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BASICS:

x hana kobayashi, 29 years old.
x actor, the tall tree troupe (all-female, shakespearean).
x drama school graduate, st. mary's university college (london).
x specializes in male roles and has just been cast as hamlet in a modern tv adaption of the tragedy.
x japanese-american, japanese father, japanese-american mother, one younger sister, bilingual.
x has lived in los angeles (0-5), tokyo (5-14), new york (14-19, 23-) and london (19-23).
x happily self-partnered, she insists, yet always on the look-out.
x openly lesbian, androgynous style.




TIDBITS:

x was part of a youth theater in tokyo led by a former shakespearean actress by the name of nakamura ayane whom hana had a huge crush on.
x is allergic to cats and dogs, but would know nothing better than to have a pet.
x favorite shakespeare play is romeo and juliet and romeo remains her absolute dream role in the shakespearean repertory.
x has had a lot of minor roles on various tv shows to pay the bills, but the tall tree troupe is her true passion.
x is the one (openly) queer girl™ in her friends group and has had a lot of one night stand offers, but rarely jumps at the opportunity.
x is not particularly interested in casual sex, so during the periods when she's single, she doesn't indulge much.
x is a hobbyist painter, working in aquarelle landscapes, it relaxes her.
x close with her family, though her parents have moved back to los angeles and her sister to tokyo, so she doesn't see them often.
x has a huge network in stage acting circles, knows everyone who works in shakespeare.
x hopes to one day perform shakespeare in some of the big-name theaters.
x has to endure her name being spelled hannah more times than she cares to count, also professionally.