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CHARACTER'S NAME: Kanzaki Kira
CHARACTER'S LIVEJOURNAL: leadingrunner
AGE: 16
HOMETOWN: Originally Ebetsu in Hokkaido, Japan; moved to Iwatodai for study purposes
OCCUPATION: Student
GRADE: Second Year
CLUBS: Part of Athletics Club’s Track Team
SEX: Male
WEAPON: Uh...his feet. Wears blade-embedded shoes to get the job done.
PLAYED BY: Kira Yamato (Gundam SEED DESTINY)
WEAKNESSES: Sorest loser on the planet…EVER. Tends to have a mean streak around people he hasn’t met; otherwise, he’s OK to approach. Often fights too aggressively when in battle, resulting in him losing much of his stamina before he gets to finish off his opponent. Weak against volts of electricity, and thus can easily be shocked to death in battle.
STRENGTHS: One of the only teens with respect for the elderly nowadays. Compassionate for those suffering from some particularly bad fate. Often beats opponents near-senseless with his feet, and unpredictable in fights. Strong against Slash and Pierce Attacks, so Bows and Swords are out of the question. High stamina reserves usually saved for track meets, though he’ll use them in a fight in necessary.
PERSONA: Chi You
PERSONA ABILITIES: Twin Shot, Cleave, Garu
ARCANA: The Tower
FACTION: SEES
PERSONALITY: Kira’s a focused, determined athlete with a mindset that only loves victories; defeats are out of the question, and as such he has that tendency to run in one long, quick burst before dropping. And when he does lose, he throws the biggest fits in the world, and tends to recklessly challenge the winner. Everyone in Hokkaido knows the reason why – most of Iwatodai hasn’t heard of his accomplishments, so they just tell him to grow up – He’s always testing himself to the limit; he’s always thinking, “Is this as far as I can get? No, no, that can’t be all, I HAVE to improve! I can do better than this!” This leaves him in a constant mood for competition, though he will settle down if there’s nothing major happening. When he does that, he’s all fun and games, but he will take a jog once in a while to stay in shape; it’s one of his daily habits and personal rules of being a Track Team member.
BACKGROUND: Life started out rather normal for Kira; his parents were normal, the school he went to was normal, everything was just right for him. Well, ‘til he took up running as a hobby. After that, he shot straight to best runner of the Hokkaido Grade School’s Young Guns Track Team three months later. In fact, in most of the races he had in his childhood, he had beaten out the competition quite severely; no one could catch up to him. Only fellow ace runners his age were able to compete, and he had been beaten by them several times. This gave him the emotional drive to improve himself as much as possible, and become the number one track runner in the world.

When he reached the age of 8, he had become one of the best runners in the world in his age range. “It doesn’t really satisfy me much, to be honest”, he said to a reporter when he was interviewed a couple of months later. “I want to get better, and better, and I’m willing to go to other countries to face off with the top athletes just for that purpose.” Quite a few were moved at how far he was willing to go; others would just send him letters of support.

It was all good for him then…but…

When he reached the age of 10, in the midst of his tenth birthday, he got a call from his dad. His mother had died in a car crash on her way back home. This came as a piece of devastating news; she was the one who had always supported him on the way he worked, through his entire childhood, and now she was gone. He shut himself away and never went to any of the track meets his school was having for three months straight afterwards. News of his mother’s death spread throughout Hokkaido, and everyone supporting him up to now sent him letters telling him to cheer up. He never bothered to read them ‘till halfway through his self-imposed retirement, and eventually he returned with a vengeance; on his first few weeks coming back to the track, he left a whole group of the best runners his age in the dust to take home the gold for his team. Nothing would ever be the same since that day.

Reaching the age of 14, he applied for Gekkoukan High School in the Iwatodai prefecture. He was accepted no less than a year later, and was thus sent on his way by his dad with enough money for tutorials and ticket fees. Arriving about half an hour later he headed for the address mentioned in the letter that gave him permission to stay at the dorm. Two weeks later, he went to Gekkoukan and when school was done for the day he signed up for the Track Team.

He experienced the Dark Hour three weeks after his 15th birthday (which was March 24, 1994), and ran into Shadows figuring out what on earth was going on. Just before what would’ve been his descent into Apathy Syndrome, Chi You awoke and struck the blobs down with a swipe of its axes. He just sat there, mouth agape at the eight-armed creature for a moment, then stood up and dusted his clothes as it disappeared. He went back to figuring stuff out, and moments later, the Dark Hour had dissipated. He shrugged it all off and passed it off as a weird dream, then went back to sleep.

He didn’t get any letter from SEES ‘til about three months into the school year, when he found it lying on his desk. He was suspicious, but he sent a reply after many months of thought and was waiting outside the double doors at the fourth floor.

He needed an explanation for what happened to him, and now.

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Fears (for Kai AKA SOB Nero's convenience): Actually seeing the crash that killed his mom, Breaking his legs permanently, Losing the most important race of his life and becoming a failure

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