Jimmy Kaga-Ricci

**SPOILER WARNING: Plot details for *I Was Born For This* follow. *Caution is advised!***

## Biographical Information

### Also known as

Jimjam (by Rowan)
 Jimbob (by Pierro)

## Relationships

### Family

Pierro Ricci (grandfather)
Joan Ricci (grandmother)
Chiara Ricci (mother)
 Nikhil Kaga (father)

## Physical Description

### Skin color

Brown

**Jimmy Kaga-Ricci** is one of the two narrators in ***I Was Born For This***. He's the frontman of The Ark, where he sings, plays guitar and plays keys.

Jimmy's character was reviewed by a sensitive reader prior to the publishing of ***I Was Born For This***.

## Appearance

Jimmy is biracial (half Indian, half Italian). He has brown eyes, brown hair and tan skin. He is 5'6". He loves clothing, and narrates, "Sometimes I enjoy choosing what to wear for a show more than the show itself." He often wears black clothes. Onstage, he always dresses in black and wears angel wings. He also always wears a transgender flag pin to events.

## Personality

Jimmy is more quiet and reserved than Angel Rahimi, which creates a stark difference in their chapters. He is introverted and quite introspective.

Jimmy is shown to struggle with a severe anxiety disorder and paranoia. Because of this, he gets panic attacks. He hides this from the public.

Jimmy doesn't necessarily enjoy being famous. He's quite unhappy because of this. However, he doesn't let his fans know about this, which becomes apparent when Angel constantly talks about how happy Jimmy looks when Jimmy is shown to be quite miserable in his own chapters. This causes Angel to be quite shocked when she meets him.

## Biography

*"Jimmy Kaga-Ricci owes everything to The Ark. He’s their frontman – and playing in a band is all he’s ever dreamed of doing. It’s just a shame that recently everything in his life seems to have turned into a bit of a nightmare."* - ***I Was Born For This*** blurb

Jimmy started presenting as male at a very young age. His audience knows that he is trans, and have mostly been supportive. Lister accidentally outed him to the internet when Jimmy was 16. Lister took a picture of Jimmy's suitcase before they went on tour, and Jimmy's puberty blockers were visibly shown. He then had to release a public "coming out" statement. As of I Was Born For This, he has been on T for about a year and a half, and puberty blockers before that.

Jimmy initially got famous through YouTube, where he, Rowan, and Lister would post covers of songs. He and Rowan were childhood friends, which causes a strain in the relationship between him and Lister.

In ***I Was Born For This***, he meets Angel Rahimi, and they become unexpectedly close.

## Trivia

* His Hogwarts house is Hufflepuff.
* His MBTI type is INFP/The Mediator.
* His name is not short for James.
* He can rap flawlessly.
* He despises "Jowan" (Jimmy x Rowan) shipping.
* He thinks that fans telling him that they "love him" is ridiculous, considering they don't know him personally.
* He is a Christian.

## Gallery

Jimmy Kaga-Ricci during Alice Oseman's Inktober.
## References

1. ↑ chronicintrovert
2. ↑ I Was Born For This 2019 Q&A
3. ↑ chronicintrovert: "*What’s the iwbft6 mbti if you don’t mind me asking"*
4. ↑ chronicintrovert
5. ↑ chronicintrovert: *"Who from the Ark can rap a verse of a song perfectly"*

## External links

* Character page on Alice Oseman's website