Name: Natalie Johanna
Age: 16
Time in Shibuya: 6 months
Nationality: American
Personality: Natalie thinks quickly but not rashly, and is great with logic and deductions, something which encouraged her to the TCG scene in the first place. On the contrary, she hates concepts such as bluffing, largely because she sees TCGs in general as intellectual battles rather than, as she calls it, "plays". She neither employs this skill nor enjoys having it used against her.
Disregarding card games, Natalie is largely introverted and self-reliant. She does not show off at all, but is very confident in anything she has significant skill in. She seems lacking in empathy, and, largely, she is. Natalie is also very good at focusing on one task or skill, and sometimes extremely blunt. She is generally honest, and so she is often the one who tells the stupid person they're stupid while other people are afraid of being rude.
Hobbies and interests: Natalie has relatively little interest in the fantastic or supernatural, especially compared to other students at Catalyst. She is a realist, and her interest in Lost Empires is more to do with the intellectual pursuit of finding a way to victory than an interest in the events portrayed by it. She is also a moderately skilled computer programmer, and has recently been working on a program that can play Lost Empires virtually.
Bio: Natalie was born a New Yorker, but recently her family moved to Shibuya after her father, Josh Johanna, got a job with the e-sports branch of Shibuya Entertainment Media (he is a moderately well-known commentator). She had already developed a passing interest in Lost Empires after hearing about it over the internet, and within a month of her family's arrival she was fully engrossed in the game. She's also gotten fairly good at Japanese since her arrival, though she still makes mistakes from time to time.