Japan- Kiku Honda

[Japan - Kiku Honda]

JAPAN general info FULL NAME • Kiku Honda AGE • Around 2,000 years old (Physically 24) BIRTHDAY • February 11th GENDER • Male SEXUAL ORIENTATION • Gay FACE CLAIM • N/A appearance HAIR COLOR • Black EYE COLOR • Very dark brown HEIGHT • 5'7" WEIGHT • 165 pounds TATTOOS • None OVERALL APPEARANCE • Kiku, at least when walking among his own people, tends to seem quite plain and average.  He's not tall, but not short.  Not thin but not fat.  However, he does have several distinguishing scars, most of which he prefers to cover with clothes.  He tends to dress sharply, in suits for business and polos for casual wear, although he rarely wears short sleeves because of the old sword scars on his arms. personality LIKES Japanese traditional culture. Salty foods. Being left to his own devices. The idea of family.  (The reality is often different.) Cats. Calligraphy. DISLIKES Loud, inconsiderate people. Extremely hot weather. Airplanes. Concrete architecture. Smoke/fire. Extremely busy places. STRENGTHS Intelligence Independence Pride. WEAKNESSES Lack of empathy. Ambition. Pride. A need for other people's respect. DREAMS True independence- not having to rely on anyone else. A resolution with Yao that leaves him satisfied. FEARS Being taken advantage of by others like in the Opium Wars. Fire. OVERALL PERSONALITY • At first Kiku seems like a shy pushover, but this is completely inaccurate.  He may be quiet, but behind that is a strength.  He's not afraid to do things his own way, sometimes to the point of arrogance, and he thinks before he speaks. Kiku has never properly learned from some of his mistakes of the 20th century, too prideful to admit he made some of them.  Although he wouldn't go back to being an empire, he does miss the power and respect from the West that it brought. history IDENTIFIABLE PARENTS • China, Yayoi Japan (deceased). GUARDIAN(S) OR MENTOR(S) • China. SIBLING(S) • A whole host of other East Asian nations. OTHER IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIPS • With America (a friend). OVERALL HISTORY • Japan was born in isolation, raised by humans until he was taken in by China in the 600s AD.  China taught him writing and many other arts, but Japan had a subtle independent streak from the beginning, developing his own alphabet and ways. He lived like that for a very long time, dealing with internal politics, until the rise of Western Imperialism.  Kiku watched the western powers decimate China, his father, and decided to close himself off to keep them from destroying him as well.  Eventually, wanting his resources, America forced the borders open with the Black Ships, leaving Kiku afraid.  If he did nothing, then he would be conquered and colonized like many other Asian countries.  Kiku decided he couldn't allow that, and decided to become an imperial power himself.  He learned from the west, casting off his old ways in search of power, and even betrayed his father and siblings for it.  (He stabbed Yao in the 1930s.) After WW2, Kiku settled down and learned how to make electronics, something he does when he has time to this day.  He made friends with Alfred, even if that relationship is at times strained because of how Alfred views the world.  Sometimes Kiku still dreams of what he could have had. roleplayer OOC NAME • Bus TIME ZONE • EST EXPERIENCE • 4 years. OTHER CHARACTERS • Belarus - Natalya Arlovskaya (Belarus)

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