Kotono Ito

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Kotono Ito
Born13/09/2000[1]
Tomioka, Japan
Residence77 Frigga
NationalityFenspace Convention
EthnicityJapanese
OccupationSurvival Shot Physiotherapist
Height176 cm
Religious beliefsBuddhist
ParentsMisato and Kazuo Ito
Website
email: kotono@Friggarock.fen


Kotono Ito

Kotono seems to be that rare thing up here - a well adjusted and otherwise normal human being. Her sole vice seems to be a tendency toward money and consumption - but that's her and a billion other human beings. Looks a little like Linna from Bubblegum Crisis - though with hazel eyes. Kinda acts like her too....

Origin

Kotono is part of the New Wave of Fen, in that she doesn't come from a fannish background. Her parents moved to Kandor after their hometown was evacuated, and Kandor seemed like an up-and-coming place off the world at the time. They had need of language teachers and engineers, which her mother and father would gladly provide - while Kotono herself entered the city's public schooling system

She didn't get especially good grades - partly a language barrier, and partly because Kotono spend a lot of time enjoying school life. She didn't really care. However, she joined the school's Stardancing team and found her first love. Zero-G Gymnastics.

She won the Kandor championships and inter-school competitions aged 15 and aimed to go truly professional, funding her competition through work in local Gymnasium. Kotono took a few JLI qualification courses as a Fitness Instructor, Physiotherapist and Emergency Medic, qualifying her to go Pro as an instructor.

Kotono was training herself for Jeanne's Dance, 2019, when she broke her ankle after an awkward landing. Attempting to push through the pain left her with a permanent injury that required corrective surgery, putting her out of action for the year - and putting an end to her professional career.

Out of a job, she joins Survival Shot, both as an emergency medic to handle any injuries that come up, and as a fitness trainer for those few fen who just can't keep up...

History in Fenspace

It's obvious why she ended up on Frigga - there was money enough in it for her to work there.

User 'Jenny' comments on /r/Stardancing "Where are they now?"

I met her once, on Frigga. At first, I thought she was just a little bit airheaded, but quickly, I realised she might be the only real human being out there. What I mistook for airheadedness, was the refreshing breath of mundane sanity in this mad world of ours.

She's an ordinary person who cares about ordinary things. More power to her for being happy up here.

That's it. It's really hard to say much about her beyond that. She seems to have been happy to work for Survival Shot, and spend the money she earned on clothes and good quality fresh food. [2]. She spent her time and money on her apartment, making it a comfortable place to live. She owns her own Bolitho which has been luxuriously equipped inside and seems more concerned with being comfortable in life than doing something spectacular or 'cool' for the sake of doing it...

She recently opened her own gym, the Fitness Bee, shortly after Frigga joined the Crystal Millennium and started to have a population again. And that's basically it.

Oh... she was the one who Shinji Ikari woke up to because they shared a similar cultural background.[3]

Other than that, she's really just a bit mundane for Fenspace, and not ashamed of it in the slightest.

Rumours Surrounding Kotono

Is Kotono secretly a SHIELD agent keeping an eye on Jet Jaguar?

She's been a little bit *too* under the radar for many tastes. There's something fishy about her. And you know SHIELD'd be interested in anyone who can bring that sort of lethality to bear - especially with a personality like hers. Is Kotono their eyes onsite?

Signature Gear

Fashion from the 1980's, including stuff like leg-warmers, pastel coloured Leotards, and cow-patterned blouses. And headbands. And braces on her trousers if she's wearing any. Will usually have a top-quality wavedphone or wrist-comm to boot.

Known Transports

Personality

Health and Fitness fan. She still enjoys gymnastics, and acrobatics and is a regular sight jogging. She learned long ago however, that pushing herself to hard will be harmful to her health so she knows when to back off.

Kotono likes her comfort. She'll spend most of money she earns, while saving small amounts away. She always wears good quality clothing, lives in a comfortable and well appointed apartment and eats good quality, healthy food which she knows how to cook properly. She doesn't have any fannish obsessions that consume it like everyone else, so ups her standard of living instead. Her Bolitho's been equipped with a luxury cabin, her apartment on Frigga has the latest comforts. She lives happy and comfy. And looks to acquire money to achieve this comfort.... she's always got her eye on the bottom line of a job.

Can be a bit of a dilettante when it comes to trying new things. She likes the 'experience' but she won't always stick through it to the end, dipping in and out as the interest takes her without dedicating herself like any fen.

Also, not shy on the dating scene. As much as possible out in the arsehole of the Main Belt. Seems to want a long term relationship, but can never actually manage to keep a boyfriend for more than a short while. Whether it's a case of searching for 'Mr. Right', or just being a bit of distance, is anyone's guess.

Above all else, she's comfortable with who she is, and doesn't feel the need to demonstrate her ability to choose her own life path by avoiding anyone's stereotypes.

She is, however, strong friends with Daryl Haur - oddly enough.

Faction Affiliations

Known associates

Motivations

Possible Motivations:

  • + Personal health and fitness
  • + Comfort and standard of living
  • + Justice
  • - Self righteous people who put ideology over living their life.
  • - Fannish obsession
  • - Capital Punishment

Reputations

Really, not much....

I guess, nobody seems to hate her. She lives a comfortable life. Maybe a few people might remember her as a Gymnast - enough to make her new Gym on Frigga attract a few people from the Millennium anyway, but other than that she seems to fly under the radar, not intentionally courting controversy or fame. Just comfort and an unstressful life.

She has nothing negative with anybody really - maybe her associations might reflect on her.

Core Competencies

  • Excels at: Gymnastics, Acrobatics. Classified
  • Good at: Martial Arts (Panzer Kunst), Acting, Cooking, Emergency medic, 3D-Maneuver Gear, Classified
  • Acceptable at: Physiotherapy, Fashion sense. Money management. Common Sense. Carousing.
  • Poor at: Not much.
  • Oddities: Very little, outside her Friendship with Daryl Haur.

Future Outlook

A long and happy life. She's unlikely to appear on the Fenspace BNF radar, barring anything unusual happening at home. She's happy.

Secrets

  • She lived within sight of a rather notorious power station.
  • Kotono is, in fact, the Green Knight Saber
  • Kotono joined the Knight Sabers because she thought the money was good. She stays because ultimately, what she's doing appeals her sense of justice.
  • SHIELD knows full-well she works with the Knight Sabers. SHIELD has contacted the Knight Sabers through her - and implied that they would be interested in taking her on as an agent
  • Kotono most definitely does not want to be deeply involved with SHIELD.

Appearance

Athletic. tall, with long legs and a tight figure[4]. Hazel eyed and Dark haired, has to forever tie it back.

Notes

  1. Old Enough to Pilot Eva
  2. Lacking in ambition? Just not very driven? Or content and comfortable?
  3. And her apartment home wasn't either too small, or an utter mess, or home to loads of Evangelion merchandise and someone who sort of looks a little like a miniature Evangelion
  4. She hates the padded hardsuit jokes