Kotone
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kotone yamada
info
- birthdayMarch 3rd
- age 16
- gender male (he/him)
- height 5 ft 4 in
- hair color black & blonde
- eye color green
- blood type AB
- quirkVamplify
- statusAlive
- birthplaceTokyo
- occupationStudent
- affiliationUA High School
- english voiceTBA
- japanese voiceTBA
summary
Kotone is the child of Muse and Hizashi Yamada in a timeskip au starting 4 years from the current events of the manga.
He wants to be a hero like his parents, but later comes to the realization that he's only doing what he thinks is expected of him and not what he really wants to do.
PERSONALITY
bold • impulsive • follower
As a young child, Kotone was a rather bold and rebellious kid enjoying acting like the leader of his friend group and wanting to appear tough, cool, and like he's the life of the party. However, he's also extremely self conscious and when he realizes that his impulsive decisions have the potential to hurt others he immediately regrets his choices and often cries for forgiveness, even though his disruptive behavior usually only tend to be harmless pranks.
Little does he know, his flip-flopping attitude is his way of trying to live up to his parent's legacy as well as his personal struggle with his cultural identity. As both of them are pro heroes, Kotone unconsciously feels the pressure to follow their lead, not only in his future career path but also in their personalities. Kotone tries to copy Hizashi's attitude by being impulsive and overconfident, but when it leads to negative outcomes, he shifts to attempting to imitate Muse's more cautious attitude.
All his life, Kotone aspired to be a hero like his parents and began learning about hero history and his quirk from an early age in order to master it before even attending UA. As such, by the time he's in high school, he's an experienced student who easily earns top marks in his classes. However, in his second year of high school Kotone would discover that he found the constant stresses of hero work to be too much for him. This revelation was a shock to both his teachers and parents, as he had never shown any signs of falling behind or being uninterested in his work. Kotone eventually realized that the reason why his work continued to stay strong despite his internal struggles was because he genuinely enjoyed using his Quirk and learning about and watching other heroes, he simply felt that he wasn't cut out for the responsibility of being a pro hero.
After realizing that he doesn't have to follow in the footsteps of his parents Kotone began to blossom into his own person. No longer is he impulsive and regretful, but an assured person who understands himself in his limitations. Still, he's a goofy, fun loving guy with a wonderful sense of humor who wants nothing more than to be wild and free.
LIKES
- loud music
- having a lot of friends
- vampire movies
- staying up late
DISLIKES
- inconveniencing others
- blood
- his name
- the sight of hurt people
FAVOURITES
- FOOD | lamb
- DRINK | coke
- COLOR | red
- time of day | night
- ANIMAL | lions
- HOLIDAY | Christmas
- SEASON | spring
- genre | horror
trivia
- Kotone is autistic
- Kotone's name was chosen both for it's Japanese meaning and English sound; 琴 (koto), which refers to a type of musical instrument similar to a harp, combined with 音 (ne) meaning "sound", and the English pronunciation of "tone"
- Kotone is bilingual and speaks both Japanese and English
aesthetic
quirk & abilities
vamplify
Kotone has the ability to amplify the sound of anything he touches and steal the voices of people he bites. Like his dad, he was able to use his quirk at birth.
As a young child he could only amplify the sound of things he could hear, and had a limit to how much he could amplify (about 130 decibels). By touching another part of his body he could amplify his own voice.
When Kotone reached high school and began training his quirk he gained the ability to amplify anything, even past the 130 db threshold and can amplify the sound of anything he can hear, regardless of if he's touching it or not.
He can steal someone's voice by biting them. Though the effect usually lasts for about 10 minutes, he can make it last up to 20 if he bites their neck, and if he draws blood he can steal their voice until he bites someone else.
Overall abilities:
- enhanced hearing - Kotone can hear frequencies up to 150 kHz as well as sounds as quiet as 5 dB. This allows him to use basic echolocation. His hearing his also extremely resilient and can't be damaged by his own quirk or other loud noises.
- enhanced reaction time - Kotone often amplifies the sounds of distant noises to distract his opponents, meaning he has to react extremely quickly to often split-second background noises.
moves
Kotone can amplify the voice of someone he wants to be able to hear more clearly. This is especially useful in finding victims in rescue missions.
Kotone can amplify the sound of an object he isn't touching. This is useful for distracting opponents.
Similarly to his dad, Kotone can amplify his own voice, strong enough to cause a shockwave.
ultimate moves
If Kotone bites something or someone he can temporarily steal and/or amplify their voice. He can only steal one voice at a time and the effect wears off after 10 to 20 minutes.
Kotone can amplify the sound of multiple things around him, overwhelming his opponent.
stats
| Power | 3/5 c | |
| Speed | 2/5 D | |
| Technique | 1/5 F | |
| Intelligence | 4/5 b | |
| cooperativeness | 5/5 A+ |
equipment
rocks
story
date unknown | 3 - 15 years
Kotone attended pre - middle school
- Despite this verse mainly focusing on Kotone's time in high school, he can be portrayed at any age, and details of his time before high school are kept ambiguous due to the chosen area of focus and the uncertain nature of setting a character 10+ years in the future of a piece of media that's not even finished yet. Honestly it might even be a little bold of me to assume UA is still standing but it's my au so whatever.
date unknown | 15 - 18 years
Kotone becomes a UA hero course student. During his first year and a half, he was an exceptional student, but after interning with a hero agency, Kotone realized he wasn't cut out to be a hero. After telling Aizawa about his issue, the two quietly reached an agreement where Aizawa would expel Kotone and he would be placed in general studies, rather than face the shame of dropping out due to something often considered as minor as the every day stress of hero culture.
Though Kotone never becomes a pro hero, he has earned his provisional license, and would have gone by the hero name Ampire.
- Kotone is currently 16 in this verse, in the process of transferring from the hero course to general studies. Anything after this point is considered to not have happened yet and takes place at no specific time.
date unknown | age unknown
Kotone graduates from UA and becomes a sound tech and later goes on to host a hero themed game show.
- Noting at this point has a specific date or age associated with it, therefore these events can happen at any time.
dad
In many ways, Kotone takes after his dad, from similar Quirks to their love of being the center of attention. The two get along well and Kotone looks up to him as a mentor, though he's also easily embarrassed by his dad's undying love of screaming about how amazing his child is at any opportunity, including but not limited to on live tv.
parent
Similarly to his relationship with his dad, Kotone's relationship with Muse is one of admiration, undying support and embarrassment. While Kotone hasn't inherited many of Muse's own abilities, they still mentor him in an emotional sense, as Kotone is prone to making outbursts he later regrets, and Muse's cautious and reserved nature allows them to analyze and relate to Kotone's own feelings.
teacher
Though Aizawa has retired from hero work, he still remains a teacher at UA, partially out of desire to continue teach a new generation of heroes, and partially just because Present Mic pushes him to continue teaching so that he doesn't fall into inactivity.
Despite being the child of his friends, Aizawa is sure not to give him any special treatment, no matter how much Kotone thinks he can weasel his way into being a class favorite.
internship supervisor
During his second year, Kotone interned under Gale Force at the recommendation of Present Mic, as he remembered him from when he was still a high schooler trying to earn his provisional license, and his bold personality reminded him greatly of Kotone's own personality. He's since gone on to become a pro hero with his own agency.
Kotone looks up to Gale Force greatly because he sees himself in his mentor, and he even modeled his most recent hero costume after him.
'aunt' & 'uncle'
Lace and Behe are Kotone's adoptive aunt and uncle from another dimension, often babysitting him and giving him advice.
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