rE:VOLUTION - Yaozu

TL;DR: Comes from China, spent his childhood as a troublemaker, at some point decided to change his life and moved to Midorijima on his own. Lives in there for two years now, does Rhyme for fun and works in a tattoo studio.

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Yaozu comes from the urban part of China, located in east-central part of the country. His father left his mother when Yaozu was still a baby and most of his childhood the boy spent living with his mother and grandpa. He doesn't remember his father and his family never mention the man.

Yaozu's mother has always been a fragile, delicate kind of woman, used to getting overly dramatic and hysterical about the smallest things just to get the attention she craved. It made Yaozu grow immune for her mood swings really quick, and however he never developed any kind of hatred or grunge against her, she's never been any kind of authority to him.

Whenever his mother was getting tired of taking care of him, she was leaving it to her father, Yaozu's grandpa. Grandpa was a watchmaker and a strict, but calm man, not refraining from punishing the boy for his misbehavior. Yaozu from the very beginning was very active and curious kid, used to getting involved into any kinds of troubles and making sure to go through every possible mistake of his young life. No matter what, grandpa always knew how to deal with his bullshit and now when Yaozu is old enough to appreciate it, he respects the man for that.

Yaozu started to cause more troubles when he got older and his grandfather hadn't have such influence over him anymore. Yaozu was angry and lost and it was just a matter of time before he dropped the school. Staying away from home and hanging out with losers similar to himself became his everyday routine. It was a very spontaneous idea when one evening, chilling at the rooftop of the old factory with his buddies, he realized that he doesn't want to be there anymore.  Because what kept him in there really? The reputation he gained over the years was starting to get bothersome and tiring. No one expected from him anything good anymore and that planted the need in the teen to prove them all wrong. If he was about to get a fresh start, he should reach high. That's when the information about Platinum Jail got his attention, and man, it sound like a place to live in.

Having a specific goal in his mind was enough to put his plans into motion. Yaozu's grandpa supported the idea, finding it as a sign that maybe the boy grew up enough to finally do something with his life. It took Yaozu two years to collect enough of money and information to travel and settle down in Hosoo, Midorijima, which wasn't exactly the place he was aiming for, but also wasn't much different from what he used to in his hometown, so it helped him to adapt to the new surrounding easily. Full of motivation and encouraged by his first big success Yaozu started to absorb everything he could, quickly making new buddies and catching up with new technologies and trends. From the money he obtained thanks to different small jobs he got himself an AllMate and shortly after started to do Rhyme.

Thanks to Rhyme he met Noname, the owner of reINKarnation - the tattoo studio where he started to work as a helper shortly after. Tattoos became his new passion.  From his youngest years Yaozu was showing a lot of creativity with ruining the walls of buildings in his neighborhood with graffiti. He decided to channel his artistic abilities to the new level and aim to become a tattoo artist.

RECENT HISTORY

When the rules regarding Rhyme changed, Yaozu was forced to join a team. He chose to become a part of KINGS, a group of strong individuals who same as him seemed to have the strong spark of passion. That's where he met Kazuma, a man who earlier become his first tattoo canvas and later a friend.

 It was his 21st birthday when Yaozu received his tattoo certificate and become a legit tattoo artist. It was also when as a gift, Kazuma arranged for him possibility to paint a huge mural for Nextwave, a popular club of Midorijima and though the Chinese had a bad luck to break his arm in the same day, it didn't stop him from accepting the offer. What for someone could seem like nothing, for Yaozu it was a huge success and a chance to become recognized by the bigger audience.

(post 2nd event) In meantime when Golden Playground offered the Rhyme teams an opportunity to promote themselves with their different themed booths, Yaozu had to face unexpected issues - Kazuma's old teammate's decided to remind the man about themselves, expecting from him to get back to his old team, Censura. During confrontation same him as Yaozu got injured, what left on Yaozu's back a long scar running across his tattoo and efficiently ruining it's pattern. Though they managed to escape from Censura's grip, Yaozu doubts that the team gave up on their old teammate completely.

Later on, Yaozu finished the mural for Nextwave, in meantime befriending Haruna Fujioka, an art director of the club, who showed interest with Yaozu's work and hopes for working with the Chinese in the future. The enw opening of Nextwave was a big success and opened for Yaozu a whole lot of new possibilities to push his artistic career further.

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