Who YOU?

PERSONALITY traits:
Reserved; Stoic; Sarcastic; Passionate; Determined; Self-Reliant; Blunt; Charismatic (when performing); Patient; Quiet; Competitive

Personality summary:

Yuki's past greatly affected the person she is today. Back then, she used to be innocent...innocent to the point of naïvety. Back then...she believed that everyone had some good in them. Then...one car accident later, things changed. Now, Yuki keeps to herself. Her mental barriers are up constantly. She never lets ANYONE get too close. Off stage, she is reserved and expressionless. Many people often comment on how unreadable she is. Whatever emotions she might feel on the inside, she refuses to let anyone see them. This has lead Yuki to become reliant on and trust no one but herself. She is very reluctant to have other people do things for her. Yuki has a sharp tongue when it comes right down to it. Her sarcasm knows no bounds if she is with someone she is relatively friendly with. If there is a problem, she prefers to deal with it directly rather than whine about it. She is very blunt when it comes to those sorts of things. If someone has a problem with her, Yuki makes sure to address it personally and get it sorted out. Yuki is passionate about two things in particular: change and music. The girl's passion is her driving force; it dictates many of the decisions she makes. She's determined to bring about change in the hip hop industry, where women aren't given as much credit as the men in terms of ability. (Different stereotypes of female rappers include how catty they are, how much drama they start and how little they know about true hip hop. Moreover, even if women DO enter the industry, they're often over-ualized, scooted off to the side, and just not taken seriously).

Yuki considers music her savior and escape. She has always turned to music during rough times and has finally decided that it's time to take her skills to the next level. On stage (or in Yuki's case, in the underground), Yuki becomes a different person. She walks and raps with confidence and poise and is filled with energy and charisma. People in the underground sometimes comment that they can see and feel Yuki's passion from the way she performs. Yuki is also EXTREMELY competitive. She never backs down from a challenge, no matter what it's about. And regardless of the challenge, Yuki will never give less than her 110% in anything. She'll always push herself to do better. Yuki's determination knows no bounds. Once she sets herself to a task, she will make sure to complete it. She never gives up on anything, no matter how hopeless the situation might seem. Although Yuki doesn't show it, she deals with self-esteem issues. She constantly criticizes herself and thinks she can do better. These thoughts usually attack her when she's alone and reflecting. These issues don't stop her from putting her heart and soul into her raps, but they certainly do bother her from time to time.

BACKGROUND:

Ryuu Yuki was born in Seoul, South Korea, where she lived until the age of 17. Up until the age of 10, Yuki was a rather happy child. Her parents loved her and took care of her, though they could get quite busy sometimes, and she suffered no major problems except for when she was at school (she didn't have friends and was bullied often). Still, Yuki kept a positive outlook on life and on people (she believed everyone had some good in them). At the age of six, her father convinced her mother to enroll Yuki in a martial arts/swordsmanship class so she could learn how to defend herself.

Then, at the age of 10, Yuki and her parents were involved in a fatal car accident with a drunk driver that killed the couple and left Yuki in the hospital for 2 weeks with serious injuries. When she woke and heard the news, Yuki was in shock. She didn't cry; she simply entered a catatonic state. Because Yuki had no immediate family left in Korea, social services brought her to an orphanage. That's where the real trouble began.

The children at the orphanage started to give Yuki a hard time. At first, Yuki was too far gone to really retaliate. Then, one of the kids made the mistake of trying to steal the dragon pendant around Yuki's neck. The resulting fight left the child in the orphanage's infirmary for the next week. Yuki was branded the orphanage's trouble maker. She bounced from foster house to foster house, never managing to stay in the same place for more than a week. The foster parents would return her saying she was "dangerous" or "too much to handle" or "hurt their children." No one ever bothered to listen to Yuki's side of the story. They didn't bother to understand that the reason Yuki broke her foster brother's arm was because he tried to touch her inappropriately, or that she hadn't actually stolen her foster sister's toys, but in fact her foster sister had hidden them in Yuki's room in hopes of getting rid of her, or that she had simply been brushing up on her swordsmanship skills in the backyard with a pole and wasn't coming up with a plan to murder her foster family. No, each time it was Yuki's fault. And each time, she was returned right back to the orphanage.

And school? School was even worse. Yuki kept to herself. She spoke to no one and immersed herself in studying and books, leading her to become one of the toppers in her classes. The other kids didn't take to that too well. They harassed Yuki constantly, making fun of her when the opportunity arose, tripping her in the hallways, gossiping about her, and stealing her things before throwing them at her. In the beginning, Yuki fought back viciously, but after 3 trips to the dean's office, she closed herself off. She gave no reactions, no inclination that the other students even existed. She became quiet, reserved, and passive, learning to mind her own business. The other students continued to taunt her, but she paid them no heed anymore. It just wasn't worth it.

It was around this time that Yuki starting dabbling in poetry and music. She enjoyed the way she could make words come together and ended up fully immersing herself in the art, writing poem after poem to express herself. And music. . . well, music became her life line. Every time things got hard or scary, she would always turn to music. It spoke to her in ways she hadn't been spoken to in a long time. It comforted her and protected her from the nasty thoughts she would sometimes have. It. . . it saved her.

Then, in her first year of middle school, a new student came. At first, Yuki paid him no mind. She kept to herself and continued about her life. That is. . . until he stood up for her. One day, as usual, the students had started their regular bout of bullying Yuki. The girl ignored it as she always did and kept walking. She didn't notice one of the school boys stick her foot out. She tripped and would have fallen flat on her face if he hadn't caught her. It was the new kid: Minho. Making sure she was steady, to Yuki's IMMENSE surprise, he began telling off the bullies. He was. . . defending her. At first, Yuki brushed it off. She told him she didn't need any help and walked off. She thought that that would be the end of it.

She was wrong.

Minho seemed hell bent on finding out more about her, understanding her, and most of all, befriending her. At first, Yuki rebuffed him again and again, not wanting anything to do with him. But he was annoyingly persistent. Finally, she gave in. It was the start of a very interesting friendship. Yuki and Minho shared many similar interests and had matching competitive personalities, but Yuki remained more reserved while Minho was always outgoing and relatively popular. Still, over time, Minho managed to get Yuki to open up to him little by little. After becoming friends with him, Yuki found the orphanage and school much more bearable. She found a reason to enjoy life again, to be happy.

It was in their second year of middle school that Minho introduced Yuki to the hip hop scene after Yuki finally agreed to show him her poems. Yuki took an immediate liking to the music and the beat, quickly becoming attached to the lyrics of every rap she listened to. It wasn't long before hip hop became her favorite genre. With Minho's help, her poetry started taking on a life of its own. They changed, morphing until they held a certain rhythm and kept up with certain beats. Every lunch, when they weren't playing sports, they were composing, playing competing over who could rap faster or who could spit better lyrics. Minho brought out a new side to Yuki through these means. A side that was more confident, more charismatic, and more expressive. Night after night, all Yuki would do was write and practice, her speed and skill increasing greatly.

At 13, Minho brought Yuki to the Korean Underground for the first time. The age restriction for competing in the underground was 16, meaning that Yuki and Minho couldn't participate, but they could at least watch and learn. It was here that Yuki learned how biased the hip hop industry was against female rappers. The blatant ism in the underground was obvious. The women were over-ualized, catty, and dramatic. When they rapped, it was about who wore the more revealing clothing, or who would start the cat fight first. It was never about the lyrics. It was never about the meaning. It was then that Yuki decided that when she started participating in the underground, she would make some changes and break the female stereotype. She and Minho jokingly promised that when they turned sixteen, they would battle each other on the stage of the underground.

Minho and Yuki's friendship lasted through middle school and into their sophomore year of high school. Yuki had changed a bit. She smiled more often and was in general a happier person. She had re-taken up swordsmanship and martial arts and graduated from both with high honors. She and Minho would playfully compete against each other in studies as well, keeping both of their grades impressively high. The pair went to the underground almost every night. She had found a friend and a passion. She had found a purpose.

She should have known that it wouldn't last.

One day in their sophomore year of high school, Minho didn't show up to school. Yuki brushed it off; she assumed he was sick. He didn't show up the next day either. Or the next. Texts, phone calls, and e-mails all went unreturned. Yuki started panicking, going to his house and knocking on the door. His mom answered, finally giving her an answer: Minho had been selected to train under S.M. He was going to become an idol. She told Yuki it would probably be best if she stopped trying to get into contact with Minho. Well, the girl didn't give up that easily. She kept trying for weeks on end, hoping to run into the boy on the streets or maybe even in the underground. No luck. The bullying continued with renewed force, except this time, Yuki had no one to turn to. Minho's sudden disappearance from her life had a drastically negative effect on the girl. She swore to herself that she would never let anyone get that close to her ever again. The pain was nearly too much to handle. She turned back to her music, composing more raps, teaching herself to spit lyrics faster and faster, increasing her abilities through excessive practice. She focused on her studies, cramming her mind with information. She wiped any memories of Minho from her head, forcing herself to forget him or anything to do with him. She was back to the way she used to be, except this time around, it was much, much worse.

Come age 16, Yuki finally worked up the courage to compete in Korea's underground. The first time she ever entered the competition, she was severely underestimated. Many other rappers jeered at her, laughing at the idea that a little girl would ever try to compete against the big dogs. She started off small, competing against other fairly new rappers and testing the waters. She started reading patterns, using her abilities to adapt to a beat and come up with lyrics off the top of her head. Her determination pushed her through the ranks quickly, earning the girl growing respect from the other underground rappers. After about a year, she became known in the underground as the Black Dragon, one of the fiercest competitors the underworld had to offer. Rapping became Yuki's escape, her way to express herself and her way to forget her problems. Yuki was careful to avoid diss battles, something that caught other rappers' eyes. Usually, diss battles were a female rapper's primary form in the underground. That's where the cat fights started. To Yuki, however, diss battles were a relatively low form of rapping. Sometimes, lines were crossed that shouldn't even be touched. Therefore, she never entered a diss battle, not unless provoked. Instead, she impressed the other rappers with her ability to rap about a variety of topics and flawlessly combine subjects. With each performance, her confidence and charisma increased. She even picked up quite a few hip hop styled dance moves thanks to the people around her.

At age 17, Yuki's life changed again. Social services managed to discover a distant aunt on the girl's father's side that lived in Los Angeles. After completing high school, Yuki left the Korea and its underground and moved to L.A., California. The girl, already very familiar with the English language from school, improved her vocabulary once she entered the states. Yuki's aunt wasn't abusive, but she wasn't particularly kind, either. She tried to force Yuki to become "more like a girl," an idea which Yuki detested. Tensions between the two steadily increased, with the aunt beginning to comment on how useless Yuki was and how much of a burden she was becoming. Yuki spent more time out of the house than in. In this way, she discovered L.A.'s underground. She was intrigued in the concepts and styles, picking up on some by observing different competitors. Yuki began writing new raps: some full korean, others full english, and still others a mix of the two languages. Yuki noticed that in L.A. the situation with female hip hop artists was just as bad as it had been in Korea. While there were some very strong hip hop females in the states, they were still scarce, a thought that rubbed Yuki the wrong way. Moreover, Yuki noticed that the lyrics and rap battles in L.A. were much more racist, ist, and overall offensive than what she was used to.

Once Yuki reached 19, she decided that she had had enough of living with her distant aunt. She didn't get the same vibe from L.A.'s underworld as she had from Korea's. She wanted to go back. Her aunt was kind enough to get her a plane ticket and arrange a place to stay for Yuki. And just like that, Yuki found herself once again on Korean soil. She set herself up in the apartment her aunt had helped her acquire and took up several part time jobs: a waitress, a martial arts instructor, and a swordsmanship instructor, all the while continuing her college studies and her activities in the underground.

LIKES:
-Extremely large stuffed animals
-Martial Arts/Swordsmanship
-Writing poetry/Rapping
-Rain (everything about it)
-Sports (Basketball and Volleyball are her top two favorites)
-Food: Turkey Sandwich w/mayo; french fries; different fruits; Ramen; chicken dumplings; udon; eggs (scrambled); pizza; hot dogs -Desserts: Ice Cream; Cheesecake; Warm, chocolate chip cookies -Drinks: Lemonade; Coke; Hot Chocolate
-Animals (Favorite is a jaguar, but she loves dogs and cats as well) -Comics -Video games (whenever she can play them)
-MUSIC
-Reading
-Drawing/Sketching
-Sakura Blossoms (The scent in particular but also the flower in general)
-Colors: Blue (any shade); Gold
-Playing the piano
-Singing

DISLIKES:
-Skinship
-Rumors
-ism/Racism
-Relying on others
-The color pink
-Overly revealing clothes
-Excessive Make-Up
-Losing
-Being underestimated
-Onions (ew >.>)
-Diss Battles
-The color pink
-Drama

FAMILY:
Mother || Full Korean || Singing Instructor || Deceased
Father || Half Korean and Half Japanese || Business Man || Deceased
Distant Aunt || Half Korean and Half Japanese || Grocery Market Owner

ORIGINS: This is all completely in the background^^ :)

FRIENDS:

P.Kae || SMTM Judge || Yuki and Kae first meet at the beginning of SMTM. Kae notices how closed off Yuki is from others and becomes determined to befriend her and change that. In a lot of ways, Kae is the complement to Yuki. Whereas Kae is energetic, happy, and dorky, Yuki is closed off, reserved, and doesn't smile often. However, the two share similar passions, goals, and interests, which end up bringing them closer together.

Park Miyoung || SMTM Judge and New Music Producer||Yuki becomes closer to Miyoung through Kae. Like Kae, Miyoung knows that there is a lot more to Yuki's personality than meets the eye. She admires how hard working and determined the girl is because it reminds her of herself. Miyoung's personality is almost the polar opposite of Yuki's, which makes the two's dynamic hilariously interesting as Miyoung occasionally tries to catch Yuki off guard to make her laugh and such.

CL || Main Rapper of 2NE1 || Zico introduces CL to Yuki at the beginning of SMTM. Yuki has always admired CL as an artist and is glad for the opportunity to meet one of the baddest female idols in the Kpop industry. CL admires Yuki's fighting spirit and the hard work she puts into whatever she does.

Zico || Leader of Block B/SMTM Judge || Zico met Yuki before SMTM started, in Korea's underground. Back then, he only knew of her as the Black Dragon, but had witnessed some of her rap battles and performances. He took an interest in her and introduced himself, much to Yuki's surprise. It was Zico that suggested to Yuki that she audition for the upcoming SMTM season. In a way, it's his test for her. He wants to see if she's worth signing on/endorsing as an artist. The two's interactions are sarcastic and slightly playful. Yuki always challenges Zico to see who can rap faster (even though she ends up losing more times than she likes to admit).

Kyung || Member of Block B/SMTM Judge || Yuki met Kyung through Zico. His happy-go-lucky personality through her off guard from the moment they first met. In Yuki's opinion, Kyung is a bit crazy, but the boy always manages to make her smile.

Jimin (BTS) || Member of BTS || Jimin and Yuki's first meeting didn't happen like normal people's did. They met when Jimin came to support Rap Mon and Suga in an SMTM episode. Backstage, Rap Mon introduced him to Yuki, and the boy made the mistake of abruptly throwing his arm around Yuki in a friendly gesture. Yuki reacted by grabbing Jimin's arm and flipping him onto his back. She apologized and tried to explain that she didn't like contact too much, but Jimin brushed it off, while Rap Mon and Suga laughed hysterically. The two became close, often sharing sarcastic banter, and share a very sibling-like relationship.

Whoever Eomma's Character is xD || ? || Met on the show; Eomma is very motherly towards Yuki, a feeling Yuki has never really experienced before. The two are extremely close.

HABITS:
-Puts to fingers to her lips and points to the sky when she succeeds at something or for good luck.
-Bites her lip when she's nervous
-Touches her dragon pendant (gift from her parents) when she's nervous, afraid, or stressed.
-Cracks her knuckles when she's preparing to do something.
-Looks people in the eyes when she speaks to them

TRIVIA:
-Drives a motorcycle (Yamaha YZF-R1)
 
-When she gets competitive or extremely angry, her eyes darken until they turn black (true fact about myself)
-Is very good at reading people (is especially adept at telling when someone is lying) 
-Is skilled in martial arts/swordsmanship
-Goes nowhere without her urBeats earphones
-Has a dragon pendant given to her by her parents (This one)
-Knows 32 places in the human body that could kill/paralyze somehow
-Has sworn to never touch alcohol because of her parents
-Has never dated before
-Has a 6'5" stuffed bear named Kiro-chan (Click!)