Fuwa Kazuki

``Fuwa Kazuki

Family Name: Fuwa
Other Names: Kazuki; called Kazu by close friends and family
Gender: Male
Age: Eighteen
Year and Class: 3rd Year, Class A
Occupation: Works at the cinema in Suzumiya Mall

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Hair
Mid-to-dark brown, mid-length and shaggy-cut.

Eyes
Dark brown.

Body
Kazuki has quite a lean build. He is fairly tall, standing at 5'11", and has quite a thin body. Though he does lots of exercise and is healthy and fit, he hasn't got a lot of muscle.

Usual Clothing
Kazuki will wear anything, really. Whether it's a bright orange hooded-top or a navy blue jersey, he doesn't really care. As long as he doesn't look completely stupid, but is comfortable, Kazuki is usually fine with any type of clothing.

Distinguishing Features
None.

Mother
Fuwa Ayane, aged 46, an amiable housewife. She adores her two sons and husband, and can seem quite dotty and far-away at times. Ayane loves to read soppy Western romance novels, and although she tries her very best at cooking lovely meals for her family, she is not the best cook in the house!

Father
Fuwa Kaito, aged 51, a police detective for Nagai Police Department. He is a serious and stern man, especially when he is not at home. However, when he is around his wife, Kaito is a lot more amiable and cheerful. He is very proud of his eldest son, though wishes Kazuki would buck up the pace to catch up with his brother.

Siblings
Fuwa Takumi, older brother, aged 24; he is in the University of Tokyo majoring in History. He is an extremely bright, if not especially sociable person. The complete opposite of Kazuki.

Short Biography
Kazuki's family has lived in Nagai for generations. The men in his family have been members of the Nagai Police Department for as far back as anyone can see, and there has always been great expectation that both Kazumi and his elder brother Takumi will follow suit. However, although Takumi is eager enough to join the police as soon as he finishes at university and work his way up even to the rank of Police Commissioner, Kazumi is a whole other story.

Although he has always been perfectly capable of keeping top scores on class tests, Kazumi has never had any interest in academic achievements. This has always been a point of annoyance with his father, though his mother is much more lenient and believes that as long as her son is happy, there is nothing to worry about.

Nothing of note has really happened in Kazuki's life so far. He started learning to play the guitar and bass guitar when he was fourteen and fifteen respectively, and it still looking around for others that might want to make a band of some sort with him.

Kazuki started working at the local mall's cinema two years ago, trying to earn some spare money to save up for his own motorcycle. As it is, his only mode of transportation is a pushbike or his own legs. Which, although that means he gets a little more exercise than others, is something he has wanted to change for ages. Kazuki joined the school's basketball team as soon as he entered his first year of high school. He is still an active member of the basketball team, and was made Captain this year.

Personality
Kazuki generally has a very laid-back personality. He loves nothing more than to sit around with some friends and chat about nothing in particular. Although he sometimes seems quite solitary and aloof, Kazuki is really a friendly person at heart. He can be very stern, just like his father, but only when he is in a position of authority and has certain responsibilities. Kazuki has good leadership qualities, such as good organisational skills, but he tends to prefer staying out of the spotlight and letting others take the lead. However, as he knows all too well, this isn't always possible.

Kazuki is quite smart, as he manages to pass his exams with flying colours with little studying. However, nobody really knows him for this cleverness. He has never been someone that people regard as clever, and sometimes people can be surprised when they see how high his test scores are.

Kazuki enjoys playing basketball, and is secretly thrilled that he has been made Captain of the team this year. For once his father actually said he was proud of him, which was saying something. Apart from that, Kazuki likes to play his guitar and write songs. If he were in a band, he would sing if he had to, but would actively seek out a "proper singer"!

It was early. Too early. But Fuwa Kazuki was used to getting up in the early hours of the morning for basketball practice. He had to be, otherwise he wouldn't be on the team anymore. Of course it didn't help that he had been given the late night shifts in his job at the cinema for the past three weeks, but that couldn't be changed without taking a different career path. Kazuki doubted that his boss would be particularly happy with him saying he couldn't work that late because he had to practice basketball; his boss wasn't at all interested in anything outside the cinema. Heck, he was always moody with anyone who took days off sick. Not that Kazuki had ever dared to do that; luckily he was generally a very healthy sort of person.

The air was fresh with the new day as Kazuki stepped out of the house and into the early morning sunshine. Checking his watch, Kazuki saw that it was quarter to seven. Great, plenty of time to get to the gym, Kazu thought as he hitched his rucksack over his shoulders and climbed onto his bicycle. He couldn't wait until he had enough money to ditch this bike and get an actual motorcycle. He had already saved up a decent sum of money and could probably buy something already, but Kazuki wasn't going to buy the first one he was able to afford. No, he was going to wait and get the cream of the crop.

The fresh air didn't make Kazuki feel the slightest bit cold, however, as he was wearing two layers already: underneath the sports jacket with school and team names emblazoned on the back and matching trousers, were a pair of long black shorts and the emerald green basketball jersey that was the team's colours. Adding to the mix Kazuki's sports trainers, and you have one player for the Natsu Tigers.

As soon as Kazuki arrived at Natsu High School and walked around behind the main builing to the gymnasium, he realised that he was the first person to get there for training. Kazuki cast a quick look at his watch. It was five to seven. There really were perks to having a house only a ten minute cycle away from the school. It certainly meant that when he wanted to be here, it wasn't that far to go. However, it also meant that some teachers constantly complained at him for being late, knowing that he was only a short distance away and that obviously meaning that he would always be early. Well, maybe that had been true for his older brother when he had been in high school, but it certainly wasn't true for Kazuki. In fact it was quite the opposite. Living close to the school usually gave Kazuki an excuse to sleep a little later.

Tugging off his outer layers, Kazuki left them at the side of the large echoing room and did a few warm-up exercises before going to get a basketball from the store cupboard. People slowly started arriving as Kazuki shot some hoops and practiced dribbling; some joined in with him, others went off on their own. Finally their coach, a teaching assistant for second year classes, Fuchida Katsu, arrived, and called everyone to attention. Kazuki had been so focused on the practice that he hadn't taken note of who had arrived for the last practice of the summer. He knew them all, obviously, but wanted to see who was missing.

"Well, it's time to announce who the team captain for the next year will be, seeing as Satoh-san has finished his time in Natsu." The atmosphere among the students buzzed as Fuchida spoke. Nobody really had much of an idea who would be captain. There were quite a few contenders, as far as Kazuki was concerned. He thought he was one of them, but it was up to the coach in the end.

"Aaaand, after a lot of thought... Our new captain is..." You could cut the tension in here with a knife! Kazuki thought as he looked around. Everyone had gone silent, waiting. If he were honest, Kazuki was eager to know who the captain would be, but he wasn't going to stand and stare like an idiot. "Fuwa Kazuki!" Kazuki blinked as he heard his own name, then smiled as he realised what that meant. The coach came over to Kazuki and gave him a congratulatory.... hug? Kazuki wasn't even sure what it was, but it involved a lot of patting (hard) on the back.

"Arigato, sensei." Kazuki said sincerely with a big grin.