SHIMODA, touya (YAKSHA)

— touya × shimoda

yaksha kingdom

twenty-two

pansexual

five feet, seven inches

124 pounds

pichu

What makes Touya... Well, Touya? Some would say this individual is a pessimistic one, perhaps a touch on the give-em-hell-attitude side. He's a flambouyant mixture of reckless and daring, indecisiveness and indifference. While he likes to pretend that he is a well-mannered gentleman in cases of parental guidance or in the presence of elders, he can come across to others as blunt, maybe a bit too harsh, and on the off ocassion, abrassive.

In blantant terms, many simply refer to the young man as an asshole.

He does not deny it. He actually revels in the idea that many feel intimidated by him, or feel the need to steer clear to avoid any sort of confrontation. Touya does tend to let his fists fly or challenge another warrior - even one of the same kingdom - to a battle, at the drop of a pin. But even so, he is refined in some respects. For example, he takes pride in his warriorship, and manages to squeeze in a little training with his Pokemon every moment he can spare. He takes traditionalism seriously, and frowns upon those who might see it as a hassel, or a silly appeasement to the elders.


It can take a great deal to motivate and enthuse Touya when boredom has struck him hard, but there are a few things he can do to ease the wretched feeling:

training with the katana × tormenting his pichu (in a productive way, of course...?) × strategizing with his fellow warriors × straying from the kingdom - secretively × wild pokemon battles × trying to catch sight of a legendary × learning what he can from the veteran warlords

And of course, there are the little things that bring him joy:

smoke (cigarette, fire...any kind as he enjoys the smell) × the few katanas he has acquired × ice and dark pokemon × the opportunity to wear his yaksha armor × an ego boost × the sound of crashing waves × summer thunderstorms

faced by Matsumoto Takanori | played by satoshi