Kaho

KAHO

**Appearance**

Kaho is tall for a girl, and taller than many boys. She as an almost perfect 'tall fashion model' body size and shape. Her body is thin and trim, a result of her healthy lifestyle, including competitive swimming. She has a round face with full, slightly puffy cheeks, and a rounded chin. Her hair is jet black, with several thin, spiky bangs drooping across her forehead, and one long, thin ponytail in back, down almost to her waist. Kaho has huge, slightly oval 'manga girl' eyes, with bold eyelashes, and the sides of her eyes having pronounced, pointy extended eyelashes. She has thin but long eyebrows. Her ears are somewhat large, and protrude slightly from the side of her head. She has a thin neck, and thin but strong and well-developed shoulders. Her arms are long and sinewy, but powerful, with small hands. Kaho has an hourglass shaped torso, with large, shapely boobs, a narrow waist, wider hips, and muscular thighs. Her legs are extremely long and well-developed, with small feet. She has a pale skin complexion, evenly toned all over.

In the story, Kaho is always shown wearing her competitive one-piece, tank style swimsuit. It is of bold colors, with vertical stripes alternating on the sides. From the front, it looks like a one-piece, but from the back, due to the cutouts, it looks like a bikini swimsuit. Over the swimsuit, for modesty, she wears a team sports jacket, on just a plain white t-shirt.

**Personality and Circumstances**

Overall, Kaho has a well-defined and presented personality, with just a couple of pesky traits that, nevertheless, seem to serve her well. Above all, Kaho is ambitious, both in her school work, but more importantly, in her competitive swimming skills. She wants to be the best in what she does, and will put whatever effort behind her goals to achieve them. This trait leads into her strong self-determination. Even as a teenager, Kaho knows what she wants, and can work to steer herself in whatever direction she wants to take herself. She always has a positive attitude, a 'I can do this' motto that is a constant motivation to her. Kaho also has a kinder side. She shows great empathy towards Tomomi, as they have been close, intimate friends since childhood. She shows interest and concern to Tomomi, as Tomomi is leading up to their last adolescent metamorphosis. She tries to encourage Tomomi as best as she can, as she does not know just how Tomomi is going to take to or go through their unusual metamorphosis. Kaho is the only one there that evening, at the swimming pool, when Tomomi goes through the last of the several steps toward final transformation. And she is right there to help and aid Tomomi, even joking with her right after it became apparent that Tomomi has transformed into a girl.

Kaho does have a couple of streaks that may or may not be in her best interest. At times, she can be a skeptic about the people or events that surround her. Sometimes she has a 'Doubting Thomas' attitude, a 'show me' realization of what is going on. Kaho also has an enhanced sense of rivalry, as seen from her telling female Tomomi that she will not be beat in the upcoming swim competition. But it is a good thing that her sense of friendship and loyalty to her companions is strong enough to mitigate the sometimes fierce rivalry that she is capable of. Kaho is quietly becoming a most mature and admirable teenage girl.

**Trivia**

In the Japanese language, the first name "Kaho" is feminine, and means one who is walking through a beautiful field of brilliantly colored flowers.