Volleyball Star: Etsu was a star player of the girls' volleyball team in Fukushima, being revered for her agility she displayed on court and the powerful spikes that she could deliver. She has a bright future in the world of volleyball... assuming she make it through her final year of high school.
Boxer: Although still an amateur boxer for the most part, Etsu's technique shows promise, and she improves on it every day. Her quick jabs are well polished, but she has a tendency to telegraph her big swings.
Strong-Woman: Unsurprisingly, Etsu has plenty of muscle to her form; enough so that she could pick up even the heaviest of boys and throw them a foot or two away from her if need be. As such, it'd be wise to keep one's hormones in check when around Etsu and keep all hands to oneself, lest teeth get knocked out by one of her powerful swings.

Height: 180cm (5' 11")
Weight: 76kg (167lbs)
BWH Ratio: 34-25-30(in)/86-64-76(cm)

While she may look to be intimidating on the surface through her muscular build and her sheer height over the overage woman, Etsu's warm personality actually alleviates all sense of nervousness that could otherwise by presented around her. She is a nice gal who just wants to have fun, make friends and try her best to keep her grades up so then she has a future to look forward to. Unfortunately, maintaining passable grades has always been a hard task for Etsu since, compared to many other students, her level of intellect is somewhat mediocre at best. That's not to say that she's a complete dumbass; after all, she wouldn't have survived in a high school setting if that were the case. It's more that Etsu isn't a standout in that department over other third-year students, and there are current second-years that have been known to outsmart her on occasion. She doesn't mind though, unless they're the type that'd rub it in others' faces.

In any case, Etsu is currently going through depression. She has yet to be officially diagnosed as such, but the symptoms are definitely there. She sometimes spaces out in classes, especially when a teacher is trying to teach something that would fly right over her head anyway, and when she does, the first thing that will be on her mind without fail is what the purpose to her life is. Having to work at two dead-end jobs after school each day doesn't help matters at all; in truth, between those jobs, all the homework that Etsu has to do and returning to a mother that she has to look after due to... an unfortunate situation indeed, it only compounds the sheer amount of stress that Etsu ultimately has to power through. Thankfully there are a few little things that help ensure that Etsu doesn't crack under the pressure, the most notable of which is being around happy people. Incidentally, any sentient being that expresses some form of happiness is enough for Etsu to stave off the effects of depression. Hence why she has 3 cats that she takes care of as well.

Etsu Izumo grew up relatively normally at first. Her mother, Dai Izumo, was an accountant working for a well-known business in the heart of Fukushima, and her father, Lt. Kenzaburo Izumo, served the country of Japan through the military. This unfortunately meant that Kenzaburo would have to spend months at a time away from the family, leaving Etsu, her younger sister Enri and her older brother Ryobe to be looked after by Dai for most of their lives. Of course, Dai managed to cope with this and taught the three children right, and they lived happily ever after. Well... at least for the first 10 years of Etsu's life, anyway. Incidentally, just as Ryobe was about to start high school, disaster struck in the form of an earthquake that struck Fukushima, having originated a few miles away from Japan. The earthquake caused heavy damage to the city and claimed many lives. Most of the Izumo family escaped major incident, with Ryobe being unharmed and Etsu and Enri only suffering minor cuts from glass that had shattered around. But Dai wasn't so lucky; her place of work was one of the buildings that had been the hardest hit by the earthquake, and she was crushed under the rubble. She was the last person to be rescued out of those that survived the collapse of that specific building, and all four of her limbs had to be amputated.

Another earthquake struck Fukushima 5 years later and, although it was reported to have only inflicted minor damage to the city itself, it was enough to snap the Izumo family into action. Enri, being scared to death, hung tightly to Ryobe and wouldn't let go, and Ryobe suggested they move to the west so they'd be more inland. But Dai insisted on booking the next flight south instead, and Etsu was stuck in the middle, not wanting anything to do with the debate that had ensued, and having stormed out into her room crying soon after it began. She would soon regret that decision when it was decided that Ryobe and Dai would go their separate ways, as she never even got to say goodbye to Ryobe and Enri. Nonetheless, Etsu went along with Dai's initial plan of heading south, Dai having already proceeded to book the flight ahead of time. It turned out that Dai had this plan organized to a T, as she also knew exactly where the two would be staying.

Dai had bought a house in the residential area of a quaint suburb of Shikatsu, with the closest high school that Etsu could transfer to being Uchima Senior High. Etsu was evidently not looking forward to going to a new school at all; after all, who in their right mind would purposely swap schools in their third year? Not to mention that she'd have to catch a total of three different trains in order to even get there, and if she even missed one of them, she'd be late for school no matter what way one looked at it. But reluctantly, Etsu set to getting enrolled. She also secured herself a job at the local convenience store while she was out in order to help support herself and Dai... and another job serving Chinese takeouts to customers just to be safe. Whether it'd be enough, she didn't know. She could only hope her one year at Uchima Senior High wouldn't be a nightmare. It would be the last thing Etsu needed, considering she already felt depressed as it was...