Display Name: Suto

Real Name: Yukio Fukuyama

Age: 15

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Background:
A resident of the small mountainous vale of Ichigawa, Yukio is an avid gamer and self-proclaimed prank master. Most of his time in school is spent with friends discussing games, thinking about games, planning his next practical joke on a classmate or daydreaming in some fashion. Arguably immature and too lax he has earned the ire of his parents on more than one occasion, used to being told to straighten out his behavior. Ever the deviant though he continues to have fun, always keeping his grades at "just good enough." He'll do as much as he can to make sure he gets through and nothing more, having no reason to really push himself academically. Besides, his older brother Arashi is already the pride of the family, he can afford to relax a little.

Player Build/Class:
Befitting his mischievous nature Suto took up the closest thing he could to an "assassin" class. Utilizing trick attacks and status effects, he makes up for in lack of health or defense for speed and striking power, essentially a glass cannon. He wields a tantō, wears light armor and has a set of kunai on his person at all times.

Display Name: Doku

Real Name: Arashi Fukuyama

Age: 22

Appearance:


Background:
A resident of Ichigawa and older brother to Yukio. Arashi is the eldest child of the Fukuyama family and already accomplished despite his relatively young age. Having completed his education at the University of Tokyo at age 19 he is an exceptionally bright individual, if somewhat begrudging; taking up the family practice in a pharmaceutical company has ensured he has a comfortable future, yet one he cares little for. His heart isn't in it and he found himself often playing games with his younger brother as of late to avoid having to deal with his unsavory work. Immensely protective of Yukio, and arguably more patient with him than their parents, the two are quite close to one another.

Player Build/Class:
Somewhat unused to having so much choice and free reign Doku was a bit overwhelmed at first. Eventually though he settled on a two-handed greatsword and medium armor build. Cumbersome now that the game is literally their lives, but he thought it seemed fun at first.

Display Name: Nero
Real Name: Undisclosed

Age: 20

Gender: Male

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History: Nero has spent much of his free time gaming since he was young. Of course, he was still a student and a citizen first, he was never one to shy away from using his free time for himself. He played anything with the tag RPG on it – be it with guns, swords, or magic. Like most SAO players, he was highly invested and excited for the new game; his history with MMOs was to play them until he reached a formidable, albeit far from mastered, point on a character or two before moving on to the next. He just liked seeing the different worlds that each one offered. When the news broke that SAO was supposedly going to have unlimited skills and an unfathomably large map as well as what was being called “Full-Dive” technology… Well, he just had to get it. The only person who followed him through each of his many, many games was his wife. She was going to try it out next and they would just wait for the NerveGear to hit shelves again before playing together. Of course, she hasn’t really had a turn to play yet…

SAO Build: Speed, Light Armour, One-Handed Curved Sword, Material/Beast Hunter

Display Name: Yari
Real Name: Mizuki Yukimura

Age: 17

Gender: Female

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History: Yari was born a child of two to a pair of fairly well-off parents. Her father was from a small mountain town called Ichigawa and, at the time, had every intention of returning home to raise his family. However, he was offered what he basically considered his dream-job straight out of college. When Yari was born, they only visited Ichigawa to see family. She was a studious, bookish girl but it was hard for most to dislike her. Even from a young age, she showed a nurturing personality to everybody – juniors, seniors, peers… Everybody received her almost hennish mothering, even if they didn’t need it. Luckily, she learned to control herself to a certain point and thus made an effort to not be downright annoying with it.

SAO Build: Medium-Armour and Spear

Display Name: Kimigami
Real Name: Kimiko Yagami

Age: 14

Gender: Female

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History: Kimiko was born to a family of relatively low status in Tokyo. When she and her brothers, a pair of twins younger than she was, were still fairly small, they lost their father. The household’s matriarch was hardly the woman she once was. Thankfully, when Kimi was nearly ten, their aunt came to live with them out of worry for the effect of their mother’s inevitable breakdowns. Even still, their aunt was more of a financial support than anything – she wasn’t so good at being a mom, so Kimi was almost forced into making sure her brothers had lunch for school and dressed themselves properly every day. Made sure they boarded the proper train or whatever it was they needed. She hated every minute of it. When one of her friends from school invited her over to try out Sword Art Online, Kimi was more than happy to take just one evening… Just one to herself. She deserved a chance to have a life to herself if for only one night. It was going to be fun – they’d take turns on the brand new, shiny NerveGear. The friend had been a beta tester, so she offered the first turn to her classmate, Kimi. Little did she know, that helmet wouldn’t come off after it went on. In SAO, the last thing she has to worry about it taking care of anybody but herself. In honesty, she didn’t take long to adapt to the life that revolved solely around her. But in the back of her mind, she knows that she has to get back to her “real life.”

SAO Build: Rapier and Leather Armour

Display Name: Ikuji

Real Name: 秋元健二 ( Akimoto, Kenji )

Age: 17

Appearance:



Background:
Akimoto Kenji is the first son of a small, but relatively influential, family in the Shinjuku Ward of Tokyo. His family are owners of several convenience stores spread out through the ward and, due to his status as the first born, Kenji has been raised with the idea that he would eventually have to take the family business into his own hands once his parents had reached the age of retirement. With a pampered lifestyle and family trade knowledge, Kenji had begun the road to an easy and vicing life, and as the news of the massive online roleplaying game, Sword Art Online, being released soon, it was only a matter of time before Kenji put his sights on it. He and his childhood friend, Yamashita Hachiro, planned for weeks before the release date on how they intended to play the game and try to dominate the gaming world, but as the news of the game taking a more grim-turn in the first few hours, Kenji's plan had started to take a much different path.

Character Build: Light Armor and Niuweidao, a type of Chinese-styled sabre.

Display Name: Hosho

Real Name: 山下八炉 ( Yamashita, Hachiro )

Age: 19

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Background:
Yamashita Hachiro by first glance is above average, large Japanese man who seems more prone to violence than conversation at any given point. However, regardless of his appearance, Hachiro is a rather polite and generous gentleman in his community than anything else. Hachiro was raised in a middle class family in the Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, to a salary man and a house wife. Excelling in most physical sports and academics, Hachiro was granted enrollment in the more prestigious schools throughout Tokyo, in which he met his best friend, Kenji. The two had become inseparable throughout their lives and, regardless of the schemes and ploys that Kenji may have wished to attempted, Hachiro always seemed to have an interesting mind in the matter to prevent such things. As Sword Art Online was released to the initial ten-thousand, Hachiro gladly followed Kenji into their new endeavour in the gaming world but, even though the game became life-and-death, he still keeps his vigil against those who would dare harm either of them.

Character Build: Heavy Armor and Odachi, Japanese greatsword.