Kimora Watari

**Kimora Watari** is a student under the foreign exchange program in Neo Arcadia High School. Since moving to the United States in early 2020, she has befriended many of the younger Rebels.

## Biography

Kimora was born on August 14th, 2002 in Nara, Japan to Masha and Takeshi Watari. Being raised in a Russo-Japanese household, she was taught Russian by her mother at a young age while also learning Japanese. Growing up, her parents were very secretive regarding their work lives, which deeply impacted Watari's relationship with them.

In her sixth year of elementary school, Kimora found a way to listen in on her parent's concealed information. After school, she sneaked into the air vents and used a wide-rimmed glass cup to eavesdrop on Masha and Takeshi's work meetings. Watari overheard many secrets held by the Japanese House of Councillors, as her mother, Masha, was a politician. She also heard confidential information from the Public Security Intelligence Agency of Japan during her father's meetings.

Kimora later moved from Nara to the largest city in Japan, Tokyo, when her father was relocated for work.

For unknown reasons, Kimora lives on her own in Neo Arcadia. She avoids speaking about her parents, if possible.

### A Cultural Shock

When living in Japan, moving to the United States was a dream of Kimora's. Many of her peers shared this same desire, as America was thought to be a place of opportunity and new beginnings. When Kimora learned that she would be moving to Neo Arcadia, she was ecstatic. She moved to the city on March 25th, 2020.

However, the transition from Japan to the US was more difficult than she had expected. The little English she had been taught in Tokyo was not sufficient enough to help her communicate in the new country, and she wasn't learning as quickly from her English books as she had hoped. Her grades fell as soon as she joined Neo Arcadia High School, and she quickly grew frustrated.

Luckily, she made friends with some students at school, growing close to her new best friends, "Marguerite-Daisy" Lagarrigue and Olivia Connor. They tutor her after school, teaching her new words to help diminish the language barrier.

## Personality

Despite her shy appearance, Kimora is a fierce individual who is not afraid to speak her mind. Even with her broken English, Watari is extremely confident and regularly gets into brawls with other students, and even adults.

Due to her parent's secretive behavior throughout her life, Kimora quickly makes assumptions and can see harmless acts as suspicious. This can cause her to disassociate from specific people, such as Benjamin Kant, who she assumed had laughed at her broken speech at one of Elijah Kade's house parties.

Watari is deeply protective of herself and her close friends. Though she may be hostile toward new acquaintances, she is loyal to those she finds trustworthy and defends them when needed. During the class trip to Paris, Kimora slapped her classmate, Tyler, across the face for intoxicating her friend, Nikolina, at a nightclub.

Kimora can be considered a show-off at times, as she attempts to make up for her poor English by impressing others with her unusual abilities. Her first out-of-school encounter with many of her classmates was when she chugged a bottle of *Cîroc* vodka to impress Lincoln Grace.

## Physical Appearance

Kimora is about 5 feet tall with a fairly thin build. She has straight, black hair that reaches down to her shoulders, accompanied with bangs. She was gifted thin eyes from her Japanese father, though they are an unusual green color because of her mother's Russian ancestry. She has pale skin, and does not attempt to tan due to getting obnoxious sunburns. She has a sweet, closed smile that she does not show unless with her closer friends, as she fears appearing "fragile." She prefers to give slight smirks in public as a method of establishing her dominance over others.

Watari is a fairly thin girl with a fair amount of muscle in her biceps. She plans on gaining more muscle to make her appear as strong as she believes herself to be. Her Russian ancestry has resulted in her developing a "feminine" figure, which she despises with a burning passion. She could not stand her school uniform in Tokyo, and is thankful that Neo Arcadia High School does not have mandatory skirts and blouses. Kimora found skirts so irritating that she was openly annoyed at a friend for wearing a "too-short" dress to a party. With the help of Marguerite-Daisy and Olivia, she has changed her style to suit her better, now wearing jeans and over-sized hoodies.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Reflection Manipulation:** Kimora is able to manipulate reflections on different surfaces, altering images within them and even trapping people inside of them. This power has been noticed by few people, such as Joe Fumero, when Kimora altered the reflections within a pond, and Alexei Sheffield, when she trapped him in the reflection of a glass cup.

### Abilities

* **Genius-Level Intelligence:** Kimora is an intelligent individual who is able to solve problems quickly. As a child, she figured out how to use a glass cup as a funnel to listen into a room. Her smarts are hidden due to her language barrier, however.
* **Bilingualism:** Watari speaks Japanese and Russian, having learned two languages in her household. Her Japanese, however, is significantly better because she lived in Japan. Kimora is on the road to trilingualism as she continues to study English.

## Weaknesses

* **Human Vulnerabilities:** Kimora's greatest weakness is that she is only human. Despite her determination and intelligence, she is vulnerable to physical attacks of stronger opponents.
* **Hot-headed:** Watari has the habit of jumping to conclusions and letting her anger drive her actions, which can often times lead to trouble.
* **Language Barrier:** In a country where most people communicate through English, being inarticulate in the language can make daily life difficult. Even minor issues, such as being unable to respond to a teacher's question, adds to Watari's frustration.

## Equipment

*Any equipment owned by Kimora is currently unknown.*

## Relationships

* Takeshi Watari - Father

Allies* "Marguerite-Daisy" Lagarrigue - Best Friend
* Olivia Connor - Best Friend
* Victoria Atlas - Close Friend
* Joe Fumero - Good Friend
* Lincoln Grace - Good Friend
* William Shay - Friend
* Tiara Calinao - Friend

## Trivia

* Kimora begun journaling on March 26th, 2020, to view her progress in learning English.
* Kimora tried a doughnut for the first time due to a recommendation from Lincoln Grace.
* Kimora is a self-described incel.