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yamanaka ino 1/??
Name: Britt
LJ Username: smithereens / britt
Age: 21
AIM Screename: amomentalive

Character's Name: Yamanaka Ino
Character's Age: 20
Character's Model: Aya Kamiki
Year in School: 3rd Year / Junior
Major / Minor: Dramatic Arts / Psychology
Clubs / Activities / Job?: Associated Students Council (Vice President of University Affairs), Drama Club, whatever acting/modeling jobs she can get.

Background History:

The only daughter of a pair of successful florists, Ino never wanted for much in life. Her parents ran the Yamanaka Flower Company, a chain of flower shops that, while not obscenely lucrative, was lucrative enough that money was never an issue with the Yamanakas, especially not Ino. Ever since she was a baby, she was doted on and spoiled by her parents, her father in particular; they showered her with toys and presents and most importantly, love. She, in turn, kept them wrapped around her little finger.

Ino grew up into a precocious, feisty girl, winning over the adults with her charming personality and winning over the kids with her easy confidence. But why would she ever doubt herself? She was pretty sure--with her parents to corroborate it--that she was the most amazing little girl in the whole world. She was Daddy’s Little Princess through and through.

When she was in elementary school, she met--and subsequently lost--her best friend to, of all things, a boy. Ino prided herself on her judgment. She also prided herself on being an excellent florist, having helped out in the local shop since she could walk; she saw something in this girl in spite of the way the others teased her. Even the most ordinary flower could be beautiful if you presented it right, or so she’d been taught.

So she reached out, introduced herself, and gained a friend. Thanks to the umbrella-like protection of Ino’s popularity, the other girls stopped their teasing. At least until they both started nursing a crush on the same boy, and the friendship ended.

Ino took it hard; she hated losing a good friend over something so stupid. She hated being wrong.

It was the only blight on her otherwise fairy tale childhood, though she didn’t let it slow her down, even throughout middle and high school. Unlike a lot of her peers, the gawky teenage years seemed to pass Ino by; sometime over one summer, she metamorphosed into a beautiful young woman, with her natural blonde hair and big blue eyes (Yamanaka legend attributes it to an American GI during World War II), and that was that. Puberty cowed before Yamanaka Ino.

In high school, like your stereotypical queen bee, she joined the student council as vice president, worked her way through the baseball team, the soccer team, and the karate club, and commanded the students like a general commands his troops. Popularity and peer management came easy to her, thanks to her self-confidence, good looks, and minor sense of entitlement.

But in spite of being the most popular girl in school, Ino was also an excellent student, earning some of the highest grades in her class and eventually, a spot at one of the top universities in Tokyo. Unfortunately for her parents--though her father came around eventually--her interests never really leaned towards academics or taking over the family business, though she does and always will love flowers.

Ino wanted to go into show business. She wanted to be famous, because no other spotlight was big enough for her. But most importantly, she wanted to be an actress, to express herself on her own terms.

Being adored by millions of fans would just be an added bonus.

So she took that scholarship to the big Tokyo university. But instead of majoring in Business or Psychology or something sensible, she decided to bide her time with a Dramatic Arts major, as least until she made it big. And she would make it big. Eventually.