Akira Kitagawa (a.k.a. Usagi-chan)
A half-japanese pop sensation in Night City, Akira-chan wants to change the world one song at a time. She is beloved by fans who would do anything for her.
A kind soul, she is also ready to do anything to bring change to the corrupt Night City, be it by legal or illegal means.
Physical Description
Various EMP threadings cover her whole body, with blue hair with glowing hot pink tips. She has many audio suite cyberware augmentations, though they are internal.
Slim face with a small pointy nose and thin eyebrows. Her natural eyes are black, though she has modified them so that they are now hot pink to match her hair. EMP threadings covers her cheeks and neon pink eyelashes are a constant on her face.
She may be small, but her signature blue hair with glowing pink accents could be recognized anywhere.
What she wears depends on if she's on stage or not. Though she'll usually wear clothes more on the Harajuku or Gyaru styles. Her favorites would be a clear sailor fuku top with matching blue mini skirt, black over the knee socks and hot pink high-heeled converse. She'll wear a lot of pins and buttons on her clothes, and of course a lot of neon and clear accents, especially glowstick bracelets.
A great singer, Akira-chan knows how to use her assets to move the public. She can also play the keytar, her favored instrument.
Mental characteristics
Born in Tokyo, Japan, Akira-chan lived most of her life in one of the megastructures dotting the capital. With her parents both being techs for one of the big corporations, money was never an issue. She lived a comfortable life surrounded by wealth and safety. When she was 12 years old, it all came crashing down. Some information got leaked from the corporation and they needed scapegoats to take the blame. Sadly, her parents were of those that were exiled following that situation.
Hoping that Nigh City would grant them the opportunity to keep working for other corporations in technologies, they all moved there in a flash. Sadly, the opportunities didn't come, seeing how nobody wanted techs that could possibly leak information again. Their life of wealth and safety became one of danger and famine. This changed Akira-chan's view of life, she became aware of how much people who are at the bottom suffer.
In time, she met some influential people who decided to nurture her talents in music. With efforts and dedication, she rose through the ranks and gained fame in Night City as a pop idol. She could finally provide for her family and make sure they'll get what they need to survive.
She didn't forget the hardships of living in Night City as the poor and downtrodden, though. With renewed vigor, she took the path of a Rockergirl, of the revolutionary musicians that desire nothing more but to change the world, one song at a time. With that goal in sight, she participates and organizes protests, she sings about the inequalities and talks openly in talk-shows about the horrors in Night City.
With all that, she got in the radar of some Mega corps, though only time will tell if they'll decide to eradicate the threat that she might eventually pose.
Received a good education before she was exiled from Japan, after that she learned music from Rockergirls and boys that saw some potential in her. She never finished highschool.
Self-employed as a Rockergirl and pop idol in Night City. She can be seen in many venues.
Succeeded in allowing her family to survive, to provide for her loved ones.
A naive girl, Akira-chan has trouble understanding more complex things like mathematics and science. It doesn't matter though, only music is important in her heart and she excels at it.
Things must change in the world, and those at the bottom needs to rise to the tasks if they want to see it happen. The Mega corps need to step down and let the people take control of the government so that people can thrive.
Personality Characteristics
She is motivated by a deep desire to see change in the world and by the will to help those in need, just like her family had been when they first arrived in Night City.
Likes:
Sushi
Pop music
Harajuku fashion
Dislikes:
Pizza
Rap music
Swimming
Social
In a relationship with a Quebecer name Hélène Desrosiers, a social influencer she met at one of the venues she performs at.
She is also in great terms with her parents who she sees quite often.
A social butterfly, Akira-chan can get along with anyone. She loves going to social outings and gatherings to meet new people and make new friends.
A hyper girl, she talks quickly and excitedly about almost anything. Though she might seem naive at times, it makes for a cute quirk that she uses to her advantage.
Learned crochet some time back when they didn't have much, and kept doing it in down times ever since.
Will often talk in a weird form of "japenglish", where she'll switch from one language to the other fluidly. This can make her difficult to follow if they aren't equipped with translators or the likes.
Girlfriend (Vital)
Towards Hélène Desrosiers
Girlfriend (Vital)
Towards Kitagawa "Usagi-chan" Akira
History
They both met at a party at one of the venues Akira-chan is used to perform. Hélène was a starting social influencer and they both already knew about the other. They realized that they had much in common and started seeing each other more often as friends.
In time, they both saw that there was more to this friendship and took the next logical step and started dating. There's not much flair to their story and they like it that way. Not everything needs to be overly complicated or tragic, especially in Night City.
Nicknames & Petnames
Akira calls Hélène "Len" or "花" pronounced "Hana". Meanwhile Hélène calls her "Aki-chan" or "chérie".
Shared Acquaintances
Both are friends with a performer that goes by the handle "Rammstein". They met at many shows in which they performed together.
Friend (Important)
Towards Kitagawa "Usagi-chan" Akira
History
Akira-chan met Kaden as he was chosen as the one who would handle her transportation by her manager at the time. She was initially fearful of the Nomad who was dressed as if he was straight out of Mad Max. Many times, Kaden got her out of dodgy situations with corpos or local gangs with his driving skills. They soon realized that they were getting along quite well and started seeing each other outside of work.
Even after Akira-chan started working for herself and got rid of her manager, Kaden stuck with her through thick and thin. He still drives her around the city when she needs to and she takes care of choosing clothes for him (Mad Max is not the style you want to go for when going out in the nicer sides of Night City, after all).
Nicknames & Petnames
Akira sometimes call him "Yamagata" and Kaden calls her "Kaneda" when they want to joke around. A reference to the manga "Akira" and the friendship between the bikers Kaneda and Yamagata.
Friend (Important)
Towards Richard Teufelstein
Friend
Towards Kitagawa "Usagi-chan" Akira
History
They both met as they were set to perform at the same venue. They both enjoyed the performance of each other and became friends through the after party. After that, Akira-chan went out of her way to hire Rammstein to do pyrotechnics in her shows.
They meet fairly often in order to go enjoy restaurants or simply go clubbing in Night City.
She has more than she could desire, though not nearly as much as what the corpo execs could get in a month.
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