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OOC INFORMATION
NAME; Roppie
JOURNAL; themongers
AIM; Ropponmatsu3
EMAIL; elizabethndhm@gmail.com
CHARACTERS; Olette, Hiyori Sarugaki
IC INFORMATION
NAME; Takao Kinomiya
SERIES/FANDOM; Bakuten Shoot Beyblade
APPEARANCE;
Expressive, emotional, and animated, Takao looks as confident as he acts. He's about normal height for a fifteen-year-old boy. His thick, tufty dark hair is usually held back in a low ponytail, topped with a trademark backwards cap as a finishing touch. He is also partial to biker gloves, probably to prevent his hands from getting cut up. Although he had issues with weight in his preteen years, currently he's reasonably athletic.
ABILITIES;
Besides secondhand training in kendo, Takao's battle medium is beyblading, which includes four components: a beyblade, a ripcord, a launcher, and most valuable of all, a bit beast. A bit beast is a spirit which resides within the beyblades and forms a bond with its beyblade owner. Takao's bit beast is Dragoon, based off of Seiryuu, a blue dragon with the elemental power, wind. For this reason, his attacks are wind-based.
(In simpler terms, Takao wields a spinning top with a dragon inside.)
If Takao isn't utilizing his element, then he's basically hitting head-on. He lacks defensive strategy, let alone any strategy, so he's a pretty tactless fighter who leaves himself open quite often. His way of thinking is about the same.
He is also overconfident and prideful, states of mind which easily cloud judgment.
PERSONALITY;
Takao is a sensational jock. His arrogance and egotism are only fragile little barriers between himself and strong relationships with his peers, possibly because he always means well in the end. He cares a great deal about his friends, as well as the authenticity of beyblading. His goal always seems to be preserving the spirit of beyblade within its players and the tournaments themselves. At the same time, he is extremely competitive and awfully sore when he doesn't get his way. It takes him a while to learn from his mistakes.
Along with his aggressive personality, Takao is a little dense. His love for beyblading doesn't extend to the mechanics of the beyblades themselves -- he relies on his friends to tweak his beyblades while he focuses on raw passion. He also has an enormous appetite and a lazy demeanor about obligations that don't have to do with beyblading, especially when it comes to school. He is far from punctual and a pretty quick runner because of that.
Above almost anything else, Takao doesn't like being bossed around. Sometimes it's a result of him being so full of himself that he feels he doesn't need to work as hard as he should, but it's in his nature to retaliate to orders, as well, especially when they're coming from non-authoritative figures or kids his age. He rarely holds back his opinion, for better or for worse.
HISTORY;
Because his archaeologist father travels the world in pursuit of the mystery of bit beasts, and because his mother died when he was four months old, Takao was raised by his grandfather, Ryu Kinomiya, at his dojo. Energy is seemingly inherent, as Ryu is just as hyperactive and considerably tackier than his grandson. Takao grew up training in kendo under him, and he and his bit beast, Dragoon, met under this setting. The blue dragon emerged from an old family samurai sword and found his way into Takao's bit chip, located in the center of his beyblade.
Even as an amateur beyblader, Takao was a fairly popular guy in the sport. He was always the underdog, standing up for his fellow beybladers and fighting for what's right. This hero-complex persisted after he earned his way onto the BBA Revolution, the team to represent Japan in the World Championship Beyblade Tournament. Here he was teamed up with a group of misfits, including his moody rival, Kai Hiwatari; eternally optimistic Max Mizuhara; rational and zen Rei Kon; and his geeky friend and local beyblade engineer, Kyoujyu.
Throughout the first World Championship Tournament, Takao was faced with physically and emotionally taxing challenges. He was a rag-tag underdog, but a strikingly magnetic one, as he consistently succeeded in shaping his opponents' morals and their perspective of beyblading. Perhaps his most pressing success story is his own friend and rival, Kai Hiwatari, who betrayed his own team to obtain the powerful bit beast, Black Dranzer. With the help of his friends, Takao convinced him that strength comes from within the spirit of the beyblader, not just the bit beast. Shortly after, the BBA Revolution won their first World Championship Tournament.
The team reformed the following year, however they were immediately faced with conflict. Two forces were after their bit beasts for different reasons. The Saint Shields wanted to contain the bit beasts, while Team Psykick wanted to exploit them. Both teams failed in their endeavors, the Saint Shields backing down decisively, while it took a World Championship Tournament to silence Team Psykick. Of the manipulated beybladers, Takao's new (cyborg) friend, Zo, was among them. In Zo's fit of rage over his robotic state, Takao's response was something along the lines of, "I don't care if you're a vacuum cleaner! You're still my friend." Defeating Zo in the final battle restored his friends' bit beasts and earned them a second trophy.
Takao faced completely unfamiliar challenges in his third World Championship Tournament. After his teammates decided to leave BBA Revolution in favor of their teams in their respective home countries, Takao was forced to team with a now tactical beyblader, Kyoujyu, and an obnoxious new kid whose similar personality clashed with Takao's, Daichi Sumeragi. The only positive coming out of this development is his reuniting with his long-lost older brother, Hitoshi Kinomiya, who trained him in beyblading early on and also gave him his sweet cap.
As Takao learned to forgive and embrace this concept of competition against his former teammates, he resumed his routine of educating his peers, namely the corrupt Barthez Battalion, of what the spirit of beyblading truly is. The events led to a final battle between himself and Kai Hiwatari for the title of World Champion, an honor Takao earned after a lengthy battle between the rivals.
Soon after the tournament, the development of a new team called BEGA hindered the mental philosophy of beyblading. The corporation monopolized beyblading parts and even unapologetically hospitalized formidable beybladers with brutal gameplay (including Kai, who was unsurprisingly looking for a spot on that same team). Unwilling to cooperate, Takao and all the former competitors of the World Championship Tournament pitched in to bring down the company. This meant conducting beyblade battles against elite BEGA recruits, Ming-Ming, Mystel, Moses, Garland, and the enigmatic Brooklyn. This team was coached by Takao's own older brother, Hitoshi.
The outcome was two-and-two. Brooklyn's loss to Kai sent him into hysterics (and Kai, once again, to the hospital), having been such a genius that losing was an unfamiliar concept to him. It took a final battle between Takao and Brooklyn for the "genius" to learn about the true spirit of beyblading, and the value of friendship. The outcome of this battle is unknown, as is the following battle between Takao and Kai.
Takao will be drawn to Colors post-series.
SAMPLE
Takao was getting older, but his habits still dated back to his childhood. His unopened book bag was strewn on the bedroom floor, in favor of a brightly-colored and much livelier comic book. A pinky would penetrate a nostril every once in a while to alleviate a certain itch, or more likely to evacuate a minor obstacle in his breathing pathway. Then it'd come out so suddenly, because he would have to grab his comic book with both hands to fully comprehend an unexpected plot twist.
The only sounds in his room were the turning pages and his own breaths, sometimes in the form of chuckles and yawns. It was quieter than usual nowadays. It was to the point where maybe his friends would agree to practice with him, maybe they'd congratulate him on a given accomplishment, maybe Hiromi would bless him with an annoying lecture, but probably not.
He dwelled on it when he finished his comic book. He tossed it to the side and glanced at his book bag, which reminded him of the time a couple days ago when he bothered to do his work for some sort of recognition. Surprisingly, he got none, besides a brief, "Good work, Kinomiya," from his teacher.
The silence was getting to him. He fell back on his bed again and flailed his arms and kicked his heels against the mattress, trying to call attention to himself even in this empty room. Then his arm sharply extended to the nightstand next to him, where he flexed his fingers around for his beyblade. When he found it, he held it above his face and stared at the bit chip. The only thing keeping him sane, if connecting with dragon spirits was considered sane.
"Whatever," he said out loud to his bit beast. "Even if they've left me, I still got you. Just a little while longer, and then we'll see what's up for sure." Because he couldn't help but feel something pulling him in a direction he resisted. Even now, his heart physically raced in his body, as if begging him to move. He brought his beyblade to his chest like a security blanket and resisted that urge.
He was a champion, and champions don't give in.
NAME; Roppie
JOURNAL; themongers
AIM; Ropponmatsu3
EMAIL; elizabethndhm@gmail.com
CHARACTERS; Olette, Hiyori Sarugaki
IC INFORMATION
NAME; Takao Kinomiya
SERIES/FANDOM; Bakuten Shoot Beyblade
APPEARANCE;
Expressive, emotional, and animated, Takao looks as confident as he acts. He's about normal height for a fifteen-year-old boy. His thick, tufty dark hair is usually held back in a low ponytail, topped with a trademark backwards cap as a finishing touch. He is also partial to biker gloves, probably to prevent his hands from getting cut up. Although he had issues with weight in his preteen years, currently he's reasonably athletic.
ABILITIES;
Besides secondhand training in kendo, Takao's battle medium is beyblading, which includes four components: a beyblade, a ripcord, a launcher, and most valuable of all, a bit beast. A bit beast is a spirit which resides within the beyblades and forms a bond with its beyblade owner. Takao's bit beast is Dragoon, based off of Seiryuu, a blue dragon with the elemental power, wind. For this reason, his attacks are wind-based.
(In simpler terms, Takao wields a spinning top with a dragon inside.)
If Takao isn't utilizing his element, then he's basically hitting head-on. He lacks defensive strategy, let alone any strategy, so he's a pretty tactless fighter who leaves himself open quite often. His way of thinking is about the same.
He is also overconfident and prideful, states of mind which easily cloud judgment.
PERSONALITY;
Takao is a sensational jock. His arrogance and egotism are only fragile little barriers between himself and strong relationships with his peers, possibly because he always means well in the end. He cares a great deal about his friends, as well as the authenticity of beyblading. His goal always seems to be preserving the spirit of beyblade within its players and the tournaments themselves. At the same time, he is extremely competitive and awfully sore when he doesn't get his way. It takes him a while to learn from his mistakes.
Along with his aggressive personality, Takao is a little dense. His love for beyblading doesn't extend to the mechanics of the beyblades themselves -- he relies on his friends to tweak his beyblades while he focuses on raw passion. He also has an enormous appetite and a lazy demeanor about obligations that don't have to do with beyblading, especially when it comes to school. He is far from punctual and a pretty quick runner because of that.
Above almost anything else, Takao doesn't like being bossed around. Sometimes it's a result of him being so full of himself that he feels he doesn't need to work as hard as he should, but it's in his nature to retaliate to orders, as well, especially when they're coming from non-authoritative figures or kids his age. He rarely holds back his opinion, for better or for worse.
HISTORY;
Because his archaeologist father travels the world in pursuit of the mystery of bit beasts, and because his mother died when he was four months old, Takao was raised by his grandfather, Ryu Kinomiya, at his dojo. Energy is seemingly inherent, as Ryu is just as hyperactive and considerably tackier than his grandson. Takao grew up training in kendo under him, and he and his bit beast, Dragoon, met under this setting. The blue dragon emerged from an old family samurai sword and found his way into Takao's bit chip, located in the center of his beyblade.
Even as an amateur beyblader, Takao was a fairly popular guy in the sport. He was always the underdog, standing up for his fellow beybladers and fighting for what's right. This hero-complex persisted after he earned his way onto the BBA Revolution, the team to represent Japan in the World Championship Beyblade Tournament. Here he was teamed up with a group of misfits, including his moody rival, Kai Hiwatari; eternally optimistic Max Mizuhara; rational and zen Rei Kon; and his geeky friend and local beyblade engineer, Kyoujyu.
Throughout the first World Championship Tournament, Takao was faced with physically and emotionally taxing challenges. He was a rag-tag underdog, but a strikingly magnetic one, as he consistently succeeded in shaping his opponents' morals and their perspective of beyblading. Perhaps his most pressing success story is his own friend and rival, Kai Hiwatari, who betrayed his own team to obtain the powerful bit beast, Black Dranzer. With the help of his friends, Takao convinced him that strength comes from within the spirit of the beyblader, not just the bit beast. Shortly after, the BBA Revolution won their first World Championship Tournament.
The team reformed the following year, however they were immediately faced with conflict. Two forces were after their bit beasts for different reasons. The Saint Shields wanted to contain the bit beasts, while Team Psykick wanted to exploit them. Both teams failed in their endeavors, the Saint Shields backing down decisively, while it took a World Championship Tournament to silence Team Psykick. Of the manipulated beybladers, Takao's new (cyborg) friend, Zo, was among them. In Zo's fit of rage over his robotic state, Takao's response was something along the lines of, "I don't care if you're a vacuum cleaner! You're still my friend." Defeating Zo in the final battle restored his friends' bit beasts and earned them a second trophy.
Takao faced completely unfamiliar challenges in his third World Championship Tournament. After his teammates decided to leave BBA Revolution in favor of their teams in their respective home countries, Takao was forced to team with a now tactical beyblader, Kyoujyu, and an obnoxious new kid whose similar personality clashed with Takao's, Daichi Sumeragi. The only positive coming out of this development is his reuniting with his long-lost older brother, Hitoshi Kinomiya, who trained him in beyblading early on and also gave him his sweet cap.
As Takao learned to forgive and embrace this concept of competition against his former teammates, he resumed his routine of educating his peers, namely the corrupt Barthez Battalion, of what the spirit of beyblading truly is. The events led to a final battle between himself and Kai Hiwatari for the title of World Champion, an honor Takao earned after a lengthy battle between the rivals.
Soon after the tournament, the development of a new team called BEGA hindered the mental philosophy of beyblading. The corporation monopolized beyblading parts and even unapologetically hospitalized formidable beybladers with brutal gameplay (including Kai, who was unsurprisingly looking for a spot on that same team). Unwilling to cooperate, Takao and all the former competitors of the World Championship Tournament pitched in to bring down the company. This meant conducting beyblade battles against elite BEGA recruits, Ming-Ming, Mystel, Moses, Garland, and the enigmatic Brooklyn. This team was coached by Takao's own older brother, Hitoshi.
The outcome was two-and-two. Brooklyn's loss to Kai sent him into hysterics (and Kai, once again, to the hospital), having been such a genius that losing was an unfamiliar concept to him. It took a final battle between Takao and Brooklyn for the "genius" to learn about the true spirit of beyblading, and the value of friendship. The outcome of this battle is unknown, as is the following battle between Takao and Kai.
Takao will be drawn to Colors post-series.
SAMPLE
Takao was getting older, but his habits still dated back to his childhood. His unopened book bag was strewn on the bedroom floor, in favor of a brightly-colored and much livelier comic book. A pinky would penetrate a nostril every once in a while to alleviate a certain itch, or more likely to evacuate a minor obstacle in his breathing pathway. Then it'd come out so suddenly, because he would have to grab his comic book with both hands to fully comprehend an unexpected plot twist.
The only sounds in his room were the turning pages and his own breaths, sometimes in the form of chuckles and yawns. It was quieter than usual nowadays. It was to the point where maybe his friends would agree to practice with him, maybe they'd congratulate him on a given accomplishment, maybe Hiromi would bless him with an annoying lecture, but probably not.
He dwelled on it when he finished his comic book. He tossed it to the side and glanced at his book bag, which reminded him of the time a couple days ago when he bothered to do his work for some sort of recognition. Surprisingly, he got none, besides a brief, "Good work, Kinomiya," from his teacher.
The silence was getting to him. He fell back on his bed again and flailed his arms and kicked his heels against the mattress, trying to call attention to himself even in this empty room. Then his arm sharply extended to the nightstand next to him, where he flexed his fingers around for his beyblade. When he found it, he held it above his face and stared at the bit chip. The only thing keeping him sane, if connecting with dragon spirits was considered sane.
"Whatever," he said out loud to his bit beast. "Even if they've left me, I still got you. Just a little while longer, and then we'll see what's up for sure." Because he couldn't help but feel something pulling him in a direction he resisted. Even now, his heart physically raced in his body, as if begging him to move. He brought his beyblade to his chest like a security blanket and resisted that urge.
He was a champion, and champions don't give in.