name: Kintara Shikoba
alias: Magical Savior Shihoko
     Age: 17                                      hair: dirty blond, ankle length
     Gender: F - catgirl                     eyes: blue gray
     Height: 5’8”
     Weight: 125 lbs.
     likes: Martial arts, anime, kareoke, role playing, boys
     dislikes: homework, rainy days, parents, and work
     fave subject: PE and music
     least fave: math and science
     occupation: high school student, part time courtesy clerk at local grocery store
     has trouble with: bad temper and controlling temper
     blood type: O+
     birthday: March 21
     fave gem: Black onyx, amethyst
     fave animal: cat                                     least fave: dog, snake
     fave food: sushi                                     least fave: instant miso soup
     dating status: single                               dominant hand: right

     colors of choice: pink, violet, lavander, light blue, silver, white.

     fave songs: ‘Around the World’ (ATC), ‘The Itch’ (Vitamin C), Graduation (Vitamin C), Put a Smile on Your Face (Vitamin C), ‘Take Your Courage’ (L-o-N).

     song to describe Kintara: 'Don’t Be Discouraged' (Megumi Hayashibara)

     fave movies: Cardcaptor Sakura, Sailor Moon R, S, and Super S, Slayers (all of them), Princess Mononoke, Iczelion (she’s REALLLLY into anime).

     what she wears: Outside of work it’s usually jeans or shorts or long skirts, blouses over midriff tops or baggy sweatshirts, and boots or sneakers. For work it’s usually skirts (knee length or slightly above) and usually violet, blue, or white blouses. For school she wears a traditional sailor style fuku consisting of a knee length blue skirt (though she gets away with wearing a leather mini sometimes), a white blouse with red trim, and a neckerchief of red with golden trim. Also wears knee high socks with open topped loafers. For dressy occassions she wears chinese style silk dresses, generally black or deep purple with silver embroidery. She also wears clothes that Maho makes for her (half of her closet is dedicated to them).

     powers: heightened agility, strength, and speed. Can move fast enough to create an after image if she so desires. Great skill in martial arts.

     special strength: Looks out for her friends and protects them. (Loyalty)

     wish list: black belt, 4th level (is currently third level blackbelt in several forms of martial arts and has yet to make 4th); something to keep Taylor and Tanlynn from driving her insane.

     Kintara’s the middle child in the Shikoba household, with her brother Takana (Taka Baka or ‘Kana are her nicknames for him) being the oldest, and the twins Taylor and Tanlynn (the twin terrors) being the youngest memebers of the family. As the middle child she feels like she’s going to go crazy at times. Also, being the only girl in a house filled with men is enough to make her want her own bathroom. (“DAD!! WE need another bathroom!! Tanlynn just picked the lock and.... GET THAT CAMERA OUT OF HERE YOU LITTLE PERVERT!! MOMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!”).
     Takana looks out for her when she’s feeling exhausted from work, and Taylor and Tanlynn also pick up on this at times and cool down a bit. She does nice things for them sometimes (key word being sometimes), since she usually spends part of her paycheck on fun stuff, and puts the rest into a savings account for later. Her mother works the late shift as a security officer at a local business office, and her father works mornings at a print shop, but at night takes classes to catch up on his education. Both of her parents dream of their daughter going through college, and have saved extensively for her and her brothers. She knows that Takana is under pressure at school to finish with exams so that he can get into the best university, and oftentimes tells her parents to phone Maho to babysit the twins so that he can get some peace and quiet.
     She has a very magnetic personality, and when one meets her they immediately want to know her a bit better. Everyone says there’s just something about her that makes her special. At work she gets along with everyone (except for Sanderson, her boss, who drives her up a wall), and she rarely loses her temper. There was one time when she saw red that she nearly took somebody’s head off, but that was because the customer was a real jerk and pushed all of her buttons. (“Here kitty, kitty, kitty. Does kitty-witty want some kibble-wibble?” “Oh, just FRAG OFF!!”)
     When she’s not at work or in school she enjoys martial arts, and when not practicing she loves to take in a magical girl anime feature at the local ciniplex. She also loves to dance, and will drag Tsukiri, Maho, and Reiko to the local dance club to get her groove on and get her freak on.
     At home she usually shuts herself in her room and cranks up the stereo to drown out the constant battle between the twins. Her parents have told her numerous times to use earphones, but even those aren’t enough at times to drown out the constant screaming and shouting. She just wants some peace and quiet. Nothing more.

     voted: most likely to use boss or customer as scratching post; most likely to kill to get her kibble; Least likely to gouge out an eye with her claws.

     History as Shihoko: Before she met Albarsis she’d had dreams where she was dressed as a magical heroine, overlooking the city with a small dragon floating next to her. These dreams had repeated several times until that fateful day when a monster appeared in the parking lot outside of the supermarket where she worked and attacked her friend Tomoko. Albarsis took that moment to make his appearance and give her the bracelet she wears around her left wrist which she uses to transform into Magical Savior Shihoko. Since that day she hasn’t looked back, only forward, to when she can live a normal life again. Until then she’s ready for action.

     special techniques: Aura Cannon, Obliteration Blast, Limit String (Tifa’s from FF7), Heaven’s Strike.

     Aura Cannon: Her gloves glow, globes of energy forming around her hands. She vaults into the air towards her opponant and brings both hands up behind her head and arches her back. When she nears the peak of her jump she brings her hands forward in a body twisting hurl, releasing the accumulated energy as a solid beam of energy. This is her easiest tech to pull off, since it doesn’t require much preparation time.

     Obliteration Blast: More powerful than the Aura Cannon by five times, this technique is a sure fire way to blow up a large opponant or do some heavy duty landscaping. She clasps her right hand around her left wrist and brings her hand above her head, where her left glove and both bracelets begin to glow. A globe of energy forms around her hands, growing to the size of a beachball. She releases her hand and brings it down behind her like she’s about to go bowling. She pitches her hand forward, releasing the globe, which explodes into a large wave of pure energy which strikes her target and literally vaporizes it.

     Limit String: As an ex-video game junkie she knows the best attacks of some of her characters. While playing Fantasia Finale 7 she fell in love with one of the female leads, who was a martial artist. When she first became Magical Savior Shihoko she used this limit string, with devestating results. First comes Beat Rush, then somersault. Next’s Water kick and Meteodrive. Third comes Dolphin Blow and Meteor Strike. And the finisher is Final Heaven. She memorized the limit string and how each move is performed, so that her results are devestating.

     Heaven’s Strike: Her most powerful attack. This is 10 times deadlier than the Obliteration Blast and has the force equal to that of a Tactical Nuclear Missile or two. Not only does she gather energy into her bracelets and gloves, but she literally overloads her body with energy until she’s glowing and sparking. At that point she launches herself into the sky, where she’s seen only as a glowing point against the horizon. At the peak of her jump she flips and dives at the enemy, rearing her hands back before punching them forward. The impact is dizzying, and the resulting explosion could easily blast a crater several hundred yards wide into the landscape. She’s nicknamed this technique “The Landscaper” since it deals a lot of collaterol property damage. Albarsis has since told her to sideline this tech and use it only a) when they’re fighting in a wide open space and 2) when she’s with the others so that somebody can watch her back, since the blast leaves her drained.

     Transformation: She raises her left wrist into the air and clutches the bracelet with her right hand. The gem in the bracelet glows silver white as a second bracelet forms around her right wrist. She crosses her arms before her face as her clothes melt away, a glow surrounding her body to hide her nudity. The glow solidifies into a remarkably comfortable body suit, consisting of a tight fitting short sleeved top and knee length shorts, of gold with black and crimson trim. Shoulder armor, feminine chest armor, and some hip armor of silver with golden trim forms, as well as golden knee high boots with silvery armor on the shins. A crown of some sort forms around her head, a visor of light blue forming over her eyes.

    weapon: glove / claw. (duel gloves / claws)