Nana OC #3

Name: Gwendolyn Roxanne Banks
Nickname(s): Gwen (by everyone), Roxi (by everyone), Sweet Thing (by Shin), Baby Girl (by Shin), The Black Widow (hacker/online alias), Pit Bull (MMA nickname)
Age: 18
Birthday: March 5th
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual
Race/Heritage: African-American and Japanese
Place Of Birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Current Residence: Tokyo, Japan


Height: 5'4
Weight: 180 lbs
Build: Thick and curvy with some muscle.
Distinctive Features: Gwen's most distinctive feature is her long beautiful hair.
Physical/Mental Disabilities: Gwen has Type 1 diabetes.


Occupation: College Student and Dancer


Religion: Agnostic
Hobbies: Gwendolyn likes to write/read, play video games, and cook.
Skills: Gwendolyn is a talented dancer and she's a practitioner of MMA. She's also excellent with technology to the point of being dangerous.
Languages Spoken: English, Japanese, Spanish


Family
Father: David Banks | Emergency Physician | Alive
Mother: Aiko Banks (nee Yumi) | Police Officer | Alive
Older Sister: Teri Banks | Law Student | Alive
Older Sister: Maxine Banks | Firefighter/Paramedic | Alive

Past: Born to an African-American father and Japanese mother, Gwendolyn's destiny was set in stone from birth. From the time she learned to walk, she showed an interest in dancing which her parents noticed and they decided to enroll their youngest daughter in dancing classes. Gwendolyn quickly became one of her teacher's best students over the years and her main style of dancing was hip-hop although she liked experimenting with other styles as well, wanting to be more diverse. She also showed great talent with technology and code which only made her more of an outcast because of her gender.

Outside of dance and tech however, Gwendolyn didn't fair very well. Because of her mixed heritage, she was often bullied and became a reclusive outcast, only keeping to herself and being quite shy and meek. The only solace she had outside of school was her family as she often had to deal with cattiness from the fellow girls in her dance class due to her talent and mixed heritage. When Gwendolyn's mom suggested she take up MMA training at the age of 10, she decided to do so which shot her confidence up and enabled her to stand up to her more physical bullies.

Despite all of the bullies trying to keep her down, Gwendolyn persevered and continued to shine, even finding friends that were either foreigners or mixed race like her and beginning to get out more, truly experiencing life for the first time. She graduated from high school and got a scholarship to Nihon Kogakuin College thanks to her dancing and hacking talents, double majoring in Dance and Systems Engineering.

Now Gwendolyn's enjoying her newfound freedom as a college student and is working very hard to become a better person and find her place in society.


Personality: Gwendolyn is ultra-feminine and often highly attractive. She's a huge dreamer as well as mysterious, spiritual, imaginative, sensual, and idealistic. Gwendolyn often senses and feels things which other less sensitive folk miss, sometimes making her seem more than a little psychic and mysterious at times. She often picks up on the subtle and unspoken, and is often skilled at subconsciously reading signals from others, such as body language. Gwen is many would consider otherworldly.

 

Gwen is very loyal and devoted practically to a fault. It takes a lot for her to swim away and escape from a situation and even then, the process can take months to years because of how forgiving she is. But when she's had enough, she will walk away permanently and never go back. Although her tough, quiet shell may say otherwise, Gwen is a romantic to the core and is actually rather sensitive and longing. But she hides it all away because of her issues with bullying and low self-esteem. Gwen is an escapist and secretive as well as vague. She doesn't intend to shut people out; she just has to escape and retreat into her world sometimes. It's no surprise that Gwen is an introvert.
 

Gwen is assertive, strong, fierce, daring and won't back down from a fight despite her quiet, kind demeanor. If anyone picks on her, she'll beat them twice as hard as they give it to her. Gwen is also extremely honest and willing to act on her emotions. When she struggles or if someone hurts her, the whole world will know about it. When Gwen's angry, she acts on it without batting an eye. While there are many people who admire this quality about her, it can also cause Gwen trouble and rub people the wrong way. Gwen is often apologetic about that part of her and tries to hide it but she won't stand by and allow others to be hurt nor will she allow anyone to hurt her.

Crush: Shinichi Okazaki, Nobuo Terashima, Nana Komatsu, Yasu Takagi