Takanori Nishikawa Name: Jen How did you find out about this comm? Dee Your timezone: Est Character and their IJ: name - Takanori Nishikawa// nursenori What nationality are they? Japanese Are they an actor, model, musician or athlete? Musician// Abingdon Boys School & T.M.Revolution What is your character doing in LA? What's a bit of their history? What do they want to do? Born in Albany, New York on September 19th 1984; Takanori was the only first generation Japanese-American Yasu and Kaori Nishikawa raised. Life was quiet for the young Taka when in school even if he did receive odd looks for being one of the only two in his school that were of Asian decent. It was a question he asked his parents frequently as to why they chose the area that they did. His parents' answer was simple; they wanted their son to have a good upbringing away from the city and in a town where he wouldn't be influenced by drugs or any of the other things going on downtown. The school years passed uneventful, a few dates here and there, prom, nothing major in the young man's life. The big question that was asked of him by teachers, friends and his relatively small family was What was it that he wanted to do after graduation. Not knowing Taka decided not to let his parents down and applied at many colleges still undecided on a major. Accepted at UCLA in the summer of 2002 Takanori packed up his belongings and headed to California to start his life. He loved his parents but like any teenager, he wanted freedom. It was a culture shock to the kid that grew up in a small suburb. Doing his best to keep his head above water, he stuck his nose to the books and ignored his dorm mate as much as he could. While at UCLA he heard about the nursing program which spiked his interest. His grades in core classes were too good for him to be even considered for rejection.
Once accepted, The other fell in love with the idea of helping others. Excelling, Takanori was Valedictorian of his class and had high hopes of getting a wonderful job. Once out of college reality hit him hard. No one wanted to hire in general it seemed. It took Takanori another year to find a nursing job. In the time between finding a full time nursing job and graduating college he held two part time jobs to get by. Finally getting a break, Cedars-Sinai took a chance and hired him in as nurse in the Emergency Room. It was his time to shine and he's been with the hospital ever since. There was one thing Takanori forgot about. That was life in general. Being so caught up in work and doing his best, everything else fell to the wayside and he can't even remember the last time he had a date let alone someone to call his own. He keeps in touch with his parents, travels to see them often when his work allows but that was the only contact he had in his adult life. He's suddenly feeling quite alone in the world and not liking it.
Preferred RP style: Paragraph form over IJ, although if anyone prefers AIM or msn I have both of those as well.
Extra info in case you forgot anything: He's really not as boring as he seems? I swear he has a personality. You just have to dig a bit to find it.