Chiasa Tanizaki

Appearance
Chiasa is a tall young woman with green eyes and wears her wavy brown hair down, reaching her waist.

She is often seen wearing a white turtleneck with a yellow knit vest on top, washed out mom jeans, and white sneakers. In some occasions, she wears a mask and carries a canvas tote bag.

Personality
Chiasa is kind and caring, but can be a bit mischievous when she needs to. She doesn't try very hard to not lie, however it's rare her skill at deception get her into trouble.

With a habit of overworking herself and consuming caffeine in a concerning manner, no one knows how Chiasa functions at work. Despite her busy schedule of complying with university work and manga deadlines, you'll never catch her getting tired. This highlights her high praise for hard work.

She's also what you call stingy.

Background
Chiasa is the oldest child of the Tanizaki family, which consists of her mother and two brothers. Her father is currently missing in action. Regardless, Chiasa is always hopeful that her father will come home one day.

Growing up near the sea, Chiasa loved collecting various trinkets, treating them as her treasures even though they were considered junk. She still has this habit as she collects old boxes of pocky for whatever reason she has. She moved to the city when her father left the family, as her mother needs to be closer to her workplace.

She claims her parents were the reason why she took up being a mangaka. This is because her father was a children's book illustrator, while her mother used to teach literature.

Etymology
Tanizaki (谷崎): Tani (谷) means "valley" and Saki (崎) means "cape, peninsula".

Chiasa (知朝): Chi (知) means "to know, wisdom" and Asa (朝) means "morning".

Trivia

 * Chiasa's pronouns are she/her. Chiasa is also transgender, male to female.
 * She shares room 203 in the dorms with and.
 * In Yosei University, Chiasa is a history major.
 * She has a boyfriend named Aikawa Ren, who is studying traditional art at Veludo Arts University.
 * Her yuri manga, Girl's Talk, is about a girl named Yui finding out her best friend (Haruhi) has a crush on her upperclassman. The only problem is that Haruhi hates the aforementioned senpai because he's "way too close with Yui."
 * She likes consuming caffeine to the point she experiences vertigo on a regular basis.
 * She hates her editor with a burning passion.
 * Chiasa collects old boxes of pocky for no reason. She thinks the designs are neat.