Kyoto Aizawa

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Name: Kyoto Takeshi Aizawa
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Grade: 12th Grade
School: John Endecott Memorial Academy
Hobbies and Interests: Mechanics, Exercise, MMA Fighting, Anime, Cartoons

Appearance: Kyoto is a Japanese-American student, standing at the above average height of 6’ 3” and weighing 185 lbs, giving him a strong and imposing figure that he's worked years to attain. His short black hair is slicked back and styled with a fade. His eyes are a dark brown, to the point that his pupils are only barely visible. His eyebrows are bushy, and there’s a notable break on his right eyebrow, a quarter closer to the right, clearly from a scar. His skin has a light tan, and his rectangle-shaped head is complemented by a Roman nose and his strong jawline, which Kyoto does believe makes him appear more handsome. He keeps his face stubble free, finding it more preferable to be clean shaven.

Kyoto tends to dress in rather intimidating ways, showing off his muscles or advertising some rather frightening groups-mainly motorcycle gangs-when out of school, all to dissuade others from trying to mess with him or interact with him in general. From tank tops that show off his biceps to leather jackets imitating classic Greaser style, if it makes others less likely to approach him out of fear, he’ll wear it. Most notably, he owns a faded blue denim vest, the arm holes frayed, a Hells Angels logo on the back.

On the day of the abduction, Kyoto was wearing his vest over a form fitting white short sleeved shirt, dark blue jeans, black knee socks with dark blue accents, and black combat boots. To keep the teachers from punishing him for his vest, he wore a dark blue leather jacket, big enough to completely cover his vest. Out of habit at that point, he also wore a homemade dark blue face mask, and had a red, grease stained bandana tied around his neck.

Biography: Kyoto Takeshi Aizawa was the first child born to Ryūnosuke Aizawa and Mao Aizawa née Moriyama, a mechanic and a personal assistant respectively, on August 1st, 2003. They were a first generation immigrant couple from Kyoto, Japan, who fell in love after their parents set them up together, and they moved to America after after Mao was offered a promotion to work under an American executive in Boston. After some deliberation with her husband and their other family, it was decided that the couple would move, though taking residence in Salem instead of Boston. They believed that real estate would be more affordable in the smaller town, and Mao did not mind the commute that would be necessary. They chose to name their son after the city, as a reminder of what they left behind.

Kyoto had a good life in his early childhood. Mao and Ryūnosuke made a good living off of their respective jobs, but made sure not to spoil their son nor neglect him. They made sure to be caring, but also made sure not to be push-overs. They wanted to give him an even upbringing, not too much or too little of anything. Even emotions were kept in check; the two made sure Kyoto knew they loved him, being affectionate and caring at home, but were somewhat distant when in public, acting more more stern when out, specifically trying to teach Kyoto to be more in control of his emotions when out in public. They explained this reasoning to Kyoto to keep him from becoming upset over these differing attitudes, and while he did find it strange, he believed his parents knew what they were doing and trusted them. In turn, he did grow into the attitude his parents wanted, being a very well-behaved and obedient child, especially when out in public, always asking his parents or later his teachers for permission before doing things and being generally polite and kind to those he interacted with. He did well in school, never got in trouble, made some friends, was helpful whenever he needed to be, and was an all around pleasant child. The only unnatural thing he did that his parents did not like was ask for a little sibling, as he noticed other kids in preschool had older and younger siblings, and he wanted to know what it was like. As it was a minor thing, though, Mao and Ryūnosuke did not make a big deal out of it and kept on with their normal lives.

For several years, not much changed. Kyoto continued through school, getting good grades and receiving extra praise for being so well behaved. Mao worked hard under her boss, and had received a raise from the woman more than once as a reward for all her effort. Ryūnosuke was given a raise for his work with the local mechanic, and was given approval by his boss, Warren Thompson, to bring some cars home to work on them there. Ryūnosuke decided to take this advantage to teach Kyoto how cars worked and how they could be fixed. He hoped to spark an interest in cars within Kyoto that would eventually lead him to follow in Ryūnosuke’s footsteps and become a mechanic as well. If the plan failed, then at least Kyoto would know how to fix cars and could use it whenever he needed it. Lucky for Ryūnosuke, Kyoto did become very interested in cars, and whenever his father brought one home to work on, he would go to his side to watch, learn, and occasionally assist him.

It was when Kyoto was nine years old that his life changed. Mao and Ryūnosuke decided that they would have a second child, and Kyoto was elated. He didn’t care if it was a boy or a girl, so long as he could play with them and show him the things he was interested in at the time, mainly consisting of cartoons and anime that his parents had brought with them from Japan. He also planned to take part in whatever his new little sibling enjoyed, whether they were pretending to be knights that slay a dragon, or enjoying tea parties with stuffed animals. He could not wait for his sibling to be born.

Tragedy struck the night Mao went into labor. During the drive to the hospital, the family was in a car crash. Ryūnosuke and the other driver, a drunk man that had recently left the local bar, died on the scene, while Mao and Kyoto survived the initial crash. Witnesses to the crash responded quickly, retrieving the unconscious Kyoto, and doing their best to help the heavily injured Mao. An ambulance was able to arrive quickly, and while they were able to save the child, a baby boy named Toshiaki, Mao died not long after he was born.

Unfortunately for the boys, the closest relatives they had lived in Japan; a cousin and aunt that Kyoto did not know very well. However, Warren Thompson felt pity for the two orphaned boys, and chose to offer his assistance by becoming a foster father. Despite having only his own income to live off of, Warren proved to the foster system that he could support both boys, and was given temporary custody of them, with potential full custody if things went well. Things did go well, as Kyoto quickly bonded with Warren, already comforted by the man’s willingness to take both of them in, and appreciative of the care he showed both of them while they lived with him; helping Kyoto with the process of grieving, and treating Toshiaki incredibly well. Warren was able to convince his retired mother, Sandra, to help look after the boys during work hours, especially Toshiaki. When the social worker checked in again, she deemed the house fit to raise the boys in, and Warren was given full custody. Kyoto and Toshiaki kept their last names, however, as a way to honor and remember Mao and Ryūnosuke.

Despite not seeing the aftermath of the crash, Kyoto was greatly effected by the accident. His grades, which had previously no lower than a B, had slipped to C's or lower. His previous willingness to be social had disappeared, replaced with shyness and what even he knew was irrational fear of losing friends after getting close to them. The social worker had taken note of these changes, and suggested he see a psychiatrist, or at least a therapist, to help Kyoto properly deal with these issues. Wanting to help his son, but also being forced to abide by a budget, Warren agreed to set up appointments with a therapist. While the therapist was unable to definitively say if Kyoto had PTSD from the accident, she was able to determine that he had suffered trauma from it, and was able to inform him, Warren, and Sandra of ways to help him deal with the stress from those memories, mainly by taking deep breaths, giving him social support, and using distraction. These efforts would help with his grades and behavior, bringing his grades up to B's and C's and by age twelve, making him feel more willing to interact with his classmates again.

Unfortunately, the first classmates he tried to interact with happened to be bullies, who did not hesitate to tease and insult him for his shyness and generally different attitude. The only one that notably spoke differently was Stephen Fields, who insulted the other driver from the crash for driving drunk, but said it didn't change Kyoto being a 'grease monkey' and not trying to defend him from any of the other insults.

Warren, concerned further about Kyoto, asked about the incident shortly afterwards. After explaining, Kyoto couldn't help but question if the world was always this cruel, to which Warren responded that it sometimes was. He was honest with his son about his opinion of the world-while it could prove kind sometimes, there would be many times it would just show more cruelty. He also said that he should not let that cruelty break him, though, and still try to be a good person despite what life throws at him. Kyoto asked if there was a way to make things easier, and Warren offered to assist him in toughening him up.

From that point on, Kyoto trained to be tougher physically as well as mentally. Doing work-out routines that consisted of treadmill runs, cycling on a normal bike as well as an exercise one, and lifting many different weights. His diet had a lot of protein, from eggs to meat to a large amount of protein shakes, all to help create muscle definition. Additionally Warren aided him by helping him by helping him create a persona that was more aggressive, meant mainly to be used in situations that may really need it, such as dealing with especially rude tourists, bullies from school or, once he began officially working in the garage, unbearable customers. Unbeknownst to Warren, Kyoto would independently choose to use this persona more often than not, fearing that more cruelty may come his way if he wasn't always tough-his parents' previous teachings making him worried about how he appeared in public. He would never go too far, usually giving well timed threats to avoid the teacher's attention, and would tell people who actually wanted to fight him exactly where to meet him if they wanted a fight.

At age thirteen, it was during said physical training that Deciding that it wouldn't hurt to have him learn self-defense, Warren signed Kyoto up for nearby MMA classes, where he would excel in both defense and offense. Kyoto even found it somewhat cathartic, as he was able to take out some of his frustrations while in the class, usually by beating up a training dummy, and he especially felt elated when a former bully happened to see him while training, and quickly spread the information to the rest of the school. While things wouldn't always go smoothly, such as a time where he was accidentally punched in the face while he wasn't wearing head gear and giving him a scar that broke his right eyebrow, he refused to let that bring him down, and would go on to be one of the more favorable students in the class, despite recent events forcing him to end them.

Additionally, as Warren was proud to hear his son had an interest in mechanics, it didn't take long for Kyoto to earn a job at the garage, his learning having been taken over by Warren once he heard. While he wasn't allowed to do much as a fourteen year old, he did what he could with great effort, and over time became the second in command in all but name. Though he didn't always have the best attitude, he would almost always get the work done for the car in the garage.

Kyoto has noticeably changed when it comes to his social life. Once being perfectly sociable, he went from hesitant to closed-off, being careful of who he allows in his social circle, specifically using his tough persona to distance himself from some people. He does not have many friends, but those that he does have are similar outcasts, as he feels that he himself is one, he can't help but feel a need to help some who struggle socially, and at the very least, they are unlikely to turn on him, if only because they don't have many other options when it comes to friends.

Kyoto gets along well enough with the family he has. While he calls him by his name, Warren is his father. He’s eternally grateful for him taking both himself and Toshiaki in, and he’s the one person Kyoto feels like he can say anything to and not be judged. While he and Sandra never really became close, they never really came to dislike each other. They both know she came to take care of Toshiaki, and while she tried to help Kyoto, he was reluctant to become close to her. Even after he mostly got over the crash, he never really put in much effort with interacting with Sandra. He appreciates her for taking care of Toshiaki, but doesn’t think about her other than that. As for Toshiaki, he is the one Kyoto is closest with. Being the only blood relative he has left, not only does he feel obligated to be close to Toshiaki, but Kyoto wants his brother to be as happy as possible during his life. Like he planned to when he was younger, he participates in activities his brother enjoyed, which mainly consisted of watching cartoons and the anime from their parents. While Toshiaki was already a cheerful child, seeing him smile from watching cartoons like Steven Universe or anime like Pokemon, it gave Kyoto a warm feeling in his chest. Kyoto would do anything for Toshiaki.

Kyoto has a part-time job at Warren’s mechanic garage, and plans on getting a degree in automotive mechanics at Salem State University before being officially hired full-time there. Warren has already promised Kyoto the job once he graduates, and he’s gotten a good amount of money saved up from the job, so he feels prepared for the future for the most part.

Kyoto has not found any interest in having any romantic relationships, at least during high school, and while he has found himself feeling attracted to some of his male classmates, he hasn’t acted on any of them. He talked with Warren about his attraction to men, and while he didn’t understand it fully, he gave Kyoto his support in being with whoever he wanted.

Kyoto is aware of the Anthro Taskforce and SOTF, having heard about it while browsing the internet, and decided to look up what it was. After the discovery, he decided to keep himself up to date with news of the incidents and who got out of them alive, partially out of a morbid curiosity towards it, mainly out of genuine concern about the entire situation. He feels that he doesn’t have to worry about it harming him directly, but still thinks the entire thing is vile, and finds himself hating both the people behind it, and some of the students forced into it, as he feels that some of them go too far with certain deeds when trying to survive.

The last year has been a bit harder on Kyoto and his family, as the quarantine resulted in tourism in Salem coming to a stand-still, and causing their income to become noticeably smaller. Though they managed to get through the situation without too many problems, the family did have to make some budget cuts, most notably ending Kyoto’s MMA classes, which he did feel upset over, but understood it well enough that he didn’t object to the action.

While still sad about the fates of his parents, Kyoto has had time to heal and is mostly over the crash itself. His ongoing therapy sessions as well as support from his family helped him cope with the incident, and though he still has trouble watching movies with deadly car crashes in them, he is usually able to handle it with a couple of deep breaths.

Advantages: Kyoto has an incredibly athletic body, built from years of training, and has experience with hand-to-hand fighting. Additionally, he has a strong motivator to win with how devoted he is to his younger brother. Finally, he has a general lack of attachments to the majority of his classmates, and will likely have few emotional issues when fighting with them.
Disadvantages: Kyoto’s general attitude will most certainly cause problems for him, whether that be general distrust from his classmates, or his temper leading him to make bad decisions, things will go wrong for him if he doesn’t try to change demeanor. Other students are likely to notice his chance to be a threat, his aggressive nature and skill in fighting being fairly well known, and target him specifically for that. While he might be able to fight his classmates, it is harder to say that he will kill any of them, given his disgust at previous students who killed.

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Hey AnimeNerd! Before Kyoto can be given a full critique, please make sure that his profile fully matches the template. Specifically, you need to make sure that your section titles are bolded. Thanks!

[AnimeNerd]

I have a brain, I promise, I swear

[Deamon]

Hi AnimeNerd! I'll be taking a look at Kyoto for you today! He's off to a decent start but is DENIED pending some changes and expansion to aspects of his biography.

First up, as the hobbies and interests list is a list only the first item needs to be capitalised.

What about cars and working on them interests Kyoto and why does he enjoy it?

Kyoto was greatly effected by the accident.

This should be affected as you're talking about something that had an impact on Kyoto.

I am unsure why exactly the profile makes special note of Kyoto's bullies calling him a grease monkey, it's not a typical insult kids would use so it needs some clarification there.

What does Kyoto enjoy about exercising as it is one of his hobbies but currently in the profile exercising seems to be completely transactional for him.

The profile says that he'd tell people where to meet him for a fight if they wanted one, but doesn't elaborate on if he ever got into fights which is something I'd like made clear.

Warren signed Kyoto up for nearby MMA classes, where he would excel in both defense and offense.

Okay so, this isn't the level of detail I need to see when the hobby is one relating to a combat sport and also comes up as an advantage. So I would like you to do some more research into MMA and put details about which elements of MMA Kyoto was good at.

While things wouldn't always go smoothly, such as a time where he was accidentally punched in the face while he wasn't wearing head gear and giving him a scar that broke his right eyebrow, he refused to let that bring him down, and would go on to be one of the more favorable students in the class, despite recent events forcing him to end them.

This sentence is one big run-on so will need to be broken up and reworded.

I'd like some more detail about Kyoto's relationship with Toshiaki in the profile, in the advantages and disadvantages sections he is brought up as something that gives Kyoto a reason to fight and even potentially kill but in the profile he basically only appears in any depth here, so I'd like this to be expanded upon.

Additionally, why does Kyoto like anime and cartoons? Which genres are his favorites? What shows are his favorites? These are both down as hobbies and interests of his but they appear roughly twice in the profile and in no real detail so expansion is needed here as well.

What impact has Kyoto's realisation of his sexuality had on him on a personal level?

The last year has been a bit harder on Kyoto and his family, as the quarantine resulted in tourism in Salem coming to a stand-still, and causing their income to become noticeably smaller.

I'm not sure how tourism affects a car mechanics business so this will need some explanation.

or his temper leading him to make bad decisions,

This doesn't actually show up in the profile at all, in fact the profile points out how he is careful to try and keep his temper and behaviour level so this will either need to be added to the biography or removed.

And that is everything so if you post back here once you've made the changes I'll take another look at Kyoto for you!

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