Kazuyori Yamagata (Shinigami)

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Name: Kazuyori Yamagata

Age: 25 (Looks 20)

Gender: Male

Race: Japanese

Birthplace: Tokyo

Occupation: Shinigami Accademy Student

Height: 6' 4"

Weight: 220lbs

Appearance: A tall and well built young man with good muscle definition all over. He has long wild dark brown, almost black hair that he has tied in a ponytail that reaches halfway down his back. His face appears rugged with a scar running down his left cheek. He also has a coarse facial stubble that matches the colour of his hair. He wears the standard shinigami robes and sandals.

Personality: A serious and hardworking individual who will try 100% at anything and everything he does. He values friendship and loyality and thus despises people who betray others, especially their friends. He holds morals in high regard and is willing to disobey orders if he deems them wrong. He is very stubbern and will not be easily persuaded to back down from his opinions if at all, even if everyone is against him. He is very dense to other people's feelings and he says exactly what he thinks, even it it will hurt someone's feelings.

Special Characteristics: He had joined the Kendo at school and discovered that he was extremely skilled at it. After quickly picking it up he became the strongest in the club and even went on to win several national tournaments.

Stats:
Attack: 45

Speed: 25

Defense: 30

Sealed Zanpakto: The Nodachi sword has a burnt rattann finish on the handle and sheath. The blade is 70cm long.

History: In the world of the living, he grew up being able to see spirits. He told his parents, but they thought he was just trying to get attention. After that he kept it to himself and tried to help the spirits anyway that he could. But at the young age of 20 he was hit by a car in a hit and run and died instantly.

A few days after being dead, he felt a terrible presence and saw a large creature wearing a white mask ands a hole in its chest. Knowing that this wasn't normal he immediatlely fled. Then just before the creature was about to catch up with him, a soul reaper appeared and cleansed the hollow. Then he explained what was going on to him and performed a soul burial on him.

He was sent to district 5 of West Rukongai where he got assigned a family to live with. Life was pretty good there, the streets were clean and orderly and generally everyone got along well. He had heard about the shinigami accademy and planned on joining it. He assummed that since he had spiritual powers before he died, he would still have them as a soul. On his first attempt on the entrance exam, he failed to get accepted as he didn't have much time to prepare for it.

So during the next year he studied long and hard and when he took the entrance exam, he passed it with flying colours. Then his life as a shinigami student began.

Role Playing Sample: Kazuyori was tossing and turning in his bed while having a nightmare, sweat was dripping down his face. His face looked agitated, further prouncing his furrowed brows. It was the same nightmare that he had since ever since he was a child in the human world. All that could be heard in the dark room was the rustling of the bed covers.

The nightmare took place in a dark gloomy forest in the black of midnight with the only illunination being the full moon that was out piercing the fog that covered the forest. It took place in winter as there were no leaves on the old crooked withered trees. He was a child in this dream, running as fast as he could weaving though the trees. He was running from an unknown beast that had a ferious roar. He felt a stong bloodlust coming from this roar and knew that he didn't want to meet up with the owner.

As he ran through the forest, the branches of the trees kept getting in his way, tearing off small pieces of cloth from his clothes and scratching him. No matter how fast he ran, he could still hear the heavy footsteps of whatever creature was persueing him. The footsteps were getting closer and closer and the trees were getting thicker and thicker with no end in sight.

Then suddenly he tripped over a large root of a tree and falls to the ground. He then looked behind him and he saw a large shadowy outline obscured by the fog. Just as the creature is about to become clearly visable he screamed and awoke from his nightmare. He quickly sat up and wiped the sweat from his forehead and sighed, "That nightmare again, I wish that I could stop having it." Then he lied back down in his bed and rested his head on his pillow. After taking a few moments to calm down, he closed his eyes and waited for the sweet embrace of slumber to take him once more.