Yukikou Okuriinu

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**Yukikou** is a 2nd year and member of the Newspaper Club. He is often described as emotionless and intimidating but is actually an honest and loyal friend. his ambition is to be a detective and he dedicates most of his time to his passion.

## Appearance

Yukikou has messy black hair but because of stress, parts of his hair turned white prematurely. His eyes are purple and he has bags under his eyes, a telltale sign of his unhealthy sleeping habits. he has little care for what he wears, as long as its comfortable and clean it doesn't matter to him.

## Personality

Yuki is a calm and collected individual. he likes investigating and solving mysteries because he has a thirst for knowledge and strongly believes in the truth. he is quiet, often speaking only if needed but whenever he does, its either very sarcastic or very blunt and honest. people are intimidated by him at first due to his generally cold attitude and habit of observing people that is mostly mistaken as glaring.

he is so single-minded in his ambitions that he often forgets basic functions like eating and sleeping. his unhealthy routine shows clearly in his pale skin and dark eye-bags. during times when he starts taking his toll, he becomes more grumpy, jumpy and irritated resulting in bouts of harsh truthful insults at people or loud cursing at objects.

on some good days, he actually has a great sense of humor and enjoys goofing off. although, this part of his personality is rarely seen, prompting the other students to believe he doesn't know modern slang, memes and trends. he finds it hilarious that others don't believe it and pranks anyone by suddenly saying or doing something like dabbing and then denying that he did such a thing with the most emotionless face.

## Backstory

The Okuriinu family is well respected and admired, they are attributed to generations of warriors and skilled fighters. as a child, yukikou had the least of his parent's attention but they didn't neglect him, they only payed more attention to his sisters who routinely compete in tournaments and needed supervision or intense training. he never felt jealous of them because he understood the situation even as a child. yuki and his sisters are very close and they bond together through training, making him as good as his sisters in martial arts.

growing up, he preferred to stay indoors training, studying or helping his mother. he didnt have alot of friends because of his secluded personality and awkward mannerisms as a kid. he preferred to observe rather than join the other kids who started to know him as the weird kid who just stares at people. he only had one friend, natsume, and they stuck together through everything in their childhood and until now.

all 3 of his older sisters carry on the family tradition and leave him free of familial responsibility, one might think that this would be a good thing but it only left a void in his life. He didnt know what he wanted to be. in his quest to find his passion, he tried many different hobbies and skills; piano, painting, chess and many more. he enjoyed them, often learning quicker than the average person but none of those sparked something inside him that made him want to pursue a career. it was only recently that he realized that because of his natural talent for easily learning and figuring things out, he can solve mysteries easily. with this discovery, he finally decided to strive to become a detective.

during his first year he was coaxed by his friend to join the news club instead of the mystery club. he was hesitant at first but soon became fond of the club after seeing that its not only drama but also a fair amount of researching and investigating.

## Relationships

### **Family**

* **Ryuu (Father)**

he is a strong, stern and respectable man. yuki admires him a lot and wants to impress him even if he didn't choose to follow his footsteps. Ryuu is disappointed with him not choosing to be a fighter. even though he doesnt show it, he is still proud of his son and how dedicated and intelligent he is.

* **Hikari (Mother)**

she is a very headstrong woman and has strong morals. growing up, yuki preferred to spend his free time with his mother who taught him a lot of things like painting, gardening and morals. she is yuki's role model and he respects and admires her.

* **Tomoe (sister)**

yuki's eldest sister and unfortunately for him, she is also his teacher. yuki loves his sister and all but he thinks she needs to stop meddling in his social life and especially his love life. despite tomoe being basically cupid, yuki does not ask any romance advice from her or any advice at all unless its about martial arts or academics. tomoe thinks yuki should live his life like a normal teenage boy and not work like a middleaged man.

* **Reiko (sister)**

she is the sibling that most mirrors yuki's own personality. she and yuki silently agree to watch the chaos of their other siblings and likes to spend time together in the kitchen as they cook and talk.

* **Ryuko (sister)**

she is the most boisterous, bold and outgoing out of the siblings. despite having drastic personality differences, yuki likes to hang out with her either sparring or playing video games. although he admits that she can be exhausting at best and infuriating at worst.

### **Boyfriend**

* **Tsukimi Uruwashi**

they met when yuki was making a new article on kimi because of his career. he fell in love with kimi when he watched him skate. he didnt know anything about romance so he just started with leaving little gifts and notes on kimi's desk and making sure that he was the one to interview/do research for reports on kimi so that he can use it as an excuse to see and talk to him. natsume eventually found out about his crush and wouldnt stop bothering him until he agreed to confess already. he did and now they're one of the cutest (imo) couple in the school. yuki supports kimi in his career and often goes to his practices and performances to cheer him on.

### **Friends and classmates**

* **Natsume Nagiko**

Natsume is yuki’s childhood best friend, they're almost inseparable growing up and they confide in each other. as children, the two of them realized just how lonely they are and made a promise to always be friends and never forget their bond. Yuki sees her as a sister and vows to protect her. Their parents tried to convince them to be in a relationship but the two agreed to reject their parent’s suggestions, opting to focus on their respective career and support the other.

* **Mito Hagiwara**

Yuki and Mito are both members of the news club since year 1 and have made a close bond built upon similar values and passion (and having to deal with edward's chaos). they are the two leading members of the club and work together well. most of the time, they can be found working on articles and such for the club.

* **Edward D. Evans**

yuki lowkey likes edward's chaotic energy, he thinks its funny and goes along with it (hence the teacher cult thing). they are on good terms but not really that close. Since natsume and edward are friends, yuki tries to get along with him and know him more personally. over the 2 years of being in the same club together, he has grown used to edward being edward. they became friends in an uncanny way, having inside jokes like spraying edward with water like a misbehaving cat or teaming up to hit a teacher over the head with a guitar.

* **Akari Alley**

during yuki's research for a new article about the american transfer student, seeking to write about the suspicious reason of why he transferred, he found out about his circumstances and anger issues. learning this yuki decided to not expose the reason of his transfer and promptly offered to teach him martial arts and japanese. they now train at a local dojo during weekends and have grown closer.

* **Noyumi Sayoko**

noyumi frequents the news room to offer food to yuki as he works. He appreciates this alot, seeing as he forgets to eat most of the time and has a hard time peeling himself away from his work. as time went on, they became friends and shared their interest of athletics. Noyumi forund out that her friend liam was training under yukikou and decided to join them.

* **Leo Kaji**

after meeting eachother by chance at the roof, they started their somewhat unusual friendship, often hangging out together in silence or over a casual conversation about serial killers while they work on their respective devices. at some point, they started hangging out in the news club room instead, given that the room had actual seats and power outlets for their laptops. leo is one of the only people to ever fully know the extent of yuki's comedic side and sometimes the two of them would play pranks on others and leo would take the blame if it was found out, letting yuki keep his little personality prank going.

### **Teachers**

* **Maja Varg**

the alleged leader of the teacher cult. yuki respects her a lot but suspicions cannot be evaded. with edward's help and crazy ideas, they get up to some shenanigans including but not limited to: snooping in the teachers office, following her around and occasionally hitting her over the head with a guitar.

in reality, yuki knows there is no teacher cult or anything because he's not that dumb. edward started the crazy allegations but since yuki noticed the positive effect of it in the club and went along with it. its just a bonus that he gets to have fun messing with a teacher.

## Trivia

#### **in universe**

* Yukikou has a coffee addiction

* He is skilled in different types of martial arts, a skill encouraged in their family.
* He is very good at English.
* he is sometimes seen passed out in random places while natsume and edward made a rule to draw on his face everytime they find him sleeping where he isnt supposed to be.

#### **other fun facts**

* yukikou means snow sunshine
* okuriinu is from the yokai okuri inu which is known as the following wolf. Known to follow people through the woods. If they trip, they get eaten by the okuri inu. If they dont, they are protected through their journey. It is a parallel to how yukikou will help and protect anyone who isnt on the wrong side but one slip up can make him suspect them instead.