Omi Kikunao

**Name:**Omi Kikunao; 桜雅菊尚

**Aliases:**Chiyo, Harada Chiyo, Mochizuki Chiyo

**Clan:**Toreador

**Sect:**Camarilla

**Status:**2 (Ancilla): Commendable, Known, Resourceful, *Embarrassing lineage*

**Distinguishing Features:** Blush of Health, Extraordinarily Graceful

## Known Facts

* Arrived in Ash Town in 1980 and soon after managed to open the Shiga no Aji Restaurant near Downtown. Since then, the business has thrived and no one causes trouble within her walls.
* Was born in Japan in the mid-19th Century
* Has a CCW Permit in the State of California and goes to the gun range at least twice a month.
* Can sing, dance, play the koto, and write calligraphy, making her one of the more multi-talented and 'traditional' Toreador in the domain.
* Her name is written out as 桜雅菊尚, Omi using the Kanji for Cherry Blossoms and Grace, Kikunao using the Kanji for Chrysanthemum and Precious. It follows the Post-Meiji naming convention, Omi being a taken surname and representative of the Province of her birth, but written in traditional form and kanji only.

## Rumors

* Guys....is she like....one of them fancy Japanese Prostitutes? I mean, didn't they sing and dance and play instruments too?
	+ You mean a Geisha? Hell no man, they got super painted faces all the time.
	+ Geisha are not prostitutes, you're thinking of the Oiran courtesans. And they do not have to paint their faces all the time, but good luck realizing you're talking to a Geisha out of role.
		- I hear for the right customer, or maybe price, she in fact does offer entertainment as a Geisha, and that is how she learned most of her arts to begin with.
* Her Sire became entranced by Japanese art and stowed away aboard one of Perry's ships, that's how he got to Japan and found her.
* Rumor is, Anastos offered to make her restaurant an Elysium of the Domain before the current Keeper's appointment, but that she turned down the offer.
* She made her money to buy and run the restaurant by being a Voice Actress during the 80's and 90's, and she's actually the voice of a lot of famous Anime characters. Nobody tell Janet that Sailor Mercury owns a restaurant in town....
	+ You just did I think?
* She donates a lot of money to women's relief shelters and children's funds throughout the area. I hear she even tried signing up to be a Foster Mother once, but had trouble making the early afternoon meetings.
	+ She practically treats that Lisa girl that manages her restaurant like her daughter. Word of warning...I wouldn't hurt or threaten that one.
* Despite all appearances, she actually grew up the daughter of a poor prostitute in the mountains during the Edo Period. Her sire mistakenly took her for someone with talent and nobility because of her physical beauty, and to save face he kept her confined on the island until she learned enough to pass off as a proper Toreador.
	+ Who even is her Sire?
		- She doesn't seem to know. Poor girl.
			* It is to her credit she is not called *caitiff*.
			* She knows full damn well, of course, but he's... *humiliating* to admit you're related to, to say *the least*.
				+ So what's it gonna cost for *you* to tell me, sport?
* She can like....see the future or something. She's got the best intuition, and never gamble against her. She could beat you in almost any game.
	+ I hear the bingo hall wont even let her in anymore.