Alright, here's my guy. Hope he's not [i]too [/i]useless!

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[center][h1]Igarashi Renzo[/h1][/center]

[center]Genin[/center]
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Alias - None yet, he's just some dumb genin.

Age - Fourteen, but turns fifteen in half a month.

Gender - Male

Sexual Orientation - Heterosexual
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Occupation - Genin

Personality - Ren is honestly kind of just your average kid. He tries to be cheerful when he can, and generally isn't too bad at it, but with the way he [i]barely[/i] managed to claw his way through the test to make genin, his self esteem has dropped considerably. This has turned into a full on inferiority complex when he was placed in a team with his classmate Koharu Hayashi, who was not only a genius to the level of being called a prodigy, but was also the jinchuriki of the five tails and niece of the late Tsuchikage! Meanwhile, he was just some idiot from a civilian family, with nothing that could really be considered interesting to his character at all! In spite of this inferiority complex, or more likely [i]because[/i] of it, he hates the idea of being looked down on, despite knowing there's very little reason not to. He wants to be be a person people can depend on, despite knowing there isn't really a reason for them to.

He wants to help people, even though he knows he isn't even [i]close[/i] to being strong enough to.

Yet.

Family Name - Igarashi

Family Bloodline trait - Nope. The Igarashi clan has almost no shinobi to it's name.

Village - Stone

Background - 
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Ren has had a surprisingly difficult time getting to where he is now. He doesn't have any fancy kekkei genkai, or even a family member who could teach him what he was missing. He's just your average civilian kid who decided to try and make it as a shinobi. Upon entering the academy, it became clear quite quickly that he wasn't on the level of most of the students from established clans, and even a fair few of the civilian kids were getting by far easier than him. However, while the gap in ability did leave him somewhat disheartened, it also led him to throw himself into his training all the harder. Even outside the academy, he was trying to read up on the theory or train his ninjutsu and taijutsu. Normally, this would probably have been a good choice. Unfortunately, his training soon led to him losing sleep, and slowly cutting himself off from the other aspects of his life. By the time his class was nearing graduation, his grades had dipped even lower than before, and he was slowly beginning to give in to the idea that he just wasn't good enough to pass.

And then he had a chance encounter with the Tsuchikage, who found him on the verge of tears from the frustration over his predicament.

Truth be told, Ren had always found the man a little intimidating, having never really had any proper conversation with him. Yeah, he knew his reputation was good, but it didn't really do much when he'd also heard of how stern he could be. It was for this reason that he found himself surprised when he sat down next to Ren, put a hand on the boys shoulder, and asked what was up. For such a powerful man to be concerned about some no-name academy student like him shocked him to his core, and before he even realised what was happening, he had broken down, blubbering out all his issues with keeping up, and just how damned [i]frustrating[/i] it was when all he wanted was to be a strong shinobi like him. It was here that the Tsuchikage asked the second armour-piercing question of the conversation.

Why?

And Ren realised he had no idea. He knew he wanted to be a powerful shinobi, but he had no idea [i]why[/i] he wanted that. Probably just because he thought they were cool or something, he guessed. When he finally, hesitantly told the Tsuchikage, the man surprised him yet again by laughing loudly, telling him that that was the core of his problem right there! He told Ren that if he wanted to become a [i]truly[/i] great shinobi, he needed to find something he'd be fighting for. He then went on to cover all the other problems with his self-imposed training regimen, explaining surprisingly non-nonchalantly that he had been watching him train for a little while now. Ren instinctively, almost subconsciously, made a joke about the most powerful man in the village stalking kids, before immediately realising what he'd just said and trying to retract it in horror. However, the Tsuchikage just laughed, admitting that he guessed he was, and for the first time in the conversation, Ren relaxed enough to laugh along with him. Eventually, after briefly helping him plan a less self-destructive way to train, the Tsuchikage left, and after a moment of reflection on everything that had just happened, made his way home to apologize to his parents for being such an idiot, and begin putting his new plan into effect. He still didn't know why he wanted to be a shinobi, but it was a start.

From there, things got a little better. He still wasn't great at school, but he managed to [i]just barely scrape[/i] his way through the graduation exam, and eventually got assigned to a team with Koharu Hayashi, which quickly caused the inferiority complex to resurface again, although he managed to keep it somewhat tempered by his new way of thinking, covering it with fake smiles and optimism he couldn't fully commit to. As of yet, he hasn't really managed to connect with her, but he holds out some slight hope that some day he'll be able to call her a genuine friend.

However, it wasn't long after that that the unthinkable happened.

The Tsuchikage was killed.

People said it was Konoha, and war had quickly broken out. People were dying, and it was becoming increasingly clear that he and his team would soon be dragged into the fighting as well despite their low rank and age. However, despite his grief over his new role models death, it did help him realise one thing. He wanted to be a shinobi like he had been. He wanted to be someone people could look to for support, and depend on.

And maybe, if he made it through this war, he might even succeed. 
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Equipment - Just the usual, shuriken, kunai, food pills, a couple of smoke screens, and waaay too many paper bombs.

Clothing - A tannish shirt and long, blueish-black pants. Again, pretty average. Wears his forehead protector as a bandana, which also helps to keep his usually messy hair out of his eyes.

Personal Items - A small notebook for training plans and mission details. Also a small stuffed sheep he's had since childhood[i]STOPJUDGINGHIM.[/i]

Chakra Nature - Earth

Kekkei Genkai - Nah man. He's just some normal loser.
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Name - Body Replacement Technique
Data:
Classification - Ninjutsu/General Skill
Nature - N/A
Class - Supplementary
Range - Self
Hand Seals - Tiger → Boar → Ox → Dog → Snake 
Effect - The instant before they are to be struck by an attack, the user replaces themselves with a block of wood or something similar. 
Type - N/A

Name - Clone Technique
Data:
Classification - Ninjutsu
Nature - N/A
Class - Supplementary
Range - N/A
Hand Seals - Ram → Snake → Tiger 
Effect - For this technique, users create one or more afterimages of themselves to move alongside them. These images have no substance, and cannot cause harm to or be harmed by others.
Type - N/A

Name - Transformation Technique
Data:
Classification - Ninjutsu
Nature - N/A
Class - Supplementary
Range - N/A
Hand Seals - Dog → Boar → Ram
Effect - User can disguise themselves as another person, animal, plant or inanimate object, and gain attributes and physical features of whatever they transform into.
Type - N/A

Name - Earth Release: Practice Brick Technique
Data:
Classification - Ninjutsu
Nature - Earth Release
Class - Defensive 
Range - All ranges
Hand Seals - Ram → Tiger → Snake → Dog → Rat → Ox → Horse → Rabbit → Tiger → Boar → Snake
Effect - The user creates a solid wall of earth as a form of defence, manipulating pre-existing ground to form the wall. The earth then instantly rises up and takes form. Weak, but easy to learn.
Type - Defense
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