, but cheerful and determined . Ayako’s seen as the rock center of the family. It’s hard to get her down and she’s never quite sure of herself, but she has a future worth fighting for, at least that’s what she believes. She cares deeply for her brother, but can sometimes push him a bit too hard. She’s brash, and blunt, not thinking a lot of what her comments will cause and can be brutal with the truth. She’s embarrassed by her height, being taller than most girls, and feels that her younger cousin is far prettier then she is. Ayako’s friendly enough, and a bit of a flirt, as her means of compensating for lack of certain closeness that she doesn’t get from her mom.

Appearance: Standing at 5’ 8” Ayako is the tallest of her siblings, and seen as the strongest. She has dark brown hair and wears it long in a ponytail, a means of trying to push out that she has a girly side. Eyes are violet brown and has a slight half smile when she smirks. Normally the boldest in dressing Ayako wears lots of bright colors, sometimes neon and calls her style sporty girl. Typically an outfit will consist of a hoodie or some sort of sweat type clothing item, paired with something seen as a bit girly (decorated jeans or a denim skirt) with the addition of sneakers, gym shoes, hiking boots in winter, or some form of sport sandal in summer. Once in a while she’ll wear a scarf on her neck.

Physically she has a few scars from her track running days. One on her knee from her injury, she tends to where knee high or thigh high socks to cover it, or opaque stockings when she can’t wear the knee highs.

EQUIPMENT
Possible weapon: Older Swiss army knife. It has a slightly longer blade she bought it back in Okinawa before they left from a US military store. Her main reasons for owning it were for protection for her mom and family. Later it became a tool for her to use in her messenger job in cutting open boxes and such for clients. There are other odds and ends on it that could be useful or useless.

Accessory: Stop watch, which was a gift from the Varsity captain of the boy’s track team, and her first crush. Ayako sees it as his challenge since his fastest time is inscribed upon the back and she wants to one day beat that time. The watch was given as a parting gift from middle school and she’s kept it since then.

MAGIC
Primary Element: Wind
Secondary Element: Earth
Arcana: Sun

A LITTLE QUESTIONNAIRE
Does your character know martial arts: No, never learned, she tends to just kick from what she saw in movies or what they showed them in gym class.
Does your character practice sports: Yes, Track and field. She’s a long distance runner, and part of the relay races.
Has your character suffered a major injury in the past that would lower their physical capacity: Ayako’s had a knee injury that did slow her down for a year. She’s since been trying to work it out but it can act up from time to time.