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Name:
Akira Kurase

Age:
21

Appearance: 
6'2'' with blonde hair and bright green eyes, he is an anomaly in most of Japan. Especially when perfect Japanese spills out of his mouth. His mother is Swedish while his father is a native Japanese from Okinawa. He tends to dress professionally, even in the summer heat.

Personality:
Outside he is kind and warm, in this kitchen he is a fierce and unforgiving. Kurase is known to be incredibly fierce in the kitchen that he runs, not tolerating any failures from his staff. Outside of work he is calm and typically cheerful, without any sense of anger. He was raised to keep his cool and always have a level head, though in the kitchen it is a little less obvious. When working at his restaurant, which he is at two hours before opening and three hours after closing six days a week, he is blunt, sharp, and incredibly quick. That being said, he holds his friends dearly and will always ensure that his employees are doing well, both at and outside of work.

Occupation at the [s]Bakery[/s]:
Head chef and owner of the restaurant [i]Kurase[/i] that neighbors the bakery.

History: 
Born to a reasonably wealthy family, Akira rarely had to worry about where his next meal would come from or if he could afford doing something that he really wanted to do. Most children would grow complacent with their lifestyle, though Akira always had a certain drive. In school he quickly climbed the ladder, reaching the top of his class through a tremendous amount of studying. His maintained his high marks through his entire academic career, going off to university with exceptionally high marks. His family assumed he'd go on to do something great. Perhaps become a doctor like his mother or a financial adviser like his mother or even take his own path. What he did was exactly that. He took his own path, just not what anyone was expecting.

Kurase lasted three months in university before he dropped out, took what money his parents gave him for schooling and opened a restaurant in a neighboring city, only informing his family well after he had opened up his restaurant. It was in Fukushima that Akira intended to create his legacy, a single restaurant bearing his name. One that would rival the greats of Japan, no matter what it took! From the time Akira left university to today, he has spent countless hours honing his craft, dead set on becoming a restaurant that will be known across Japan.
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