Hikari "Light" Yamaguchi

Character Name:Hikari "Light" Yamaguchi (Everyone calls her Light, the English name for Hkari)1

Physical Appearance-2

Gender: female3

Age: 264

Height: 5'2"5

Weight: 1276

Hair: Jet black with a single streak of pink down the side.7

Eyes: Hazel, almond shaped.8

Distinguishing Marks: Heart shape burn on her right wrist from an "accident" when she was 12. Several bruises on her upper arms, lower back, and around her rib cage area.9

Distinguishing Mannerisms:Tends to point her index finger when making a point. Also, nods a lot when she laughs.10

Describe the character's appearance in a brief paragraph:11

Hikari is not too thin not too wide. Her skin is the color of milk. Her hair comes down to the tip of her back. It's always worn in a ponytail. Her feet are child size and her chest is a B cup. A shade of soft pink coats her lips and no other make up hides her face.12

Background-13

Birth date: April 17, 1982 14

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 15

Ethnic origin: Japanese/ British16

Family members:17

Mom (Melody Cassie Laurie)-52 year old nurse. Born in the UK, she moved to the states When she was 17. 18

Dad (Morimoto Yamaguchi)-61 years, ex-employee of Tomo-koto toys. Business went bankrupt in 1972. Morimoto was framed with fraud and embezzlement. He was arrested 13 years later when Hikari was only19

3. He is now in a Tokyo prison.20

Cousin/roomate (Erika Laurie)-She is 21 and attending NYU with a major in philosophy. She has been the sister Light has always wanted.21

Fiance (Sean Paradise)-27 years old. Is a NYU Med student. Also lives with Light. Is usually stressed out and takes it out on Light. Has a scary sexual appetite and it's been rumored he raped one of the professor's at NYU. Light, however disbelieves all.22

Personality-23

In one word: Emotional24

First impression: Quiet, timid25

Gets angry at: People who say "lies" about Sean.26

Laughs at: The funny video shows on tv.27

Cries at: Her past, when she is alone at night.28

Regrets: Cheating on Sean. Being a stripper when she was 19.29

Vulnerability: The truth about Sean.30

Prejudices: Anyone from the middle east. This started after 9/1131

Fears: She'll never reunite with her father. Boyfriend might kill her.32

Most valued possession (and why):Brass hair clip said to belong to her Japanese grandmother. She wears it everyday to signify the part of her life she has no connection with.33

Pressing need: Protection from Sean.34

Pressing desire: To be reunited with her father before she gets married. If she gets married.35

Other goals: She hopes to play an original lead role in a Broadway musical.36

Responsibilities: Plays the understudy for the lead role, Elphaba, in the Broadway musical Wicked. Has only performed twice in the one year she's worked with the show.37

Sense of humor: Laughs loudly and nervously. Uses humor as a defense mechanism.38

Other positive personality traits: Cares deeply for family and friends.39

Other negative personality traits (character flaws): Allows herself to be a door mat to others. Erika has commented on this on several occasions.40

Other details-41

Hobbies: Going for long walks to escape reality.42

Skills:Singing, acting, dancing.43

Smells: Her perfume smells like a meadow. Her hair always carries a scent of lavender and honey.44

Favorite color: Green.45

Favorite food: Sushi. It's the only thing she can make. She is a terrible cook. Either Sean or Erika does all of the cooking.46

Favorite beverage: Raspberry lemonade.47

Favorite music: Broadway music48

Favorite clothing: Tight fitting clothing.49

Describe this character's home:50

Lives in a two bedroom apartment in Manhattan. Her cousin occupies one room. She shares the other room with Sean. She has a king size bed. the walls are a cool blue. The carpet is a rich tan. Her top drawer is filled with lingerie and other "taboo" sex toys that Sean enjoys. On top rest a bowl of magnum condoms that he insist on keeping in sight.51

the kitchen is never clean because of all of the cooking that goes on from Erika. The living room has a long black sofa and a plasma screen (a gift from Sean's dad). 52

Brownie Points:53

What complications arise from this character?54

Her emotions and guilt from cheating tend to get in the way of her living her life. She is constantly paranoid. This causes her to mess up duringthe showstopper, "Defying Gravity" from Wicked.