Name: Jeffery Speakman

Alias: Jeff, the Speaker (Track Nickname), Speaky (Nickname by Katie Bates; absolutely despises it), Jeffy (Nickname by Cynthia; loves it with a passion).

Species: German Shepherd

Age: 19

Date of Birth: July 3rd, 1986

Nationality: American of Cherokee Decent

Occupation: College Student

Status: Single; Alive

Residence: Midtown Empire City, Washington

Gender: Male

Description:

Six feet tall and four inches with a muscular build that has black and brown fur (black on his upper body to the inside of his arms and legs), medium tail, pointed ears and muzzle (with black nose), short blonde hair, and crystal-blue eyes.

Personality:

Kind, outgoing, serious when needed, loyal, altruistic, determined, brave, selfless, confident, no-nonsense, and good judge of character.

Friends and Family:

Seth Speakman (Father)

Melissa Speakman (Mother)

Keith Speakman (Uncle)

Holdstrom Speakman (Uncle)

Po Ping (Best Friend)

Robert Glover (Ally)

Amber Longriver-Glover (Ally)

Cynthia Takeda (Friend/Crush)

Lawrence "Larry" Windsor (Friend)

Andrew "Andy" Felideas (Friend)

Christopher "Chris" Felideas (Friend)

Trent Malloy (Shotokan Classmate)

Francis "Frank" Gage (Shotokan Classmate)

Carlos Sandoval (Shotokan Classmate)

Kasey Rafoza (Friend)

Laura Markson (Friend)

Sidney Cooke (Shotokan Classmate)

Markus Tang (Friend)

Edward "Ed" Kealoha Parker Sr. (Sensei)

Edward "Eddy" Kealoha Parker Jr. (Sensei)

Dakila Bayani (Eskrima Instructor)

C.D. Parker (No Relation to the Parkers) (Coach)

Hobbies:

Practicing Martial Arts, playing guitar, spending time with his family, hanging out with his friends, playing video games, and working out.

Likes:

His family, his friends, his Senseis and other instructors, Country/Western music, working out, playing video games, sea food, action movies (most Chuck Norris), Cynthia (with a passion), helping people, honor among Martial Artists, heroes, justice, and Amber's Blue Velvet Cake.

Dislikes:

Villains, bullies, injustice, people misusing or abusing Martial Arts, poor sportsmanship, sore losers, people who try to do harm to those he cares about, Shifu's harshly-strict personality, Tai Lung, Katie Bates (with a passion), people who prey on the weak, keeping secrets from his friends, bitter foods, and police corruption/brutality.

Biography:

Jeff was born in Empire City and brought up by a loving family, his father being the newly appointed Police Commissioner; Seth Speakman. Growing up, Jeff always had a fascination with Martial Arts, Karate to be more specifically and was taken up by two friends of the family, the father/son Sensei duo, Ed and Eddie Parker. Both of which were skilled in Kempo Karate. One day at school, while playing on the play ground during recess, Jeff saw a chubby panda cub sitting all alone as other children would occasionally look and snicker at him. Seeing how lonely the panda was and tired that kids only wanted to be friends with him because his father was the Police Commissioner, the German Shepherd pup decided to invite the panda to play with him. The two instantly became close friends as they shared similar interests in Martial Arts and Jeff soon learned the name of the bear that would eventually become his best friend; Po Ping. Another thing the two had in common was that they were both huge fans of the very Guardian of Empire City himself; Dragon and became devastated when they learned of his "passing". It wouldn't be long until he and Po would come to meet a young squirrel named Cynthia, who came from a rich family, but was kind and friendly, she even treated Po as a person and not make fun of him like most girls did. It was love at first sight as the young pup developed a huge crush on her and, unknown to him, vice versa . . . Jeff grew to believe (and was very much correct) that Martial Arts was for self-defense and to discipline the practiciper in his/her lifestyle, which came in full as he'd usually butt heads with (both Instructor and student) those who did the opposite and used Martial Arts to hurt people. One of these people was a young snow leopard named Tai Lung who was not only the adopted son and star student of Hung Kuen master, Jack Shifu, but also the most physical bully that ever picked on Po. One day, while waiting for his parents to pick him up, Jeff saw Cynthia take a wounded Po to the nurse's office. This shocked Jeff, which turned to rage when he found out it was Tai Lung who did this to his best friend, but his rage grew even further when he heard that Shifu's other adopted child, a tiger named Terri Hue, didn't bother to help when she saw what was happening. This led him to get into heavy conflict with Vicky Luse, a young snake of whom he and Po befriended, as she was also Terri's best friend. One day, much to the pup's sadness, Po said he had to go away because his guardians, Robert and Amber, were taking him away for advanced Martial Arts training, but the two still promised to stay the best of friends. Jeff missed Po, even though he had enough friends: Cynthia, a young computer-techie ferret named Larry, an art loving cat named Andy, and people he knew from his Karate classes. His parents assured that Po would come back one day, something the German Shepherd was determined to see to come true and refused to tell anyone, even Vicky and Terri, where the panda went. He also kicked Tai Lung "where it hurts" when the snow leopard boasted that he "scared" Po away. As he grew, Jeff soon became somewhat of a Track and Field legend in Middle and High school, leading everyone to think he was a child of Empire City's heroes, which was of course false and an over-exaggeration. Growing more, he took up another form of Karate, known as Shotokan and learned Ekrima&Panantukan from the blind Grandmaster himself; Dakila Bayani, who also trained his father, Robert, Po and many others. It would be ten years later when he would reunite with his best friend as they both came to the rescue of Larry when he was attacked by three members of the Skullz gang. Though at first he thought it was a coincidence that another person calling himself "Dragon" had appeared the same time as his best friend, he shrugged it off and was relieved that someone had arrived to take care of the gangs in Empire City, but that relief didn't exactly transfer when a "new" Furious Five appeared. It would be during a party at Wellington International that Jeff would find out that the new Dragon was none other than his best friend. In the end, Jeff was allowed to join in on the crusade with Po, but took a vow of silence, never to tell anyone who Po or Dragon was . . .

Vehicles:

2005 California Moto Guzzi

Skills:

Martial Arts (such as: Kempo Karate, Shotokan Karate, Eskrima, Panantukan, Wing Chun [thanks to Robert] and has a new interest in Goju-Ryu), instruments, good judge of character, Parkour, and a good runner.

Affiliation: Good

Voiced By: Jason Marsden


Name: Cynthia Takeda

Alias: Cyn, Kempo Queen (Nickname from Eddie Sensei)

Species: Japanese Squirrel

Age: 18

Date of Birth: May 4th, 1987

Nationality: Japanese American

Occupation: College Student

Status: Single; Alive

Residence: Uptown Empire City, Washington

Gender: Female

Description:

Five feet tall and four inches with a lithe yet tone body that has dark-brown fur, short ears, pointed muzzle (with black nose), long bushy tail, short raven-black hair, and jade-green eyes.

Personality:

Kind, caring, cheerful, tomboyish, determined, protective, carefree, and rebellious.

Friends and Family:

Tsuyoshi Takeda (Father)

Wanda Rothrock-Takeda (Mother)

Reyna Takeda (Little Sister)

Po Ping (Friend)

Jeffery "Jeff" Speakman (Friend/Crush)

Lawrence "Larry" Windsor (Friend)

Sydney Cooke (Best Friend)

Laura Markson (Best Friend)

Emily Galifanakis (Friend)

Kasey Rafoza (Friend)

Andrew "Andy" Felideas (Friend)

Christopher "Chris" Felideas (Friend)

Trent Malloy (Friend)

Carlos Sandoval (Friend)

Francis "Frank" Gauge (Friend)

Edward "Ed" Kealoha Parker Sr. (Sensei)

Edward "Eddie" Kealoha Parker Jr. (Sensei)

Dakila Bayani (Eskrima Instructor)

Hobbies:

Practicing Martial Arts, practicing gymnastics, playing instruments, dancing, playing video games, and hanging out with her friends and family.

Likes:

Her family, her friends, her Senseis, gymnastics (sometimes with her sister), heroes, children, helping others, horror movies, action movies (specifically Cynthia Rothrock), Blue Velvet Cake, apples, seafood, volunteering, and most of all; Jeff.

Dislikes:

Bullies, villains, people abusing or misusing Martial Arts, rich girl stereotypes, popular girl stereotypes, spicy food, people picking on the weak, idiots who try to pick up on her or Jeff, sore losers, and most of all; Katie Bates.

Biography:

Cynthia was born in Empire City to a rich, but kind businesses couple, both of whom which owned their own businesses. Growing up, Cynthia was very different from other rich girls, where as they'd boast on how popular and "hot stuff" they were, Cynthia was always kind and friendly to everyone she met. One day, when she was playing the park, be it by chance or fate, she happen to bump into a young German Shepherd pup and panda cub. The canine was none other than the son of the Police Commissioner, Jeff Speakman and the panda was known as Po Ping, who was always picked on due to being overweight. She never once made fun of Po and instead treated him as a friend as well as Jeff, since his father's job was a big deal. She'd go on as to make friends with another girl who never made fun of Po and was like a cousin to him, Laura Markson and a the youngest of the Galifanakis sisters, Emily. Her father, Tsuyoshi, being concerned for her well-being as every parent (especially rich ones) and see that she was highly interested in Martial Arts, brought her up to the Kempo Karate Sensei father/son duo, Ed and Eddie Parker. It turned out she was a natural, much to everyone's surprise and was affectionately called the "Kempo Queen" by her Senseis. She even was taken under the wing of the blind Eskrimador Grandmaster himself, Dakila Bayani, who taught her his family's style of Eskrima and Panantukan; some he rarely teaches to his own students. She was also known to be a huge fan of the many heroes of Empire City, her favorite being the Guardian of Empire City himself; Dragon. She also favored Dragon's team, the Fearless Five, more specifically, the only female of the group, Phoenix. One day at school, while on her way to class after recess, the young squirrel walked upon a badly beaten up Po an promptly rushed him to the nurse's office. She would be enraged to find out that it was Tai Lung, the adopted son of Jack Shifu (who taught Hung Kuen Kung Fu) and was known to bully the poor panda on a daily basis, would be the culprit and rejoiced to hear he was suspended for a week. What made her more angry was that Shifu's other adopted child, Terri Hue, saw the whole thing, but did nothing and walked away. One day, after Po left for advanced Martial Arts training with his legal guardians, she tried her best to confine in cheering Jeff up. It was a good thing she had other friends to help as well: an intelligent ferret name Larry, an art-loving cat named Andy, a shy vixen named Kasey and other members of their Karate classes. After nine years of training, Po returned and Cynthia had become a cheerleader, albeit one of the most popular ones, and grade-A student. She would be relieved when a new hero calling himself "Dragon" appears and protects the innocent, though that relief doesn't transfer to the "new" furious Five . . .

Vehicles:

2005 GT Norge Motorcycle

Skills:

Martial Arts (such as: Kempo Karate, Eskrima, and Panantukan), gymnastics, reading&writing and instruments.

Affiliation: Good

Voiced By: Kari Whalgren