(+) funny, reserved, intelligent, witty, adventurous
(-) manipulative, short-tempered, snob, persuasive, blunt

↳ People tell Natsumi that she talks too much, but that’s not exactly true, because she doesn’t really say much when she’s talking. Sure, when you’re attempting to hold a conversation with her, she’ll talk, but she doesn’t really say much about herself. Usually she just throws a ton of words together in a jumbled sentence and passes it off as conversation. Unless she’s comfortable around you, then Natsumi can be a witty, fun, firecracker that shows off her massive intelligence and never ending supply of sarcasm. She’s an addictive personality, and most people who meet her end up picking up on some of her habits and phrases. Natsumi knows the kind of power she has over people and since she was a psychology student in school, she has learned even more ways to get people to do whatever she wants. Not that she does it often.

If you get on Natsumi's bad side, she’s a . She doesn’t put up with bull and she’s very, very good at manipulating a conversation and outsmarting others just by talking to them.  Let’s face it, Natsumi is not and never will be the person people go to when they want to party. It’s just not going to happen. She’s good with her family and with her close friends; she even cracks jokes and uses large amounts of sarcasm in their midst, but with people who she does not consider friends or even remotely friendly...well, she can be a little bit of a snob. She doesn’t mean to do it, but always gets on the way. She’s an average girl, if you think deep about it; boys make her nervous, girls make her cautious, but if you get on her good side, Natsumi will probably always stay there. By your side, that is. 

Calm, collected, usually the voice of reason, you don’t find Natsumi lashing out at anyone often. Or ever. Unless, of course, that someone is messing with her family or her bestfriends (band members) .Her emotions often get the best of her when she’s really upset, but it’s thankfully rather rare that anyone upsets her. I mean, being made upset usually requires being spoken to, right? She can be selfish at times, not because she means to but because she genuinely forgets to think of other people’s feelings. She’s a nice girl, at the end of the day. She doesn’t harass anyone, only taking part in some minor teasing, typically between her friends and the worst thing she’s ever done is break a few boys’ hearts. 

Natsumi loves doing anything new and is the queen of forcing anyone to try something whether it is going to a new place, trying new food, buying new clothes; Natsumi is always the first in line for it all. She’s also a very ‘take charge’ kind of girl and is basically the leader in the group. Natsumi is one of those girls that does everything she does perfectly, or she tries to. She’s always reminding herself that she can do whatever she sets her mind to, but more often than not, she falls short to her own expectations. It doesn’t help that she always feels like everyone expects so much of her; sure, she can act like a leader, but sometimes people need a break. When she’s overly stressed or really upset, Natsumi can get mean; snapping at people. But she always apologizes afterwards, but in the moment she can bit her tongue and calm down a little.

↳ The majority of Natsumi Tanaka's childhood was captured on her father’s video camera; first steps, first words, her first babbling attempt to sing along with the most popular Japanese songs. It wasn’t a super perfect life in the big city of Osaka, but it was filled with the ever present love of her parents and older brother called Aito Tanaka and later a baby brother called Daichi Tanaka. What the petite brunette lacked in physical presence, she made up for in determination and creativity, quickly developing an aptitude for finding ways around her short stature. Natsumi was happy to let her older brother take the spotlight as the sports oriented, outgoing child, and while she excelled in school and developed a love of music, she was always more subtle about her accomplishments. For most of her life, Natsumi had adamantly professed to a desire to become a teacher.

By the middle of her first high school year all thoughts of teaching had been squelched by the desire to pursue the art of singing, with a specific interest in becoming a KPOP Idol. And now you ask: why not JPOP? Well, Natsumi always had this big dream of travelling around the world, she said many times that her future wasn't in Japan. She was a big fan of Japanese songs yes, but she never realy imagined being part of Morning Musume or Perfume. However, when she laid her eyes on Girls Generation, she thought: wow, I want to be one of them. Her parents were surprised by the sudden change of heart, but their daughter’s passion was so intense that they could do nothing but support her. 

↳ Natsumi auditioned for SM Entertainment in Japan but gave up after a year of training due different music tastes. After SM, the young girl stepped into AMOUR Entertainment with a chic attitude. She believes that if she works hard her idols will become her rivals, and she couldn’t think of something better. Let’s just say that the judges ‘fell in love’ with Natsumi as soon as she stepped into the audition’s room, she was quite a character and she could definitely gain people’s attention with a snap of her fingers even if she was extremely clumsy with her dance moves. Sure she was lacking in some other things but with a few years of training she was ready to be a star like she always wanted to be. All of this in the year of 2007. Coming from a different culture and country, Natsumi knew that she wouldn't be treated like a princess right away. In fact it was the complete opposite. First when she auditioned for SM in Japan, they told her a bunch of stories about trainees that were bullied because they were not from a Korean background. Alright, she isn't the type of girl to be affraid this easily, but she knew that her life wouldn't be easy, specially if her Korean was so limitated, she wouldn't be able to fight back because she wouldn't find the right words to say.

When she was accepted in AMOUR, Natsumi felt a little bit more relaxed when she saw that she wasn't the only foreigner in there, but it still was hard for her, other girls would make fun of her pronunciation when she was trying to learn some Korean to at least live in peace for a bit in there. She never was bullied physicaly, but she heard a lot of bad comments. However, her beautiful face saved her a lot of times. She made friends rather easily specially with boys that were curious to know her better. She even had a boyfriend during two months. She was strong, she fought everyday for a spot in the big KPOP world, it was thanks to her personality and strong desire to debut that Natsumi was able to overcome all the difficulties. She would always think 'act like a Korean, think like a Korean and you'll fit in'. Her bluntness and short-tempered personality sometimes would get in the way and she would have little problems, but she never pick up a fight with anyone unless they start it. She was the first girl to arrive at dance practice and would be the last one leaving. 

RELATIONSHIPS: 

▪ Father | Fumihiko Tanaka | 45 | alive | actor (in the past) currently owns a bakery | wise, caring, funny | she is daddy's little baby, they have an amazing relationship, more like bestfriends | 10-10

▪ Mother | Haruko Tanaka | 43 | actress in Japan | understanding, motherly, trustworthy | more often than not, the house is full of their screams when they fight with each other, it's normal. But of course they love each other with everything they have, they are mother and daughter after all | 9-10

▪ Older Brother | Aito Tanaka | 23 | University Student | cocky, conceited, vain, smart | they are like the cat and the mouse, they even bully each other when they have the chance, however, it's like I stated above, they do love each other very much | 9-10 

▪ Younger Brother | Daichi Tanaka | 3 | calm, stubborn, adorable, squishy | natsumi does everything for Daichi, he is the most important person in her life and she couldn't imagine the family without him. Daichi loves to sleep on Natsumi's lap. He really is her pride | 10-10

▪ Jackson Wang | Bestfriend | 20 | GOT7 | vain, willy, charismatic, flirt | Natsumi is very cautious with those she chooses as friends. She doesn't trust people easily, but with Jackson was different. As soon as she laid her eyes on him she knew he was special. They 'work' well together, as if they were real siblings. People often 'fall in love' with their friendship because they really know how to take care of one another and still fight as if they were a real couple.  | 10-10

↳ You know how vanilla ice cream is sweet and simple yet popular enough that everyone likes it? That’s how you can describe Maek.  He likes to keep to himself and when people try talking to him he occasionally will shy away from them because he had built a shell around himself, although he has a shy personality he does have the occasional times where he’d have the soft burst of confidence and he’ll go up to someone and introduce himself to get to know them and make friends. His social skills aren’t the best and occasionally he might just seem so meek it’s a bit off putting and annoying which he doesn’t try to be, he just has her fear of someone trying to hurt him that he’s scared of the most. When he is on stage, his personality changes drastically, he becomes y, not afraid to follow the music. Mark is also very funny, sometimes maybe too much, he likes to make lame jokes. People will eventually laugh even if the jokes are not funny at all.

↳ Mark and Natsumi met in the most normal way possible: through someone else. In their case, it was through Jackson that both of them started to see each other. Let's just say that Jackson thought that his band member would look good with his best friend and that's how everything started. Nothing fancy, nothing worth of a romantic story in a drama, but something normal, yeah. They know each other for 4 years, it's been 4 years of ups and downs. In the past they were already walking around with fingers intertwined and smiles on their faces, no they never dated before, but he was her first kiss and vice versa. Yes, they do like each other very much, but they can't afford losing their dream job because of love, maybe in the future, who knows. They are very young and they still have a lot of time. People still say that they are too young to know what true love is, but deep down they know they belong together. 

When the two of them are together the atmosphere can become weird, not because they feel awkward with each other but because there's other people near them, so they basically don't speak with each other in public because they are too shy to be caught in the camera. They both know that their actions can easily be misunderstood, if they are caught hugging or being too intimate, on the next day there will be rumors all over the internet, and they don't want that, it would be bad for their career. Natsumi respects Mark a lot. Even though they were pretty close in predebut times, now they are very professional. They keep a good friendship of course and sometimes people can see the way they look at each other, but it's just that, they can't do more, GOT7 fans would probably kill her anyways.