POSITIVE TRAITS
>Ambitious
>Composed
>Sensitive
>Many-Sided

NEGATIVE TRAITS
>Egocentric
>Competitive
>Controlling
>Tactless

LIKES
>Hero Memorabilia
>Lemons
>Finery
>Summer

DISLIKES
>Certain People
>Eating in Public
>Mazes
>The Ocean

Akiza embodies the very animal that crawls through her vein, and reeks through her design. There is little more Akiza cares about than herself preferring to flaunt what she has rather than worry what other people have more than her... this egocentric attitude does tend to make her think more about all of her actions as she strives to try and be better than anyone else. She is rather vain spending a lot of time making sure that her appearance is perfect before she goes out in public, and has no qualms enlisting other people into helping her achieve this perfection. Above all else Akiza is jealous of what her eldest sister has been able to accomplish, and hopes to one day surpass her in every way. 

This desire to be better than everyone else has turned into an incredibly passionate ambition to become the best at literally everything, if you tried to flex about how you open sodas in front of Akiza she would absolutely try to one up you. From a number of setbacks along her path, including not getting to go to U.A. her pride is a bit more damaged than she'd like to admit it is and this has led to her putting more effort into everything as a result. Despite her egocentric ambitions, Akiza is very composed when it comes to high-risk situations and can quickly assess what's going on while calmly working her way out of it. This level-head isn't something that the cat actively brags about, but rather her way of dealing with immediate shock.

Akiza is quick to cry over something sad that is presented to her, but due to her wanting to keep her inflated ego as inflated as possible she handles other peoples' issues with no tact preferring to toss away their issues as if they don't even matter. No matter how much she cares, she cares more about her self-image than she does about others' feelings. Similar to that she prefers to be in control during any and all conversations, not desiring to talk with those who could try and toy with her emotions or use her for some kind of affection. In the same vein she enjoys talking to those that are easily to manipulate and clings to those who don't try to argue too much with what she says.

She has many obvious sides to her personality but beneath that are even more layers, Akiza is a girl with many feelings about several different things so she prefers to stick to her outermost self-confident self for most conversations. When she's alone with someone especially close to her though these walls tend to come down and reveal a girl who just wants to be like the idols she watched growing up, and fears that no matter how hard she tries she will never match what they were capable of doing.

HEIGHT: 5'5
WEIGHT: 117 Lbs
EYE COLOR: Amber
HAIR COLOR: Blonde
FACECLAIM NAME: Sand Cat
FACECLAIM SERIES: Kemono Friends

Akiza is average height, a lucky trait to grab in the mixed grab bag that is the Haneda family's height, this is including her cat ears however something she doesn't like to point out when people try to say their taller than her. She isn't that muscular making her an average weight as well, though her weight tends to shift more easily than other people and it is incredibly rare for her to put on weight due to the rapid metabolism of her anatomy. 

The most notable traits of Akiza's looks are the prominent animal features that are all over her body. She has large cat ears that fold and shift with her emotions, something she has little to no control over most of the time. Her tail is long and white with the faint smell of soot, a trait she often buries in expensive perfume. Much like her older sister, Akiza's tail retains warmth incredibly well, her body as well to a certain extent but not as nearly as radiant as the warmth of her tail. Her hands have similar padding as that of a cat, with sharp claws hidden underneath her nails that can be retracted on need. Often she'll hide her hands underneath gloves due to feeling self-conscious over her coarse fingers.

Akiza's wardrobe is filled with the most expensive streetwear she can find, leaning towards monochrome and earthy colors that match her fur. While not the type for jewelry, she instead prefers to flaunt with overpriced jackets and usually picks outfits that hang off of her back.

Akiza was the born to the wealthy Haneda family, and lived a life of pampering and luxury. She always idolized the heroes she watched on T.V. with dreams of being just like them when she grew up, something that would only grow more bright as she learned that her older sister was a hero. Akiza's sister was Atata Haneda, better known as Evangeline the number 5 hero. Her big sister wasn't around often and when she visited there was always a dreadfully serious expression on her face... something that divided them a bit and made Akiza have trouble forming a meaningful connection with her sister. There was always a distance while she grew up and that distance was only made further as a new addition came into their home.

When Akiza was around 10 her family adopted Shimizu temporarily just until they could find a proper home for her. Shimizu breathed new life into the household and gave Akiza someone to reflect her feelings onto. Having someone that intimate near her broke a bit of Akiza's sharp shell and lightened her up just a little bit... something that would a fruitless affair as Shimizu ended up being adopted by the Betoyama family permanently. Shimizu leaving left the cat again feeling lonely and separated from the rest of the world. At school very few people actually got to know her, and the cliques she hung out with were similarly vain with little care who they were hanging out with outside their status. 

Akiza continued striding through life caring little for forming personal connections, only hoping that once she became a hero one day people would truly stick around. Around the time to apply for hero schools there came a shock though, her choice school U.A. the alma mater her big sister graduated from rejected her application and she was forced to pick not even her second-pick school but the third one on the list. Meaning she ended up at Seiai... a situation that still stings her a bit. Again she finds herself surrounded by people who care little about her outside personal status... that is until she realized that Shimizu was also going to Seiai. 

While still feeling betrayed over being left behind, she decided to cling to Shimizu again and rebuild how she acted and how people viewed her... yet instead of using this time to become a better person she instead decided to put on a sharp exterior, inspired by the delinquents she'd see around the Aoyama mall. Regardless of what school she is at, she hopes to become a hero of astounding skill so that her sister will finally stop and talk to her without flying off again.

A change of clothes.
Expensive snacks in her bag.
The latest phone adorned with a cat charm.
Nail sharpener.

QUIRK: Byakko
QUIRK TYPE: Mutation
QUIRK RANK: Gold
QUIRK DESCRIPTION: Akiza's quirk is a mutation that gives her traits similar to that of a cat, with the added kickback of lighting on fire!

Claws: Akiza has incredibly sharp claws that are as keen as knives, and she can retract them at will. She uses them for hand to hand combat to give herself a slight edge when in a fist fight. These claws are incredibly durable with a very low chance of breaking, and are capable of cutting through braided rope with ease.

Flame Tail: Akiza's tail can ignite on fire when it has been left in the sun for a prolonged period however to ignite her tail she has to be feeling an especially strong feeling. This feeling can be something like frustration, rage, or love, depending on which feeling it stems from determines just how hot the fire will be when it ignites. It takes three posts of direct sunlight to charge up her tail, and it lasts for three posts once ignited. The heat of the sadness flames are barely visible around 525 degrees Celsius, the heat of her rage flames are a dull red at around 700 degrees Celsius, and the heat of her love flames are a dull cherry at around 800 degree Celsius. She can only activate her flame tail once per thread. Her sadness flames are able to melt Alluminum Alloys and inflict third degree burns upon contact, her rage flames are a dull red and are able to melt actual Alluminum and inflict second degree burns upon contact, her love flames are able to melt the same as her rage flames but inflict third degree burns upon contact. Exposed contact to any of her flames may cause even greater damage.

Ears: Akiza has large cat ears that are more adept at picking up on noise than that of her human ones. These ears easily give off her emotions and she can't control how they move, highly dependent on how she is feeling. With immense focus she can switch between hearing with her human ears to her cat ears, when she is choosing to listen through one or the other the sound of one is completely deafened. Her cat hearing can pick up on even the most faint noises and can help in tracking down people who are hiding or cries for help. It takes one post of complete effort to change which ears she is hearing through, and doing it multiple times can give her a headache.

QUIRK DRAWBACKS: Akiza's quick comes with several drawbacks the main one being that they are completely tied to her emotions for better or worse. To activate her flames she needs an incredibly strong emotional stimulus to set her off and once she gets going she can't stop. Her ears show off how she is feeling at any given moment and allows people to easily see how she feels, even when she isn't hearing through them.

Her flame tail while powerful is uncontrollable and if Akiza doesn't manage to put it out, her whole body could potentially catch on fire. If she doesn't put out the flames in time her whole tail will burn off and she will suffer second-degree burns all over her whole body which could potentially become third-degree if she doesn't get immediate medical attention. Essentially if she doesn't put out her flame tail before it burns out, she will be knocked unconscious for the rest of the thread from the pain.

Her ears while having incredibly keen hearing are susceptible to incredibly high pitched or loud noises. If someone emits a loud scream or high-pitched whistle she will be dazed for one post, not completely disoriented but enough to where she needs to stop what she is doing to focus on the pain.

SKILL NAME: Martial Arts: Street Fighting
SKILL RANK: Bronze
SKILL DESCRIPTION: Akiza understands the basics of street fighting, a style that revolves around sheer brutality instead of elegant skill.

SKILL NAME: Enhanced Speed
SKILL RANK: Bronze
SKILL DESCRIPTION: Akiza can run about 15 mph.

PLAYED BY Bladedcat