(NAMES NOT IN WESTERN ORDER) Historically in Japan, people usually changed their names when being inducted religious service, and members of the upper-class frequently changed their names when they "came of age"; most children's names include the suffix 丸 (-maru), and a proper name was given when the child reaches a certain age. In this case as Kazuki was born into a noble family and received training as a miko and later, a saniwa, her formal title would be read as "Mikoto no Kazu-hime" (hime is the kunyomi of 姫 while ki is onyomi), but her proper birth name is Norimiya Kazuki (紀宮和姫) as she is from the Norimiya clan (紀宮氏), which received the status of "noble clan" as of the year 2119. **The touken danshi, as a rule of thumb, usually do not refer to her by name, instead using 主 ("aruji", master) or occasionally her title, ミコト姫様 (Mikoto hime-sama).
Representative of|代表: Takama-ga-hara (高天原), the "heavenly plain" in Shinto lore.
Gender|性別: Female.
Age|年齢: Human: 18, although her small stature seems almost childlike. Born in the year 2188. In Shinto mythology: Came into existence after the beginning, when she was born from the creator Izanagi's left eye.
Brief personality|人格: Provided that the second character of her given name means "Princess", Kazuki's personality reflects this to some extent. Described by most on first impression as a yamato nadeshiko and a sheltered child, she's polite, delicate, cultured and soft-spoken but may occasionally come off as a little clueless; although she's lived in metropolitan areas for most of her life, big cities overwhelm her due to the fact that she almost never left home by herself until the age of fourteen. An absolute perfectionist, she imposes high standards on others but especially herself, including aspects like academics, skills, and her own appearance; her only real source of motivation for exercising is to have a good figure.
She can be prone to jealously as well as acting quite spoiled around her closest friends. But normally, when she's with people she's less familiar with, she can be quite shy and withdrawn and as a result, she often ends up being ignored or talked over which annoys her.
Her behaviour when she's at home by herself can be quite shocking. When Kazuki thinks no one's looking, she's anything but ladylike, and might even be described as "sloppy"-- she'd sit with her legs open or with her feet on the table without giving a damn, and occasionally doesn't bother wearing her kimono properly when home alone; on occasions even just lying in bed in her underwear when she feels lazy.
**In Japanese culture, yamato nadeshiko is the ideal of "a good Japanese woman".
Trivia:
☆ She inherited a love of flowers from her mother, but not so much her mother's talents in aesthetic bonsai-arrangement. Any plant in her care usually dies fairly quickly due to her tendency to accidentally neglect it.
☆ Her favourite colour is lilac.
☆ Her favourite flower is either the chrysanthemum (菊, kiku) or the cherry blossom (桜, sakura).
☆ She enjoys novels written by Murakami Haruki
☆ She's terrified of insects and yuurei (幽霊, a sort of ghost-- in folklore, a vengeful spirit of the dead. Examples of this are the legends of Oiwa (おいわ) and Okiku (おきく), or Sadako (貞子) from the movie 呪怨 (じゅおん), "The Grudge".)
☆ Her preferred drink is genmai sencha (玄米煎茶), a type of green tea with roasted rice.
☆ Winter is her favourite season, but for some reason her favourite month is April, which makes no sense.
☆ She also shares her mother's love of cats.
☆ She can play piano and koto (琴, a traditional Japanese zither similar to the Chinese 古箏, or guzheng)
☆ Although she's technically not supposed to have favourites, her favourite swords are Shinano Toushirou and Yamanbagiri Kunihiro.
☆ She can speak three languages: Japanese (her native language), Chinese (her grandmother's native language), and English (she went to an International school).
☆ She has lived in three different locations: Taipei, Tokyo, and currently the Hanamaru Citadel.
☆ She can't stand horror movies and badly-written romantic movies.
☆ She is a fujoshi to some extent.
Brief physical description|外観: Kazuki's appearance has frequently been described as looking like a Japanese doll, with her petite stature, narrow hips, and delicate features. She looks a little childlike and babyfaced, with her large amber eyes, small nose, and soft pink lips. She's actually fairly busty, though, being slightly bigger than a C-cup but not quite yet a D-cup.
Her dark brown, almost black hair dips slightly past her collarbones and is usually partially tied into a small bun, adorned with a kanzashi and wooden pins. Her bangs are parted to the right side of her forehead. When the sun shines directly on her hair, it can be seen to have an almost copper-coloured sheen. Her skin actually isn't completely fair and bears a slight tan, due to her mother's side of the family being from Okinawa. However her complexion is still light, due to her father's mostly pure-Japanese heritage (and a little Chinese blood from her grandmother), and her reluctance to spend time outdoors without an umbrella and sunscreen.
Kazuki's choice of clothing is usually very traditional and she prefers to wear a kimono or yukata, although she does occasionally wear modern-style clothes. On formal occasions she will wear a furisode instead of a Western-style gown.
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FC: 宮水三葉、君の名は。 (Miyamizu Mitsuha from Your Name.)
Brief history|歴史說明: Takamagahara Takama-ga-hara (高天原 the Plain of High Heaven) is a place in Japanese mythology. In Shinto, Takama-ga-hara (or Takama no Hara) is the dwelling place of the kami. It is believed to be connected to the Earth by the bridge Ama-no uki-hashi (the "Floating Bridge of Heaven").
In Shinto, ame (heaven) is a lofty, sacred world, the home of the amatsukami. Some scholars have attempted to explain the myth of descent of the gods from the Takama-ga-hara as an allegory of the migration of peoples. However, it is likely to have referred from the beginning to a higher world in a religious sense. A Shinto myth explains that at the time of creation, light, pure elements branched off to become heaven (ame). Heavy, turbid elements branched off to become earth (tsuchi). Ame became the home of the amatsukami or gods of heaven, while tsuchi became the home of kunitsukami or gods of the land. The amatsukami are said to have descended from heaven to pacify and perfect this world).
-Wikpedia, Takamagahara
Amaterasu Amaterasu appears to be the Japanese expression of a historical pan-Asiatic solar goddess. Several similarities have been noticed between the Japanese solar goddess and the Korean solar goddess Hae-nim, particularly in regards to shamanistic worship, utilising the same symbols and practices. Another possible expression is the Chinese Xihe. Though historically probably venerated highly, only in Japan did this deity find continuous worship as a central figure, as elsewhere several other religious movements such as Buddhism and Taoism discouraged the veneration of solar goddesses.
The oldest tales of Amaterasu come from the ca. 712 A.D. Kojiki and ca. 720 A.D. Nihon Shoki, the oldest records of Japanese history. In Japanese mythology, Amaterasu, the goddess of the sun, is the sister of Susanoo, the god of storms and the sea, and of Tsukuyomi, the god of the moon. It was written that Amaterasu had painted the landscape with her siblings to create ancient Japan. All three were born from Izanagi when he was purifying himself after entering Yomi, the underworld, after failing to save Izanami. Amaterasu was born when Izanagi washed out his left eye, Tsukuyomi was born from the washing of the right eye, and Susanoo from the washing of the nose.
She became the ruler of the sun and the heavens along with her brother, Tsukuyomi, the god of the moon and ruler of the night. Originally, Amaterasu shared the sky with Tsukuyomi, her husband and brother until, out of disgust, he killed the goddess of food, Uke Mochi, when she pulled "food from her rectum, nose, and mouth". This killing upset Amaterasu causing her to label Tsukuyomi an evil god and split away from him; separating night from day.
-Wikipedia, Amaterasu
Religious affiliation|宗教: Shinto.
Any special powers or abilities|特別な能力: Human As a trained miko and saniwa, Kazuki has certain abilities and duties, as such: ☆ Some basic usage of magic ☆ As a saniwa, she is charged with commanding the touken danshi (刀剣男子), or "sword warriors" in order to protect history. Kami Amaterasu is viewed as one of the most powerful kami in Shinto religion, so she would have quite a bit of authority.