would you know her?

Mari’s been making her face known on media for a while now. If your character is interested in teen fashion, they might have seen her making various appearances in Popteen’s magazine or featuring clothes from Cocolulu. She’s been in commercials on television to promote Cocolulu, similar to this [cw: singing; poor audio], or during collaborations between Popteen and Cocolulu, she’s been in fashion shows for them as well. She’s also up to date with social media and can be found on a shared blog, Choco-Beary. She’s built up quite the growing fan base from her frequent posts.

A frequent wanderer of the streets of Harujuku? That or live around Shinjuku? Consider it more than likely to be pulled aside by Mari and be asked to take a selfie with her. She’s a big fan of meeting new people and likes to commemorate introductions with photos to remember them by. 

Or your OC may know her indirectly through her family. She has: 

A younger sister, Mimi Kumagai, who’s also attending HPA as SHSL Candid Photographer. She’s been known for asking permission from her peers to have their photographs taken. Her running theme for her pictures is joy, and she refuses to budge on that.

An older brother, Manabu Kumagai, who graduated recently and is now considered an alumni of HPA. He’s a former SHSL Fashion Forecaster and currently works with several companies, such as Tokyo Fashion, WGSN, F-Trend, and so forth.

The youngest and most famed of them all, Momo Kumagai, the SPSL Bear!!! Or Super Pre-School Level Bear if you prefer the longer variant. A totally legit thing. Yeap. Not at all made up to appease a small child who aspired to be like her older siblings. She got her talent for being the scariest bear ever. So frightening that she could scare away hiccups from people! RAWR! [ Just kidding. You wouldn’t actually know her, but Mari speaks very fondly of the little tyke. ]

Some cousin who’s an HPA attendee as well. Why are there so many family members from HPA? Who knows. Said cousin is some SHSL American Football Player or something. A Lowell kid or whatever from a team called the Chiba Hounds.