BASICS
FULL NAME: SHIN IN-BOK [ 신인복 ]
» MEANING: In-bok [ From Sino-Korean 仁 "humaneness, benevolence, kindness" and 福 "happiness, good fortune, blessing".]; Shin [ Korean form of Shen, from Sino-Korean 申 (sin).]
OTHER NAMES: Stage name as a musician is Aki. A producer he met before his debut almost 10 years ago thought the Japanese word written with the character [ 明 ] meaning “bright, light, clear” was fitting of his style and personality. He stuck with the name and became well-known under it.
VERSES: Sanguine, Night Shift, The Meaning of Forever, Paratime
NICKNAME(S): Aki, Tteokbokki because it was and still is his favorite snack. Usually friends from when he was little and family members call him this.
AGE: 28-years old.
DATE OF BIRTH: 21st of December 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH: Daegu, South Korea.
OCCUPATION: Artist, former musician; shaman.
RELIGION: Shamanism.
ORIENTATION: Pansexual, panromantic.
GENDER: Cisgender male.
SPECIES: Human.
POWERS: He is possessed by a powerful spirit, a young royal princess, from the Joseon Dynasty. He can see into the future and conjure curses, break curses, call on the gods and his guide spirit for good fortune to those who seek his help.
WEAKNESSES: Laziness...
PERSONALITY
STRENGTHS: Independent, Loyal, Open-minded, Energetic, Generous.
WEAKNESSES: Snotty, Ambitious, Obsessive, Envious, LAZY.
APPEARANCE
FACE CLAIM: Jung Ho-seok.
HEIGHT: 5’10” [ 177 cm.]
WEIGHT: 143 lbs. [65 kg.]
BUILD: Athletic.
GAIT: Light, with a little sway.
HAIR COLOR: Black; he colors it for performances, concepts, and comebacks.
EYE COLOR: Black.
BIRTHMARK: TBA.
OVERVIEW:
» SCARS: Scars on his back and parts of his legs from the fire he survived three years ago...
» TATTOOS: Various. details to be added.
BACKGROUND
HOMETOWN: Daegu, South Korea.
RESIDENCES: Seoul, South Korea.
NATIONALITY: Korean.
ETHNICITY: Asian.
FINANCIAL STATUS: Upper-class.
EDUCATION LEVEL: University graduate.
DEGREES: Business Administration.
SPOKEN LANGUAGES: Aki’s first language is Hangul. He speaks Nihongo, Mandarin, and English.
RELATIONSHIPS
PARENTS: Both parents are alive and well and live in Daegu.
SIBLINGS: Aki has an older brother and older sister both living in Seoul.
CHILDREN: He has no children.
PETS: Aki has a black cat he calls Ugi, after the spirit that possessed him... Ugi came to him the same time Princess Ugi took over his body three years ago...
SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIPS: He is very close with his manager Sun-bin. They are high school friends. Sun-bin was also his stylist at one point but she didn’t have talent which they both knew from the beginning XD She is a great manager, tho.
Aki is also very well connected with his spirit guide, Princess Ugi, from the Joseon Dynasty. The spirit possessed him after a house fire three years ago. According to the investigation, the fire that started in Aki’s old apartment was not an accident but arson... His connection with Princess Ugi stemmed from their shared experience of getting burned although obviously, Princess Ugi did not survive. Aki’s long lost ancestor was a shaman who had a connection with Princess Ugi as well...
Aki had to take a break for a couple of years to recover but he did well and came back but he also realized and learned that he acquired a power through Princess Ugi and is able to perform task for the living and the dead as a shaman... *Will write more about this.
» TBA.
FAMILY HISTORY: Aki grew up in a well-to-do family. He was well taken cared of and he got along with his parents and siblings. They didn’t support his dream of becoming an artist at first but his world-wide success changed their minds. His accident was hard for his family but they supported him even when things began to change and he showed signs of possession. His parents didn’t truly understand what was happening and that sort of made him seclude himself from them for more than a year. *At this point, Aki was found by someone that connected him to a
ROMANTIC HISTORY: He’s been linked to several people but he has nothing serious going on at the moment.
PLATONIC RELATIONSHIPS: Sun-bin, Princess Ugi... Aki is also good friends with international model Renz, another shaman who unlike him is experienced and more dedicated than he is...
THOUGHTS ON LOVE: ...
HEALTH
PHOBIA(S): Spirits hiding in crevices... A session once got VERY messy; it involved gunk and other materials that cannot be named that just completely covered Aki from head to toe... It took him two weeks, according to his story, to get rid of the spirit gunk that he visited the spa almost everyday to thoroughly clean his insides.......
HANDICAP(S): None.
MENTAL DISORDER: ANXIETY.
PHYSICAL DISEASE(S): None.
PREDISPOSITION(S): Alcoholism; depression.
