Biography
Name and Meaning
Usagi Asagao. Her first name means “rabbit” and her surname means “morning glory”.
Age and Birthday
18, March 3rd
Appearance
She has red eyes, white eyelashes, and white hair tied into two ponytails. She wears silver glasses. She has a pale complexion and stands at 5'3". She has albinism and astigmatism.
Nationality
Japanese
Ethnicity
Japanese
Personality
Usagi Asagao is calm and reserved. She is also introspective and thoughtful. Usagi Asagao is extremely sensitive and gets anxious when pushed to take risks. However, as the vice-captain, she has a serious nature and is capable. When it comes to her studies and basketball, she perseveres. She is physically active as she enjoys running, riding her bike, and playing basketball.
Mottos
“Move swiftly towards your target.”
Sexual Preferences
Biromantic / bisexual
Likes
Her favorite food is carrot cake. Her best subject is Physical Education.
Dislikes
Immature people
Hobbies
Aside from basketball, her hobbies are running and biking. On her free time, she watches bike races.
Specialties
She is the small forward on Jūban High's girls' basketball team. Her best basketball skill is doing drives. Her specialty is doing the bunny hop on her bike.
Committees
She is the vice-captain of Jūban High's girls' basketball team.
Background
Her father, Taichi, is a basketball coach while her mother, Ran, is a travel agent. In her family, Usagi and her older twin brother by three minutes, Usami, have albinism. Her father taught her and her brother how to play basketball inside a basketball gym and they fell in love with the sport. Usagi wanted to learn how to bike so with her father’s assistance, she learned how to ride a bike with the necessary precautions. She joined Jūban High school’s girls’ basketball team as a small forward. She got to play as a regular and her jersey number was #5. At some point in her second year, she was chosen to be the vice-captain.
Relationships
Family
her parents — Taichi and Ran Asagao, Usami Asagao (her elder twin brother)
As twin siblings, they were usually by each other’s side and playing basketball together. However, as people with albinism, they both faced discrimination as they could hear people whispering stuff about their appearance or making pitiful remarks about their condition. Their mother made sure they had the proper sun protection when they went to a park, but the kids made mean remarks about their looks and Usami held Usagi as she cried to cover her from the mean kids. After that incident, they didn’t leave their house as much but when Usagi expressed the interest in learning how to bike, he asked her if she thought about it carefully. After responding in the affirmative, Usami encouraged her to do so then in junior high, he decided to go apply for the boys’ basketball team since basketball is a team sport and encouraged her to apply for the girls’ team. After making it in as regulars on their respective teams, they both congratulated each other.
Friends
Sayo Minamoto
They have been friends and playing basketball together since junior high and went to the same high school together. Both are reserved girls who like doing physical activity whether individually or together. Because of their reserved nature, they can spend time together even when running together in silence. They run or play basketball together. The pair gets odd looks due to their height difference. Sayo is independent and doesn't like relying on others so she bears the team's losses alone but Usagi tells her that she should rely on her to help shoulder the burden of the team.
Konezu Kenmochi
She usually sees her vice-captain take the same biking route as her and asked Usagi if she also biked to school which her upperclassman confirmed. Konezu also asked Usagi “By the way Senpai, of course you also like basketball to be on the team but do you also like biking aside from it being a convenient way of going to school?” Usagi replied “Of course. I also like watching bike races.” Konezu asked her if she could come watch a biking race with her some time and Usagi smiled “Of course.” Konezu asked Usagi if she would like to join the sports committee, but Usagi refused since she wasn’t into watching other sports like Konezu was. Konezu also likes running so she sometimes joins Usagi and Sayo when they run around the park if she’s not running with Yusuke.
Rivals
N/A
Love Interests
N/A
Her type of person is driven.
Player She Has Her Eyes On
Yukio Kasamatsu
Past Life
N/A
Stats
Stats
Physical ability: 8/10
Technique: 8/10
Stamina: 8/10
Mental strength: 5/10
Special ability: 5/10
Lei Motif
N/A
Miscellaneous
Inspirations
To my regret, I wasn't able to have Sailor Senshi based on the Eastern Zodiac so I want to include 12 civilian characters in Senshi no Basuke that allude to those twelve animals. Usagi is based on the rabbit so she has traits of the rabbit person and thanks to Hindustan Times which equated Pisces with the rabbit. Thanks to The Character Traits of People Born In The Year of The Rabbit for helping me describe her personality's traits. 3 is one of the lucky numbers for a rabbit person. Thanks to Rose for suggesting I use the name, Usagi, for one of my original characters. The fact she has an elder twin brother who also has albinism was inspired by the manhwa, Black Winter.