"Sorry. This is personal."
Hamamo Banri | 26 Years Old | December 27
> GENERAL INFO <
Nickname and origin of nickname
The Midnight Man, due to the black suit he wears at night.
Do they like the nickname given to them?
It serves its purpose.
Gender
Male
Sexuality
Heterosexual
Ethnic Background
Japanese
Character Speech Color/Code
White
> PHYSICAL APPEARANCE <
Hair Color
Black
Eye Color
Very, very dark brown.
Height
6'1
Weight
221 lbs
Hamamo Banri dresses sharply, someone who goes business professional wherever he goes. Of course, in Japan, that just makes him look like an overworked salaryman who doesn't make a distinction between work life and social life. Even at home, the least he'll wear is a white, collared shirt and a pair of pressed trousers. Shorts and flipflops, regardless of how heinous the temperature is, will never be associated with him.
Fitness is an obsession for him. Banri spends two hours every day planning his meals out to maximize nutrition and minimize blandness. His body is hardened and toned, his physical abilities having reached their peak in his lifetime. At his age, the only thing that's failing him is his eyesight, making reading a headache if he doesn't have his glasses.
There's often a variety of bruises and small cuts on his body at any given time, but they're well-tended. Nothing lasts long enough to be considered a badge of courage or anything silly like that.
Ten years of intense boxing lessons, fuelled by passion and determination, has made Yuuki a fairly dangerous person. Though he hasn't won any championships or made a name for himself on a national scale, it doesn't particularly matter to him. His reputation on the streets is enough.
> HIS STORY <
Banri was a simple kid with simple desires. His parents were middle-class, and his grandparents owned a farm in the countryside. All he wanted to do was have fun in life, and his parents were kind enough to allow for that. He was that kid who ran around soccer field with the others, kicking half-deflated balls around. He was that kid who would stay outside of his buddy's house during a sweltering summer day, shouting for them to come out and play. He was filled with energy and courage, doing a whole lot of sketchy things for the sake of adventure. After all, back then, what Banri wanted to be the most was a superhero.
In junior high, he met a cute girl and they hit it off quite well. Going by the name of Imai Ai, she was a curious, inquisitive, and yet restrained girl, and it was the mystery of her personality and circumstances that drew him in. Eventually, they became a couple, after a confession in his second year on the school rooftop. Happy times were abound, as a boy with a girlfriend, best friends, and sports friends. Then, one night, she told him about those mysterious circumstances that surrounded her.
Parents that were never home. A little brother that was always starving. Afternoons and evenings spent with older 'gentlemen'. And money. Never enough money.
The mystery was deeper, darker, more disgusting than he had imagined, and Banri rejected it. He played it off as a joke and broke her heart.
She never showed up at school again.
A month later, while walking around the downtown district of Kizugawa, he saw a familiar face in a dark alley, pressed against a wall, tears welling up. He turned and walked away.
Half a year later, while sneaking in the R-18 section of a video shop due to a dare, he saw a familiar face on a new video, that familiar body burnt into orange, that familiar hair bleached blonde. He vomited.
A year later, Banri stopped lying to himself. His self-deception turned into self-loathing, and he began to get his shit together. Things were too far gone now. He was never going to see her again. She was never going to be the same again. He hardened his heart, hardened his fists, and began to learn boxing.
He graduated high school and worked at Lawsons, while learning about stocks. After getting a large enough war chest, he became a day trader with some success, earning enough to eke a small living. But his social and monetary status didn't matter. What mattered was his nocturnal activities.
Kizugawa was turning out for the worse.
The police weren't going to focus on the minor crimes.
Thus, what is required is another form of enforcement to keep the thugs in line.
A symbol of violence and vigilantism.
He allowed someone he loved to fall between the cracks and break into pieces.
He wasn't going to let that happen to anyone else.
> PERSONALITY/DAILY LIFE <
Hard-working, steadfast, and stalwart, Banri is someone who is driven. He is tenacious, a man always seeking to surpass himself, and his ability to concentrate on the goal at hand is rather amazing. Though as polite and courteous as any other Japanese adult, he's willing to bend a few rules to get things done. His ability to initiate and hold a conversation is lacking, awkward silences often arising, but Banri's considerate nature is enough to make up for that social awkwardness. A lot of the times, he gives off the impression of someone who has a lot of words, but no intention of letting them out.
His considerate nature, though, is just another 'rule' that he's willing to bend to get things done. Banri is ultimately someone who seeks redemption through violence, and he's not even doing it the proper way. He has set small-time thugs as his 'enemy', and is an incredibly linear, small-minded idiot. After all, there were countless idiots trying to be 'gangsta' while living the 'thug life'. Just beating up a few of them every night isn't enough to save anyone. And yet, this 'heroic' choice is what he goes down, and though Banri has been lucky so far, that luck may not last. Violence begets violence, and he is only human.
> RELATIONSHIPS <
Role in Gang/Police Force/Syndicate
Bystander
Relationships
None for now.
> MISCELLANEOUS <
Face Claim
Takeuchi-P
Theme Song
Character Banner
Extras
Banri likes yogurt and can play a piano fairly well.
He lives in a one bedroom apartment, and his bookcase is filled with study materials on how stock markets work.
He's rather good at cooking and first aid.
As a lonely bachelor, he has his own collection of porn that he leaves out in the open, seeing how he lives alone.
For a street kid, you'd expect a more wild and loose style from how he fights. While this is partially true, he fights using Kempo, and is fairly good at it. Not many people can actually sneak up on him or manage to get a critical blow in before he strikes back. He mostly goes on the offensive, preferring to deal out the damage before someone hurt him. Sometimes he has a hard time stopping when he thinks that the person he's fighting could really hurt him, leading him down a much darker path than he'd prefer.
