Realistic or Modern Yanazemachi Otakus [Character Thread]

[TanteRegenbogen]

Character template:

Name
Age
Gender
Appearance (anime pic only, remember character creation rules in main thread)
Clothing/clothing style
Hobby/Hobbies
Occupation
Likes
Dislikes
Personality
Background
Residence (where you live/living situation)

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[TanteRegenbogen]

Name: Aoi Yamamori

Name in female persona: Midori Yamamori

Age: 30

Gender: Male, though he has some conflict and could be genderfluid. While he prefers to present feminine, it isn't troubling to present as male at work, around family or on his own every once in a while.

Pronouns: Usually based on whether presenting as male or female. Though it doesn't really matter whether it is he or she.

Appearance:

Male appearance


Female appearance:


Possible cosplay:


Clothing/clothing style: When in boy mode he wears stuff like long (long as in they go down to his thighs) turtleneck sweaters with knee length knit cardigan coats and black skinny jeans. Summer time, he wears t-shirts and capri pants or dark cargo shorts.

In girl mode, casual winter wear will be similar to boy mode (turtleneck sweaters etc.) but often longer or a turtleneck sweater with a skirt. Otherwise often frilly button down blouses with long skirts and cardigans. In summer, she will wear short sleeved or sleeveless dresses, t-shirts with skirts (at least knee-length), sometimes shortalls with thigh highs and sometimes blouses or t-shirts with skinny jeans or leggings. In girl mode, she always wears a black choker when not wearing a turtleneck. In winter it will be a plain black choker like in pics. In summer rather a black tattoo choker.

Hobby/Hobbies: Otokonoko, cosplay, manga reader, sometimes helps out a friend in a maid café

Occupation: Assistant manager at a konbini (convenience store), sometimes maid at maid café

Likes: Presenting feminine, manga, cosplay (more making costumes for others and making pictures but also cosplays him/herself), hanging out with friends, karaoke (has a pretty androgynous singing voice)

Likes (food/drink): Milktea, mochi donuts, gyoza, okaka onigiri, albacore tuna sashimi, torikawa, quail egg kushikatsu

Dislikes: Being judged for his/her circumstance, getting into fights (will fight back if necessary), being hit on by drunk men when in girl mode, having to see his father (got into a fight with his father and it is not like he was disowned, but rather Aoi disowned his/her father and wishes not to speak with him)

Dislikes (food/drink): Mushrooms, most seafood, eggplant, natto, hard alcohol (will drink beer, sake and lighter long drinks)

Personality: Aoi/Midori seems timid at first, but don't be mistaken. He/she is not the kind who will let people use him/her or will back down. Aoi/Midori is usually kind and gentle to friends and polite strangers. But at the same time he/she is mature and self-conscious. He/she will motivate colleagues to go above and beyond and will be there to cheer up friends. But a good friend also can give advice and criticism. When people seek fights, he/she will first try to solve things by talking, but wont flinch to defend him/herself. In boy mode, Aoi can be surprisingly flamboyant and in girl mode a bit tomboyish.

Background: Aoi grew up in a middle class household, but in his teenage years began crossdressing in secret. But Aoi had always been a little flamboyant. His father would tell him that men shouldn't act that way. Aoi would always counter with "how should men act?". During his uni years, Aoi was caught crossdressing by his father. This led to a big fight to which his father said many hurtful things until Aoi slugged him in the face and told him to get up an fight like a man if he is so concerned with masculinity. His father was so shocked he couldn't talk back. Aoi then told his father that such a pathetic waste of human life has no place to dictate when a man has to be like and told him he never wants to see or talk to him again. Since then, Aoi has only met up with his mother and extended family. His mother would still ask for Aoi to make up with his father, to which Aoi has decline, saying that it is on his father to make a decent sincere apology. In the meanwhile, due to a hard economy, Aoi was still working at a konbini, but managed to get promoted to assistant manager. While he rarely has to pull night shifts, it still happens occasionally.

He found out about the otaku club not long ago and has been visiting it as Midori. Her voice is feminine enough that no one has noticed Midori's true nature. The club is however fulfilling to Aoi/Midori.

Romantic orientation: Bi/pan. Aoi would be a little flirty with women while in boy mode, but ultimately has a slight preference towards guys, regardless of whether in boy or girl mode.

Residence: Aoi/Midori lives in a three room apartment on the second floor of a five story apartment complex. To work it is only a five minute walk. To the maid café it is only two minutes. To the otaku club it is about ten minutes by foot.

 

[Ginko The Mushishi]

Kenzo Takamura​

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Age - 25
Gender - Male

Clothing/clothing style
College Classes: Usually wears a long sleeve button up, slacks, and a tie. Mama always said "dress to impress!"
At home/Gym Activities: Often wears loose fitting clothing, ranging from sweatpants or lounging pants with loose T-shirts. (Similar to the image above)
At work: As a bartender, Kenzo wears a white long sleeve dress shirt, complete with a black vest and bowtie. Black slacks, and black shoes.

Hobby/Hobbies
Cosplay, manga, anime, cooking bento boxes, sports of any kind. Bartending (despite the drunks he has to kick out), and computer engineering.

Occupation
Full time bartender, part time cosplayer, part time college student. Kenzo's life is often a blur of different activities mixed into one explosion of a day, every day. He works hard, studies harder, and there isn't anyone that has as much fun as Kenzo can have.

Likes
+ Grand Dunk (Slam Dunk parody) (Anime/Manga)
+ (food/drink) Anything! Mama always said "Don't be picky with your food!"
+ Cooking Bento Boxes for the members of the Club. Cooking and cleaning in general fall under likes as well.
+ Cosplaying and creating cosplays for others. He does not charge anyone for the work. He doesn't have time to even figure out prices like that.
+ Karaoke - He's not against joining his friends.
+ SPORTS! This massive bastard loves to play anything, and exercise in everything. His favorite being basket ball.

Dislikes
- Drunkards, they ruin everything. Most often, Kenzo deals with them for their business, but he isn't keen on getting to know them beyond the customer level.
- Intolerant people, he has seen his fair share of assholes in the world. He's not willing to stand for any such ill treatment on anyone.
- Being center of attention, although you often get looks when you're his size and height. He tries to ignore it.
- Talking about his mom, or her condition. He's rather touchy on the subject, and tries to avoid it at all costs. Only his closest friends are capable of asking about his mom, and even then he still seems to get upset relaying information.

Personality
Kenzo is a man who wears his heart on his sleeve. Often a gentle giant until provoked, Kenzo has learned to restrain himself from causing trouble. In his youth, Kenzo was notorious around his school days as a delinquent that would often pick fights at school and terrorize authority at any chance he had. Though as time has passed and his personality has mellowed out over the years, Kenzo has become a respectful and steadfast friend to those who get close to him. His loyalty is unbreakable, and his trust is hardly lost on people unless abused. Kenzo is rather oblivious to romantic advances, and seems to be incapable of differentiating between being friendly or flirtatious.

Background
In Kenzo's adolescence, he was a big troublemaker and a delinquent. Notoriously named "The Beast" by his peers in school, Kenzo lashed out often and took pride in his superior physicality over many people. This might be a result of Kenzo's lack of a paternal figure in his life. His father died while Kenzo was still a baby--with only pictures to remember the man by, Kenzo had lost an important figure in his life. Although his mother, the shining beacon as she was did her absolute best to ensure Kenzo had the best the world could offer him.

His 3rd year of high school, his attitude changed. His mother had grown incredibly sick and weak, and this sparked a considerable change in Kenzo. The fear of losing the only important person left in his life kicked Kenzo into action and start working towards his future. Although it was too late to reap the benefits, Kenzo was able to graduate high school.

Kenzo had a late start to College, and enrolled when he was 22. Now on his last year of college, Kenzo is working harder than ever to finally graduate with a computer engineering degree. Kenzo works as hard as he can to both support himself and ensure his mother continues to get the treatment and help she needs. As of currently, Kenzo is still working as a bartender, involved with cosplaying and creating cosplay pieces on the side. Often, you'll see Kenzo at the college fitness room.

Residence:
Kenzo lives in the same complex as Aoi/Midori, but lives a floor above. To work, it is a 5 minute walk, to the Club it is 10. To college it would be 20 minutes to walk. (Or in Kenzo's case, a 10 minute sprint.)

Extras!
+ Kenzo owns his mother's cookbook and tools, considering her illness prevents her from engaging in a lot of physical activities, she handed down most of her stuff to her son. Kenzo refers to the family cookbook in order to create the bento boxes he makes for the club.

+ Kenzo is often on the run every day. His schedule is as follows

Monday: College -- Fitness Room -- Club -- Work.
Tuesday: College -- Judo Class -- Club -- Work.
Wednesday: College -- Muay Thai Classes -- Club.
Thursday: College -- Club -- Grocery shopping/night on the town.
Friday: College -- Club -- Work
Saturday & Sunday -- Club -- expensive treat for himself/others -- Work
(He does this once a month, saves up for an expensive purchase of some sort.)

+ Despite being oblivious, he loves to read romance manga. He is somewhat of a hopeless romantic in his head.

+ His love for Grand Dunk (Slam Dunk) started while in junior high. He grew attached to basketball as a means to release his turmoil through exercise and competitiveness. Throughout the years, Kenzo will still play basketball when able. Whether at College or anywhere he possibly can.

+Kenzo can often come off as intimidating or scary despite trying not to be. His face rests on a piercing glare without meaning to. It could also be that he is quite tall. And still looks like a delinquent.

 

[Rcticwolf]

(Still a work in progress)

Name: Sasha Tanazaki or Sasha Auditore de Firenze. (Tho she rarely uses her mothers full maiden name)

Age: 29

Gender: female

Appearance:

Clothing style: casual clothing while out and about. Usually sticks to a loose kimono while at home.

Hobbies: is a gamer nerd and anime/manga fan. Loves to meditate in her local Sakura garden (the calm atmosphere and Sakura trees make her feel peaceful)

Occupation: part time kendo instructor, part time anonymous streamer. Spends most of her time helping out at her friends maid cafe.

Likes: video games, manga, anime, her friends

Dislikes: absolutely abhors bullies, spicy foods (including Wasabi, ironic isn’t it?) haters, social media influencers.

Personality: very rarely a reserved person, very outgoing and friendly, cares for those close to her.

Residence: single bedroom apartment located equal distance walk from a Sakura garden, the club, and her main job at the cafe.

Extras: can also speak perfect Italian. Studied kendo from junior high all the way through collage.

Other info: has had a strained relationship with her father who is the chief financial officer of Tsushimoto motors, japans largest electric vehicle manufactory. She decided to become independent right after highschool (yes, daddy still payed for collage) and despite her protests, her likeness has been used in an Otome game.