Katsuo Kitazawa

## Personality

A cold, highly critical boy with very particular tastes. He has a lot of faith in his musical talent, and often snaps at those who try to give too much direction to him and his work, insistent on being good enough by himself. He is very harsh on other idols, and often brushes off their own music as child’s play, though the work he gives the harshest criticism is often what he takes the most interest in. He has difficulty making friends and becoming close with others, having a habit of pushing other people away with the excuse of not being ‘on his level’ to avoid the stress of maintaining friendships. He often acts disgusted around others / their PDA to hide the fact that he’s secretly a lonely person (and a hopeless romantic, at that.)

## Appearance

Katsuo is a short young man with a lean build. He has mid-length, slightly unkempt blonde hair with long, uneven bangs, and sports yellow-red heterochromia.

## History

Katsuo was born as an only child to two loving parents, albeit not in the most forgiving of financial situations. He grew up without a lot of money or financial support for most of his childhood, and although his parents supported him wherever they could, Katsuo began to resent them out of the selfish belief that they were the reason he had constantly been looked down up by others as a child due to their inability to make ends meet.

In elementary school, he was singled out by one of his music teachers and taken under her wing, revealing an almost prodigy-esque talent with the piano. Beginning to sneak into school during weekends and staying late to practice, as he was unable to afford his own at home, he eventually developed a massive sense of superiority over others due to this talent— struggling to make friends, with the exception of the astronomy club he’d been strong-armed into joining by one of the older students

When he graduated high school, he didn't hesitate to cut off all contact with almost everyone else he knew out of the belief that they didn't *deserve* him, packing up what little he had to move to Tokyo & successfully auditioning to become an idol at Nebula Studios.

## Relationships

**Freddy Stewart Contreras**

Katsuo's unitmate, and one of the few people he's able to fully trust. He views Freddy as an older brother figure, and frequently refers to him as 'niisan' or 'niichan' in private without hesitation, and often secretly feels guilty when he knows he's disappointed him. He's overprotective of Freddy the way you'd expect an older sibling to be towards a younger one.

**Uta Otonashi**

Katsuo's producer. While he has a fair amount of respect for Uta's talent, he's suspicious of how easy it is for Uta to read him and call him out on his insecurities. He partially blames him for taking the place of his unit's former producer.

**Shiori Ishikawa**

His boyfriend and perhaps one of Katsuo's closest friends. While he finds him easier to trust than most people, there are still a couple things he's afraid to tell him about.

**Shouri Takano**

One of Katsuo's closest friends, though it appears their relationship has begun to grow strained as of recently.

**Mitsue Amari**

Shouri and Shiori's producer, and the prime target of Katsuo's bitterness. While he's been begged to get along with Mitsue for quite some time, the two of them in a room together are like two lit powder kegs, ready to explode at any minute.

## Trivia

* Katsuo owns a secret collection of cheesy romance novels hidden away in his dorm room. Specifically, he's a very invested *Twilight* fan.
* While he's a prodigal composer, he doesn't write his own lyrics well at all. It's rumored that, when he does, it sounds more like spoken-word poetry than an actual song.
* He's half French, as well as Japanese. His mother is a French Catholic, and while she is fluent in Japanese, Katsuo is surprisingly unskilled when it comes to speaking French.
* Naturally, he speaks with the Kansai dialect, but is proficient enough with Tokyo-ben to hide it well when he's focused.