TWILIGHT / 高島健二

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高島健二

BASICS

BIRTHNAME Takashima Kenji, 高島健二.
OTHER NAMES Tak Jinki, 탁진기 ; Kenji's official Korean name.
NICKNAMES
  ❝ Ken, JiJi, KenKen, JiKen ; General Nicknames.
  ❝ Ken² ; Kenji's name means '健' strong and '二' two, so Ken² is just another fun way to say his name.
  ❝ Katji ; Kenji is in all ways, a cat person, especially towards black cats. Fans also refer to him as an old cat man.
  ❝ Ken Doll ; When you first see the name Ken, you would most likely be reminded of Barbie's... boyfriend? Husband? Ken, so it doesn’t help much that Kenji is Twilight's visual, similar to the doll.
  ❝ Tattoo Guy ; To the non-fans, Kenji is known as the Tattoo Guy as he has many tattoos and is interested in them.

BIRTHDATE April 12th, 1997.
BIRTHPLACE Kobe, Japan.
HOMETOWN Kobe, Japan.
ETHNICITY Japanese.
NATIONALITY Japanese.

LANGUAGES 
  ❝ Japanese ; Kenji's native language, speaks in a standard Kansai dialect at times. ; Native.
  ❝ Korean ; After all, Kenji as been living in Korea for the past 7 years, so it would make sense that he would speak fluent Korean, ; Fluent.
  ❝ English ; Almost everyone can speak some English, and Kenji is one of them. He is learning from Willow and other English speaking members. ;
Basic.
  ❝ Mandarin Chinese ; Kenji is currently learning Mandarin Chinese to get closer to Sage. Once again, he is currently learning from Willow. ; Basic.
  ❝
Japanese Sign Language
 ; Since he was 4 years old, Kenji's mother had been partially deaf in both ears due to an accident. Due to this, the family took Japanese sign language to better communicate with his mother.

FACECLAIM NCT's 유타.
BACKUP Pentagon's 유토.

HEIGHT 176cm.
WEIGHT 60kg.

APPEARANCE Kenji looks similar to his faceclaim, definitely a visual guy within the members of Twilight. He is mostly on the tanner side than most Asians are, even Japanese, but his skin tone is completely natural. Kenji does have some birthmarks and moles scattered around his body, but nothing too important to note. He does have both his ears pierced, normally, doubled, and a cartilage piercing on his right ear.
STYLE Kenji's fashion style is mainly inspired by Western media, including streetwear, boho, and casual. He also tends to wear more androgynous close as it makes him feel more comfortable in his skin. Kenji's hair is mostly on the longer side, as he would wear man buns sometimes, but he would cut it shorter if needed. ; Kenji's Closet.
TATTOOS If you couldn’t tell, Kenji is sort of addicted to tattoos. He got his first tattoo at the age of 16 and kept getting them over the next some odd years. These are Kenji's tattoos of debut, and definitely plans to get much more in the future.
  ❝ 
Right Collarbone Left Collarbone Left Ear Right Bicep ; Left Forearm Left Elbow Right Hand Left Chest Right Leg Back Ankles.

PERSONALITY

ENTP ; The Debater, Aries, Gryffindor, Fire Bender.
  ❝ Proactive, Decisive, Artistic, Sociable.
  ❝ Independent, Witty.
  ❝ Materialistic, Intolerant, Stern, Dramatic.
If there's one thing Takashima Kenji is, it's that he's proactive. He thinks ahead and never worries too much about the past. He doesn't really believe in luck or chances, and believes that everything happens for a reason. With this, he is quick on his feet, becoming a decisive person. The decisions Kenji often makes doesn't stress him out as much as other people do. Following this, Kenji is a really easy going guy. Without a doubt, he is also artistic. Kenji has always been interested in art and creativity, but it was only a matter of time for which field to go into. Besides music and idol life, Kenji has a lot of interests as he likes to express himself freely without worrying about people judging him. You might think Kenji is reserved, but you would be wrong; he's sociable if anything. Being a proactive person, Kenji is able to make friends with anyone easily. Kenji tries to make friends with everyone he meets, from all walks of life.
Despite being sociable and proactive, Kenji is actually really independent. He does love to have his "me time," and he has self-confidence. But at the same time, Kenji has trouble seeking help from others as he strongly believes that he can do it all by himself. Being quick on his feet, Kenji considers himself to be the most witty person within the group. He often says things that are clever and funny, and loves the reactions that come from it. However, Kenji sometimes doesn't read the room well, and this can cause some people to think of him as an insensitive person.
Coming from a low-income family, Kenji tends to be materialistic. He always has to have the latest and greatest, often disregarding people that are lesser than him. He is usually not aware of this, but he defends himself by saying it's for the sake of his family when it's usually not. Having a high standard, Kenji is intolerant. He believes what is best for everyone and won't put up a fight; it's his way or the highway. Kenji also has a tendency to be stern; especially with himself. His independence makes it so that when a task or challenge is presented to him, he has to complete it quickly and won't take no for an answer. Wrapping this up all together, Kenji is dramatic. With his wittiness, Kenji wants to keep things new and exciting. Due to this, Kenji often makes things out to be more interesting than it actually is. In these cases, he either makes him out to be the hero or the victim. He just wants to make his world seem interesting to other people.



BACKGROUND

Takashima Kenji was born on April 12th, 1997 in Kobe, Japan to his parents Takashima Kenichi and Takashima Misaki. He has two younger sisters, Takashima Seina and Takashima Jurie, who are 4 and 7 years younger than Kenji respectively. For the first 14 years of Kenji's life, nothing really groundbreaking happened to him or his family; it was only a week before his 15th birthday that everything went down the drain.
To put simply, Kenichi passed away on the job due to a heart attack. And of course, this had taken a major turn for the family. Kenichi was the only source of income in the household, and Misaki had been unemployed due to a disability. So, Kenji and his family had to rely on Kenichi's life insurance. However, that wasn't enough for the family, as the kids were getting older and Misaki had to think ahead, but couldn't figure anything out. Then Kenji stepped in.
Kenji took a huge risk and suggested that he could move to South Korea to possibly become an idol. He knew of the Hallyu Wave and knew that idols could get a ton of money from their music and such. So what could go wrong? Misaki agreed and Kenji moved to South Korea to live with an ex-coworker of his father.
Kenji moved to South Korea in 2013 where he auditioned for many companies while finishing off school. A year later, Kenji got accepted into Dal Media and was put in a pre debut co-ed group, Twilight.



TRIVIA

LIKES
  ❝ Entertainment ; '80s, rock, R&B, anime, video games, action movies, horror movies.
  ❝ Food ; Pizza, sushi, burgers, beef, kimbap, ramen, bibimbap, tteokbokki, tempura, cakes, strawberries, bananas.
  ❝ Drinks
 ; Water, coffee, tea, soda, hard seltzer, soju, banana milk, rice milk.
  ❝ Colors ; Blue, black, green, red.
  ❝ Animals ; Cats, dogs, lions, owls, reptlians.
  ❝ Miscellaneous
 ; Black cats, expressing himself, freedom, gothic art, music, dark humor, math, history, brand names.
DISLIKES
  ❝ Entertainment ; Sappy movies, ballads, holiday movies and music.
  ❝ Food ; Eggplant, mushrooms, curry, ketchup, mint chocolate, ice cream cake, pudding, pies.
  ❝ Drinks ; Energy drinks, juice, vodka, yogurt drinks, grape flavors.
  ❝ Colors ; Orange, yellow, brown.
  ❝ Animals ; Bears, sharks, bugs.
  ❝ Miscellaneous ; Science, being restrained, tight spaces, advertisements, knock-offs.
HOBBIES
  ❝ Tattoos ; When Kenji came to Korea, he somehow got into tattoos. He is very interested in the tattoo process and behind the scenes of getting one, and wants to try and get certified one day
.
  ❝ Drawing ; Kenji has a mini sketchbook where he just draws whatever is one his mind, it’s one of his favorite pastimes.
  ❝ Photography ; Photography is something that Kenji is somewhat passionate about, and similar to tattoos, he is interested in the process of photography and cameras.
  ❝ Playing the Guitar ; Another one of his favorite pastimes, Kenji can play the guitar pretty well. He doesn’t come up with anything of his own, but wants to upload guitar covers
.
HABITS
  ❝ Speaking with his Hands ; As he is pretty well versed in Japanese sign language, Kenji has a habit of moving his hands while speaking, mostly in sign language.
  ❝ Pulling on his Earlobes ; Kenji pulls on his ear lobes as a nervous tick, he had done this since he was young. He still does it nowadays but his piercings is what is restraining him from doing it as often as he once did.
  ❝ Speaking Japanese in the Middle of a Sentence ; It’s bilingual syndrome, even after all these years in Korea. He doesn’t do it every single sentence, but would do it once in a while
.
FEARS
  ❝ Loosing his Loved Ones ; Kenji already lost his father, and doesn’t want to loose anyone else. He cherishes his friends and family way too much.
TALENTS
  ❝ Tongue Twisters ; Kenji is oddly good at both Japanese and Korean tongue twisters, maybe it’s the rapper in him, but he is able to do it fast and clear.
  ❝ High Notes ; Especially with games like Cleopatra and Do Re Mi, Kenji is usually the last one surviving when Twilight plays high note games.
TRIVIA
  ❝ As stated before, Kenji adores black cats and heavily believes that they are wrongly portrayed in the media. He has a 18 month old male cat named
Sprite.
  ❝ Kenji is left handed but right footed.
 ❝ Being materialistic, Kenji has a bit of a shopping addiction, especially online.
  ❝ He isn’t the best cook in the world, but the members say that he can make the best ramen.
  ❝ Contrary to popular belief, Kenji has never dated before, he just never had the time to.
  ❝ He tries to eat healthy to avoid the same fate as his father.
  ❝ Kenji often sends transactions to his mother the last day of every month, as promised when he moved to Korea. Its 113,592 yen ($1,000) a month.
  ❝ He always has his nails painted, usually darker colors.
  ❝ To be added.

SNS
  ❝ @97kenj1 on Instagram.


RELATIONS

高島健一 + 高島美


RELATION Parents.
AGE 41† + 46.
OCCUPATION Dock Worker + Unemployed.

RELATIONSHIP
 ❝ Since the beginning, Kenji always had a favoritism towards Kenichi. He was and still is Kenji's best friend, so Kenji had the most hard time when Kenichi suddenly passed away. Even to this day, there is not one day that passes when Kenji thinks of his father. He would often wonder if Kenichi would be proud of all that Kenji has accomplished so far, but Kenji knows that he would never get an answer.
 ❝ To be honest, Kenji and his mother Misaki weren't super close up until Kenichi's passing. As the oldest, Kenji had the need to step up to fill in his father's place. Misaki had been very supportive of Kenji moving to Korea as it was in his best interest for the family. Nowadays, Misaki and Kenji talk to each other about every other day to check in on each other.







 

高島聖南 + 高島樹里絵


RELATION Sisters.
AGE 19 + 16.
OCCUPATION Students.

RELATIONSHIP
 ❝ Kenji and his sisters Seina and Jurie have always been super close. The girls looked up to Kenji as their mentor, and usually go to him whenever they have a problem. The two had been intrigued by Kenji’s decision and inspired them to reach for their goals even further. Now that Twilight is debuting, Seina and Jurie are their number one fans.







 

TWILIGHT


RELATIONSHIP
 ❝ In the simplest terms, Kenji just wants what is best for Twilight. He is often regarded as the Oldest Brother figure of the group, taking on the role similar to his own family. But Twilight is his own family. Kenji tries his best to keep the mood up and to keep going through the toughest of times, even when it's not necessarily needed. In the end, Kenji couldn't ask for a better group to debut with.







 

DAL MEDIA


ROSE
 
Similar to his relationship with Twilight, Kenji is also seen as an older brother figure by the younger members of Rose. He cherishes them a lot and treats them as his own sister, but he is most closest to Saerom, Yuna, Taeryung, and Junqi.

ECLIPSE
 
here.

PANDORA
 
here.







 



STAGE

STAGE NAME Kenji, 켄지.
PLOTLINE The Visual, Lead Rapper, Vocalist, Visual ; The Boisterous, Main Vocalist.

VOCAL TWIN
 ❝ Seventeen's
민규 WayV's ..
RAP TWIN
 ❝ Seventeen's
민규 N/A.
DANCE TWIN

  ❝ Seventeen's 민규 ; WayV's .
VARIETY TWIN
 ❝ NCT's
유타 Pentagon's 유토.

TRAINEE LIFE Dal Media ; 6 Years.
  ❝ As stated before, one of the main reasons as to why Kenji wanted to become an idol is because of his family's financial situation. So by happenstance, Kenji was a fresh trainee only a couple months before Dal Media put him in Twilight. Kenji had been excited, thinking that he was going to debut, but that excitement was short lived as the group's debut kept getting pushed back.
Kenji never knew exactly why he was placed in Twilight just after being accepted into Dal Media. He had spoken very little Korean, but his skills were decent, but not decent enough to debut. So, in order to be a decent idol, Kenji pushed himself to his limits as time progressed. He started to study Korean more than most foreign trainees and made friends with practically everyone.
In the end, Kenji's and Twilight's hard work paid off as they were officially preparing for their debut in 2020.

SCANDALS
  ❝ Twilight’s Kenji's Reasonings for Becoming an Idol Raises Questions ; During an interview with Twilight, the group was asked for the reason why they wanted to become an idol. Kenji jokingly told the interviewer that it was for the money. When asked further about this, Kenji stated that the reason why he wanted to become an idol was to provide for his family, and that he didn't initially wasn't interested as some of his group mates were but eventually came around to it. After the interview went live, people started to question Kenji's true motives even after all these years, some calling him materialistic and money hungry. As he stated the fact as it was, this issue never was really resolved by anyone was Kenji's reasoning for becoming an idol was still up in the air. 202X.


LOVE

BIRTHNAME Sage Wen.
BIRTHDATE July 12th, 1998.
OCCUPATION
  ❝ 2020-2022 ; University Student / Dance Instructor.
  ❝ 2022-present ; Member of Pandora.

PERSONALITY Abstract, Adaptable, Artistic, Creative, Easygoing, Empathetic, Future-Focused, Gentle, Idealistic, Imaginative, Independent, Internally Aware, Introspective, Intuitive, Loyal, Meaningful, Peace-Loving, Private, Selfless, Sensitive, Value-Oriented, Warm.
HISTORY Kenji and Sage first met at Young Studios. While Sage was just settling in Korea, Twilight came to Young Studios for some training. During a break, the two ran into each other and started to converse with each other in broken Korean. After Twilight's practice, Willow introduced Sage to the group. Kenji and Sage exchanged numbers after their short introduction.
As they are both friendly people, Kenji and Sage became close over the next couple of years, but their relationship was just that: friends. There wasn't really a turning point where they started having romantic feelings towards each other, it just naturally happened. Kenji ended up keeping his feelings towards himself, while Sage didn't.
Sage confided to Saerom about her crush, and Saerom suggested for her to confess her feelings towards Kenji, otherwise their friendship will most likely turn into a huge mess. And so, Sage and Kenji met up for lunch where Sage confessed that she had a crush on Kenji, but she didn't want to rush anything nor pressure Kenji into being with her. A couple weeks later, Dal Media informed Twilight that they would be debuting.
Kenji and Sage’s relationship is now in this awkward purgatory stage, as they both have feelings for one another but couldn't risk getting into a relationship right away.

TRIVIA
  ❝ Their contacts for each other is Katji and Sagie.
  ❝ If they start to date, Kenji wouldn’t tell Willow for a month or so, as Kenji doesn’t want to get Willow's hopes up too much.
  ❝ Sage usually looks after Sprite when Kenji isn’t able to.
  ❝ Even when their relationship was platonic, they would sometimes act like a couple subconsciously.
  ❝ Thanks to Sage teaching Kenji English, he speaks it with a slight Australian accent.

STATUS Friends.
ENDING Up to You!

BACKUP A Rose or Twilight Member.
FACECLAIM Soloist 周洁琼.


ENDING

COMMENTS I hope you like Kenji, I kind of rushed with him due to the extension, so sorry if his app seems rushed.

SONG SUGGESTIONS
  ❝ NCT ; Highway to Heaven, Make a Wish, From Home.
  ❝ Seventeen ; Pinwheel, Rock with You, Change Up.
  ❝ Everglow ; Adios, Dun Dun Dun, First.
  ❝ Twice ; Breakthrough, Can't Stop Me, Kura Kura, Better.
  ❝ Secret Number ; Who Dis, Got That Boom.
  ❝ AB6IX ; Salute, Hollywood.
  ❝ ATEEZ ; THANXX, Wave, Answer.
  ❝ The Boyz ; No Air, Tattoo, Bloom Bloom.
SCENE SUGGESTIONS
  ❝ I'll get back to you!.

PASSWORD Twilit ; Another variant of Twilight.
 
JAC

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cruisr
#1
Hey Jac! I noticed you added the newer groups to your past applications. Please let me know when you add their relationships with them because I would love to read them!
cruisr
#2
Hey Jac!

Thanks for being the first to apply for Pandora! I really love Jiāróng and I think she could be a nice edition to Pandora. I really love the idea that she was kinda just thrown into this situation without really knowing much and I feel like she could me a really fun character to write and to grow! I wan't to keep your review nice and short as it has been delayed for a while and will let you know that Jiāróng has been accepted! Thank you so much for submitting another great character to the DAL Media universe!
cruisr
#3
Hey Jac! Just letting you know that your password links back to this blog!
cruisr
#4
Hello again Jac!

I'm gonna start off by saying I love Arin. I am yet to see a character by you that I don't like. I can really see her being a good fit for Eclipse if she is chosen! I feel like I keep giving you short reviews but there is never anything wrong and your character never fail to be wonderful. So I will also keep this review short and let you know that Arin has been accepted! Thank you for applying!
cruisr
#5
Hi Jac! I am so excited to see that you have applied to Eclipse as I obviously love your other Dal Media characters, so lets get right into it!

I think Kihyuk is a very interesting character. I really like his back story and like how it shaped him into who he is. I honestly dont have much to say except that he is really great and I cant see anything wrong with him, so, Kihyuk has been accepted!

(Sorry for the short review, I recently started classes so my brain is fried)
cruisr
#6
Hi Jac! Thanks for submitting another character to Twilight.

I find Kenji really interesting. I really like him as a character and I like that you gave him a unique reason for wanting to become an idol. I feel like DAL Media would be a great company for him if he was in it for the money as the company would have a lot of financial backing (due to the CEO's family) so the trainee debt would be little to none. Overall, I really enjoyed Kenji and thing he would be an interesting character to play around with if chosen for Twilight. I also enjoyed his relationship with Sage and would love to also explore that if he is chosen.

I think by now you may have realised that Kenji has been accepted! Thanks again for applying!
cruisr
#7
Hey there Jac! Thanks for applying for Twilight. Let me preface this with saying that I am on some pretty strong pain meds so I am sorry if this is short or doesn't make much sense but I am trying my best! That being said, I am really excited to review Mishil so let's get right into it!

I really love Mishil. There is something about her personality that I just really enjoy and makes her feel real. I strongly identify with being a smartass and i feel like that could be really fun to write. I also enjoyed how you have written her background as I have found that some people tend to be a little over dramatic when writing about anything similar to what you have written, but you really have a way of making it feel realistic and not overly fake or dramatic. I am happy you have decided to leave lots of things open since it will give me a lot of chances to explore Misil through writing if she is chosen!

I really do like everything about Mishil and think you have done a wonderful job so I will keep this review short before I start rambling and making little sense and let you know that Misil has been accepted! Thanks for applying again and sorry for the short and not very detailed review.