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[indent]Kira Nomo[/indent]
[b][GENDER][/b]
[indent]Female[/indent]
[b][AGE][/b]
[indent]17 Years Old[/indent]
[b][PERSONALITY][/b]
[indent]If you were going to play to TV from a high school setting, Kira would play the part of the noble, friendly star quarterback. She is approachable and handles people with a smile and an air of friendliness but she still suffers from being a jock, resulting in more stubborn, thick-headed reactions. What’s more is that Kira’s prideful and anything short of a starter and anything akin to a challenge, she’ll be very likely to take offense.[/indent]
[b][BACKSTORY][/b]
[indent]When your famous, but retired, Major League Baseball player of a father wanted a son to follow his footsteps in baseball but you turned out to be a daughter, you should probably be ready to accept that you’ll have to play baseball. To Hideo Nomo’s surprise, his daughter was apparently destined for baseball. At a young age, she was capable of smashing the ball when batting and pitched a fastball with surprising heat that even caught Hideo off guard a few times.

To Kira, all the attention and praise from her father had really built her up and put baseball on a pedestal for her. She not only wanted to play, but she wanted to be the best as her father really fostered a competitive spirit in her. For most of her life, she revolved around baseball, scoring mediocre grades in school as a result, but she passed by enough. The important thing was, she was playing for the Juniors League, a division of very serious baseball players in Japan. If you did well in this league, you’d be signed onto the pros once you hit eighteen. 

Kira had been playing the sport so well, many thought she’d end up playing Majors with the rest of men. However the MLB in the States has a very strict screening for quirks as they want to preserve the [i]authenticity[/i] of the sport and not allow too strong of a quirk. When it was discovered that Kira had enhanced strength, she was barred from entry, much the dismay to her and her father. This meant that although Kira could compete in Japan, she couldn’t compete with the best. It was a huge blow to her competitive fire and she went on to play for a bit longer before retiring, no longer having the drive to continue. However it wasn’t all bad… Kira had heard some promising rumors of something forming that had use of quirks and hers had to be the best, right? ...

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[b][QUIRK][/b]
[indent][b]Rubber Muscle Overcharge[/b] - A mutation in Kira’s muscle fibers have resulted in them performing feats of increased strength, provided the right motion is performed. Firstly, Kira is incredibly flexible, appearing double jointed and almost rubbery when tested. 

For example, she could rotate her forearm several times over, coiling her muscles and flesh around her radius and ulna bones. It is a conscious act to perform and theoretically, Kira is only limited to her own strength as the elastic tension caused by her own muscles will increase the amount of resistance. Once Kira relaxes and stops forcing her arm to twist, the muscles and skin will unwind using the elastic tension to return Kira’s arm to normal. By really stretching her limits of flexibility, Kira can extra force in tests of strength, like coiling her legs in a squat right before a jump to get added height or twisting her upper body several times over to spin like a violent top.

As the elastic tension increases, Kira’s flesh appears as if she had gotten a sunburn and eventually, steam will escape from her pores as some of the stored energy escapes through heat. Icing the muscles used in this way is recommended as the muscles will inflame from such usage. As an added effect, using this quirk requires a lot of calories and will cause quite a hunger.

Kira isn’t presently aware of her true strength and simply believes she has super strength. What she isn’t aware of, however, is that the motions in baseball have her stretch conveniently to use some of her quirk’s strength. When batting and pitching, she stretches her torso along her spine more so than she realizes, allowing her to get that extra ‘fire’ when up to bat or on the mound. Otherwise her athletics (ie running) are just above par with an average, healthy, twenty year old. [/indent]
[b][SKILLS][/b]
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[b]Baseball.[/b] 
It takes more than just brute strength to play baseball well and Kira has the reflexes and focus to compete with the best of the Japanese Junior Professional League. Her strengths were obviously batting and pitching.

[b]Rich.[/b]
Due to her father’s profession, he ended up with a lot of money before he retired. Kira never needed to worry about a problem that money could solve. More than that, Kira has quite a sum of money in her account because apparently being a mini-celebrity in the Juniors was enough for Kira to become a marketable figure for advertising agencies, though that attention has faded as Kira’s chance to play in the majors has been reduced to zero. Still, you might find Kira’s face on a poster for a kid’s shoe line out there.[/indent]
[b][SAMPLE POST][/b]
[indent]The letter addressed to Kira from Tumble had been sitting on her desk since this morning. It was now six in the evening as Kira had finished a nervous walk around the block. She didn’t know what her chances were with being accepted into Tumble’s Hero Agency. She had no knowledge of how they gauged quirks but surely, hers would be accepted… right? She does have super strength and didn’t All Might have the same thing? Of course she’d be accepted. All Might was a hero and she’d be a great one, maybe even a better one… 

No, now wasn’t the time to get ahead of herself. One step at a time as dad always said. Fundamentals first and once you get those, start aiming higher. First step was opening this letter. In an instant, she reached out and grabbed the envelope, ripping it open before the envelope had even completely left the table. The letter was slightly ripped as it was extracted from its paper casing and Kira quickly devoured with her eyes the kanji printed on the paper.

Accepted. Of course. She knew it to be, but still, she found the idea of being a hero a bit frightening. It was a different game compared to baseball… [color=0054a6]”Hey father! I made it! I got accepted!”[/color] Kira called from the office of her father’s house. She knew her father was right around the corner but heard only a faint grunt in response. He clearly was still down about his only daughter not being a baseball player. Despite that, she knew he would be happy for her. Now… how best to train...[/indent]
[b][OTHERS][/b]
[indent]Seeing as Kira has had difficulties utilizing her strength without a ball or bat in hand, she keeps a fancy bat with a fancy sheath with her, almost as if it were her sword. [/indent]
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