Name: born Shiro Ishihara ; formerly Miyabi ; currently Miyavi - elegance in his native Japanese
Birthdate: September 14, 1751
Height: about 185cm ( 6'1" )
Age: his real age is 257, but he likes to claim between 16 and 27; aka - he claims whatever age you guess he is.
Character's Type: Vampire
Occupation: Street performer



☆Background
Shiro was born September 14, 1751 in Osaka, Japan. For the most part, he was a good kid, taking care of his chores, helping his father and mother, and often took care of his little sister, Aiko. When he was 18, he fell in love with a neighborhood girl named Keiko. Although her family didn't want her to be with him, Shiro managed to win her heart and married her. For 5 years, they were happily married although they were poor, and Keiko never bore a child. Soon after his 23rd birthday, Shiro was returning to his wife after a celebration with friends. Somehow he went astray from his path and ended up in an dark alley. After that, his memory blanked and he only remembers waking up in his home with Keiko nursing him back to health. He seemed normal. Keiko, upset with worry about him, yelled at him - accusing him of spending the whole night drinking and that he had barely made it back home before dawn, that he was so drunk he passed out on one of his friends on their way home. Of course, Shiro tried to defend himself and their fighting became worse. In the heat of their argument, Keiko had cut her hand and Shiro tried to bandage it. Only he found himself wanting it...craving it... in a matter of moments, his beloved Keiko was stone-cold dead in his arms.

After he realized what he had done and what he had become, Shiro shunned himself from the world and refused to feed, becoming weak. Lost in wilderness, Shiro was awaiting his death to be with his Keiko again when another vampire named Matsumoto Hideto saved him. Hideto became his teacher in the undead ways, and slowly Shiro began to accept what his life would have to be.

Hideto not only taught him how to survive life as a vampire, but about hunters - how to spot them and what they were capable of among other things. But the greatest gift Hideto gave Shiro was the power of music. Hideto passed down a sitar to his student and taught him that the emotion he felt inside could be brought out without words. As years passed, the sitar playing changed into guitar. Shiro continues to play sitar, but enjoys the guitar as well.

Over the years, Shiro watched Japan change. In the 1830s, he witnessed many of the people of Osaka suffer from famine and part-took in a peasant rebellion for the sake of the people...his people. In 1853, when Shiro was 102, he saw his first ever yellow-haired human and was intrigued by these "westerners".He continues to be fascinated by them. When he was first able to bleach his hair like one, he was excited and kept it like that for 50 years.

Some time in the 1980s, Shiro picked up the named Miyabi - which he changed to Miyavi to be unique. He's traveled around the world a lot and enjoys Paris the most of all cities. Currently, he's in Tokyo and performing in the streets and in subways with his guitar.


☆Appearance and Personality
Miyavi is tall, extremely thin, and pale with dark tattoos spread about his body (which often fade away with the vampire healing process, so he often has to have them redone). He likes to tease gullible people by saying he draws them on everyday. He also has a variety of piercings (his eyebrow, his lip, his nose, and in his ears).

His arms are lanky and his fingers are quick, making his skills in guitar and sitar playing above average. His legs are long as well and just as quick at his fingers, so he enjoys a game of soccer with the neighborhood kids that stay out at night on school nights. Of course, he playfully scolds them for not being in bed before each game they play.

Often times, Miyavi feeds off of humans because they choose the way they live their lives. Generally, animals - he has decided - are only trying to survive what humans have been destroying, him feeding off of them is unnecessary when there are so many humans around. He hates taking an innocent life and has little trouble ending a bad person's; but bad people's blood is just...gross. When he's desperate, he will feed off of animals as long as they are not kittens or puppies - they are too cute to be hurt. For some reason, he strongly dislikes rabbits and will gladly feed off of them.

Even though he is less than half-a-century from his 300th birthday, he has the mannerism of a child at times and prefers to be around children instead of "adults". Adults are too serious when they have such short lives, and he likes to try to convince children to continue to have fun when they grow up. It is sad when he watches them grow up and the toils of life changes them. Many people consider him odd by his ever-changing hair and clothing style. Lately, he has been into keeping his hair a medium shade of brown and choppy while he wears large sweaters that fall off of his skinny shoulders, and torn jeans that slip from his non-existent butt. He looks rough on the outside, but he has a large heart for someone that really shouldn't.

☆Relationships
He's got nothing at the moment :]

☆Plotting
he (and I) are up for anything~ leave a comment and we'll get in contact :]