Akari Fujinaga

Appearance
Akari is social butterfly all the way through, and some would even consider the scarf he wears all the time to be his fluttering wings. He demonstrates pride in the scars of his right eye; showing a resemblance to an ‘X’ mark in the center, along with his left eye being blue and his partially spiked hair with red and orange hues.

He tends to wear light clothing to make it easy to move in, with the exception being his hiking/camping attire, that being at least a little heavier and durable.

Personality
Akari is usually sociable, striking up conversation with even complete strangers. He tends to take his ambition to the next mile, piling up work for himself that he overestimates himself to accomplish, causing his motivation to crash.

Sociability and anxieties aside, Akari maintains a positive attitude to keep a level head on his shoulders despite the disposition of an environment around himself.

Background
He had been experiencing homelessness for an extended period of his childhood.

Etymology
Fujinaga (藤長) translates to "wisteria" (藤, tō or fuji) and "long time" or "leader" (長, naga).

Akari (朱莉) means "vermillion", associated with blood and furthermore as the color of life, and "jasmine" (莉, ri).

Trivia

 * Akari's pronouns are he/him. Akari is also transgender, female to male, and transitioned one year prior.
 * Akari tends to use his paychecks to assist with groceries and materials for his group.
 * He’s a fan of Mankai, and looks up to the leaders as inspiration to improve himself.
 * Akari uses his eclectic memory for menial tasks most of the time. Such as remembering that there's scrap wood he could use in [X] location.
 * He tends to fixate on the project he starts on, and doesn't like to get distracted until he reaches a point where he's satisfied to put a pin on it.
 * He has 'golden pipes'; being naturally talented for singing. Akari wants to sing for people on special occasions and more importantly musical theater.
 * He likes to call his hiking trips ‘adventures’, because of the nature of his journeys that he takes.
 * Akari ends up getting lost sometimes because of this.