Raiden Jae Kururugi

Raiden Jae Kururugi
DOB: November 17, 2054
Hair Colour:Brown
Eye Colour: Brown
Gender: Male
Height: 5'8" (currently)

General Appearance: Shaggy dark brown, almost black hair and bright, enthusiastic brown eyes. He seems to be always smiling, even when he has had a bad day. He is slender and fit, despite the fact that he's not been allowed to really exert himself physically very much. He is half Korean, half Japanese, and all adorable. Ridiculously thin (Daphne Hopton thinks he's breakable and this could be a reason why)

History: Raiden was born to Sun and Raizo Kururugi in the early winter of 2054 in Hokkaido, Japan. He spent his first year in the hospital under close watch around the clock, because he was born severely weakened. His heart had been formed with five holes in it, and though doctors worked to mend the holes, his parents were told that the organ would never be as strong as it was in other children. Their son could die at any time if enough stress were put upon him. Sun and Raizo made the decision to move to the UK when he was two, to pursue better medical treatments for his problems. His family has lived here ever since; Sun had another son when Raiden was 7, named Shiro. He was born with no health issues whatsoever. Raiden went to Muggle kindergarden and first grade, but halfway through the term in first grade, Sun discovered she was pregnant. Raiden had been a difficult pregnancy, and Shiro was none the different, and thinking it would place extra stress on their son that he didn't need, Raizo and Sun removed him from public school. From the age of 7, up until he received his letter to attend Hogwarts, Raiden was tutored privately in the family home, a service which was sponsored by Sun's parents. They would not, however, pay the family's basic living costs, and Raizo went to work for the Ministry.

Languages/Magical Education: He can speak Korean, Japanese, and English fluently, along with fragmented Spanish because one of his tutors was fluent in that and taught him a basic knowledge of it. Because he was around children his age for a while, and his tutors, and the doctors at the hospitals, he does have an English accent, kind of. His mum and dad can speak Japanese, Korean, English and Chinese. Shiro's learning English and Korean, but he's not into Japanese yet. Raiden had a basic knowledge of magic before going to Hogwarts, which his mum thought would be necessary so nothing at Hogwarts would surprise him enough for him to have a relapse. He also has several ways of controlling his own heartbeat, to keep control of it, but sometimes it doesn't work because things are just too much.

Personality: Raiden is a perpetually happy person. Always smiling and bouncing with excitement, he's someone that people can't help but like. His reasoning behind always smiling is simple: He knows that his time is limited due to his health problems. Thus, he wants to spend what little time he may have being happy, because there's no point in feeling sad about things, is there? However, his being distanced from most everyone his age has made him grow into a slightly... well very naive person. He can't see flaws in a person until they're blatantly obvious, and he thinks that most people, even if they're rude or mean, have the ability to redeem themselves. It's not really a bad quality, but it leads to him getting hurt in the long run sometimes. He's slowly overcoming it, and becoming more wary of the people he talks to. Raiden loves loves LOVES to make friends, despite his increasing awareness of peoples' insanity. His best friends are Daphne Hopton, Celandine Toussaint, Kiri Starstalker, and... possibly Garret Crocker. He's been known to talk to anyone and everyone, however, and holds older students/previous staff in a special place in his heart. Cassandra Trelawney was one of his very favourite people despite the fact that 'he was bad and made her put him in detention'; Nicholai Toussaint is someone he considers to be one of his very best friends as well. Pretty much anyone and everyone he's met, he'd count as a friend.