The College Group/Other Characters

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Basic Info
Name: Kai Akiyama
Age: 21
Birthday: June 14, 1991
Hometown: San Francisco, California
Marital Status: single
Zodiac Sign: Gemini
Languages: English, (Fluent) Japanese, (Advanced) Mandarin Chinese, (Intermediate) Spanish
Currently: Available for Roleplay

Social Networking
Twitter: @kayaki

Physical Appearance
Ethnicity: Japanese-American
Height: 5'11”
Eye Color: brown
Hair Color: naturally black
Body Type: muscular, healthy
Body Art: none
Best Feature: lips

Lifestyle
Sense of Humor: old-fashioned
Exercise: works out at gym every morning
Daily Diet: healthy, organic foods
Smoking: no
Drinking: no
Living Situation: Lives with friends
Quirks: Will switch languages without realizing it
Friends: Kevin Kwon, Ami Liu, LuHan, Aniki Liu, Daisuke Yokohama
Relationship History: Hinari Fukui (arranged marriage-broken off in 2010)
Have Children: no
Want Children: possibly
Sexuality: Heterosexual with bromance with Kevin

Professional Life
Education: Town School for Boys (Kinder-8th grade), Drew School (9th grade-12th grade), Riverside University (Junior)
Major: Art, emphasis in sculpture
GPA: 3.95 average
Driver's License/Car: Yes/Porsche Carrera GT
Employment Status: N/A
Current Annual Income: N/A
Job Schedule: N/A

Interests

Sculpting

Learning how “commoners” live

Favorites
Sibling: N/A
Animal: Lion
Color: Gold
Food: Frozen dinner
Dessert: Frozen yogurt
Movie: The Other Boleyn Girl, Accepted
TV show: Family Guy
Band/Singer: not sure what to make of today’s “pop” music, getting into Korean rock because of Kevin.
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Past: Kai grew up in an established family. His father is the CEO to an established Japanese restaurant. When he was five, he met the girl his parents had arranged for him to marry. However, they couldn’t keep him from finding his own passion, and he ended up getting into sculpting. When he purposely sabotaged his chance to get into Stanford (or any other Ivy League College for that matter), he and his father got into a fight. It ended with him getting disowned, but his mother was against it and gave him everything they had been saving him for college.

These days, Kai lives with Kevin as well as Ami. He’s learning how to be a “normal person” and is really interested in things like instant foods (tv dinners, instant coffee, etc.) as well as learning about the hobbies of normal people. He often acts like an over-excited child when in public, causing embarrassment for his friends, but it makes it easier to play dumb rather than think about the family he lost in getting disowned.

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- I Never Told You What I Do For a Living

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Basic Info
Name: Kevin SeHun Kwon
Age: 19
Birthday: August 12, 1992
Hometown: Los Angeles, Ca
Marital Status: single
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Languages: English, (Intermediate) Korean
Currently: In a Roleplay

Social Networking
Twitter: @thehun

Physical Appearance
Ethnicity: Korean-American
Height: 5’9”
Eye Color: brown
Hair Color: naturally black
Body Type: skinny but toned
Body Art: none
Best Feature: eyes

Lifestyle
Sense of Humor: teasing, playful
Exercise: none
Daily Diet: Instant foods
Smoking: no
Drinking: no
Living Situation: Lives with friends
Quirks: has a lisp
Friends: Lu Han, Kai Akiyama, Ami Liu
Relationship History: Sara Kim (2008-2009), Elizabeth Marks (2010-2011), LuHan (on and off from 2003-2011)
Have Children: no
Want Children: after marriage and a stable job
Sexuality: Bisexual

Professional Life
Education: Children’s Day School (Pre-K-8th grade), Drew School (9th grade-12th grade), Riverside University (sophomore)
Major: Studio Design
GPA: 4.0 average
Driver's License/Car: Yes/1990 Mustang GT
Employment Status: N/A
Current Annual Income: N/A
Job Schedule: N/A

Interests

Computer Design

Interior Design

Favorites
Sibling: N/A
Animal: German Shepard
Color: orange
Food: Korean-style ramen
Dessert: boba tea
Movie: Final Destination, The Mummy, The Exorcist
TV show: Family Guy, Futurama, Robot Chicken
Band/Singer: Cherry Filter, AJAX, LEDApple, L`arc~en~ciel, HYDE, Gackt
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Past: Kevin was born in Los Angeles, but his family moved to San Francisco when Kevin was only three years old. After his father died of cancer, his family wasn’t very wealthy, but luckily Kevin was smart enough he managed to get scholarships into private schools. His mother was always very supportive of him, no matter what he decided to do (even when it included a road trip with Kai after high school was out from Ontario, Canada to Mexico City, Mexico). Kevin’s always been one to do his own thing and never lets anyone tell him otherwise. When Kai told him he was going to a regular university in some place called Riverside, it was the first time Kevin truly stopped doing his own thing to do something for someone else, and he all but adopted Kai as a brother after his friend had been disowned. Kevin is still a self-proclaimed mama’s boy, and calls her every week. He’s known by friends as a “walking thesaurus” because his lisp has caused him to managed to avoid almost any words with “s” in it.

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- Shake It Up!
- Beautiful Target

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Basic Info
Name: Ami Liu
Age: 18
Birthday: April 13, 1994
Hometown: Riverside, Ca
Marital Status: single
Zodiac Sign: Aries
Languages: English
Currently: Available for Roleplay

Social Networking
Twitter: @amiyumi

Physical Appearance
Ethnicity: ½ Chinese, ½ Japanese
Height: 5’3”
Eye Color: brown
Hair Color: naturally black
Body Type: petite
Body Art: ears pierced
Best Feature: arms

Lifestyle
Sense of Humor: cute
Exercise: running
Daily Diet: tends to eat leftovers, whatever they may be. She’s a natural at combining foods to make some delicious medley
Smoking: never
Drinking: no
Living Situation: lives with Kai and Kevin
Quirks: Without realizing it, she’ll speak Japanese, but the only Japanese she knows is a few things her grandmother would tell her.
Friends: Kevin Kwon, Kai Akiyama, Batari Choi, Kan Amato, HyunSu Choi, Shen Wu
Relationship History: Fred Scotts (2008-2010)
Have Children: no
Want Children: after marriage
Sexuality: Heterosexual

Professional Life
Education: T.S. Geisel Elementary School, Riverside Central High School, Riverside University (Freshman)
Major: Culinary Arts
GPA: 3.5 average
Driver's License/Car: Yes-motorcycle license/Honda Radical Motorbike
Employment Status: Hostess at Chinese restaurant
Current Annual Income: $8.50/hour
Job Schedule: Friday-Sunday 5pm-10pm

Interests

Cooking

Football

Favorites
Sibling: Older brother, Aniki
Animal: Mouse
Color: Dark Green
Food: French fries
Dessert: ice cream sundaes
Movie: The Tooth Fairy, The Notebook, Final Destination, Madagascar series, Rio
TV show: Friends, How I Met Your Mother, Boy Meets World, Sabrina the Teenaged Witch
Band/Singer: EXO, Feilunhai, 5566, CNBlue, SHINee, F(x), Girl’s Generation, Super Junior, TVXQ, 2PM, 2AM, Wonder Girls, SS501, U-KISS, The Boss
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Past: Ami was always a carefree, innocent spirit. She ended up in the same class as Kevin and they hit it off immediately. Her parents let her and her brother do what they wanted as long as they continued listening to their rules, and they would do just that. Somehow this caused Ami and her brother to grow up to become good people, and Ami is the one who keeps the house in order, as well as also being the one who most often makes the messes. She’s a bit of tomboy, being close to her brother as well as always being closer to guys, causing her to love nothing more than watching football on Superbowl Sunday or playing tackle football with her friends. Her and Kai like to joke she’s more of a man than Kevin.

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Basic Info
Name: Aniki “Niki” Liu
Age: 22
Birthday: August 30, 1990
Hometown: Riverside, Ca
Marital Status: single
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Languages: English, (Fluent) Mandarin, (Advanced) Japanese
Currently: Available for Roleplay

Physical Appearance
Ethnicity: ½ Chinese, ½ Japanese
Height: 6’3”
Eye Color: brown
Hair Color: naturally black
Body Type: tall and skinny but strong
Body Art: ears pierced
Best Feature: face

Lifestyle
Sense of Humor: playful, teasing
Exercise: running
Daily Diet: likes a lot of Japanese dishes
Smoking: no
Drinking: socially, not often
Living Situation: Lives with LuHan, JaeKi and Isaak
Quirks: Is convinced he’s cursed when it comes to electronics. The only thing that’s lasted him longer than a year is his Razor phone, and he would risk his life for that phone
Friends: Amy Liu, Kai Akiyama, Kevin SeHun Kwon, Aki Niigata, Sarah Linerman, Claire Kirkpatrick, Sam Nichols, Dylan White, JaeKi Lee, Isaak Kim
Relationship History: Nicole MacIntyre (2005-2008), Aki Niigata (2011-2012)
Have Children: no
Want Children: later
Sexuality: Heterosexual

Professional Life
Education: T.S. Geisel Elementary School, Riverside Central High School, Toyo University (freshma & sophomore year), Riverside University (senior)
Major: Asian Studies
GPA: 3.7
Driver's License/Car: Yes/No
Employment Status: Host at Japanese Restaurant
Current Annual Income: $11.00/hour
Job Schedule: Sunday-Wednesday 4pm-10pm

Interests

Hanging Out With Friends

Hiking

Favorites
Sibling: Ami
Animal: Panda
Color: royal blue
Food: Tempura
Dessert: Mochi
Movie: My Neighbor Totoro, Death Note, Virgin Snow, You’re My Pet (Korean), Fearless
TV show: Hana Kimi, Hana Yori Dango, Nana, One Piece, Kimi wa Petto
Band/Singer: Ayumi Hamasaki, Yui, Koda Kumi, BoA, Girl’s Generation, F(x), Wonder Girls, S.H.E., Rainie Yang, Cyndi Wang
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Past: Despite their parent’s attempt to be good parents, Aniki is more convinced they sort of... failed. Even though he and Ami turned out to be good people, their father was rarely home (Aniki found out he was having an affair, but he’s yet to tell Ami or their mother), and their mother never spoke up much. This sort of parenting caused a rift between Aniki and his parents, and as soon as he could, he moved out of the house to study in Japan. After only a year of constant harrassment from his grandparents (He now understood why their mother never brought him and Ami to meet them), he decided to return to Riverside, finding a place to live away from his parents. While he’s protective over Ami, he’s not going to stop her from dating. Just don’t break her heart, and you’ll stay on Aniki’s good side.

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Basic Info
Name: Lu Han
Age: 21
Birthday: November 5, 1990
Hometown: Los Angeles, Ca
Marital Status: single
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Languages: English, (Conversational) Mandarin, (Conversational) Cantonese
Currently: Available for Roleplay

Physical Appearance
Ethnicity: Chinese
Height: 5’8”
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Naturally black
Body Type: surprisingly muscular for how skinny he is
Body Art: none
Best Feature: eyes

Lifestyle
Sense of Humor: cute
Exercise: works out at some point in time...
Daily Diet: sometimes can seem like a vegetarian
Smoking: no
Drinking: socially, not often
Living Situation: Lives with Aniki, JaeKi, and Isaak
Quirks: Most cute when he tries to figure out how he’s being cute
Friends: Kevin Kwon, Kai Akiyama, Aniki Liu, JaeKi Lee, Isaak Kim
Relationship History: Kevin Kwon (on and off from 2003-2011); Noel Lennards (2009-2010)
Have Children: no
Want Children: yes
Sexuality: Bisexual with a preference for girls

Professional Life
Education: Westwood Charter School, Immaculate Heart Middle and High School, Pierce College (2 years), Riverside University (Junior)
Degree/Major: B.A. in Technical Science; Drawing Major
GPA: 3.9
Driver's License/Car: Yes/sometimes uses Kevin's car
Employment Status: N/A
Current Annual Income: N/A
Job Schedule: N/A

Interests

Computers

Drawing: example of artwork

Favorites
Sibling: N/A
Animal: deer
Color: gold
Food: Korean BBQ
Dessert: bubble tea
Movie: 50 First Dates
TV show: Big Bang Theory
Band/Singer: JJ Lin, Wang Lee Hom, Andy Lau, TVXQ
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Past: LuHan grew up in a traditional Chinese family. Even though his family moved to LA before he was born, they insisted he learn their traditions and only spoke Mandarin to him (with his maternal grandparents only speaking Cantonese). Despite him studying Chinese, however, he can no longer write it and his reading has gotten weak at best. He met Kevin after Kevin’s family moved in next to his, and he thought the baby was so cute he wanted a sibling! At the time he didn’t understand why he couldn’t have a sibling, but now knows his mother had been pressured by her parents to get her tubes tied “in case she had a girl next.” LuHan has a strained relationship with his father at the best of times, but used to be willing to die for his mother. He told his mother he had on and off feelings about Kevin and she ended up kicking him out of the house, telling him to only come home if he was bringing back a Chinese, female fiancee. So, LuHan went to the one person he knew he could trust: Kevin. Although Kevin couldn’t give him housing, Kai was nice enough to offer to help LuHan until he could get back on his feet.

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Basic Info
Name: JaeKi Lee
Age: 20
Birthday: June 12, 1992
Hometown: Hong Kong, moved to Seattle, Washington soon after birth
Marital Status: single
Zodiac Sign: Gemini
Languages: Korean, (Fluent) English
Currently: Available for Roleplay

Physical Appearance
Ethnicity: Korean; Hong Kong Citizenship
Height: 5’9”
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Naturally black
Body Type: muscular, solid
Body Art: two tattoos, ears pierced in lobes
Best Feature: arms

Lifestyle
Sense of Humor: teasing, sometimes naughty/sexual
Exercise: goes to gym every morning
Daily Diet: Eats a lot more food full of grease and/or sodium than one would think when looking at him
Smoking: yes
Drinking: socially, has only had beer
Living Situation: Lives with Aniki, LuHan, and Isaak
Quirks: Has been too lazy to make ramen. How he keeps his body physique is a mystery even to him.
Friends: Aniki Liu, LuHan, Kevin Kwon, Ami Liu, Isaak Kim, JiSeok Choi
Relationship History: Niel Choi (2008), Sandra Park (2010), Eileen Myers (2010-2011)
Have Children: no
Want Children: after marriage
Sexuality: Mostly Heterosexual

Professional Life
Education: University Child Development School, Lakeside School (12th grade), Stanford University (1 year), Riverside University (sophomore)
Major: Painting
GPA: 3.9
Driver's License/Car: Yes/1994 Honda Accord
Employment Status: Works in an Asian Mart
Current Annual Income: $10.00/hour
Job Schedule: Most Mondays-Fridays 4pm-8pm

Interests

Graffitti

Painting

Favorites
Sibling: Lana
Animal: black bears
Color: forest green
Food: Black Bean Noodles
Dessert: Bacon Sundae
Movie: Dirty Dancing, West Side Story, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, 50 First Dates
TV show: Family Guy, Futurama, The Dr. Oz Show
Band/Singer: Black Eyed Peas, LMFAO, Jason DeRulo, Akon, Chris Brown, Rihanna, Wang Lee Hom, Andy Lau, F(x), Chocolat, Se7en
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Past: JaeKi was bred to be high class. He had never seen the inside of a public school and acknowledged it was his duty to be ready to go to Stanford and get a Masters in medicine to be a doctor. But then, one summer day when he was in high school he was granted permission by his parents to decorate the walls in his room any way he wanted. Turns out he was pretty good. The next semester, he helped his school decorate the outer walls of the premises. He became obsessed with graffitti art, to the point his parents banned him from doing any research on it because his grades were slipping. He was at Stanford for one year before he came home and told his parents he needed to talk to them. He admitted he didn’t like the life they had forced upon him, and surpisingly, they agreed to let him go his way, but they weren’t going to help him. After earning some money to move, he looked for jobs around colleges and chose the job that gave him the most money. That is how he ended up in Riverside almost a year ago, and is going to the Riverside University for the first time in the fall.

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- It's My Life

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Basic Info
Name: Isaak JaeWon Kim
Age: 20
Birthday: July 24, 1992
Hometown: Yakutsk, Russia
Marital Status: single
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Languages: Russian, (Fluent) Korean, (Advanced) English, (Intermediate) Japanese, (Intermediate) Mandarin, (Beginning) Cantonese, (Beginning) French
Currently: Available for Roleplay

Physical Appearance
Ethnicity: Korean; Russian Citizenship
Height: 5’8”
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Naturally black
Body Type: strong, lean, fast
Body Art: Ears pierced
Best Feature: legs

Lifestyle
Sense of Humor: weird, outlandish
Exercise: Runs along the beach
Daily Diet: things that are edible, he's not at all picky
Smoking: no
Drinking: socially
Living Situation: Lives with Aniki, LuHan, and JaeKi
Quirks: Because he’s used to his hometown’s cold, he’s NEVER seen in a coat, even if it snows.
Friends: Aniki Liu, LuHan, JaeKi Lee
Relationship History: Anna Chen (2007-2009)
Have Children: no
Want Children: not sure
Sexuality: Heterosexual

Professional Life
Education: Sakha-Korean School (1-9th grade), ChangWon Science High School (10th grade), Ben Eielson Junior/Senior High School (11th Grade), Sakha-Korean School (12th grade), Riverside University (sophomore)
Major: Linguistics
GPA: 4.2
Driver's License/Car: No/N/A
Employment Status: N/A
Current Annual Income: ~ $1,000/month from parents for rent and food
Job Schedule: N/A

Interests

Traveling & Learning Languages

Tattoo art: example of his work

Favorites
Sibling: younger brother, 16 and older brother, 22
Animal: moose
Color: yellow
Food: sushi or pizza
Dessert: hot chocolate
Movie: Old Boy, You’re My Pet, The Italian, The Return, Hipsters, The Best Movie, Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, Brother, Tale of Two Sisters
TV show: Interny, School, Law & Order SVU: Russia, Russians in the City of Angels, Alien Persona
Band/Singer: Tatu, Far East Movement, Aziatix, Super Junior, Infinite, Girl’s Generation, S.H.E., Skillet, Skrillex, Sum 41, Wonder Girls, IU, Koda Kumi, L`arc~en~ciel
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Past: Isaak’s family always encouraged his curiosity about the world and never stopped him when he said he wanted to study abroad. This resulted in him studying abroad not once, not twice, but three times while he was in high school. Because of his natural desire to travel, he’s found a little niche in Riverside, and he’s okay with staying for a little while. However, there’s no promising he’ll stay once he graduates. His family is well-to-do, but Isaak doesn’t brag about it, or even show it, as he doesn’t have a single brand name item in his closet. Because of how often he travels, he has a very strange accent.

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Basic Info
Name: Lana JaeHee Lee
Age: 6
Birthday: September 28, 2005
Hometown: Seattle, Washington
Marital Status: single
Zodiac Sign: Libra
Languages: English, (spoken) Korean
Currently: Reserved for Roleplay with Jayson Black

Physical Appearance
Ethnicity: Korean; American Citizenship
Height: 4’0”
Eye Color: brown
Hair Color: black
Body Type: skinny but with baby fat
Body Art: ears pierced
Best Feature: smile

Lifestyle
Sense of Humor: childish
Exercise: likes swimming
Daily Diet: likes a lot of Korean dishes
Smoking: no
Drinking: once got ahold of a soju shot, but otherwise no
Living Situation: Lives with brother, JaeKi, as well as LuHan, Aniki, and Isaak
Quirks: Treats the boys like they’re younger than her because “someone has to be a mommy!”
Friends: MinKyon Choi
Relationship History: N/A
Have Children: no
Want Children: too young

Professional Life
Education: University Child Development School (Kindergarten), T.S. Geisel Elementary School (1st grade)
Major: N/A
GPA: B+/A- average
Employment Status: N/A
Current Annual Income: $500/month to her brother for help caring for her
Job Schedule: N/A

Interests

Spending time with big brother

Playing house/dress up

Ballet

Drums

Favorites
Sibling: JaeKi
Animal: kittens
Color: pink
Food: Danmuji (Daikon radish)
Dessert: ice cream with hot fudge
Movie: Shrek series, Anastasia (Disney), Roger’s and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Lion King series, Home Alone series, 101 Dalmatians, 102 Dalmatians, Aristocats, Despicable Me
TV show: Dora the Explorer, Ni-Hao! Kailan, Dexter’s Labratory, Fairly Odd Parents, Drake & Josh, iCarly
Band/Singer: Justin Bieber, One Direction, GP Basic
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Past: After basically chasing their son away, Lana and JaeKi’s parents decided to let loose a little with their little girl. Even though they wanted her to be refined, trying to make her learn what they wanted her to learn only proved to be all but fatal to their ears-Lana knows how to get what she wants. Therefore, when she wanted to be with her big brother, there really wasn’t much her parents could do, and they now send JaeKi some extra money to help care for her. She’s happiest when she gets to be with her big brother, and rarely makes a fuss or throws a tantrum around him.

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