Masako Hara

Clan	Toreador
Position	None
Status	4
Domain	Iowa City, IA
Coterie	None
Society	{{{Society}}}
Path	Humanity 000
Player	Mandie Valandingham

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Overview

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Alias(es):

Real Name: Masako Yoshida

Apparent Age: Mid twenties

Concept: Speaker for the Dead

Physical description: Masako is a delicate bird of a woman, her height not even reaching five feet tall. She prefers to wear traditional kimonos of her station when entertaining, yet during her time as scourge she was known to sport more casual clothing. She keeps her black hair cut short to her chin, and her gentle features shift from an absent gaze to a charming smile.

Detailed Status:

• Acknowledged by Prince Guillaume of Bonn, Switzerland
• Adored by Primogen Alicia Fitzgerald from Bonn, Switzerland
• Honorable by Primogen Heinrich Von Strauss from Copenhagen, Denmark
• Dedicated by Primogen Sara Durward from Iowa City, Iowa

Known History

Masako was a popular Geisha from the Gion Kōbu okiya in Kyoto, Japan. Her gifts as a medium manifested themselves at puberty, and her shrewd "Mother" made full advantage of this. Masako became a highly publicized Reibai (spirit medium) who would entertain as well as cast fortunes, attend shrine dedications and speak to dead ancestors.

She appeared out of nowhere in eastern Europe somewhere around the 1930's, and by the end of the second World War was embraced by the Toreador Jasper Renfield of Bonn, Switzerland.

Masako has kept a rather low profile since her embrace, and was a citizen of Copenhagen, Denmark until her arrival to the United States. She has starred in a documentary film, Ghost Stories which has earned her much fame as a Medium. It was released in 2010 with great success. (Fame 5: Medium)

Coterie

None Known

Allies

• Joseph Hanover (Ventrue)

• Michael Kein (Ventrue)

• Blackwood X (Nosferatu)

• Maxwell Trent (Nosferatu)

• Gary Kowaleski (Nosferatu)

• Faith Williams (Toreador)

• Cricket Mariott (Toreador)

• Shane Masters (Toreador)

• Walker Two-Feet (Gangrel)

• Adrienne Stratton (Tremere)

• Frankie Dean Giovanni (Giovanni)

• Vincent Rosselini (Giovanni)

• Vincent Giovanni (Giovanni)

• Richard St. John (Giovanni)

• Ari Rothstein (Giovanni, Deceased)

Enemies

Oh, I'm sure they're out there....

Sire

Jasper Renfield, Keeper of Elysium in Bonn, Switzerland.

Childer

None

Broodmates

None

Character Inspirations

• Kikko from Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show.
• Honne-Onna, a mythical yōkai of Japanese folklore.
• Kikyo from the Inu Yasha series.
• Mei from House of Flying Daggers

Quotes

"Wait. Sshh....did you hear that?" Masako Hara
"She's like a living china doll. I'll bet it takes the same amount of pressure to break her." -Augustine St. Just

Rumors

• Masako speaks excellent English, but it is known to degrade at whim. Especially if she thinks she is in trouble.

• Is very particular to differentiate the difference in pronunciation between her name and that of Her Fury, the Former Brujah Justicar Masako. She pronounces her name with a emphasis on the softer S sounds (Masa-ko), as indicative of the dialect of her native region.

• Is not really a Toreador, but a very clever Malkavian. It would explain how she is constantly hearing "voices nobody else can hear"

• Was once given a pony as a gift from JP, the childe of Joseph Hanover.

• Served as a "humane" scourge for some time in Iowa City, and was highly effective. She resigned however fearing the toll it was taking on her humanity.

• Was a Allied Spy during WWII.

• Has a very strong fear of mirrors.

• Been on the arm of several Camarilla luminaries, and some Giovanni. However, she only claims one kindred patron whom she entertains almost exclusively.

• Lived in Japan for several years as a Kindred, and was tolerated by the Jade Court.

• Has an odd choice of "friends." Those whom she has been known to frequent the company of are either of very low humanity or are otherwise rather creepy.

• People have reported seeing a ethereal black cat on her shoulder, with a white mask and white socks and glowing green eyes. She seems to defer to it frequently.