YUUTA KAGEYAMA

 

"When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target."    KANJI:  影山右多 RACE: Human TRAIT: Reflex  CLASS: Samurai YEAR: 3 WEAKNESSES: Trance Music, Pop Culture References RECENT NEWS: "My idiot brother somehow got himself bound to an angel.  Our home is ridiculously noisy... if I have to replace the furniture one more time..." FACTS: Yuuta is a very serious and pragmatic person.  He carries this air of no-nonsense around and never seems to smile or laugh.  He always seems like he's not in a good mood.  Normally, he is polite, but very cavalier towards others.  At his worst, he glares at people as though he is trying to set them on fire, but he will still probably be polite.  He generally comes off as a guy who can't have any fun, and most people are either intimidated by his cold demeanor or dislike him for being an unfriendly person. Yuuta's beliefs and manners are very, very traditional.  He will always speak formally... unless he's really irritated. Yuuta never watches television or movies, believing them to be a waste of his time.  He also hates video games. Yuuta does like to listen to music, though.  He can play the shamisen.  Yuuta has a very ingrained sense of duty.  As the oldest of his three brothers, he seems to think that being a proper representative of the Kageyama family is extremely important.  He feels a lot of pressure to uphold this sort of image and will do everything he can to keep it up. Yuuta is a straight A student.  In his spare time, he is either training or taking care of business. Yuuta is very fastidious.  His apartment is always immaculate, and he really hates it when his brothers don't clean their rooms. Yuuta doesn't like that many things.  But he does like cooking.   Yuuta also likes exercising, reading, and hot baths. PREVIOUS LIFE: Yuuta is the first born son of his family, born just minutes ahead of his twin brother, Kenta and two years ahead of the baby of the family, Naota.  Yuuzen Kageyama, Yuuta's father, was a wealthy, yet benevolent philanthropist known mostly for his work with orphanages and the homeless.  His mother, Naoko, was beautiful and faithful both as a wife and a mother.  In the public eye, their family was perfect. However, people don't make money by simply giving it away. Certainly, Yuuzen Kageyama couldn't. After the sun went down, the family portrait was painted in much darker tones.  Deals under tables in the smoky, shadowy corners of places that women and children mustn't get too close to.  Puppeteers would tug at strings with the corners of their mouths upturned ever-so-slightly.  And Yuuzen Kageyama made a very fine puppet, indeed. Yuuta, being the eldest, would become responsible for taking Yuuzen's place in the future.  Because of this, he was given a strict education and upbringing.  His free time was rare, and even that was regulated rather closely.  Everything about Yuuta was decided for him... what his hobbies would be.  Who he would befriend.  Who he was allowed to date.  What he was allowed to wear.  And he was told again and again that it was all because he would inherit the family... though he wouldn't know exactly what that meant until much later. If he had a problem with this restrictive lifestyle, his family never knew.  He became quite adept at keeping any of his unattractive character traits (e.g frustration, anger, fatigue) hidden.  He was well-mannered, charming, and photogenic.  He was, according to most people, next to perfect. The only ones who were able to bear witness to cracks in Yuuta's lovingly crafted facade were his brothers.  Kenta, in particular, could understand Yuuta better than anyone, and Naota's gentle character was often a source of refuge.  Their relationship wasn't perfect, but as brothers, they were close. DEATH: Of course, the life expectancy of the puppets of unsavory characters is rather short... particularly when puppets try to cut their own strings.  After attempting to sever his ties to the underground,  Yuuzen was caught and would be forced to watch everything he had ever made disappear in ways as slow and painful as the puppetmasters' imaginations would stretch.   Naoko was sent to heaven in her attempt to protect Naota, who would soon have the same fate bestowed upon him.  Kenta and Yuuta were able to run for a bit longer.  However, it would become apparent that there were far too many dark and smoky corners housing underground puppeteers in the world.  Instead of allowing themselves to be killed, the two decided to instead take fate into their own hands.  For these strawberry blonde twins, nothing could have been more appropriate than double homocide.  Their poisoned cups were downed with their arms linked... RELATIONSHIPS: FAMILY: -Kenta Kageyama -Naota Kageyama   FRIENDS: -Itagaki Tamafune ♪: ⌧ ⌧ ⌧ ⌧ ⌧ ⌧ ⌧