Post by manic on Dec 11, 2023 22:55:05 GMT
Kai Toramori
Basic Information
Other Names: "Big guy," "Coach." credited as Zentai Ninja #9.
Epithet: The Last of the Legacies
Race: Human
Organisation: Toramori Family
Rank: Dad (effective second in command to Mrs Toramori)
Class: B
Personality and Appearance
Personality:
- Characteristics:
Easy going
Kai seems like a very relaxed man, always calm and with a warm smile despite any chaos that surrounds him. Generally willing to let people make their points first before he does anything. But be warned: he has limits for what he'll tolerate - Confident
He's a massive man with expertise in fighting beyond what any mortal should be capable of without dedicating every waking moment to the craft leaving him with very little left to prove in contrast to his very aggressive daughter. Threatening to attack him is likely just going to get ignored. - Goals: Protection
Kai is first and foremost concerned with making sure his family is doing okay and to hell with the rest. Whether that be mortal affairs or problems from the spiritual one. - Weaknesses: Reluctance
His tendency to shy away from danger and to not use his true strength so that no-one comes seeking to use it often makes him look cowardly as he often backs away from fights he could win handily.
Appearance:
- Description:
Oh Kai is a big guy for sure, at 6 feet tall he towers over most of the people living in Japan and fairly wide to boot, he's considered a walking wall of muscle that at previous points in his life been compared unfavourably to a gorilla. Fitting him in anything that isn't a red tracksuit and tank top is a difficult exercise. - Alternate Outfits:
He has a couple of loose fitting patterned shirts for slightly more formal occasions. If you try to put him in a suit he just comes out looking like a Yakuza though. - Art:
Combat
Fighting Style: True Mixed Martial Arts
Description: With expertise in multiple hand-to-hand combat styles with origins stretching across continents and millennia, Kai is able to adjust his combat style on the fly to suit the situation and to keep opponent's guessing. While he often defaults to Shotokan Karate for crushing strikes to end a fight fast, he can just as easily use his foe's strength and momentum to send them crashing to the ground with a judo throw. His repertoire of techniques only limited by the lack of flexibility that can come with age.
Item Affinity: 4 Coin Talisman
Fullbring Name: Aspects of the 4 Legends (self buff)
Fullbring Description: Channelling spiritual energy from the Talisman, Kai can empower himself with an aspect of one of the four legendary beasts, switching between them to suit the situation and changing his appearance when he does so. (OOC, if you know League Of Legends, think of Udyr and you've pretty much got it)
Genbu's Endurance: His skin becomes as tough as the legendary tortoise shell, allowing him to block blades and blasts with his arms alone. Any impact defended in this way turns the part of the body a shiny black, like a polished Onyx stone
Suzaku's Agility: Grant's Kai the power of flight and to more effectively use his spiritual energies to maneuverer through the air at blazing speeds, a pair of vermilion red wings sprouting from his shoulders.
Byakko's Strength: This form grants Kai an excessive amount of physical strength as well as transforming his arms into that of a white Tiger, ending in a pair of deadly claws that can slice through stone.
Seiryū's Wisdom: Kai's reiatsu intensifies, shrouding him in an aura that he can manipulate into brief shields or weapons while calming or intimidating those around him. It also turns his head into more like a Dragon with a long snout and dyes his skin a pale blue.
Magic Spells:
- Spell Name: Dragon Blast
Spell Description: Less a magic spell and more an imitation of a Hollow's Cero, Kai can send a blast of energy in a straight line from his mouth with brutal destructive force, even more destructive when under the effect of the Seiryū's Wisdom.
Techniques:
- Technique Name: Reiatsu Penetrating Punch
Technique Description: A variation of the infamous One Inch Punch, Kai holds his hand out until the tips of his fingers touch a Reiatsu barrier before curling his hand into a fist in the same motion as he thrusts his arm slightly forward. The intent is to breach past any Reiatsu based defences that the foe might hold up, but requires so much concentration that the user cannot use his own Reiatsu to enhance the blow. Its only the form of the technique and the strength of the punch that do the damage.
Backstory
Decades ago, before he had any serious contact to the spiritual world, Kai Toramori was a stuntman and bit actor for various Tokukatsu series using his height and athleticism to be an effective Villain of the Week in whatever ridiculous costume someone needed to jump-kick in. He seemed to be a natural martial artist, able to pick up styles in weeks to a level that should have taken years but despite some of his co-stars insisting the life of a professional fighter never appealed to him with Kai joking that he'd had his fill in school where some idiots thought it was a good idea to try and harass the teenage brick shithouse that was young Mr Toramori but his fists would end up making him rich, just not in a way he enjoyed talking about.
It wasn't Kai himself that noticed his true powers but a woman associated with the production company. A silver haired woman that was only known as "Miss Nara" who seemed to be able to walk silently across a metal platform in high heels, and she was the one to tell him that he had something special. At first Kai dismissed it as just flirting but when a Hollow attacked her during their latest discussion did he understand what she meant.
He threw himself at the beast, easily thrashing the giant monstrosity while his good luck charm: a set of 4 rope-bound ancient coins given to him by his grandmother glowed, fuelling his unnatural strength. Miss Nara had been able to see ghosts, spirits and these monsters for a long time but was unable to fight them directly herself without coming across like a complete fool and that she was very much willing to pay for him to act as an exorcist of sorts, seeing as they couldn't withstand his strength.
It was a sweet deal, he could still work as an actor and was building up a nice nest egg while learning more and more about himself and potential history of his family also being able to do the same, a legacy of Hollow fighters, but when he heard one of the Hollows speak clearly beyond the usual roars he was given a revelation that sent his world crashing down.
These Hollow attacks weren't random, these were the vengeful souls of the people Miss Nara had killed as part of her true profession as a Yakuza hitwoman and she flat out admitted it to him when confronted. The studio was one of their "Ventures" into legitimate business and he'd been picked out to be their less than legitimate enforcer, the whole affair turned his stomach and he resigned from the studio altogether not long after, Miss Nara's only comment being that she hoped he wouldn't do something stupid like try to turn her in. He never did.
Moving to Tokyo to restart his life, he found work as a gym instructor before becoming a personal trainer, dating a secretary at a nearby garage by the name of Sayaka, becoming husband and wife in a few years time, and then a beautiful daughter named Saeko. Settled down was practically an understatement. He hadn't had to manifest his power in twenty years, just like he'd hoped.
