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Trooper Name: Kôrin no Seiji, or Seiji of Nimbus or (Sage of the Hailow) Age: 14 (TV series), 16 (Gaiden), 17 (Kikoutei and Message) Height: 167 cm/5'5" (TV series), 175 cm/5'9" (Message) Weight: 58 kg/128 lbs (TV series), 61 kg/134 lbs (Message) Birthdate: June 9 1973 Birthplace: Miyagi Astrological sign: Gemini Blood Type: B Advantages: cheerful, outgoing, optimistic, adventurous, active, sensitive, kind. Disadvantages: forgetful, undecided, disorganized, noisy, spontaneous, prone to exaggeration |
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Virtue: "rai," meaning "courtesy" or "grace" Element: Spirit Yoroi: Seiji's green yoroi is Korin, Halo, and draws power from any light source. He has a no-dachi with a shuriken at its hilt, Korin Ken, that can be hung on his back. Skills: Seiji is a master with a blade, he can wield his no-dachi with one or two hands. Special Attack: Rai kô zan (Lightning Strike or Lightning Cut) which is either a ball of light thrown from his blade or a focused on his blade as he jumps and slashes. Favorite Sport: Kendo Interests: Avant Garde Bonzai, Bamboo Flute, Repairing Swords, and anything sword-related, F1 Racing, Cycling. Dislikes: Talking with girls. Family: Father:Also a practioner of kendo but is part of the police force. He married into the Date family. Mother: Second only to Seiji's grandfather in the dojo. Grandfather: Unusually strict, the walking precepts of the Date house. A very hearty old man, he is largely responsible for Seiji's upbringing. He was educated as a Bushi (warrior) of the Eido period and taught Seiji to be the same. Yayoi: Seiji's older sister by five years. During the TV series she was a medical school student. She uses formal language like Seiji, and is said to be a talented kendo practitioner as well. Yayoi has and does teases Seiji so much, that it makes it very hard for him to talk with girls. Satsuki: Seiji's younger sister by two years. She speaks normally, unlike her older siblings, and doesn't seem to have much interest in kendo. She calls Seiji "ni-chan." Seiji's family, Date, is descended from Date Masamune. He is a famous general who built a castle in Sendai, the prefectural capital of Miyagi. He only had one eye and was often called the 'One-Eyed Dragon.' Touma asks Seiji about that in the second TV episode. Seiji may live on the outskirts of Sendai, in the family dojo, which he will one day inherit. He is known as the 'young master.' Seiji was quite rebellious when he was younger. It wasn't that he didn't like kendo, he didn't like all the etiquette. To teach him restraint, his grandfather made him study bonzai and the bamboo flute in order to teach Seiji how to calm himself. For generations, the Date family has passed down the story of a yoroi, actually Korin. Seiji recieved his yoroi after he demonstrated that he understood the concepts of 'REI.' In the summer of his second year of junior high, Seiji was challenged at his dojo by another famous kendo practitioner, Kazamatsuri Shingo. Seiji had won that year's spring kendo tournament for Northeast Japan but Shingo hadn't attended. He wanted to try now. Seiji's grandfather forced him into the fight. During the fight, when Shingo was losing, he threw something into Seiji's eye. However, only Seiji's left eye was affected, his right covered by his hair. Angrily, he knocked off Shingo's face protector(HUGE breach of etiquette) and knocked him out. No one else noticed what Shingo did. Seiji's grandfather, furious, sent Seiji down to the basement for punishment. It wasn't till later when Shingo woke up did everyone learn the truth. By drawing shame to himself, Seiji 'saved' Shingo because if Shingo's deception had become known he would have been forever banned from Kendo. While in the basement, Seiji found Korin. Seiji is very proper, and speaks a very formal version of Japanese. He hates lies and evil. Though often in control and calm, Seiji can be driven into a nearly blind rage. He is identified as the pretty boy of the group. It caused quite an uproar among Trooper fans when Seiji drove Nasuti's car when he was only 14. The legal driving age in Japan is 18. He also won a race car race when he was sixteen. When Seiji was very young, his health was very fragile. His family dressed him up as a girl, a belief that girls are easier to raise than boys. Seiji doesn't remember this. During Seiji's rebellious childhood, he once took the family's sacred sword and played with it in the courtyard. While playing, he broke one of his grandfather's bonzais. His grandfather never noticed becuase a tulip was placed there but Seiji dreaded the punishment that would come if his grandfather ever found out. In elementary school, Seiji's friends usually cried whenever they saw both of his eyes, saying it looked scary. Seiji's eyesight is very sharp and the paleness of his eyes makes them look hard. Yayoi suggested Seiji cover one of his eyes so his friends wouldn't be scared. Also during that time, Seiji's sister would use him like a toy for dress up. Yayoi has a picture of him with ribbons in his hair. Seiji was vice-president of the Kendo club at his junior high in seventh grade and the president in eighth grade. Because of the battle with Arago which occurred in the spring of 1988, Seiji did not attend the kendo tournament. Shingo won the championship that year and later wrote a letter to Seiji, hoping that they'll meet at next year's tournament. It was in this letter that Touma and Shuu got the idea to cut Seiji's hair. Shingo had written that Seiji didn't look bad with both eyes, why didn't he cut his hair? Touma and Shin chased Seiji with scissors. (Now what's that about not running with sharp objects?) They didn't read the postcript where Shingo speculated that maybe Seiji's victory were due partly to how intimidating Seiji looks with both eyes showing. |
