A/N: And here is the final new cast member. Keep your eyes peeled for the first chapter.
Character Questions: Junpei Akiyama
Full name: Akiyama Junpei
Nickname: Akiyama (preferred name), Jun-chan (by Yurika Kirishima, his girlfriend), Akiyama-senpai (by his peers in the Rival Schools cast.), Jagiya (by Juri)
Occupation: Recent University Graduate
Appearance: Japanese man with hardened facial features. Unkempt black hair and thick eyebrows. Also has glasses, specifically prescriptions. His skin is also darker than the average Japanese male's. His face is almost always in a scowl if not straight-up angry unless he's with his mother, girlfriend, or friends.
Age: 22.
Mannerisms: Insufferable at first and quick-tempered. He thinks highly of himself intellectually and physically and hates losing, which allows him to be manipulated by a South Korean Woman. Can back up his strength despite not knowing his preferred method of fighting is incomplete. After being wronged, he can become tunnel-visioned in obtaining revenge. Realizing he's been played for a fool, Akiyama shows regret but swallows his pride and strives to become respectful. Stil a cocky young man at times. He calls it confidence and it's still well-deserved.
What does he/she wear?: Throughout the story, Akiyama wears formal attire. Pinstriped slacks, black dress shoes, a white button shirt, and a black tie with rolled sleeves. No gloves, however, as Akiyama fights bare-knuckled. After waking the hell up, he then flights in a Dark Blue Gi with the right sleeve down. His hands and feet are bandaged with his glasses on. His belt is black with seven red stripes, signifying his Seventh, soon to be Eigth, degree of mastery of his style.
Favorite color: Navy Blue
What is he/she good at?: A prodigal Martial Arts fighter, though his style for most of the story is incomplete, which shows when he fights someone who outclasses him. He also has a Law Degree, his major in University at the hellish Justice University. The best education in Tokyo demanded proficient skills in the infamous Rival Schools District. Thousands enrolled in Justice High and Universities respectively, but only a few finish a year or graduate due to constant dropouts.
What is he/she bad at?: Impatience early on. He's also been unfaithful to his girlfriend with a manipulative Juri who easily brings out the worst in him. Simultaneously, he doesn't know that his girlfriend is up to sinister activities herself.
What does he/she want?: To continue growing stronger.
What is his/her goal?: To solve the Project Justice conspiracy, and later confront Juri on her actions.
What lie does he/she believe?: That he's untouchable due to his skill and Juri's enabling.
What flaw results from the lie?: He acts even worse whenever someone serves him some reality.
What truth does he/she learn?: He's been full of himself and needs to be humbled before striving to improve as a person.
What is his/her background?: Junpei Akiyama was born to an unknown father. He inherited his martial abilities since Akiyama is a prodigal fighter. His mother wasn't a Martial Artist, so it wasn't because of her. Instead, Akiyama got her affinity for learning the law. By the time he was of legal age, he was already a freshman at the ruthless Justice University. Well-known and liked, Akiyama got himself a cute girlfriend. A musical prodigy named Kirishima Yurika. However, sometime before his twentieth birthday, he would meet a South Korean woman named Juri. She would be responsible for his two-and-a-half-year bender as the most punchable guy in the district. No one knew of her relationship with him. All they knew was that she was the reason why Akiyama got a chip on his shoulder. Little did they realize the two have been fucking, despite Akiyama being with Yurika for half a decade. His fighting approach became ruthless as a result. Somehow, he could Hadoken and Shoryuken but never knew how to Tatsu properly, settling for a similar technique he calls the Kurekijin. He learned all of this alone with no formal training. His Hadoken doesn't leave his palms unless he concentrates and throws a Shakunetsu Hadoken. And don't get me started on his anger issues. Some say if pushed too far, Akiyama will turn into a demonic form of himself and wants nothing more than to savor the blood of his unfortunate victims. But that's just a rumor.
Or is it...?
Additional Questions Akiyama Junpei?
How does Yurika feel about her boyfriend screwing Juri behind her back? If she even finds out at all?
Under normal circumstances, Yurika would be devastated that Akiyama is cheating on her, especially if she learns how long he's been doing it. But Yurika being an actual antagonist during Project Justice's story, and in the wrong for most of the story, isn't hard on him. It's small in the grand scheme of things. After he gets out of his tryst with Juri and the day's saved, the pair will take each other back at Yao's insistence.
What is Akiyama's role here? Main protagonist?
Akiyama and Yao will split the protagonist role. For a while, Yao will actually be an antagonist to Akiyama since he's the reason why Akiyama will begin his character development. Yao and Akiyama will fight, and Akiyama will lose every encounter. Yao will be fun to write as an antagonist, that's for sure.
What other characters will factor into this tale alongside Akiyama?
Yao's side of the tale will have new faces for the most part. The only recurring characters are Laura and Chun. Other than them, the people he'll run into will be new. Viper, Monako, and Seth are a few examples. (Love Viper) On the other hand, Akiyama will see familiar faces. Since he's following Project Justice, he'll run into that cast as well as characters we know of already. Juri, Jianyu, Xiayu, and Jie to name a few.