Natsume Nagiko

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**Natsume** is a 2nd year and member of the news club. she is very energetic and optimistic, living life by the saying "you only live once". she works as an upcoming model and actress and is very dedicated to her career.

## Appearance

natsume is very creative and expressive and that extends to her appearance, her hair is dyed a soft pink, undercut and the rest swept to the right. she has a few piercings on her ears, showing a more rebellious side. her eyes are gray, something she noted to like despite not being colorful.

her clothes can range from comfy and casual to harajuku fashion . she loves all types of fashion and has a very large and diverse closet that includes her many cosplays.

## Personality

natsume is a very energetic and bubbly girl that likes to try new things and make friends. she loves jokes and pranks, anything that would make an otherwise boring day more fun. sometimes her fun-loving attitude labels her as a trickster among her peers but she always minds the feelings of others and the possible consequences for her pranks. she strongly dislikes violence and tries to be a peacekeeper, stepping in between fights with a smile and encouraging to talk it out.

she finds great solace and comfort in her school life and friends but she fears being put onto a pedestal and left behind by others; only being seen as a face on magazines. because of this, she makes an effort to be the most friendly, happy and outgoing she can be no matter how tired or sad she is from work. but sometimes, she overdoes it and her facade breaks which worries her closest friends.

Despite her rowdy personality, she can be reserved and respectful when the situation calls for it and she respects religion and tradition very much (a result of her upbringing).

## Backstory

Natsume was born and raised in Ryukyu to the Nagiko family who served the local shrine. as a child, she was raised and taught to be a shrine maiden but she found this career and life boring and uneventful, to be stuck doing shrine work for all her life. she much rather prefer the life of excitement that she saw in anime, manga and stories by her other relatives. she then vowed to find and dedicate her life to a passion that wouldn't bore her to death.

growing up in being groomed to be a shrine maiden had lessened her chances at having long lasting relationships outside of her family and other shrine workers, most of which are older than her. because of this, she only had a few friends, one of which being Yukikou Okuriinu who she had a crush on since they were 7 but now learnt to let go and move on.

as soon as she turned 15, she started her cosplaying career and became somewhat popular online. her parents disagreed with it and tried to stop her, thinking that she will outgrow that little hobby and come to her senses. in spite of her parent's disapproval, she continued and was scouted by a modeling agent. she decided to take the opportunity and try to convince her parents to let her go. fortunately for her, her grandmother supported her throughout all of this and her parents allowed her to go but made the deal that if she goes and is unsuccessful, she would go back home and become a priestess. this made her all the more determined to succeed in modeling so that she can prove her parents wrong and make her grandma proud.

she works hard in her career and despite being only 17 has become a noteworthy upcoming star. currently, she is trying the acting industry and so far, shes doing well. however this doesn't come without bumps in the road. she started to see the cut throat life of the industry and the unpleasant things in it. being a rookie made her a target, the other models who want to put her down and eliminate competition, corporate people who try to control everything she does and set high standards for her and the pressure of the watchful public eye who judges everything little thing she does. natsume is mostly very confident in herself and her ability to keep cool under pressure but sometimes, doubt and sadness comes in and she wonders if everything she's doing is ultimately just a child's dream and her parents were right that it was doomed from the start. but despite all this, she tries her best to focus, stay happy and not let any of these get her down.

she tries to balance out her work, academics and social life but sometimes falls short and spends most of her time on work instead to further her career and stay on top of the people trying to knock her down. natsume has hope that her friends understand and wont think she's ignoring them because of her fame and status but she sometimes falls into a sad state and cant help but think otherwise.

## Relationships

### **Yukikou Okuriinu**

he is natsume’s childhood friend and first love. She thinks very highly of him and admires his smarts and dedication. Yuki calls her nikko which means sunshine, a nickname that she adores and stuck with her.

their friendship and one sided romance bloomed after natsume found yukikou passed out near the shrine during her routine shrine work and she had to nurse him back to consciousness

They were inseparable and their both of their parents approves of having them be together due to the standing of their families. Natsume admired yukikou for so long but decided to put her ambitions first. She went on in silence of her unrequited love for a long time and even when she found a new love, Yukikou still has a special place in her heart.

The two are close friends, always supporting and having eachother’s back but because of natsume’s work, they spend less time together. On the bright side when in school and on natsume’s days off the two of them hang out like always and confide in eachother. When he joined the news club, she didnt want to be separated from him so she joined as well.

## Trivia

* she knows alot about spirituality due to being groomed to be a shrine maiden.
* she and yukikou trained together when they were kids and she knows aikido.
* her fake name for modeling and acting is ichigo. She uses this to separate her private life and celebrity life.
* 夏明 (natsume) means “bright summer”
* nagiko is from the trickster fox yokai named nagitsune