Akio Haku

Akio "Kio" Haku, also referred to as Kio or Akio. He is a student of Hope's Peak Academy, and a participant of the Train Station Killing Game featured in the DanganRonpa RP Hub. His title is the Ultimate Gamer [ lit. Super High School Level Gamer. ]
== Appearance ==
Akio is a young man with midly wavy, shoulder length dark brown hair and black eyes. His bangs frame his face, while some are gathered at the center of his forehead. Despite being 5'7 and a half, he is considered short for a physically active person. Akio wears a light purple turtleneck and an orange sweater over it that has a dice logo on it. He wears a huge, baggy jacket colored that is black with several lines that are in dark navy blue. Akio has fingerless gloves and a black headband around his head as well as a hairtie that supports the small ponytail he has. His pants are long and checkered and his shoes are big orange Converse shoes.
== Personality ==
Akio is a character with a complex and layered personality. Initially, he presents himself as bright, friendly, and cheerful, always wearing an easygoing smile regardless of the situation. He showcases empathy and a willingness to help those in need, unless it involves someone he does not get along with. Despite his friendliness, he can be selective when it comes to making friends, but he still acts polite towards others. One notable aspect of Akio's personality is his ability to remain calm and collected, even in intense situations. This composure stems from his past experiences of being in fights, which have likely taught him to keep his cool. Additionally, Akio possesses a strong sense of justice and will not hesitate to defend others from bullies or threatening individuals. However, it becomes clear that Akio's outward behavior is a façade. He enjoys teasing others to the point of being sadistic about it, revealing a darker side to his personality. He is not afraid to manipulate others to fulfill his desires by feigning empathy and friendliness, showing a distinct lack of true empathy despite his skill at pretending to have it. Akio's mental instability and personal beliefs play a significant role in shaping his character. He desires absolute control over his life due to his instability, and he used to have remarkable self-control. Upon meeting Ryu, he began to emulate Ryu's personality as a means to fit in and avoid being seen as a "weirdo" or a "freak." This indicates a longing for acceptance and a desire to appear normal in the eyes of others. Another aspect of Akio's personality is his obsession with causing chaos and seeking thrill and excitement. He has a disregard for his own life, finding pleasure in putting himself in perilous situations. This reveals a penchant for danger and an unconventional attraction to the adrenaline rush that comes with it. Furthermore, Akio's heavy derealization adds complexity to his character. He believes that his life is just a simulation or a game, leading to a detachment from reality and a constant state of paranoia, anxiety, and attachment issues. His trauma of being mistreated and feeling like an outcast, particularly due to his younger cousin, Akari's perceived favoritism, exacerbates his derealization and intensifies his emotional struggles. After the Tragedy hit and being left alone, he became more chaotic and more prone to hallucinations and voices in his head, even enjoying being a Remnant and being slightly sadistic. Forced into despair by the remnants would further deteriorate his mental stability.
In summary, Akio is a multifaceted character with a complex personality. He initially presents himself as friendly and empathetic, but his sadistic tendencies and manipulation reveal a darker side. His mental instability, pursuit of control, and emulation of Ryu's personality demonstrate his longing for acceptance and a desire to fit in. Additionally, his obsession with chaos and thrill-seeking, as well as his heavy derealization and trauma, contribute to his complex and troubled nature.
== Kioji (Akio's alter) ==
Akio's alter, Kioji, represents a distinct facet of his psyche, embodying characteristics that Akio finds challenging and conflicting. Kioji's presence is marked by traits that are perceived as negative, such as cruelty, insensitivity, and a lack of empathy. This alter seems to relish in exacerbating situations and behaving in a manner that Akio deeply despises.
Kioji's motives and overall personality remain shrouded in mystery, making his actions unpredictable and difficult to comprehend. While Kioji exhibits a level of intelligence, it is unfortunate that it is often channeled towards manipulative and sadistic behaviors, which pose risks to others.
== Kiki (Akio's alter) ==
Akio's alter, Kiki, is widely recognized for their bubbly and lighthearted nature. They exude an aura of positivity, often displaying a carefree and cheerful demeanor. Kiki is known for their ability to bring laughter and joy to those around them, as they possess a great sense of humor.
Kiki also demonstrates a genuine and heartfelt concern for others, embodying traits of kindness and sweetness. They have a natural inclination to care for those in their vicinity, offering comfort and support when needed. Kiki's presence can create a warm and nurturing atmosphere, fostering a sense of wellbeing among those they interact with.
== Talents and abilities ==
As the Ultimate Gamer, he is very skilled at gaming, strategizing, planning, leadership and multitasking. Not only that, Akio is very intelligent when it comes to Science and Technology, hence making him very skilled in engineering and inventing. His inventions more used and known when he was a Remnant.
As a martial artist prodigy from the age of 8 and raised to be one, Akio is very skilled at martial arts. The martial arts that Akio are specifically gifted in are taekwondo, jujutsu, brazilian jiu-jjitsu, aikido, kung fu, ninjutsu and lastly, japanese martial arts. Akio does not use his martial art skills a lot and only has done this when he is overly stressed, paranoid and wants to mess with Akari. The only two people he has fought against was Yara and Akari.
== Public Info ==
Akio was born from a family of martial arts. His parents were controlling and had high expectations for him and it made Akio feel too much pressure and soon suffered from depression cause of it. Akio thinks his family are emotionless robots since they had no care that Akio didn’t want to be a martial artist, he wanted to be a Gamer. His family punished him for thinking that way and put more pressure on his shoulders. Akio decided to defy his parents and to follow his dreams but at the same time, agree to train to be a martial artist. It got to the point he got really talented and the title, “Ultimate Gamer” was given to him. His parents did not like how he became a Gamer instead of a famous martial artist so Akio ran away and used the money he earned to have shelter and food. Few months later, he met someone he felt very happy with and accepted their confession since it was the first time he felt love. His lover was a male Youtuber and they spend a lot of time together. 
== Full Backstory ==
Akio Haku was born on September 22 to the Haku Family. Akari’s older cousin by 1 year. Raised in a strict, controlling family, Akio had it all at age 8. He is a martial arts prodigy but a skill to be controlled by his family. Born with black eyes, he is seen as an outcast, bad luck and a  ̶m̶o̶n̶s̶t̶e̶r̶. Akio grew up with all the riches and privileges of the Haku Family. Despite his sharp wits and being a martial arts prodigy, he is quickly overshadowed by Akari Haku, his younger cousin, much to his jealousy. His cousin, Akari had all the attention and love while Akio had none. Even his own parents preferred Akari over him. Despite the heightened tensions in their family due to the family’s favoritism towards Akari, cohesion and peace were still strong among them during Akio and Akari’s childhood; for example, the two would play a lot on the beach and Akio had saved Akari once from drowning. Both cousins happily recalled these memories many years later. However, since Akari and his family’s kidnapping, they grew apart and separated.
Ever since Akari and his family were kidnapped, the Haku family has not been kind to Akio throughout the years. Confronted with the fact the family favored Akari over him, he would commit pranks, disobedience and harmful ways to gain their attention which of course ended up in a lot of family quarrels. The family would make Akio train for a long time and would pressure him to stay loyal to the Haku family’s traditions, becoming a martial artist. 
Akio had a passion for gaming and would secretly play them after training hours. He wanted to become a gamer instead of a martial artist but found perks in being gifted in it. Soon, the family discovered his secret passion and it ended up in another quarrel. This time, it was an ugly fight. They confiscated Akio’s gadgets and hardened his training. Akio was convinced that day that the world loves making him suffer.  Akio thinks his family are emotionless robots since they had no care that Akio didn’t want to be a martial artist, he wanted to be a Gamer. His family punished him for thinking that way and put more pressure on his shoulders. At that point, Akio tried to make friends but made enemies instead. Akio felt like his life was cursed to be full of suffering and pain, it drove him to the point of self-hate and low self esteem. He then was exposed to the topic of derealization and soon is convinced that his life is just a simulation to see how much he’d suffer and break. Akio felt watched everyday and he cried in his sleep everyday due to it. Akio thinks he found some proof that his life is indeed a simulation when he finds out about Ultimate talents etc. Akio decided to act normal again and trained in martial arts and being a Gamer at the same time. 
High school was another living hell for Akio Haku. He was mistreated, bullied, beaten and shamed for being “gay.” Akio would always be told to try to off himself many times but it would always fail. The bullying and beatings stopped when the school found out about Akio’s home life when Akio did not bother to hide the bruises he got from his father. 
Akio decided to keep playing games at school and it got to the point he got really talented and the title, “Ultimate Gamer” was given to him. Akio felt like the “scientists” behind the simulation fell into his trap and felt happy. His parents did not like how he became a Gamer instead of a famous martial artist so Akio ran away and used the money he earned to have shelter and food. Few months later, he met someone he felt very happy with but still felt like the “scientists” gave him a lover as a reward and accepted it since it was the first time he felt love. His lover was a male Youtuber named Dream who is later revealed to be Ryu, and they spent a lot of time together.
ANAIS later came into his life at high school and the two quickly became close and are seen as a quirky duo at school. Both Dream/Ryu and ANAIS are the most important people in his life despite feeling deep down that they are just fake. 
One day, a school shooting happened and Akio being the only survivor aside from ANAIS and a couple of other students brought back his trauma and derealization. Everything was perfect until that day. Ryu/Dream noticed Akio’s constant breakdowns, erratic and psychotic behavior when they’re alone with Akio talking as if someone’s there but there wasn’t. Akio’s alters have surfaced as well. Ryu/Dream and a professional therapist were Akio’s helpers in trying to stay sane. Akio’s pills, ANAIS, Dream/Ryu were the ones who helped Akio’s mental state despite some mishaps happening here and there sometimes. He would sometimes forget to take the pills or the voices have annoyed and distracted him to the point he wouldn’t take any. 
After so many fun times and therapy sessions, his life ended up going back to hell again like a cycle. Akio defended himself against haters and his other friends found out he could fight in a dangerous and terrifying way, they started avoiding him. Word spread out about his sudden martial art skills appearing and was seen as intimidating. He was no longer seen as charismatic and friendly on Gamer grounds. His haters started hunting him down for ransom, for fun, and plainly for hate and jealousy. Akio’s life was no longer safe after that. So Dream/Ryu and ANAIS were now always with him if he ever goes out.
Akio developed attachment issues due to that and wanted to find Akari so he’d feel loved and safe since Akari is his cousin and was the reason why he was mistreated at home since he left him. Akio searched for him and ran into some intel about an organization about a Project. The same project Akari and Jeremy were kept in. Akio fought his way in and was given information and records about Akari and Jeremy. He was later caught and barely escaped the place, vowing to come back for them. Until one day, Jeremy was sent on a mission to hunt Akio down for his money. Akio has accidentally killed Jeremy with one of his traps in his apartment. When he found out he accidentally killed Jeremy and that Jeremy tried to kill him, he did not know what to do nor what to feel so he just disposed of his body secretly. 
Few days later, he found Akari, now roaming the streets, and took him in for a while until Akio found him a house to live in. Ever since he found Akari, he has tried fixing their broken relationship but Akio’s goofy and genuine attempts would fail, resulting in Akari seeing him as annoying and Akio being a tryhard. 
Timeskip, with the Tragedy caused by Junko happening, another event that has resulted in Akio in another breakdown, having to be separated by ANAIS, Dream/Ryu and Akari. All alone, he is left to fend for himself and losing himself to the voices and his alters. Months later, he is captured by the Remnants of Despair and was used as one of their inventors due to being skilled at technology. During his time in the HQ, he has succumbed to despair and was not seen as a fellow Remnant, instead just as a mentally unstable problem to everyone else. Akio would try to bomb a lot of places and make plans to spread more despair but it was all reckless and irrational resulting him into always getting scolded for not following orders and acting out of order as well. 
Akio is aware of being seen as an outcast, a problem, and annoying but still strives to be seen as a valued member of the Remnants. For months, he continued to wreak havoc with his inventions and bombs. It took a long time but he was finally seen as a feared, manic and notorious Remant, widely known for his bombs and dangerous inventions. He has grown bored with his routine so seeing Junko as an inspiration, he decides to make his own killing game. Akio decided that the “scientists’’ plan of making him a Remnant forever to suffer and cause suffering was over. 
As an act of rebellion against the “scientists”, he made the Train Station Killing Game. Akio first took over the countries he and Dream/Ryu traveled to and dated in. Russia, Italy, America, Mexico and lastly, Japan. He also started inventing the train, which took a year and a half to finish. While doing so, he planned the game plan in his mind, talking to himself, the voices and his alters about it. Feeling lonely and after some breakdowns, he went on a search for ANAIS.
Akio found ANAIS but used her family as leverage so she could help him with the killing game as a Traitor, thinking it will be fun to do together. After that reunion, Akio has ran into several people. Sally, Shojime’s mentor, Lycas, Saef, Hiroto and Martha. Shojime’s mentor asked Akio to take her in as a Headmaster and he happily agreed. Akio mostly took the others in out of excitement and without thinking until later. Akio saw himself in Sally and Hiroto so he grew to love them both so much. He saw Lycas, Saef and Martha as funny and interesting, merely saying, “I like you” and leaving it at that. Shojime was Akio’s 3rd favorite due to her being helpful, active and unproblematic. He found her interesting as well. The train was finally finished and Akio has set out to find interesting participants to put them in the killing game. The participants were chosen for their past, records, and personalities. It was not entirely random like some of the Headmasters. Akio chose Akari to be in the game out of subconscious hate and jealousy. Before starting the game, Akio searched for Dream/Ryu and he almost changed Akio’s mind about starting it but Akio couldn’t and decided that he did not want Dream/Ryu anymore so he erased his memories and gave him a new identity as “Ryu Hideki, Ultimate Art Thief.” He then put him in another killing game handled by Ren out of pain of knowing Dream/Ryu being alive and knowing about his treacherous crimes. 
Then he started the Train Station Killing Game.
== Relationships ==
Family
Akari Haku
The two are cousins. Akio was jealous of him ever since Akari was born but nonetheless, he still loves him. Akio enjoys teasing and making fun of him, almost acting like an older brother figure for Akari. He is often seen, messing and being playful with Akari. Akio is overprotective of Akari, fearing the other would leave him again. The possibility that Akari hates Akio started a breakdown for Akio in Chapter 2, making him act erratic and unpredictable. 
The two has fixed their relationship throughout the killing game but strained a little again when Akio was revealed to be the Mastermind. Though, the two still care and love each other despite all that has happened.
Friends
ANAIS
Akio cares deeply for Anais, loving her like a sister. Despite how Kioji wanted to use Anais as a traitor and using her family as leverage, Akio merely wanted Anais to be her at every step of the game, thinking of her as his supporter no matter what she says. Anais is honestly one of Akio's weaknesses if she's gone or she leaves, Akio will break down. The two have a wholesome, loving relationship, almost like a platonic relationship despite the mishaps.
== Trivia ==
* Akio is allergic to peanuts but he still loves sweets and chocolates.
* Akio is called "Kiki" as a child by Akari because he couldn't say Akio and Akio called Akari as "KaiKai" in return.
* Akio wears Monokuma socks, the only part of his Remnant outfit he didn't remove.
* Akio's winter outfit has a monochrome jacket over it, another part of Akio's Remnant outfit.
* He is originally planned to be Akari's older brother but it was too cliche and overused so it was changed that Akio will be Akari's older cousin instead.
* His remnant title was "Kioji" after his dark alter but in the Remnant HQ, he is more known as "Tinker Bell" due to his engineering and inventing.
* Akio suffers from DID, Schizophrenia, Derealization and Anxiety Disorder.
* Akio has Autophobia, fear of abandonment. 
* Akio is a martial arts prodigy and a talented Gamer. He could be a dual-talented but he loves gaming more.
* Akio's personality was still the same as he was in the making last 2020. Bubbly, comedic, playful and caring. 
* He was going to be the Protagonist-Mastermind Twist Character in TSKG but Russia happened. So much has happened during Chapter 2.
* Akio is the first Mastermind in the DanganRonpa Hub to die.
* Akio and Jinx/Powder from Arcane are very similar.
* Akari indirectly started Akio's traumatic life. There was a deleted planned scene where Akio will start blaming Akari for making him this way but it was OOC so it was deleted.
* ENEMY by Imagine Dragons is Akio's theme song. 
* Akio was originally a Protagonist character but throughout the years, I made him into something more broken. His trauma and mental illnesses are inspired by IRL stuff that has happened. 
* He was going to be the Protagonist-Mastermind Twist Character in TSKG but Russia happened. So much has happened during Chapter 2.
* Akio's sexuality can be pansexual or gay but currently, Akio thinks he's gay. He was bullied for being misjudged as gay at school before he even realized he is gay.
* Ryu Hideki/Dream is his boyfriend and ex-fiance.