#new interpretation

Name: Koji Minamoto

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Birthday: June 4

Sexuality: Pansexual

Element: Light

Human: Lobomon

Beast: KendoGarurumon

Unified: BeoWolfmon

Family: Tomoko Kimura (Mother), Kousei Minamoto (Father), Satomi Minamoto (Stepmother)

Appearance: Koji is on the taller side, standing at 5’8”. He has black hair reaching the middle of his back that he ties into a low ponytail. He is on the muscular side thanks to many years of practicing kendo and learning how to fight. He wears a blue bandanna with a few deep yellow stripes on it that is tied at the base of his neck. He wears a blue jacket with yellow stripes going down either side and dark gray trousers. He wears blue and light gray tennis shoes, and he has blue eyes. 

Personality: Koji is, to put it simply, a lone wolf. He’s quiet and prefers to keep to himself, avoiding most others when he has the chance. His initial personality makes him seem rude and standoffish, though this is far from being the true Koji. In honesty, he is shy and lonely, unsure of how to approach others. He refuses to express his emotions, believing that he can’t get hurt if he keeps others away. He is unsure of how to connect with others, not wanting to approach them and rarely getting approached himself. Koji struggles to make lasting relationships since he hasn’t had one in his life, shown by his rocky relationship with his father. He tends to bottle his feelings, not wanting to show weakness in case others use it against him. Koji is patient and knows when to wait before striking, but he has little tolerance for foolish behavior, making him seem snappy and short-tempered. His greatest enemy is his own lack of confidence with his ability to speak with others. Since he avoids social contact most of the time, he is terrible with talking to others and expressing himself, driving others away when he needs connection more than anything else. He’s hardworking, but not many people get to see such due to his general distance from others. Koji tends to avoid others, leaving him emotionally vulnerable since he refuses to express himself as the insecure, quiet person he truly is. 

Background: Koji was born to Tomoko and Kousei Minamoto, a couple whose marriage was doomed to fail. He was the younger of the pair’s twins, the older of the two being Koichi. After many arguments in the span of the six months after the birth of Koji and Koichi, Tomoko and Kousei split. Kousei got into many arguments with his wife over her long working hours, prone to getting angry with her due to their descent into poverty. Tomoko eventually suggested that they split, and Kousei agreed. They divided, vowing never to meet again. Kousei took Koji with him while Tomoko took Koichi. Kousei lied to Koji and claimed that Tomoko had died in a medical incident when he was too young to remember. Kousei and Koji had a rocky relationship throughout most of Koji’s life since Kousei never wanted to open up to Koji about anything. The two argued frequently, and Kousei was later diagnosed with depression that increased his anger issues drastically. After Kousei got on medication when Koji was about fourteen, their arguments became fewer in number, though the general bitterness of their relationship remained. When Koji was eleven, he stumbled upon a photo of Tomoko that had remained despite the divorce. He kept it hidden on the back of a rotating picture frame that he had on his desk. Soon after Kousei’s diagnosis, he found and fell in love with Satomi. Kousei asked Koji to invite Satomi into his life, but Koji refused to do so, only making their relationship more tense. Satomi and Kousei married when Koji was fifteen, and while Satomi did reach out to Koji to try and foster a connection, he avoided her to the best of his ability since he lacked the knowledge on how to bond with her. Throughout his childhood, Koji trained in martial arts, finding a particular talent in kendo. He tended to spend more time away from home than with his parents as he got older since he wanted to be around Kousei as little as possible. 

Name: Junpei Shibayama

Age: 17

Gender: Male 

Birthday: August 13

Sexuality: Bisexual

Element: Thunder 

Human: Beetlemon

Beast: MetalKabuterimon

Unified: RhinoKabuterimon

Family: Nobuo Shibayama (Father), Ryoko Shibayama (Mother)

Appearance: Junpei stands at 5’5” and is on the heavier side. He wears a yellow hoodie that practically swallows his figure over a white t-shirt. The jacket has dark blue highlights on it. He wears dark purple trousers as well with blue and white tennis shoes. His hair is a dark brown color and is cut short to his face. It’s on the spikier side and flies every which way when it isn’t properly maintained. Junpei has brown eyes as well. His pockets are filled with small technological devices from batteries to phone chargers. 

Personality: Junpei is rather open and talkative, doing what he can to reach out to those around him. He has a mindset that pushes him to be nice to everyone unless they do something to hurt him first. His naturally friendly nature makes it incredibly easy for him to break the ice in any situation. Junpei is also rather analytical, looking at things from a variety of angles. He’s strong in the field of technology and can find most information he needs with a bit of research, and he can be found tinkering around with small devices simply to satisfy his own creation. Despite his seemingly open nature, Junpei can be rather quick to turn hostile when he believes that someone might be out to harm him. He can be snippy and harsh to those who show signs of hurting him, as it’s his way of pushing them as far away as possible. He doesn’t take criticism well in the slightest, and it can cause him to break down in the worst of situations. Junpei can be easy to anger as well, as due to his openly emotional personality, he can swing from joyful to upset quickly. He seems to be at his calmest when discussing his interests, though he can grow quickly bitter and condescending at the thought of someone turning on him. He hesitates to show his full self, hiding his nerdy hobbies when possible out of fear that others will show scorn towards him, but when he lets loose, it is a sign of full trust from him. Generally, Junpei puts on an air of kindness, but he can be quick to anger and hides his true personality due to persistent trust issues.

Background: From an outside perspective, Junpei’s life could easily be seen as perfect. His parents were both loving and positive people who did all they could to look after him. His family was well-off as well, and he had more than enough in the needs department at all times. Throughout his childhood, however, this was not the case. Junpei was horribly bullied in school to the point that he feared being his true self. Most of this was as a result of his weight, though his hobbies also had him as the target of abuse. He was open about who he was, but this was only met with more scorn and backlash. Junpei began to hide his true hobbies and such with hopes of fitting in and making the consistent harassment stop. He retreated into himself, and by the time he was twelve years old, he had undiagnosed depression. Junpei turned towards the internet to properly express himself, and he found a home in his identity online. Since nobody there could see him, he thought that they wouldn’t be able to tease him for his weight. However, this turned out to not be the case. Anonymous figures as well as other students who found Junpei’s online page sent him horrible messages, but he bottled it up out of fear of showing vulnerability. Due to the constant harassment, he internalized the idea that crying was a sign of weakness, something that he was often told when he snapped under the pressure others placed on him. This all culminated when Junpei was fourteen, and he had an awful breakdown where he punched his window in a moment of violent upset. His parents finally learned of the issue, and Junpei was officially diagnosed with depression as a result of what happened. He was given medication for his issue at long last, and his issues slowly began to get better. The harassment only lessened when Junpei shared the messages that he received to the head of the school, and he began to behave more unapologetically like himself. However, the bullying he endured changed him, and the purely optimistic kid he was before this all started grew more withdrawn and hostile. He was still open and longed to make friends with others, but he refused to let himself become a victim again. When others treated him poorly, Junpei would snark back at them until they were thoroughly embarrassed not to try something of that nature again. Even the slightest bit of opposition could set him off in his panic not to be hurt again, and that still remains with him years later. Junpei is better at dealing with his anger than he once was, but he does struggle with showing his true face fearlessly, as despite his changes for the better, the memories of what once happened still linger. 

Name: Koichi Kimura

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Birthday: June 4

Sexuality: Asexual Demiromantic

Element: Darkness 

Human: Loweemon

Beast: JagerLoweemon

Unified: Rhihimon

Family: Tomoko Kimura (Mother), Kousei Minamoto (Father), Aoi Kimura (Grandmother; Deceased)

Appearance: Koichi stands at the same height as Koji, and he shares his bright blue eyes and dark hair. Koichi keeps his hair cut shorter to his face where his brother does not. He wears a purple shirt underneath a worn-out blue vest with dark blue jeans. He wears black and blue tennis shoes with white accents. Once in a while, he wears a lighter blue hat given to him by his mother for his birthday. Koichi’s figure isn’t defined at all due to how little he eats as a result of his family’s poor financial state. 

Personality: Koichi is naturally shy and reclusive, tending to avoid most human contact where possible. He has a deep fear of being left behind, and due to this terror, he never reaches out in the first place. He tends to bottle his emotions as a result of his struggles with connecting to others, leaving him to hide everything until it pushes him to a breaking point, causing him to explode in a breakdown. However, Koichi hides this exceptionally well, never letting anyone see that the weight of the world is bothering him. When people do speak to him, they see that he is quiet yet friendly, naturally sweet and caring when others need something of him. He prefers his own company, often preferring to read or write alone. Koichi is incredibly empathetic, and he struggles sometimes when the suffering of others is placed on top of him. His own empathy can very easily overwhelm him, but since he never discusses such with others, it only contributes to his worsening mental health. He does all that he can to help others no matter what toll it takes on him. Koichi is selfless beyond imagination, always aiding others but never finding the strength to get help for himself. He wishes to not be a burden on others, causing him to keep to himself until he is sure that sharing himself with them is safe. Overall, Koichi is kind and sweet, but his inability to reach out to others causes him immense grief as his empathy pushes him towards his breaking point. 

Background: Koichi was born as the older of twin brothers to Tomoko and Kousei Minamoto. After a lengthy string of arguments between them, the two split. Tomoko took Koichi while Kousei took Koji, and the pair vowed never to see each other. In order to earn enough money to support her son and mother, Tomoko took many shifts at the hospital where she worked. She was prone to overworking herself, never resting since she needed as much money as possible. Koichi understood his mother’s need to work, and he did all that he could to ease her burdens. Aoi, Koichi’s grandmother, took care of him when Tomoko was at work, and the two fostered a close relationship. Koichi grew up taking nothing for granted due to the lack of money his family had. He learned to look after his mother, not wanting Tomoko to get herself hurt. One day when Koichi was eleven, Tomoko collapsed at work due to working too many shifts back to back. The lack of money coming in as well as the hospital bills had the trio struggling for a while until Tomoko got back on her feet. Koichi only cracked down on keeping his mother’s health a priority, doing all that he could to ease her burdens. He didn’t want to bother her given how much she was struggling as it was, prompting him to start bottling his emotions. Tomoko, Aoi, and Koichi all stumbled through life for another few years until Aoi got sick when Koichi was fifteen. Tomoko worked hard to pay off the hospital bills, but Aoi wound up succumbing to her illness and passing away. The high prices left Tomoko and Koichi poorer than before, barely scraping by, but Aoi told Koichi one piece of important information before her death: he had a twin. After Aoi passed, Koichi began doing more research behind Tomoko’s back, not wanting to bother her when she was going through enough as it was. He longed to reach out to Koji after spending so many years in loneliness, and he decided to reach out the day that Ophanimon sent her mass distress call in Shibuya. He followed Koji to the train station where disaster struck. 

Name: Takuya Kanbara

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Birthday: March 29

Sexuality: Bisexual

Element: Fire

Human: Agunimon

Beast: BurningGreymon

Unified: Aldamon

Family: Yuriko Kanbara (Mother), Hiroaki Kanbara (Father), Shinya Kanbara (Younger Brother)

Appearance: Takuya stands at 5’6” and has spiky brown hair. His eyes are brown as well. He wears gray squarish goggles on his head. Takuya wears a red jacket with two white stripes running across the chest. He wears an orange short-sleeved shirt beneath this with a yellow circle at the middle to outline a black emblem of fire. He wears dark brown jeans and white socks. Takuya completes the look with black and orange shoes. He has black gloves sticking out of his right pocket as well. 

Personality: Takuya is energetic and extroverted, seemingly never deterred by anything. He’s confident and positive as well, doing what he can to uplift the people around him whenever he has the chance. He is incredibly passionate and loyal, caring for those he knows well and doing anything he can for their sakes. However, Takuya is also stubborn and can be short-tempered, leading to many arguments as he attempts to establish his own place in a given group. He naturally brings out the best in others with his friendly personality, making others feel at ease when he is present. Takuya is a natural born leader as well, able to rally anyone to follow his causes without needing to do much. He never gives in to anyone or anything, believing that fate will work out in the end. He can brag a bit at times due to his ego being a bit on the large side, but he has good intentions. Takuya is naturally adventurous and curious, though his nose for danger has gotten him into a few rough scrapes at times. Where his gender is concerned, Takuya hates being mocked or otherwise teased, and it can push him to violence or threats. He is incredibly competitive and hates losing, always believing that he has to prove himself as the best in order to be taken seriously. He has troubles with admitting when he’s wrong, firmly believing in his own viewpoints when he gets hung up on something and refusing to listen to what others have to say. Generally, Takuya is a confident and passionate individual, but his own thickheadedness and competitive nature can land him in trouble. 

Background: Takuya was born as the oldest of two children. He was assigned feminine at birth, though from a young age, he longed to be a boy. When he came out to his parents at the age of eleven, they were fully supportive. Takuya underwent the changes necessary to present more masculine. Throughout his childhood, Takuya was close friends with a fellow soccer player on his team, Chihiro. The two wound up becoming close companions, remaining faithful to each other through thick and thin. Takuya was the only one to hear about Chihiro’s home issues with abuse, and he did all that he could to ensure that they were harmed as little as possible. He also became the only person Chihiro was comfortable being touched by, solidifying their mutually beneficial relationship. When Takuya was thirteen, his family moved to Shibuya. Chihiro moved a few months later, so the two remained together despite the move. The two continued to be close as they got older, playing on the high school soccer team together. Takuya held a close bond with his brother, Shinya, as well. He was idolized by his brother, and while the two got into petty fights every once in a while, they held a generally positive relationship. 

Name: Tomoki Himi

Age: 15

Gender: Male

Birthday: February 24

Sexuality: Pansexual

Element: Ice

Human: Kumamon

Beast: Korikakumon

Unified: Daipenmon

Family: Kotori Himi (Mother), Haruto Himi (Father), Yutaka Himi (Brother)

Appearance: Tomoki is on the shorter side, standing at 4’10”, making him the shortest member of the group. He has brown hair that is cut short to his face and dark green eyes. Tomoki wears a green jacket with a hood that’s a bit too big for him. His shirt is a lighter lime green with a v-neck. He wears pale blue jeans and a shiny blue bracelet on his right hand. His shoes are black and dark blue. 

Personality: Tomoki is a somewhat shy young boy who isn’t the best with speaking to people. He fears growing close to people due to his rocky relationship with his older brother, leading to him holding most people at arm’s length. Despite this, Tomoki is incredibly emotional and can be easily overwhelmed by his own feelings. He is quick to empathize and offer his support to others, not wanting to see the suffering of people who he believes do not deserve it. Tomoki can become incredibly clingy of others when he gets to be close to them, struggling to stand on his own. He is overly trusting of the people that he cares about greatly, seemingly unable to doubt their actions or believe that they could do something wrong. However, when it comes to people that he isn’t as familiar with, Tomoki is incredibly suspicious, holding them at arm’s length constantly. He goes back and forth between two extremes without an ability to moderate himself. Tomoki is rather quiet, not wanting to speak openly about his emotions, though due to his rather sympathetic nature, he is prone to tears. When he grows closer to others, he opens up more, showing a competitive and bright young man forced into his shell by a past of abuse. Tomoki is introverted and suffers from severe trust issues, but deep down, he is incredibly kind and will do anything for those he loves. 

Background: Tomoki was born as the younger of two sons. His brother, Yutaka, grew to be rather violent despite the kind environment he was raised in. The boys’ parents were rather loose and relaxed when it came to laying down the law, allowing Yutaka to repeatedly get away with offenses that others would never stand for. Yutaka’s poor habits only kept up when Tomoki was born. Kotori and Haruto showered Tomoki with love and affection, and Tomoki grew to be rather happy for a few years. Yutaka moved out, but he still visited home often to see his parents and brother. Yutaka grew increasingly jealous of Tomoki, often harassing him when their parents weren’t around. Yutaka often looked after his brother, and he repeatedly whispered horrible things into Tomoki’s ear. The younger boy’s confidence took a serious hit due to the psychological manipulation being used against him, and he retreated into himself. He reported the incidents to his parents, but Kotori and Haruto once again allowed Yutaka to get away with his past behaviors. Unfortunately, this would only lead to worse things. Due to the lack of punishments, Yutaka continued acting poorly, and he only got worse. Yutaka soon began to openly act out against his parents where it had previously been restricted to only others at his school and his brother. Soon enough, all three of them came to fear Yutaka coming by for a visit. While Yutaka rarely got physically violent against Tomoki, the few times that harm was done left scars on Tomoki’s mental state that had him frightened of most contact unless he knew the person well. After years of suffering, the family placed a restraining order on Yutaka, pushing him out of their lives. Tomoki’s brother gained a sizable criminal record and found ways to frighten Tomoki even when he wasn’t around. Tomoki had not contacted Yutaka for roughly six years when the story began. 

Name: Izumi Orimoto

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Birthday: April 29

Sexuality: Pansexual

Element: Wind

Human: Kazemon

Beast: Zephyrmon

Unified: JetSilphymon

Family: Chidori Orimoto (Mother; Deceased), Fuyuki Orimoto (Father), Masae Orimoto (Younger Sister)

Appearance: Izumi stands at roughly 4’11” and has a rather lean build. She has blonde hair reaching the middle of her back and green eyes. She wears a purple scarf around her neck and a mint green hair scrunchie at her wrist. She has a loose pink shirt with three-quarter sleeves. She wears white leggings with purple slip-on shoes. Izumi occasionally uses her scrunchie to tie her hair back into a low ponytail. 

Personality: Izumi is strong-willed and confident. She believes in herself above all else and refuses to bend to any other. She can come off as snarky and harsh at times, but she is far from rude. Izumi is incredibly determined and stubborn as well, refusing to give in until she has found success. She outwardly appears to not care what others think, though it has a much larger impact on her than she lets others believe. At times, she can be a bit of a people-pleaser since she is afraid of losing others the way she lost her mother. Izumi is friendly and talkative, though she struggles to truly connect with people in a lasting way. She is highly insecure about her body, hating when others comment on it. She is loyal to herself internally because she knows the dangers of not being happy with who she is, though she still struggles with showing how passionate she is with being her true self. Izumi is frightened by the idea of losing others and can get panicky at the concept of being left behind. She tends to let go of herself most when she is performing or competing as a gymnast. It helps her to feel connected with her mother and sister, prompting her to be at her happiest when involved with the sport. Izumi is loyal as well, and her faith never wavers when she finds a person or cause that she believes in. Overall, Izumi is confident and proud, but she can be stubborn and insecure at times. 

Background: Izumi was born as the older of two daughters. Her mother, Chidori, was renowned as a gymnast, and Izumi looked up to her for much of her life. She followed in her mother’s footsteps as a competitor. However, the positive times were not meant to last. Chidori passed away in a car crash when Izumi was eleven years old, leaving Fuyuki to look after Izumi and her younger sister. To avoid the memories of Chidori, the three moved to Italy and lived there for a few years. During that time, Izumi fell into a deep depression. She continued her efforts as a gymnast, inspiring her sister to do the same in the process. Despite her achievements, Izumi began to suffer from an eating disorder. Her fellow competitors didn’t seem to believe that she was skinny enough, and it took its toll on her. She suffered in her downward spiral until she was fourteen when her family moved back to Japan. Fuyuki realized that Izumi was suffering this way and did what he could to get her therapy. Izumi has been clean ever since, though she still suffers from thoughts of potential relapse. Her success has led to her becoming somewhat popular, though she believes that people only hang around her to leech off her prowess in gymnastics.