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CLAIMS: Aoi, Kai, Koda Kumi
Re-post from GJ
Name: セイラ
How did you find out about this comm? MAIA LOVES ME! *heart*
Your timezone: Pacific
Character and their GJ: Koda Kumi -asiancherry; Aoi - kuroigitaa; Kai - unsugared_kai
What nationality are they? Japanese
Are they an actor, model, musician or athlete? Musician - soloist; musician (GazettE); musician (GazettE)
What is your character doing in LA? What's a bit of their history? What do they want to do?
Born Kumiko Koda to Japanese nationals in Los Angeles, Kumi has never actually been to Tokyo. It's on her places to visit ... probably even before she finishes her rather extended program of study at UCLA - Fashion Design. It's her fourth try at a degree program (two years of English Literature, a year and a half of Chemistry, two years in Biology/Pre-Med), and even when she's finished, the university will be obligated to award her a Bachelors of Science because of the number of science credits she's accumulated (and continues to nibble upon).
To date, she hasn't really strongly identified with her Japanese roots - she's an American, that's what matters. That her father disowned her in her second year of college when she decided to come out to her parents as a lesbian ... well, it hasn't exactly encouraged her to connect with her cultural roots, since Daddy insisted a real Japanese daughter would never be such a thing. Indeed, she wouldn't have gotten onto GJ at all if not for a chance encounter with a Japanese graduate student and two successful coffee 'dates' with him.
Her white girlfriend, Tina, isn't so sure she likes what she sees happening to Koda as a result of meeting this too-pretty boy, Aoi. Kumi's completely oblivious to any possible tension, confident that Tina's the only one for her.
He came to California for the love of a girl, a stupid reason for anyone to do anything, but hey, no one said Aoi was the brightest crayon in the box.
Well, okay, they probably did, considering he was at the top of his (very competitive) class in his private high school in Ise. And likely still do, inasmuch as, at the tender age of 28, he possesses two B.A.s (Biochemistry and Computer Science), a Masters (Biochemistry), and is halfway through an MBA (Masters of Business Administration) and starting on an MFA (Masters of Fine Arts), focus on painting. He suspects he'd probably be a professional student if there was such a thing.
Alas, there isn't. And while his original study program was completely covers by a total scholarship (with stipend, even), that was a couple degrees ago, before his girlfriend decided she was better off shacking up with a film student. In a stroke of brilliant irony, it turned out the film student was only interested in trying to get her to star in porn vids. Ironic because Aoi pays his bills by posing for gay porn sites and doing the occassional video, solo only. His agent thinks he's being ridiculously self-limiting, but considering he's really not interested in becoming a porn star....
In his spare time, Aoi plays acoustic guitar (for himself) and works with watercolor, largely in the sumi-e style. He's settled into a comfortable if somewhat boring life and is interested in new friends.
Kai was supposed to be in Japan. He'd sworn to everyone he'd known (and sorta abandoned) in New York that he was staying in Ise for at least a year while he tried to find himself again, tried to heal the hurt and the hate the Big Apple had seeded in him. It should have worked that way ... he just hadn't been expecting to get a proverbial beating about the ears within an hour of stepping onto the hallowed grounds of Ise Jingu.
"I would accept you back a thousand times over, dear one, but you cannot hide from the world here."
She was right; Kai was not meant to be an acolyte or priest. A new home, a new life, one that didn't remind him quite so much of all the things that had gone wrong in New York. And with CROW rising in popularity in Japan, it had too soon become obvious that he needed somewhere else to heal.
Perhaps choosing to return to America was a mistake, but at least it was a familiar culture. Sort of. From the moment he stepped off the plane, Kai was struck by the uniquely Californian culture of surf, sand, and celebrity. But at least it was a couple thousand miles away from those he'd left in New York. At least it was safe.
... if only he knew....
Re-post from GJ
Name: セイラ
How did you find out about this comm? MAIA LOVES ME! *heart*
Your timezone: Pacific
Character and their GJ: Koda Kumi -
asiancherry; Aoi - kuroigitaa; Kai - unsugared_kaiWhat nationality are they? Japanese
Are they an actor, model, musician or athlete? Musician - soloist; musician (GazettE); musician (GazettE)
What is your character doing in LA? What's a bit of their history? What do they want to do?
Born Kumiko Koda to Japanese nationals in Los Angeles, Kumi has never actually been to Tokyo. It's on her places to visit ... probably even before she finishes her rather extended program of study at UCLA - Fashion Design. It's her fourth try at a degree program (two years of English Literature, a year and a half of Chemistry, two years in Biology/Pre-Med), and even when she's finished, the university will be obligated to award her a Bachelors of Science because of the number of science credits she's accumulated (and continues to nibble upon).
To date, she hasn't really strongly identified with her Japanese roots - she's an American, that's what matters. That her father disowned her in her second year of college when she decided to come out to her parents as a lesbian ... well, it hasn't exactly encouraged her to connect with her cultural roots, since Daddy insisted a real Japanese daughter would never be such a thing. Indeed, she wouldn't have gotten onto GJ at all if not for a chance encounter with a Japanese graduate student and two successful coffee 'dates' with him.
Her white girlfriend, Tina, isn't so sure she likes what she sees happening to Koda as a result of meeting this too-pretty boy, Aoi. Kumi's completely oblivious to any possible tension, confident that Tina's the only one for her.
He came to California for the love of a girl, a stupid reason for anyone to do anything, but hey, no one said Aoi was the brightest crayon in the box.
Well, okay, they probably did, considering he was at the top of his (very competitive) class in his private high school in Ise. And likely still do, inasmuch as, at the tender age of 28, he possesses two B.A.s (Biochemistry and Computer Science), a Masters (Biochemistry), and is halfway through an MBA (Masters of Business Administration) and starting on an MFA (Masters of Fine Arts), focus on painting. He suspects he'd probably be a professional student if there was such a thing.
Alas, there isn't. And while his original study program was completely covers by a total scholarship (with stipend, even), that was a couple degrees ago, before his girlfriend decided she was better off shacking up with a film student. In a stroke of brilliant irony, it turned out the film student was only interested in trying to get her to star in porn vids. Ironic because Aoi pays his bills by posing for gay porn sites and doing the occassional video, solo only. His agent thinks he's being ridiculously self-limiting, but considering he's really not interested in becoming a porn star....
In his spare time, Aoi plays acoustic guitar (for himself) and works with watercolor, largely in the sumi-e style. He's settled into a comfortable if somewhat boring life and is interested in new friends.
Kai was supposed to be in Japan. He'd sworn to everyone he'd known (and sorta abandoned) in New York that he was staying in Ise for at least a year while he tried to find himself again, tried to heal the hurt and the hate the Big Apple had seeded in him. It should have worked that way ... he just hadn't been expecting to get a proverbial beating about the ears within an hour of stepping onto the hallowed grounds of Ise Jingu.
"I would accept you back a thousand times over, dear one, but you cannot hide from the world here."
She was right; Kai was not meant to be an acolyte or priest. A new home, a new life, one that didn't remind him quite so much of all the things that had gone wrong in New York. And with CROW rising in popularity in Japan, it had too soon become obvious that he needed somewhere else to heal.
Perhaps choosing to return to America was a mistake, but at least it was a familiar culture. Sort of. From the moment he stepped off the plane, Kai was struck by the uniquely Californian culture of surf, sand, and celebrity. But at least it was a couple thousand miles away from those he'd left in New York. At least it was safe.
... if only he knew....
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