Kaito Akiyama
“All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Basic Information
First Name:
Kaito
Surname:
Akiyama, (Previously Nakomura)
Preferred Name:
Mr Akiyama
Aliases:
'Kai' for friends and family.
Gender:
Male
Age:
27
Height:
5 foot 11
Sexual Orientation:
Bisexual
Family:
Akiyama Family.
Backstory:
Kaito Akiyama grew up in Kyoto, Japan. He grew up with his father, Ayane Akiyama and mother, Seojoon Akiyama. It was a big family, however somebody to note is his sister, Mikasa Akiyama. He was the closest to Mikasa due to their shared interest in many different things including their love for the Performing Arts. His aunt, Yuna Akiyama was also huge fan of the theater, which is how Mikasa and Kaito grew to love it so much. Yuna would often take them on trips to watch different performances growing up. She had always told them stories of the dreams she had when she was young. She had always aspired to be an actress. So, she had always supported and helped Kaito get roles in small amateur dramatic performances around Kyoto. However, when they were young, Kaito’s aunt had unfortunately passed due to an illness and this had left a hole in their family. Kaito was struggling in the years to come, he didn't know how to handle the grief at the time, so poured his emotion into acting. He focused on acting and hoped to continue on in this as a career to do what his aunt could never, become an actor.
Throughout his school years, Kaito was judged heavily, he was what others called a “theater kid” and would get mocked for wanting to be on stage. His teachers were not supportive of his dreams either. They would often tell him that their subjects were more important and he needed to stop dreaming and think realistically for his career. Kaito would ignore them but still found it difficult. Each time he felt upset about what was happening though, he would think back to his aunt, how brave and how supportive she was. He thought back to how proud this would make her feel and what she had always told him. Before her passing, she would often tell Kaito to "love what you do and to do what you love. Don't listen to anybody who tells you not to do it. You do what you want, what you love. Imagination and creativity should be the center of your life." After leaving school, Kaito started to study performing arts at a higher level, specifically, acting. He would join improvisation classes, be apart of amateur dramatic groups and continue working on his acting abilities. He would often keep to himself through these years, he didn’t really grow up with many friends, they came and went throughout the years. Kaito didn’t mind though, he had his sister with him, she was his best friend. To others this seemed weird, but for them it was natural, it was a bond.
Kaito knew he needed to make his aunt proud and keep working towards his dreams. He became really invested in acting and it became the only thing he would talk about with people. He later met a woman by the name of Sokuri Nakomura, who he instantly fell in love with. This woman was his life, he spent a lot of his time with her and ended up losing sight of his past goals. He wouldn't act as much anymore due to him spending every second with her. Much to his sister, Mikasa's dismay, he moved out of Kyoto completely to live with Sokuri. He lost track of his goals along the way and got a job at an office. It wasn't the best, but he was happy with Sokuri. A few years later, Kaito had proposed to Sokuri and invited the family over to their wedding. Sokuri had decided that she wanted to keep her last name as Nakomura, so Kaito followed her lead and took her name instead of the traditional way. Kaito and Sokuri lived quite happily for some years, however he began to miss his family after moving far away, he began to think about the dreams he had given up and became a little confused on what to do next..
A few months pass by, Kaito receives an update from Mikasa, she had spontaneously moved to a new place called Karakura and it seemed beautiful. He also noticed that she had gotten a new job as a Performing Arts teacher, this made Kaito feel stuck in his life, depressed, unsure of what to do. After all, she had followed her dreams of pursuing a career in the Performing Arts, Kaito, gave up on his. He lived on as the year passed by, starting to get more unhappy with where he was at in life. He did less, he wasn't as involved in the relationship and fell into a rut. This put a lot of strain onto his relationship with Sokuri. They grew further apart, each of them knowing that they were both unhappy. One night, he sat scrolling on his phone, he came across the updates Mikasa was sending him in Karakura and decided he wanted change. The next night he decided to speak to Sokuri, he told her about Karakura and how he wanted to move there, he told her that they could settle down, start a family and he could get a job. She was not as on board with this idea however, she had her own business here, this started a little bit of an argument. It ended with them deciding it might be time to get a divorce...
After filing for divorce, Kaito had made the decision to go to Karakura. He wanted a new start, he wanted to be back with his sister and to pursue his long-lost dream of Acting. This was the perfect plan, he had decided to apply for a job to work alongside Mikasa. He wanted to be the teacher that he never had, he wanted to encourage people to pursue a creative path, be there for anyone struggling like he was. He wanted to share his knowledge and inspire others to think outside of the societal norms of jobs and dare to dream. So, he took the leap forward and moved to Karakura to apply for a job at the school.
One night after returning to his apartment, he had a letter in the mail to see that he was accepted as a teacher in the Performing Arts Department! He was thrilled and ran to Mikasa with the news, they both celebrated. Kaito for the first time in a while, was happy, he had gotten the ability to pursue his career, make his aunt proud and reconnect with Mikasa after a long time of being too far apart.
After a few weeks at the school he noticed how hard it was to hear people call him, Mr Nakomura. It felt like a little bit of him was still stuck in the past... He needed to get rid of it completely, so, he decided to revert back to his family name. Once Kaito Nakomura was now known as Kaito Akiyama once again. He was ready to make his aunt proud, ready to inspire the youth of Karakura and ready to open a new chapter in his life...