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[b][color=D08716]Name:[/color][/b]
[indent]Sawyer, Kenya R.[/indent]
[b][color=D08716]Age:[/color][/b]
[indent]17[/indent]
[b][color=D08716][color=D08716]Appearance:[/color][/color][/b]
[indent]A definite stand out in the world of the Nipon... as she's not even Japanese, unlike the rest of the cast. One glance will tell you that Kenya Sawyer is an African-American girl, and her accent is Chicagoan - and it's easy to ascertain her accent as she's very talkative and personable. Her vibe is bouncy, passionate, and firey, giving away that she's always open for a conversation. 

Usually, you'll see her saying hello to people as she walks like she owns the whole place! Two things make the young Kenya stand out: her afro and height. Kenya has a massive bushy afro... something that she inherited from her late mother. Her mother, Zambia Sawyer, was famous for her [i]gigantic[/i] and well-maintained afro; however, she passed away a few years ago, and Kenya wears the afro to honor her deceased mother. 

Kenya's afro is curly and well-textured from all the work she puts into ensuring it looks the best (and yes, it fits in the Kendo helmet - it's anime, shut up). It adds a couple of inches to the girl, who is tall and likely one of the two things people notice about her. The other thing people notice about Kenya is that she is [i]tall[/i]. She stands at five-eleven, but she is stick-thin with awkwardly long limbs that make her look just slightly weird. Kenya had an active childhood, so she is well-toned from playing sports (like basketball), going jogging with her mother, and martial arts - and, thankfully, her genetics favor gaining muscle and keeping fat off.[/indent]
[b][color=D08716]Personality:[/color][/b]
[indent]Don't make a big deal out of Kenya while going to [i]Japan[/i] for the foreign exchange program is a [i]once[/i] in a lifetime experience, she remains lax, laid-back, and doesn't want to be made a big deal out of. Yes, Kenya knows that she sticks out like a sore thumb, but she would instead be treated equally as everyone else in Akimitsu. The way Kenya grew up is that she always brushed things off her shoulders and kept pushing herself to be her very best - no matter what. Someone insult her? She'll play it off as a joke and keep moving. Did she embarrass herself? Well, she'll she'll make sure not. Did she lose a Kendo tournament? She'll try even [i]harder[/i] next time. 

Kenya never gives up and makes sure that, no matter what she does, she puts her absolute all into it to honor her deceased mother. This extends to people she cares about; she'll [i]definitely[/i] push them as well, seeing herself as the "big sis" many people never had! Though she doesn't realize it, she can be a bit pushy and overbearing, even though she has the best intentions.[/indent]
[b][color=D08716]Bio:[/color][/b]
[indent]There's no deep and dark backstory here, a secret family lineage that trails back to the origin of Kendo or anything. Kenya was born in Miami, Florida, and lived in the house her grandparents owned until her teen when her parents got their place in Orlando. Her parents showered her with as much love as possible, but Kenya was far closer to her mother than her father (who was usually either tired or busy). Kenya didn't realize it until her teens but became an exact copy of her mother, Zambia Sawyer, without the afro. Growing up, she was very outgoing and active, and to curb her activity, her family placed her in several sports and martial arts programs so it could be at least [i]constructively[/i] used. Some things Kenya excelled at, like martial arts, and other things, like soccer, she was so horrible at she still gets mocked about it today! However, right before she entered high school, her mother died from cancer, which was a defining moment for Kenya. Who dedicated every day to her mother, which meant she wanted [i]every[/i] day that she lived to be her very best, doing her very best. She pushed herself at whatever sports or martial arts she competed in, and every day after school was spent at the gym. 

Her hard work paid off when she received the letter: an invitation to participate in a foreign exchange program in [i]Japan. Everyone[/i] she talked to told her to do it, and she was sent it back, and in a few months, she was on the plane to Japan and ended up at Akimitsu Academy. It was one hell of a culture shock - and they were shocked to see a girl like her there! However, the only issue was that they didn't have the same outlets for Kenya's energy back home... well, she remembered reading that the academy was famous for creating kendo practitioners. Kenya thought that Kendo was playing samurai or something, but she figured that she'd give it a chance...

... and she loved it. Thus begins Kenya's journey navigating Akimitsu Academy's eccentric kendo team as she honors her mother with every match.[/indent]
[b][color=D08716]Kendo:[/color][/b]
[b][indent]Now, Kenya is a complete newcomer to Kendo but is not a newcomer to martial arts - she already has the basics down for her footwork, which is already superb. She has the basics of kendo down, but she is already quickly developing her unique style... offense, offense, and more offense. Kenya prefers to bumrush the opponent and overwhelm them with her speed and footwork before they can even get a chance to figure out what is going on. It works [sup]sometimes[/sup]![/indent]
[color=D08716]Other:[/color][/b]
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