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Character

Name: Touya

Series: Yu Yu Hakusho

Timeline: About 6 hours after his team loses to Team Urameshi at the Dark Tournament

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Personality:

Touya, despite the fact that he goes against traditional teachings of shinobi by going out into the world and revealing himself, is extremely concerned about honor. He does not want to win the Dark Tournament as cheaters, despite what Team Masho's leader, Risho, wants to do. He is even assaulted by Risho when trying to plead with him that their honor was more important than cheating just to win the tournament. He truly cares for his shinobi brethren that stood with him and challenged traditional shinobi values of staying quiet and in the dark, not letting other people know that they existed. When he steps into the ring during the Dark Tournament to fight Kurama, the first thing he says is that his teammate's death would not be in vain. He also references his teammate that died before him in the ring a couple more times during the fight, saying he would make the most of his sacrifice. As well, he asks Kurama to kill him after being defeated, a practice expected when a shinobi loses in order to preserve their honor. Kurama did not acquiesce, wanting to know more about why the shinobi are suddenly revolting. Touya comes to respect not only Kurama, but Team Urameshi in general for their tactics, strength and honor.

He is also extremely ambitious. Despite what he was taught, he wanted to live life his own way, which meant to him not operating in the dark. And so, he and his teammates sought to find a place of their own, where they were free from having to work covertly. They entered the Dark Tournament in the first place because the prize for winning the whole thing was any wish. They all wished for the island the tournament was being held on as their prize--their very own place to live and do as they wished. This goes directly against centuries of shinobi masters.

Touya is usually calm and quiet, but he is extremely fierce when fighting Kurama. He is relentless with his attacks on his opponent, even taunting him. However, he is very calculating and cautious. He saw what Kurama could do during the fight with Gama, his teammate, and so decides it's best to keep his distance, despite Kurama not being able to use his energy. He also is quick to notice that Kurama was trying to distract him with smalltalk while the seal on Kurama's energy weakened.

He is very hard-working. One doesn't become a Master of Ice in the Demon World without many years (probably hundreds) of hard work. Even after being defeated by Kurama, he only wants to train harder to fight against Team Urameshi once again. He trains with Genkai, Yusuke's teacher, in order to become stronger.

Touya is also somewhat stubborn. When Kurama asks why exactly Touya and the rest of the shinobi are fighting, Touya explains that they are doing it for the "light". However, Kurama asks for further clarification, and though Touya doesn't really have an answer, he still clings to the idea and philosophy of what he's doing and why.

He doesn't associate with anyone too closely. The only exception is Jin. The two of them are almost always seen together. Outside of fighting Team Urameshi, they go to watch the finals of the Dark Tournament together. When things get hairy for people sitting in the audience, Jin automatically throws up a wind barrier to protect the both of them. As well, the two of them decide to train with Genkai together.

Strengths/Weaknesses: Try to cover the good points of what they can do, their life skills (not necessarily powers, but things they're just good at). Go into their biggest fears and what they just can’t do.

+ Calculating: Touya is an assassin and wouldn’t be Master of Ice of the most infamous sect of the Demon World shinobi if he wasn’t capable of advanced strategy

+Cautious: Again, Touya would not stay alive very long in the shinobi if he was not somewhat cautious. He begins his battle against a severely handicapped opponent by attacking him long distance, not wanting to close in, in case his opponent decided to use a trick he has not seen yet.

+Competitive: Later in the series, Touya reveals that he has been training since the Dark Tournament (about 2 years previous) in order to possibly fight against Yuusuke Urameshi, one of the strongest beings in either human or demon worlds.

+Fighting skills: Touya was trained to use his Demon Energy to help him fight, but he is still very competent at hand to hand combat without the use of weapons.

+Hard working: The fact that Touya is considered one of the strongest Ice demons on the Demon Plane is proof that he had to work hard to get there. Later in the series, he trains for two months with one of the greatest psychics to ever live in order to become even stronger.

+Honor-bound: Touya’s team is sponsored in the Dark Tournament by a human billionaire. He uses his money to give his team advantages. Touya is not pleased about it, but plays along in the hopes of avenging a fallen teammate. However, he does step up to say something to his leader later in the round, saying that it wasn’t right for them to have to cheat to win the round, let alone the tournament.

+Survival Skills: As an assassin that lives off the land essentially in Demon World, Touya is perfectly capable of being dropped anywhere and surviving.

- Cocky: Touya believed that because he had a handicap over his opponent, Kurama, he could finish him off easily. He begins the battle with a degree of caution, but by the end, he underestimates his opponent and wants to finish him off after toying with him for a while. This gave his opponent extra time to consider a strategy which ultimately led to Touya’s defeat. He does not exhibit this trait consistently.

-Little knowledge of human customs and social norms: Spending his entire life amongst demons as an assassin hasn’t made him particularly apt to being sociable, especially with humans.

-Stubborn: When asked about his ideology and obsession with being in the “light”, he has no answer for his opponent, clinging to the idea despite his lack of answer.

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Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Sneasel

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