My idol character


IDENTITY INFOS:

First and/or middle names: Setsuko Yeong-Suk
Meaning: Setsuko: Melody - 節子
From Japanese 節 (setsu) meaning "section, period, verse, melody" and 子 (ko) meaning "child"
Yeong-Suk: (in this case) Virtuous Flower - 영숙 (hangul) or 英淑 (hanja)
From Sino-Korean 英 (yeong) meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero" and 淑 (suk) meaning "good, pure, virtuous, charming". Other hanja character combinations are possible.
Last name: Clarke
Nickname/alias: Setsu (節 - melody) or Yeong (英 - here in the sense of brave)
Age: 22
Date of Birth: 21st of January
Place of Birth: Osaka, Japan
Current location: Seoul, South Korea

Gender: Agender woman, she/they/it pronouns
Sexuality: Bisexual, biromantic, no lean

FAMILY:

Father:
First name: Eric
Last name: Clarke
Place of Birth: Birmingham, United Kingdom
Relationship status: Married

Mother:
First name: Bo-yeong (寶 - precious flower). She doesn't have a Japanese middle name, as her parents wanted her to be proud of her Korean side
Birth last name: Ishioka (石岡 - stone mount). This could come from one of her ancestors, who according to family rumors fled his village to live with his wife alone in a rocky mountain
**Note: Bo-yeong's mother is Korean and her father is Japanese, which is why she has a japanese last name
Marriage last name: Clarke
Place of Birth: Kyoto, Japan
Relationship status: Married


PHYSICAL:

Height: 168 cms
Weight: 60 kgs

Eyes:
Color: Lapis, due to a genetic condition
Shape: Almond shaped, monolid

Hair:
Length: reaches her lower back, completely straight
Color: naturally dark brown, but she dyed it black with red highlights

Skin tone: Warm ivory
Body type: hourglass
Remarkable traits: the scar running across the right side of her face up to her nose

Piercings: a golden tongue piercing and a golden septum piercing, multiple black colored ear piercings on both ears.
Tattoos: A tattoo of a sakura flower surrounded by music notes of the song her parents composed for her when she was born. It references her first and middle names, and her relationship with music.

Any illness: none that she's aware of

MENTAL/PERSONALITY:

Any known mental illness: ??? Trauma due to the event that caused her scar

Phobias and fears: Scared/really anxious that people will make comments about her face because of her scar, especially in Japan and Korea, in the music industry, although she hides that fear from everyone

Personality: Outgoing when she's in a good mood, joyful, supportive of her friends, although she is quite introverted and can become really quiet and absent if she needs to charge her social batteries

Likes: animals, playing the guitar, singing, eating with her friends, doing imitations, K-pop, vocaloid, anime etc

Dislikes: bad people in general, xenophobia, standards in the kpop idol industry

Weird habits:

FAMILY AND CHARACTER BACKSTORY:

Setsuko's mother being Japanese-Korean and her dad being English makes her a person of mixed origins.
She's technically wasian, but has only the Japanese and Korean nationalities.
Her parents met in college, dated, got married and had her in Japan, though she lived for several years in Korea as well.
Her parents would often take her there to see her relatives, them being the family of her grandmother.

Her mom was born in Japan but moved back to Korea when she was 5 with her parents (Korean mother, Japanese father) so she could have both nationalities and travel however she wanted between the two countries.

Her dad was born in England but always had a passion for Japanese and Korean culture, as well as the opportunities there. He went to college in Tokyo, where he met his wife.

That makes Setsuko 50% English, 25% Japanese and 25% Korean.
Although being born in Japan and her mom having the double nationality played a lot, and she's now considered fully Asian, nationality-wise.

Having blue eyes and naturally lighter hair so different from the other kids at school got her to be bullied a lot, eventually leading to bigger problems. One day, kids were throwing rocks near her to scare her, but one rock was thrown too hard and hit her in the face, leaving a permanent scar on it.

After that, Setsuko changed her behavior drastically for a few years, refusing to interact with anyone at school, even the teachers. She would only do her work on paper. She even cut her hair much shorter as a sign of rebellion of some sort. At home however, or with her relatives she would still talk as much as she used to. She would also sing a lot, wherever she would go, other than at her school.

This earned her to be quite known in her neighborhood and certain karaoke bars, where she would sing with her parents.
She had always been into music, since her parents themselves are musicians and singers. Her father plays piano and her mother plays violin, often letting Setsuko join in with them with her soft voice.

When she was 13, her parents moved with her to Busan and she tried to be selected as a trainee. She managed to get good scores in vocals, rapping and even dance, but the judges eventually dropped her because her scar was too visible and could never be hidden well enough for her to have a perfect skin.
Setsuko then decided to sing and play on her own, the western way, gaining her own success.

With her parents' help, she released 2 mini albums, "A child of light" and "Rightful feelings" between the age of 14 and 17. She then focused on releasing covers of songs she liked, in a special EP. After graduating, she was able to focus fully on music and released her 3rd mini album, "My side", which had a lot of success.

She eventually signed a contract at JYPE at 19 and got to do collabs with 4th Generation K-pop groups Stray Kids and Ateez, gaining more fame. She also had collabs with famous Japanese artists like Ado.

At now 22 she keeps on releasing tracks, working as a soloist idol, collaborating with independent musician friends from time to time. When they perform together they use the group name "So(u)lists".

Setsuko is capable of speaking English, Japanese and Korean fluently. She works with advertisers in Japan and does lots of photoshoots for them.
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