Kenzo Osamu

15

Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Osamu is 172cm tall (5’8”) and possesses a well-toned physique. Osamu makes a point of having his black hair cut short and made presentable, and would never be seen in anything short of the neatest, if unimaginative, clothing. Due to his generally stoic demeanour, Osamu maintains an intense expression on his face at almost all times, even if he doesn’t mean to.

Stoic
Co-operative
Cautious
Polite
Dedicated
Driven
Prejudiced

Osamu is the son of Miura Kenzo, a politician known for his conservative, nationalistic and nigh-bigoted beliefs. Their family has a history of military service, and Miura prides himself on being descended from someone who fought and died in the name of his country. As a child, Osamu didn’t pay much attention to his father’s politics. While he never opposed him, he never really took his fiery words to heart. Rather than seeking to follow in his father’s footsteps, he wanted to become a Hero like many young boys. One notion he did take from his father was a disdain for U.A. and many mainstream heroic institutions. Partly due to being a graduate of Ishin Academy, Miura was highly critical of the frivolousness of modern heroes, believing they should serve the public interest rather than compete for rankings. The youthful idealist in Osamu agreed, and he vowed to be a man that looked out for others rather than seeking personal gain.

As a young teenager, Osamu had a close knit group of friends. Every one of them entertained aspirations of heroism, but not all of them had much talent for it. Osamu, however, considered it his mission to try and help his fellows make the best of themselves, and always invited them to join him in learning martial arts. Miura was initially supportive of Osamu’s group, and even paid for lessons for those that could not afford it. However, when the group came to include two Zainichi Koreans, siblings named Joji and Jun, Miura became immediately hostile. He counseled Osamu to disassociate with them, spewing all sorts of hateful rhetoric. For the first time in his life, Osamu openly defied his father, refusing to cut ties with his new friends.

Osamu continued to visit his friends until one day when his wallet went missing. It happened at a time when he had been with the Zainichi siblings and a few others. When they were unable to find it, Osamu’s father was quick to suggest one of the siblings had stolen it. Osamu naturally refused to believe it, and defended him to his father’s face. Going behind Osamu’s back, Miura arranged for the police to investigate the sibling’s house, and found the wallet in Joji’s room. Osamu initially didn’t want to believe it, but after neither sibling had been prepared to speak with him since, and with his father constantly speaking bile into his ear, Osamu resigned himself to the situation. He grew alienated from his friends, and spent some time in relative isolation.

Eventually, Osamu got over himself, and resolved that whatever the case was, he still had a dream to live up to. While a great deal of his idealism had died of late, he still wanted to be a hero that would do right by somebody, if not everyone. He threw himself back into his martial arts and exercise, preparing for the day that he would make his debut at Ishin Academy in earnest.

After reading through the premise, I felt that this school could use at least one character that is in line with the spirit of the school. Osamu is based on a character I have made before, though heavily adapted to fit the setting. Obviously, the character could be described as ever so slightly racist, though hopefully not to a degree that people will find distasteful. I hope to express Osamu’s prejudices in a subtle fashion, rather than having him be a caricature that runs around shouting slurs. Naturally, I’m expecting to have his prejudices challenged in due time, though as in all things, it remains to be seen what the exact result of his experiences will entail.

In spite of his prejudices, Osamu is still intended to be a mostly good person. He will try to help others and breed a sense of camaraderie among his peers. This will be subject to change depending on the demeanour of those he finds himself around, but barring any overwhelming hostility, he will likely try to become something of a leader among those that will allow him to. In regards to those who aren’t fully or even partially Japanese, he will be inclined to politely maintain a distance from them until otherwise encouraged to overcome his aversion to them.

Emitter

The quirk is named Rising Sun, and it entails absorbing solar energy and storing it in Osamu’s body until it needs to be used. Osamu can use it by ejecting it from his hands in a concentrated form, allowing him to, for example, create searing beams of solar power. These attacks naturally create intense light, and are harmful to look at directly. However, concentrated attacks tend to drain Osamu’s reserves quite quickly, and the energy charges fairly slowly even in direct sunlight, hence Osamu tends to favour smaller, less flashy uses of his power.

One crippling disadvantage to his power is the fact that he cannot recharge it at night or in any location where the sun’s rays cannot reach him. While energy can be stored and kept until a time where he needs it, it will be quickly drained and unable to replenish if he were to use it liberally under those circumstances.

Trained Martial Artist: Ever since he was young, Osamu wanted to learn martial arts in order to be better as a Hero. Encouraged by his father, Osamu spent much time over his formative years learning Judo. He is not only skilled in said martial art, but has also reaped the benefits of the regular exercise associated with it.

Amateur Tactician: Learning of his families’ military history from his father, Osamu became interested in military tactics after reading more about it. While you probably wouldn’t want to put him in charge of a military unit just yet, you might find he’ll come up with an inspired idea from time to time.

Sakimoto Hiroki

15

Saitama, Saitama Profecture

Standing 172 cm tall and weighing approx 81 kg, Hiroki's entire body is actually composed of multiple sheets of layered paper of equal mass, folding, rolling, and bending into a humanoid shape, giving him a perpetual white color. The paper sheets inter lays over each other in such a way that only close examination can determine the individual pages. Features that provide any more definition other than shaping his volume (I.E, his eyes, eyebrows, creases of his cloths) actually appear drawn in pencil and ink in multiple shades. Hiroki perfers to utilize some of his paper body to produce his own cloths. While these clothes never display any color other than what can be found on a gray scale of white to black, his ability to produce patterns of pencil or ink allow him to cosmetically accessorize his attire. Given the option of his paper clothes and regular ones, he prefers his paper ones, since he will be able to utilize his powers without being limited by the cloth. He particularly hates the jumpsuits for how restrictive they are.

Believing himself more talented, more privileged, and just better than everyone else... Hiroki comes across as a bit of jerk and a bully. Arrogant to a fault, unflinchingly proud, he tries to keep an air of coolness and superiority. When it comes to heroing, he is dismissive on anyone he views as weaker than him, believing that either because of their quirk, or their personal skill, they should just give up on being a hero and just go home, to keep themselves from getting hurt. He is, as a rule, rude to everyone, being particularly blunt and attacking someone's personal failings, all for the sake of making himself more impressive at others expense. Against anyone that doesn't like the way he does things will either be ridiculed, laughed at, or challenged. He is more than happy to knock back down some upstart who thinks he or she deserves to play in the big leagues. He will never cross the line in these fights, attempting to humiliate his challengers rather than severely hurt them. If he ever gets a rival, Hiroki will constantly try to one up them and make sure they know it, unintentionally pushing them forward to keep up with him.

If forced to deal with others, or he finds himself actually engaged in some kind of mutual respect/ rivalry/ or general fondness, Hiroki can be surprisingly insightful and helpful, if generally unpleasant. In a group situation, he will try to take command of the group and plan out a way past the problem. He's not stupid, far from it, and he actually takes stock of what others are capable of. He doesn't leave people, nor does he want anyone to get hurt, but hes not sensitive about it either, preferring a stick over the carrot when it comes to reinforcement. Any plan that he implements almost invariably leaves him at the forefront of any fight and the main target for any villain. Onlookers will no doubt believe it's just him showing off, but his intentions are surprisingly selfless in these situations. When it comes to hero work, Hiroki does not mess around. While he seems prickly, arrogant and aloof outside of battle, he goes all in with protecting people, even to the detriment of his own safety. He'll protect someone before chasing down a dangerous villain, and while he'll blame the victim for not being strong enough that they needed saving in the first place, he can live with keeping someone alive.

Hiroki isn't completely heartless. If it seems like he's not going to get rid of someone, or if they have impressed him in some way, he will on occasion offer advice, aid, or even some companionship. While being a jerk, he's not a loner. Showing some appreciation for his art or feeding his ego is generally a very fast way to get on his good side. Only when it comes to hero work does he become quite abrasive, critical, and condescending. He is He's a bit softer on girls, commonly flirting if the situation allows for it.

Hero work was a family buisness in Saitama. Hiroki, his mom, dad, and little brother were all heroes working for the city.
Each one of them had their own individual quirks, all of them mutations in some way. His parents were hard on him, often times pushing him to the limits of what he was capable of, but that didn't mean they didn't love him. They were heroes for a long time, and they wanted to make sure their children were prepared for the dangers ahead. Hiroki, in his immaturity thought it was a little unfair how hard they were. When his little brother's quirk manifested as super strength, he was subjected to the same kind of training Hiroki was. His brother was more sensitive than he was and took to the training poorly. Thinking he was being a good older brother, Hiroki thought up ways for him to avoid the regimes, or get out of doing the work, protecting and letting him be happy as often as possible.

Then on a fateful day on the job, a destructive quirk manifested in town. The scared kid had lasers coming out of his eyes and couldn't shut them off. Hiroki's parents were on the job of trying to subdue the frightened kid while it was up to Hiroki and his brother to run damage control and protect as many civilians as they could. With the battle taking place in an apartment complex, there were alot of people to look after and the kid just kept shooting his laser. Hiroki was quickly overwhelmed with getting people to safety and at one point, a balcony was shot off. On it were an elderly couple whom were plummeting several stories to their deaths. Hiroki's brother dove to try to catch them. His strength should have allowed him to catch it easily, but he over estimated his strength and over compensated. Nearly a ton of brick and mortar struck the child atop his head, and though his arms caught balcony and saved the couple's lives,
The injury ended up proving eventually fatal. The death of their youngest child broke the family. Hiroki came to the realization that had he not tried to protect his brother, keeping him from getting better is what inevitably killed him. He blames himself to this day.

Following the tragedy his family separated but Hiroki didn't want to stop being a hero. While he became disillusioned, cynical, and generally bitter about life, he wanted to make sure no one else would get hurt, or need to get hurt the way his brother was. He wanted to be stronger, better, to save as many people as he possibly could, even if it was just convincing people to not put themselves into harms way in the first place. He took to the hero work with obsessive devotion, and applied to the Academy as soon as he was old enough to do so. The versatility of his quirk, plus his background in being a hero made him get through the acceptance process with minor effort.

Hiroki is the typical foil to the main character. The one designed to challenge and test them as their first competition. He's the cool bully. The pompous jerk with a bit of talent. He's designed to be overcome, to stand as the hero's or heroes' first accomplishment so that they learn something about themselves, and Hiroki gets a taste of humble pie, something he needs. He's disillusioned about who should be a hero because he doesn't want anyone weak or unprepared getting hurt. He believes that if you don't put in your all, you shouldn't even try. The less people in the line of fire, the safer everyone is. He would put the whole world on his shoulders if he could. It's flawed reasoning.

Learning that he needs to nurture his companions as they need to teach him, he needs to learn to reconnect with people, to give in to accepting that while they might be hurt, and might even die, its not a reason to avoid making connections. While his goal presently is to be a hero so strong he doesn't need anyone else to keep everyone safe, maybe becoming a superstar idol in the process, my goal for Hiroki is to become a member of a super team, developing relationships that would last til the end of his heroing career. Why yes I do believe in the power of friendship.

On a power standpoint, Hiroki is capable of manipulating paper and his body for a number of feats. While he can layer paper which can become surprisingly tough, I want to eventually have his power be able to adjust the paper on a molecular level, turning the organic carbons of paper as hard as diamonds, and the titanium oxide treatments of paper to become titanium tools and edges. Eventually I want his powers to increase in limit and scope, perhaps going beyond paper, having ink and graphite fall under his purview. Perhaps being able to make and control constructs of ink and paper or being able to eat written words to obtain knowledge at a lightening fast rate. The anime read or die has some examples of ridiculous uses of paper mastery.

Mutation

He calls his quirk Origami King. He has complete control over the paper of his body and any paper he comes into contact with. Regardless of kinds, any paper that is designed for the purposes of containing ink can become part of his body. He can use books, magazines, printer paper, etc in order to repair damage to himself, but that's just the most mundane of his abilities.

Each sheet of paper can float, fly, fold, layer, and shape themselves on his whim. This allows him to fly or even break apart and refold elsewhere. Doors mean nothing to him as he can just go under, he is resistant to blunt weapons, slashes, and bullets, grabbing him doesn't do anything, and he doesn't actually have any 'weakpoints' like eyes or throat as someone else would. His entire body can extend as far as a 10 meter sphree, with any paper separated beyond this range loses its properties of being under his control. When flying, his body looks like a mass of white birds or a tumble of paper sheets rolling through high winds seemingly at random. The paper can layer into armor, twist and fold into cutting edges, or bunch up into solid points that apply pressure in precision strikes. He can even use his body to envelope others, essentially applying a clinch all his own. Any strength is proportional to the amount of paper that is used. If all of his mass is used to a singular purpose, the effects is above human in potency. Room temperature except for extremes have no effect on him, likewise he could get nourishment from absorbing paper, but eating and drinking is still something he needs to do.

While he doesn't seem to have any eyes or ears, he can't perceive anything more than a normal person would. He believes he can use his paper to spy on people as a sheet of paper can act as his eyes and ears, but with the 10 meter sphere limit he can currently produce, its not as useful as he would like. He also needs to concentrate on that piece, ignoring everything else.

Being composed of paper, Hiroki is vulnerable to AOE attacks. Fire can be very deadly to him. Some paper types resist burning, but most of him isnt. Water can make his movements very weak and sluggish. In the rain, without an umbrella, he would need to use a significant portion of himself to keep the center mass dry. Wind also can be quite annoying as he needs free range of motion to control his paper, possibly being hampered more than a larger more solid object would. Any damage to his paper represents damage to his whole of his body. Some sheets represent minor scratches and brusing while a significant percentage loss represents a very serious injury.

Hero Training growing up in a family of heroes, he actually has some experience under his belt. Rescue procedures, law enforcement, survival techniques, basic carpentry, first aid, tactical planning, but mostly his training dealt with how to fight and subdue criminals. He especially is skilled with using his paper to bind up and trip enemies, sometimes even baiting them into disadvantageous situations. More than one criminal would waste precious seconds trying to shoot him, even as the next step he took was on one of Hiroki's papers. The next thing he would know is that he had the rug literally pulled out from under him.

Artist Hiroki finds drawing to be something relaxing. He secretly would love to be a cartoonist or manga artist if he wasn't already dedicated to being a hero. His drawing skills are impeccable and he often uses his own drawings as the logos for the shirts he makes for himself or even temporary tattoos.

Diligent Student while he seems cool, calm, clever, and smart, Hiroki actually studies alot more than most people would suspect.
He acts like a delinquent but he does his homework, writes his reports, and studies for quizes and tests. He's above average in intelligence but his intellectual talents are strictly for how to deal with people and some street smarts.

Movie/Anime Buff if he gets some free time between school, training, etc, he loves movies. He commonly just would have a movie or anime streaming in the background of the room while he is studying simply for the white noise.

Origami he can fold anything out of paper. This goes without saying.

外村・手熱 (Gaimura Shuuatsu)

14

Naha, Okinawa

Stands at 176 cm, incredibly skinny under his clothing, due to the large caloric requirements of his quirk. He's almost always seen eating when sitting down, and sometimes even when on the move, in spite of it being seen as rude. Shuuatsu tends to keep his clothing very tidy, avoiding any wrinkling or signs of wear. Carries himself in a relaxed manner, though he almost always stands up straight. He has a habit of dressing light most of the time, even if it's cold out. Smiles a lot.

Shuuatsu is a very relaxed individual, who often finds himself lost in his own thoughts. Even in combat, he's always calm, though it's less due to mental diligence and more to a very lackadaisical outlook. That said, if he begins to speak about his hobbies, he gets very fired up and enthusiastic, often turning into a motormouth as a result.

While living his entire life in Japan, Shuuatsu often felt like an outsider. He was born on a base of the US military in Okinawa to an American mother and an Okinawan fisherman. In childhood, he was often teased for looking like a foreigner, due to being only half Japanese. When he developed his quirk, he even began to feel estranged from his family, as it seemed completely disconnected from his mother's Radio and his father's Water Orb quirk. Due to his percieved isolation at home, and his actual isolation in society, he tried to become someone who was always happy, due to a lack of faith that anyone could ever accept him. As time went on, he so often wore the mask of a goofy, happy-go-lucky kid, that he forgot the reason he'd done it in the first place, and found that it just became his default.

As he grew up, he never really took much stock in heroes. The boy barely even knew they existed until the day he found himself ambushed by a small time villain with a quirk that he couldn't defend himself against with his quirk, and a hero saved him. While he was thankful, the hero didn't stand out to him until he saw a crowd begin to celebrate the hero. This struck a chord with the young boy, who thought he may have found a way to become accepted by those around him: Become a hero. Maybe then nobody would see him as an outsider.

I'd initially not had much in mind for development of this character, aside from his first name, which I ended up switching syllables on. I knew he was going to be a mutt, but as I read the description of the rp and wrote up his background, I started getting ideas. I know one of the major things to check off on his development is to break him out of the mask he's pretty much cemented over himself, and to realize that there are people like his family who do accept him regardless of how much of an outsider he is. Beyond that, there's development of him as a fighter, learning to use a quirk that seems pretty linear in new and creative ways. I think the standard coming of age thing is the biggest concept for him. I'll admit, I'm more go with the flow about development, so nothing is really set in stone.

Emitter

Hot Hand allows him to raise the temperature of any part of his body. Shuuatsu can use the quirk to keep himself comfortable even in extreme cold. The upper limit of his heating is somewhere around 2000 degrees celcius, and if he heats too much his body can distort the air around him. He's able to localize the quirk to specific parts of his body or his entire body as he chooses, but his default is to heat his hands. Heated body parts have a tendency of glowing, red at lower temperatures, and white as he approaches his maximum capacity.

Hot Hand has a handful of drawbacks. The first is that as he uses it, many types of clothing simply can't handle the heat and burn up if he gets too high on the temperature. His quirk also burns a lot of energy, so it's difficult for him to put on weight, and is almost always eating in order to keep himself from getting starved by his own body.

Non-quirk based abilities:
Shuuatsu is a trained karateka, having been raised on the island of Japan where the martial art was created. His voracious appetite has also led to him becoming an incredibly talented cook for his age.

Tatsu, Ryo

15

New York.

At just below average height he is shorter than most others. He is of average stature and his half Japanese heritage is apparent. His appearance is often disheveled, as though he didn't have the time to get ready. (Even though he did.) He has little black horns that protrude through his messy white hair. The size and shape of these vary depending on how much of his quirk he is using.

Quiet and calculating. He ponders on many a great deal of things. Always thinking things through before acting. This makes him steady but cautious. He can seem a bit cold or distant at times because he is so heavily focused on his academics. While kind hearted and polite, smiles are rare and few between as more often than not he is too serious to enjoy himself.

Many years before him, his mother passed through this very school. Rising from poverty her goal was simple, to support her family and village. A talented power-shifter she slipped through the school without much notice, content to fill a supporting sidekick role. Her goal was not truly met until she met and fell in love with a travelling business man. Rich beyond her belief he gave her everything she asked for and flew them back to New York.

This is where was Ryo was born. But it slowly turned out the business man was not quirk-less as once thought. He was connected to a dark dragon like entity, more unruly and dangerous than he was ambitious. His goal all along was to be merged with his quirk, this uncontrollable creature. The nature in which he had used it to intimidate and terrorise his opposition had turned it cruel and wild.

Ryo's mother did what she had to do to survive, to get out of there. She did everything that she could to save her children from this man. In the end she only got out with her youngest. Ryo. But she never tells him of the other that got left behind with her now villainous monstrous husband.

She flew back to her home to see all the great improvements already gone. It was left in a worst state than ever before. It was then she knew it would never be safe here for Ryo. Using some money she stole she changed his his last name and paid an influential family to take him in and get him into the academy.

Finding passion and meaning. Building bonds and making friends. He is currently trapped in his own little world focusing purely on himself. Believing academic scores and family pride to be the existential measurement of ones worth. He needs to do well to be loved and is always trying to justify his worth. Currently this is all he focuses on.
I want his path to be a murky one as he tries to develop new values.

Transformation.

Dragon shifter; For as long as Ryo can remember he has never been truly alone. While experiencing no love from his father, abandoned by his mother, there was still always a comforting voice to talk to. As he grew older this voice manifested into a creature. A small dragon. The dragon could exist internally or externally of Ryo's body. It can never travel too far from him or for too long. Once it exceeds its distance or duration it simply fades from existence to slowly regrows within him. At all times they share a unique connection.

While internal he can shift it around and manifest its dragon features on his own. Growing small wings, extending it to his hand and gaining small claws, or producing some defensive scales. There is undoubtably more he could do but he has never put the attention or focus in testing his abilities.

A scholar and classical musician. He deliberately trains both his mind and body always fuelling both to a calculated measure.