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 Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:24 pm
Here is where you post your CANON CHARACTER Bios! Please use the form given in the Rules Thread of this subforum for your bio submission. Also, here are a couple of websites to help you out! You may add more information than the form calls for, but no less. You NEED to add a Character Image at the bottom of your profile, even if it IS Canon. Character ListCharacter - Page # / Post # Characters are in order by their last name.
Kurosaki Hisoka - 1 / 4
Mibu Oriya - 1 / 8
Muraki Kazutaka - 1 / 6
Shidou Saki - 1 / 7
Tatsumi Seiichirou - 1 / 5
Tsuzuki Asato - 1 / 3
Watari Yutaka - 1 / 2
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:26 pm
Name: 亘理温 Watari Yutaka
Death Age: 24
Date of Birth: 04/18/1953
Date of Death: 1977
Total Age: 45
Race: Shinigami
Hair: Blond & Long
Eyes: Amber
Blood Type: O
Height: 5ft 10in
Alignment: Good
Place of Origin: Kyoto, Japan
Staring Location: Meifu
Special Abilities: Can bring life to inanimate objects
Weapons: Random inventions
Background:
Yutaka Watari is a close friend of Tsuzuki's who works in research and development. Though technically a mechanical engineer, he is basically a scientist who invents whatever comes to mind. He's also in charge of computer maintenance & repair. He's very bouncy and happy, like Tsuzuki, but doesn't seem to hold the inner angst that Tsuzuki does. However, he will occasionally become very and suddenly angry, usually because of something befalling one of his friends.
His companion that is almost always with him is an owl, "003". (001 is a toucan and 002 is a penguin, they stay in Watari's lab) Watari's dream is to create a sex change potion, although his motives are not clear; he definitely has an unusual interest in women and all the facets of being female, although whether or not this interest is sexual or purely scientific is still a matter of opinion (Tatsumi, for example, is quite certain of the former). Watari once claimed that he wants to know how the woman's mind works, therefore his wanting to become female to understand it. He tests out all his potions and the like on both himself and Tsuzuki, relying on Tsuzuki's weakness for sweets for persuasion. Watari's special power is bringing his drawings to life. Unfortunately, his skill at drawing is very poor, but this does not seem to stop him from successfully drawing Tsuzuki out of the Count's self-written novel in Volume 5.
Watari is the shinigami for the sixth sector, Henjoucho, which includes Osaka and Kyoto. He usually does not work with a partner, though he does sometimes work with Tatsumi.
Later volumes of the manga, specifically the Kamakura arc, reveal a few pieces of Watari's past life. Most intriguingly it is revealed that Watari once worked for the Five Generals. These employees of Juohcho are infamous for their involvement in the Mother Project, the supercomputer of Meifu.
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 10:22 am
Name: 都筑麻斗 Tsuzuki Asato
Death Age: 26
Date of Birth: 02/24/1900
Date of Death: 1926
Total Age: 98
Race: Shinigami
Hair: Brownish Black & Short
Eyes: Purple
Blood Type: B
Height: 5ft 11in
Alignment: Good
Place of Origin: Tokyo, Japan
Staring Location: Meifu
Special Abilities: Can summon powerful shikigami
Weapons: Ofuda
Background:
Asato Tsuzuki is the main protagonist of the story. He was born in 1900, and was 26 years old when he died and became a Shinigami. Though he dies at 26, he looks a little younger, probably due to dying in a hopital after 8 years. He is 97 at the beginning of the first book. He is the oldest employee of the Shokan/Summons division, besides Chief Konoe, and the lowest-paid, due to his perceived incompetence.
Tsuzuki enjoys sake, apple pie, cinnabon, teasing Hisoka, and sleeping. He is notorious among his fellow Shinigami for his slacker qualities and voracious appetite. His favorite color is light green, and he has a flower garden (in which he is known to have tulips and hydrangeas).
Starting in the second volume, in Last Waltz, we learn more about his relationship with his sister. In Tankoubon 5, Storybook, he gives his nameless female role, who had been known only as 'girl,' his sister's name of Luka. She had brought him to be fond of dancing and gardening, at which he's quite adept, and cooking, which is about as edible as poison. These culinary attempts always lead to some sort of bad reaction, as shown in Volume 4, Hokkaidō. (The Queen had gone missing, and upon finding her later it is learned that she had eaten a muffin which Tsuzuki made, that Yuma and Saya accidentally left behind. It was the cause for her disappearance, while she really couldn't recall how she ended up out of her 'kingdom.')
Throughout the series, Tsuzuki develops an immediate closeness and affection to his current partner, Hisoka. He has a good friendship with Watari, and a sometimes strained relationship with Tatsumi, who had once been one of his partners. Tsuzuki gets along with most of the employees of Meifu, with the notable exceptions of Hakushaku, who constantly hits on him, and Terazuma, with whom he has a fierce rivalry. Tsuzuki's relationship with Muraki is very tumultuous; although Tsuzuki hates him for his cruelty toward Hisoka, himself (and, actually, pretty much everyone he meets), Tsuzuki's desire to sacrifice himself rather than hurt anyone else prevents him from killing Muraki in cold blood.
Though he is easily one of the most cheerful members of the cast, he hides a dark secret from his past. Both manga and anime reference terrible deeds he committed in life. It is suggested that Tsuzuki murdered many people, in some way or another, whether intentionally or as a by-product of something else; this is brought to Tsuzuki's attention during his demonic possession by Sargatanas, a powerful demon who appears in the Devil's Trill Arc. Doctor Muraki reveals to him from his grandfather's research that Tsuzuki was a patient of the elder Muraki for eight years and that Tsuzuki is, in fact, not quite human. During that time, he stayed alive without food, water, or sleep, and was incapable of dying from wounds, as shown by the many times he tried to commit suicide but failed, but for one last time. Muraki suggested that Tsuzuki may possess demon blood [shown by the fact that he has purple eyes], and as Tsuzuki found this incredibly hard to deal with.
Tsuzuki wields the power of 12 Shikigami as well as ofuda magic. He also has an incredibly high stamina, able to take massive damage to his body without being killed and healing almost immediately. Though later, this was shown to be a trait for all Shinigami, he was the first one shown to have this ability, which appears to be tied to his pre-death abilities.
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:09 pm
Name: 黒崎密 Kurosaki Hisoka
Death Age: 16
Date of Birth: 10/18/1980
Date of Death: 1996
Total Age: 18
Race: Shinigami
Hair: Brown & Short
Eyes: Green
Blood Type: AB
Height: 5ft 5in
Alignment: Good
Place of Origin: Kanagawa, Japan
Staring Location: Meifu
Special Abilities: Empath
Weapons: Gun & Katana
Background:
Hisoka Kurosaki is Shinigami in a sixteen year-old's body. He possesses strong empathy, which allows him to feel the emotions of others, read thoughts, see memories, and pick up imprints of clairvoyance off inanimate objects.
He came from a traditional family, and was trained in traditional Japanese martial arts. His parents were afraid of his spiritual powers, which they considered freakish and unfit for their heir as well as something that could unfurl the familiar secret; so as a child, whenever he was caught using his abilities and during special days, he was locked in a cellar.
One spring night when he was thirteen, unable to sleep, he went out under the sakura trees, and stumbled across a murder as it was taking place. The murderer, Muraki Kazutaka, caught him, raped him, and cursed him to a slow death that gradually drained his life over three years, with the logic that "a beautiful boy deserves a beautiful death". Muraki later explains to Tsuzuki that he did have the option of making the single murder a double murder done by a madman, but instead decided to draw out Hisoka's death painfully; this was done by the curse, taking the form of an incurable illness. This curse is still visible in the form of red marks and symbols all over Hisoka's body, which seems to only appear when Muraki is nearby or active. It has been implied, though not explicitly stated, that the curse will only disappear after Muraki's actual death. After Hisoka died, he became a Shinigami to investigate about his own death, since he had no memories of the event. It is only later we learn that Muraki had since sealed off Hisoka's memories in order to keep his crimes safe from discovery.
In Meifu, Hisoka was assigned as Tsuzuki's partner. Hisoka enjoys reading, and spends much of his time at the library by himself. His health even in the afterlife does not seem to be particularly good, as he has a tendency to faint from heat, lack of sleep; and from drinking alcohol. Also, he is not very strong, as he doesn't build muscle well. However, he is a capable detective, and clever in subterfuge.
Although extremely reserved to the point of coldness, Hisoka deeply cares about other people. When Tsuzuki regains his suicidal tendencies, Hisoka comforts him and ends up saving him from himself. Hisoka also has a strong urge to take care of Tsuzuki, even though Tsuzuki drives him crazy sometimes. He maintains comfortable relationships with the rest of his coworkers, with the noticeable exception of Saya and Yuma, who constantly try to play with him like a doll.
Besides his empathy, Hisoka has also been trained in basic ofuda and defensive magic by Chief Konoe. Later in the series, he goes to seek out a Shikigami for himself in order to increase his power. Hisoka's first Shikigami is a Spanish-speaking potted cactus named Riko, a defensive and water-type Shiki. Hisoka is also adept in traditional martial arts, particularly archery, and kendo.
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 8:24 pm
Name: 巽征一郎 Tatsumi Seiichirou
Death Age: 29
Date of Birth: 12/27/1910
Date of Death: 1939
Total Age: 88
Race: Shinigami
Hair: Dark Brown & Short
Eyes: Blue
Blood Type: A
Height: 6ft
Alignment: Good
Place of Origin: Unknown
Staring Location: Meifu
Special Abilities: Kagetsukai (can manipulate shadows)
Weapons: His shadows
Background:
Seiichirou Tatsumi, who was an accountant until he died at 29 and became a Shinigami, is the secretary of the Shokan Division. He spends most of his time going through paperwork and working behind the scenes. He was Tsuzuki's third partner and worked with him for three months until, unable to cope with Tsuzuki's pain, he quit. Tsuzuki reminds Tatsumi of his well-born mother, who constantly grieved despite Tatsumi's attempts to take care of her. Tatsumi eventually killed her (or at least blames himself for her death), and the crime still haunts him.
Although Tatsumi wants revenge for Muraki's "harassing [his] co-workers", and saves Tsuzuki when Muraki is mentally torturing him in Volume 7, "Kyoto", he is unsure of how to treat Tsuzuki. It is only at the last minute that he agrees to use his powers as a kagetsukai (shadow master) to save Tsuzuki from Touda's flame. After all, Tsuzuki claims he wants to die, and Tatsumi is terrified of incurring his hatred if he lets him live. Tatsumi recognizes, however, that Hisoka and Tsuzuki have managed to bond on a level that he never could, and he helps them nurture their friendship. Tatsumi confesses in Volume 5 that his greatest desire is for Tsuzuki to be happy, and believes that Hisoka, who alone of Tsuzuki's partners has not flinched from his depression, can help him.
Tatsumi is known above all, however, for his administrative genius. Obsessive about the budget (which, thanks to Konoe's passion for souvenirs and the unintentional destruction that accompanies Tsuzuki's missions, is always in the red), he has micromanaged the Judgment Bureau to the point where he practically runs it. The only person who can squeeze money out of Tatsumi is Tsuzuki, and then only in extreme cases and only for a short time. Even Tsuzuki, however, cannot wring Tatsumi's superb cooking skills out of him for free. For that, one must take a class costing 100,000 yen.
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 8:34 pm
Name: 邑輝一貴 Muraki Kazutaka
Date of Birth: 12/04/1964
Age: 34
Race: Mortal
Hair: Silver
Eyes: Silver/Gray
Blood Type: A
Height: 6ft
Alignment: Evil
Place of Origin: Tokyo, Japan
Staring Location: The Hot Springs
Special Abilities: Mad Doctor
Weapons: Spells
Background:
Kazutaka Muraki is the primary antagonist in Yami no Matsuei. His angelic appearance and characteristics serve to contrast with his brutal nature. Muraki's psychological troubles appear to have begun in childhood with his mother and his half-brother Saki. Muraki's mother collected dolls, and she is shown as treating him as though he were a doll too. Muraki's love of dolls and his collecting of dolls is a motif throughout the manga and anime, paralleling what he does with real people. In the anime, it is suggested that Saki killed Muraki's parents when they were still children and also decided to kill him. However, in the manga, it is not clear what Saki's role was other than disrupting Muraki's childhood, and Muraki describes himself as his mother's murderer.
Whatever the circumstances, Saki was shot by one of the family's guards, and Muraki became obsessed with bringing back Saki in order to kill him himself. Thus, Muraki hopes to use Tsuzuki's body to bring back Saki. This subplot features prominently in the last 3 episodes of the anime and volumes 7 and 8 of the manga.
Muraki is an expert manipulator, fronting as a good doctor who laments over his inability to save lives, while hiding his private life as a serial killer. Muraki discredits his good "Dr. Jekyll" persona, contrasting himself to Pr. Satomi in the Kyoto Arc, episode 12.
Being a serial killer, Muraki has numerous victims, the most significant of which is Hisoka Kurosaki. After stripping the thirteen year old Hisoka naked and raping him, Muraki placed a curse on him. The curse, which was untraceable—partially due to Muraki's having wiped Hisoka's memory of the event—resembled a terminal illness, and Hisoka languished in a hospital for three years before eventually dying. Later, when Hisoka is a shinigami, Muraki forces the boy to recall the night that he cursed him.
Throughout the story, Muraki manipulates souls of the dead, often killing the people himself, in hopes of drawing the attention of the Shinigami, in particular, Tsuzuki. He is obsessed with Tsuzuki's body; both carnally and scientifically. In the manga it is clear what Muraki desires, but the anime had to censor such extremes, and so Muraki's advances toward Tsuzuki were shown as hints of sexual harassment. Later in the anime it is shown that Muraki desires Tsuzuki's body to revive his half-brother.
A respected physician, Muraki has many connections throughout Japan among powerful patrons, but in the anime and manga, he is mostly seen in the company of his close friend Oriya and his old teacher, Professor Satomi. Muraki also has a childhood sweetheart by the name of Ukyou, but very little is known about her, other than that she appears to draw evil spirits to her and that her health is poor.
Some readers believed that because of his different colored eyes, he may be a guardian of one of the four gates of GenSouKai (see Wakaba Kannuki). However, in the King of Swords arc (volume three in the manga), a scene where Tsuzuki knocks out the fake eye reveals that Muraki's right eye is not real and that it is mechanical. The origin and nature of Muraki's supernatural abilities remain an enigma: he is human, he is alive (not a Shinigami), yet he raises a dead girl to be a zombie, seals and opens Hisoka's memory by mere touch, controls creature spirits similar to Shikigami, enters Meifu by himself and teleports Tsuzuki to another location. His eye may have come from Tsuzuki, since one of his eyes was covered with bandage in anime, though if that is the case,it is unclear how he has two eyes as Shinigami.
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:00 pm
# Name: Shidou Saki # Death Age: 16 # Date of Birth: 10/31/1964 # Date of Death: 07/08/1982 # Total Age: 34 # Race: Demon/Vampire # Hair: White Blonde # Eyes: Dark Blue # Blood Type: Unknown # Height: 6'1'' # Alignment: Evil # Place of Origin: Japan # Staring Location: Japan # Special Abilities: Can become anyone he wants, Super speed, Agile # Weapons: Knives # Background: Saki is the older brother of Muraki. After dying Muraki swears to bring him back to kill himself. But before that happens Saki is reborn as a very powerful demon who gains souls by living as his victims most loved person for a amount of time. Saki somehow meets Eclipse and falls in love with him, and now won't ever leave his side. Saki is diagnosed by a doctor as having multiple personality disorder, which leads him to being romantic and nice one moment to an evil monster the next. As a young child he is sent overseas to cure the disease, but Saki refuses to change who he is. Part of Saki's self is in love with Muraki, but Eclipse around he feels normal the way he is, which is why he turns to love the Vampire lord instead. # Character Image:
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:09 pm
Name: 壬生織や Mibu Oriya
Date of Birth: 11/04/1964 (non-official)
Sign: Scorpio
Age: 34
Race: Mortal
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Gold
Blood Type: A
Height: 5ft 11in
Alignment: Neutral (unless it deals with Muraki, then he backs him)
Place of Origin: Kyoto, Japan
Staring Location: Kyoto, Japan
Special Abilities: Swordsman
Weapons: Katana & his social influence
Background:
Very little is known about Oriya. He owns Kou Kaku Rou, an elegant traditional restaurant that is secretly a brothel for the rich and powerful. He inherited this from his family, who held Kou Kaku Rou for many generations (it is described in the manga as one of the oldest, if not the oldest restaurant in Kyoto). He is a friend of Muraki's from college, and Muraki's only known friend. He wears a very distinctive and ornate kimono and is often seen smoking a traditional Japanese kiseru pipe; he practices kendo and is an expert with the katana. He has very strong, somewhat ambiguous feelings toward Muraki. In the most recent continuation of the series, he is shown to be hosting and caring for Ukyou, Muraki's childhood sweetheart.
Though he is usually seen as a neutral or sympathetic figure in the story, he is also an active collaborator of Muraki's. He has helped Muraki cover up his murders through his network of high-ranking officials, and in return, Muraki has disposed of troublesome elements among the women of his brothel.
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