Yoshiro Zosho

[Yoshiro Zosho]

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Name: Zosho, Yoshiro
Age: Nineteen
Sex: Male
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Rank: Novice
Group: Alchemist.

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Height: 6'2"
Weight: 220 lbs.
Hair: Long. Shoulder Length. Parted to the right. Bangs covering the right eye.
Eyes: Pupil and Sclera color red; Sharp and menacing. He keeps them open from time to time.
General Appearance: Yoshiro's appearance looks more of an asian appearance. His eyebrows are thin, yet darkened to the point where it looks like darkened pencil markings. The bridge of his nose is a little wide in weight and slightly tall in height. The tip of his nose, from a front face view, looks like a u-shape tip. As from a side face view, it looks like a small, round button nose. Yoshiro has small, round, and pointy ears. He also has tear drop earrings on both ears, but it looks different. It looks different because the tear drops are slanted to where the sharp point is facing to the left. He wears his hair long without the ponytail. The length of his hair reaches to his upper back. He wears a white slouched beanie on his head. He also wears a white scarf around his loosely as two tails flow with the wind. The end of the scarf tails also have black-line designs from thick to thin.

Upper Torso:

He wears a small white jacket vest hoodie as well with the sleeves cut off. The white jacket also has grey pockets as the he wears the jacket-vest open as well. The jacket-vest also has a little black design at the bottom. He is always seen with his hoodie on at all times. Under the white jacket-vest, he wears a white v-neck shirt that fits him tight. On his chest to his stomach, upper back to his lower back, shoulders to his wrist, holds his tattoo markings all around his body.

Lower Torso:

Yoshiro wears sweat shorts as the leg sleeves are tied tight with tiny laces that connect to the sweat shorts. He folds one leg up halfway up to his lower leg when in battle. The color of his shorts are the same color of his tattoos. At the top of the sweat shorts where the waist and the pockets are located, there is a white design with tribal markings where the pockets are. There are also tears and rips on the shorts as well, indicating the some of the fabric might tear off as well.

Feet:

Yoshiro's feet are characterized as small, but quick. Even though his legs are skinny in weight, they do carry much speed when it comes to Yoshiro dashing or sprinting. He wears orange sneakers with white designs as the color of the sole is grey, matching the color of his low socks. He has the same shoes but in different colors also. Humans around him note that his veins pop out of his legs, indicating that he works on his legs to the point where his calf muscles do not look big in weight, but his legs carry an impressive amount of strength.

Personality: When he was younger, Yoshiro considered his mother to be the center of his world, always smiling when he was with Kumi and he was regularly holding her hand. Despite crying whenever he lost in a match at the dojo he attended, Yoshiro started to smile again as soon as he saw Kumi when she came to pick him up. At a very young age, Yoshiro heard his father saying that his name means "to protect one thing," which instilled in him a desire to protect his mother. When his sisters were born he began attending a dojo for the sake of protecting them, since then the number of people he wished to protect has continued to grow, causing Yoshiro to risk his life to protect both the people close to him and strangers.

As a teenager, Yoshiro's personality is much more complex. Stubborn, short-tempered, strong-willed and impulsive. He attempts to maintain a detached and "cool" image, despite claiming not to care about what other people think about him. He generally keeps his face set in a near-permanent scowl, with his eyebrows drawn together. His outspoken, hot-headed demeanor is a trait Yoshiro himself has acknowledged, and that if somebody picks a fight with him, he cannot help fighting back. He coldly refers to his teachers or sensei as “instructors”. However, he is shown to be genuinely compassionate and empathetic towards others, as seen by him promising to bring flowers and a toy plane or soothing others when they become upset.

When it comes to fighting, Yoshiro has a complex sense of honor; he regularly seeks to exact revenge for the cruel actions of his opponent, such as instilling the fear of being murdered and breaking the nose, or snapping the neck of Kisuke Masu in retaliation for him senselessly beating Moso Sado's face into a pulp. He often taunts and belittles his opponents when fighting, sometimes even attacking without warning. Yoshiro has a strong desire to win his fights, but in a fair way, in what he views as a legitimate manner. To this end, he has often refused the aid of his allies in his selected group, even when knowing that it would slow him down in the process of teaching his opponent some "manners". However, Yoshiro's resolve in battle can waver at times, which can impede his fighting prowess and goes into a state of depression and self-loathing when he loses a major battle or lets a friend down.

Yoshiro is incredibly flippant, casually mouthing off to even the most powerful of enemies, and he generally enjoys rubbing people the wrong way. He does mature as time goes by, but never really loses his attitude. Yoshiro is sometimes presented as a show off as, on several occasions, he performs exaggerated and over-the-top moves. Yoshiro is seemingly unflappable, not showing fear whether he's being attacked by the other countries ninjas in the training fields or being handled by a giant chuunin ninja in a fight. Yoshiro rarely shows any seriousness. He can be serious when the situation calls for it, but he still maintains a fairly laid-back demeanor during such situations and is never without a witty taunt or comeback. Yoshiro can seem at times to be uncaring or even callous, but actually has a very strong sense of justice and prefers to fight fairly. He can be counted on to do the right thing, even if he makes cynical quips about it the entire time.

Likes: "Oooh; a fight. Can I join? I need some practice dummies nowadays." Yoshiro also enjoys fighting, shown when he sometimes doesn't fight at his full potential so he can toy with his opponent or make a fight last longer. In most situations when he is fighting a group, Yoshiro gets bored with fighting weak opponents and finds entertainment in fighting strong opponents who will give him a challenge. Yoshiro's enjoyment of fighting was reflected in his dialogue with Misumi during which he asked her if she agreed with him that a fight every now and then makes life more interesting.

"My mother and my sister are my life. I will never forget that." Yoshiro values family and friends very highly. He cared deeply for his mother and, despite their differences, he also cared for Nataku. Even after all the fighting the two did over the course of their childhood and growing up to the age they are right now, Yoshiro still tries to save Nataku from fighting people that are superior to her in strength, and goes so far as to cry over losing her.

o__o; "Need food... need ramen... need dumplings!" Yoshiro has a fondness for ramen and dumplings, and while he complains about dumplings at times, he always ends up with them as a side dish along with his ramen. His liking for ramen and dumplings was known even in the restaurants, because he simply stated that they are the "best food in the world". In some situations confined with his hunger, he is also shown to favor vanilla sundaes as well as ramen and dumplings with it being pointed out on several occasions that those three foods are all he eats.

"I like getting drunk. It passes the time." He has a habit of getting roaring drunk; in the first day where sake was given to him by Yaksho, he mentions getting so drunk that he proposed to a mop.

"I like different varieties of things." Yoshiro likes to cook. He enjoys spicy food of all kinds and bananas, indicating his passion of fruit as well. He seems to have a liking to tofu as well. Yoshiro also enjoys night time walks, usually around the village itself when he cannot sleep at night. Yoshiro also loves to swim, because his father and mother had taught him to learn how to swim at a very young age. He also enjoys Japanese cherry blossoms that blooms in almost every village. He also likes to read and enjoys training in a matter of groups, but mostly by himself when it comes to Alchemy.

Dislikes: "For someone who thinks so highly of themselves, you surely don't seem like the strong type." Cocky people. Yoshiro doesn't like cocky people. He knows that everyone is different in their own way, but don't flaunt about how perfect you are or how strong you are then do not have the adequate strength to back up what you are saying. Yoshiro think it's degrading how people have some much enthusiasm about themselves but when they lose a fight, their first sentence is, "That was just a warm up. I'm ready now." People who think highly of themselves make Yoshiro sick to the stomach. But, even he cannot change the people; the people can change themselves.

"If this is what you're going to give me... then I'll find someone else to entertain me." Yoshiro dislikes weaklings. Being that he is nonchalant but nonetheless dedicated to his training, he trains himself to know that only the strongest will survive, to when it is called 'Survival of the Fittest'. Yoshiro thinks that weaklings will only do nothing but slow him down, so he pushes them past their limit to become much stronger than what they really are, even though he does not really care for them or about them. He dislikes weak people because they are fragile and can break easily, a trait that he's seen much in battle against his enemies that are proved to be nothing but trash to him in the long run, or in a short notice.

Motivations: "I don't need anything. So there's no purpose in finding anything." Yoshiro has no purpose of any motivation that he lives up to. Yoshiro believes that he has everything to regret and has no purpose of living a life. But by training hard everyday, he keeps the momentum he has with all of his might. Some even say that the death of his mother is what caused him to act such a way.

"Training. Possibly the only reason why I am still alive." Yoshiro is also motivated by the works of becoming stronger, to go past his limits under all expectations and circumstances. This is not said for specific outcomes, other than the fact that she lets her anger and things off his chest by either training or sparring. He knows that with strength, he can do anything and properly have fun with sparring partners and a mixture of other things that portray to battle tactics. Training in solitude helps Yoshiro relives from stress-related situations and it provides more quietness from other people. It helps him relaxes his mind and connects the body and mind together to sync, trying to balance both the physical and mental state in his composure. "It helps a lot to know about a fighter when he trains alone, instead of wasting time with others." He lives by what his "instructor" told him at a young age and to what he is now.

Fears: "I'm not afraid of death. I'm afraid of losing to death." What he fears the most is this: “when Death comes, be ready to fall alseep.” Being in a state of losing your life is a huge thing that all shinobi should be concerned with. Samurai from the Iron Country are meant to go by this code when Daimyo tells them to do a mission. They do the mission under any cicrumstances, whether it means to be one on death terms. He fears that if he is weak himself, he would drop his guard completely and lose a battle in state of weakness. He fears that being beaten in a tragic numbers of times is weak for a shinobi to go through. The humiliation of never winning a single battle should hurt the shinobi to where the core is.

"A man's worst thing - is the loss of his family."
The tears of a warrior, became the tears of a lost child. Behind his nonchalant and tricky demeanor, he is also lonely and sad. The loss of family members; especially her mother and sister. Her mother and sister was his pride and joy like any other. He lives to sleep every night having a nightmare of seeing his mother's death in front of his face. He fears not seeing another Seitakai that he cares for go to waste by any means of death; which is why he trains to become stronger. He wishes to meet his mother one day; in his dreams, and not in the afterlife where she currently resides.

History:

"My life? Heh; what's so interesting about my life?"

Yoshiro was born into the Zosho family as the eldest son of Kumi Miutu and Kung Zosho of Central City and was praised by all as the best of his generation, a genius above all others when it had came to learning at a very fast pace. Even by the standards of the government in which they lived under, Yoshiro's prowess far outshone their own, but he was no prodigy of his city. Intense training and countless beatings from his father took a tole into Yoshiro's body and mind and trained him to become stronger than what he currently was However, few could understand him. When he was only four, Yoshiro had already witnessed countless lives lost due to the The War, which emotionally traumatised him and turned him into a pacifist.
During The War, Yoshiro was left alone to take care of his sick mother Kumi and little sister of only age 2, Nataku, and promised to protect the two no matter what.
At age 9, Yoshiro graduated from the Academy at the top of his class after only one year, was taught alchemy and began more training at age 11. But he decided not to join the Military because he feels that loss remorse for a teammate and a blind rage to others dying would be the cost if he entered. He decided to stay by his little sister's side and spend time with him and his mother. At some point in time in their childhood, Nataku helped Yoshiro on one of his quests to capture a giant warthog for dinner. Yoshiro told Nataku to avoid its vital points. He then threw miniature bombs around the warthog, to confuse it and to give Nataku an opportunity to shoot the boar. Nataku, however, missed completely, ending with Yoshiro killing the warthog with the same bow & arrow Nataku had used. After Nataku apologised, Yoshiro told her she needs to train more.
Yoshiro was praised highly by the government, who saw the State Alchemist's future in Yoshiro and hence inadvertently neglected his little sister, Nataku. However, during this time Yoshiro showed great affection towards his little sister and even encouraged his father to come to the Academy enrollment ceremony for Nataku, something their father had otherwise forgotten, caught up on trying to recruit his son to becoming a State Alchemist. But, with those feelings toward his little sister, Yoshiro declined the offer and invitation of becoming a State Alchemist for his little sister. Upon the graduation ceremony, a ambush was set up to kill Yoshiro. After killing many of the people that were after him, his little sister Nataku hid from the fight. Yoshiro took a severe blow to the ribcage as the unspeakable happened: Yoshiro and Nataku's mother, Kumi Miutu, died in battle. Yoshiro learned of who sent the men to attack him and it was none other then Kumi's husband, their father, Kung Zosho. The reason being; Yoshiro declined the position in the State Alchemist and crushed his dream, something his father wanted his smart son to accomplish before him. Outraged by the information, Yoshiro -currently- resides with his mother's older sister while Nataku lived with their uncle on their mother's side, Hiroshi. Yoshiro swore revenge upon Kung and will do anything to kill his father. Riddled by Yoshiro's facial expression, his mother's older sister, Chii-Chu, trained Yoshiro in the arts of the Alchemy ways and also taught him Ssam-Su Takkeyon, a fighting style where the user only uses the legs and grappling usage with both the legs and the arms, even joint locking as well. It took 2 years for Yoshiro to master alchemy and his new fighting style, but the training paid off greatly.

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