Player nickname: Stars Player LJ:[Bad username or unknown identity: “starsandauras”] Way to contact you: Email: glorfinny@yahoo.com AIM: toumaseijigirl Other: glorfinny (YIM) Are you at least 15?: Y Current Characters: N/A
Character: Shuichi Minamino/Kurama/Yoko Fandom: YuYu Hakusho Character Notes:
History: Kurama’s history starts roughly one thousand years ago (The exact date is unknown) as the legendary demon fox (Kitsune) Yoko Kurama, or just Yoko. Little is known of this part of his history before he became known as a thief throughout the Makai (Demon World in the dub). He specialized in breaking locks and seals, going mostly for ancient treasures and other things of that sort. He was classified by the Reikai (Spirit World) as a Class-A demon, the second highest classification for demon strength, until his presumed death at the heads of a bounty hunter, later revealed as a member of Reikai’s defense force.
Which leads us to his becoming Shuichi Minamino. Using the last of his strength, he formed himself into a ball of energy and crossed into our world, known as the Ningenkai (Human World) and found a human woman in the early stages of pregnancy. Since he was too weak to shift into a human form or possess a living human, he fused with the embryo before it acquired a proper soul and was born to Shiori Minamino and an unnamed man, being given the name Shuichi. His original plan had been to spend ten years in the Ningenkai recovering his strength, then escaping without leaving a trace.
Exactly how he would have done this is unknown, as when he was six years old he needed something on a high shelf and stood on a wobbly stool to get it. When the stool inevitably gave way, his mother, who was doing dishes at the time, caught him, quite possibly saving his life. In the process she severely cut up her forearms on the dishes she dropped in her rush, but through the pain she smiled at him. In the years leading up to it, his father had died, leaving Kurama and Shiori alone. Kurama considered leaving many times after that event, but he always remembered the scars and the smile, realizing that if he left she would be alone.
So we fast forward to Kurama, age fifteen. With his partner Hiei, who he had met the year previous, and another demon he broke into Reikai’s treasury and stole the Forlorn Hope, a mirror that had the power to grant wishes at the cost of one’s life, in order to save his mother’s life. This is how he met Yusuke and became friends with him. After Yusuke saved his life and Kurama surrendered himself to his custody, Kurama began assisting the Spirit Detective in his cases as a way to clear his record.
Personality: Kurama is considered the calm, cool, and collected one of the four Reikai Tantei, though that’s not hard with the impulsive Yusuke, the fire demon Hiei, and the moron Kuwabara. He’s highly analytical, preferring to study his opponent and making up a strategy that puts him twenty steps ahead instead of charging in half cocked. However, by all that is holy do not make him angry. It usually ends in the goriest and most violent death he can come up with at the time, and he’s managed quite a few, including a plant that takes root in the victim’s body. Hiei once said that the original reason he took Kurama as a partner was so he would not have to fight Kurama himself, claiming that in battle Kurama was more vicious than even Hiei himself.
He’s a bit of a mother bear type, being very protective of his family and friends, especially his mother. In the case of his friends he tends to receive the worst injuries when fighting. Although he is usually polite and friendly, he does have a touch of a snarky side, occasionally making comments that fall more on the side of sarcastic than sincere, and once even pulling a rather mean spirited prank on Yusuke.
Other: According to the research I’ve done on Kitsune over the years, they have the ability to shape shift, their preferred forms usually being a beautiful woman, a young girl, or an old man. The shape shifting ability was confirmed in canon in volume three of the manga and one episode in season two of the anime, as was the ability to cast illusions. He has also displayed minor telepathic abilities that seem to be limited to more “mind-speaking” rather than “mind-reading”.
Kurama seems to have developed a sort of split personality in regards to himself as Shuichi Minamino and Yoko Kurama. During one battle he referred to Yoko being separate from Shuichi. There is also a moment in a different battle when Yoko spoke to Shuichi.
In battle Kurama frequently uses plants as his weapons, his main one being a single rose in full bloom that he transforms into his Rose Whip, a ten foot long green whip covered in thorns and sharp as any sword that he can control even without use of his hands. He has also been known to resort to martial arts when he cannot use his plants. He is also the team medic, using the medicinal properties of his plants to treat minor to moderate injuries.
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Player LJ: [Bad username or unknown identity: “starsandauras”]
Way to contact you:
Email: glorfinny@yahoo.com
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Are you at least 15?: Y
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Character: Shuichi Minamino/Kurama/Yoko
Fandom: YuYu Hakusho
Character Notes:
History: Kurama’s history starts roughly one thousand years ago (The exact date is unknown) as the legendary demon fox (Kitsune) Yoko Kurama, or just Yoko. Little is known of this part of his history before he became known as a thief throughout the Makai (Demon World in the dub). He specialized in breaking locks and seals, going mostly for ancient treasures and other things of that sort. He was classified by the Reikai (Spirit World) as a Class-A demon, the second highest classification for demon strength, until his presumed death at the heads of a bounty hunter, later revealed as a member of Reikai’s defense force.
Which leads us to his becoming Shuichi Minamino. Using the last of his strength, he formed himself into a ball of energy and crossed into our world, known as the Ningenkai (Human World) and found a human woman in the early stages of pregnancy. Since he was too weak to shift into a human form or possess a living human, he fused with the embryo before it acquired a proper soul and was born to Shiori Minamino and an unnamed man, being given the name Shuichi. His original plan had been to spend ten years in the Ningenkai recovering his strength, then escaping without leaving a trace.
Exactly how he would have done this is unknown, as when he was six years old he needed something on a high shelf and stood on a wobbly stool to get it. When the stool inevitably gave way, his mother, who was doing dishes at the time, caught him, quite possibly saving his life. In the process she severely cut up her forearms on the dishes she dropped in her rush, but through the pain she smiled at him. In the years leading up to it, his father had died, leaving Kurama and Shiori alone. Kurama considered leaving many times after that event, but he always remembered the scars and the smile, realizing that if he left she would be alone.
So we fast forward to Kurama, age fifteen. With his partner Hiei, who he had met the year previous, and another demon he broke into Reikai’s treasury and stole the Forlorn Hope, a mirror that had the power to grant wishes at the cost of one’s life, in order to save his mother’s life. This is how he met Yusuke and became friends with him. After Yusuke saved his life and Kurama surrendered himself to his custody, Kurama began assisting the Spirit Detective in his cases as a way to clear his record.
Personality: Kurama is considered the calm, cool, and collected one of the four Reikai Tantei, though that’s not hard with the impulsive Yusuke, the fire demon Hiei, and the moron Kuwabara. He’s highly analytical, preferring to study his opponent and making up a strategy that puts him twenty steps ahead instead of charging in half cocked. However, by all that is holy do not make him angry. It usually ends in the goriest and most violent death he can come up with at the time, and he’s managed quite a few, including a plant that takes root in the victim’s body. Hiei once said that the original reason he took Kurama as a partner was so he would not have to fight Kurama himself, claiming that in battle Kurama was more vicious than even Hiei himself.
He’s a bit of a mother bear type, being very protective of his family and friends, especially his mother. In the case of his friends he tends to receive the worst injuries when fighting. Although he is usually polite and friendly, he does have a touch of a snarky side, occasionally making comments that fall more on the side of sarcastic than sincere, and once even pulling a rather mean spirited prank on Yusuke.
Other: According to the research I’ve done on Kitsune over the years, they have the ability to shape shift, their preferred forms usually being a beautiful woman, a young girl, or an old man. The shape shifting ability was confirmed in canon in volume three of the manga and one episode in season two of the anime, as was the ability to cast illusions. He has also displayed minor telepathic abilities that seem to be limited to more “mind-speaking” rather than “mind-reading”.
Kurama seems to have developed a sort of split personality in regards to himself as Shuichi Minamino and Yoko Kurama. During one battle he referred to Yoko being separate from Shuichi. There is also a moment in a different battle when Yoko spoke to Shuichi.
In battle Kurama frequently uses plants as his weapons, his main one being a single rose in full bloom that he transforms into his Rose Whip, a ten foot long green whip covered in thorns and sharp as any sword that he can control even without use of his hands. He has also been known to resort to martial arts when he cannot use his plants. He is also the team medic, using the medicinal properties of his plants to treat minor to moderate injuries.
Additional Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsune -- General information on the Kitsune species.
http://yuyuhakusho.wikia.com/wiki/Kurama -- General info on Kurama himself, not including the Poltergeist Report movie.