Kozo Akiniwa
Age: 20 years old
Birthday: September 4th
Occupation: Student
Likes: Anime, manga, video games, toys, cosplay, photography, cute sexy girls, miso ramen and Star Wars
Dislikes: Guys who are popular with women, Tokyo summers, foreigners who cosplay but don't understand the real concept behind cosplay
About Kozo: Kozo is a shy Japanese guy who has joined the ranks of freshman students at the IIEAA. He became interested in learning magic when his foreign English friend Eugene told him about the school. With no prior knowledge of magic, Kozo knows it'll be a challenge, but he's smart and he knows that if he puts his mind to it, he can learn magic with little to no problem.
Kozo is, what his society calls, "otaku"-- a nerdy fanboy. Kozo loves to watch anime and read manga... especially the adult kind. He lives, eats and breaths this lifestyle and has repeatedly blown his part-time salary on his massive collections. His collection of eroge in particular is very large
. His favorite manga/anime is L^3 Angel. Along with manga and anime, Kozo collects anime goods. He has many figures and dolls which he handles with the utmost care . Kozo also loves cosplay. While he does not cosplay himself, he loves to take photos of girls cosplaying . Every weekend he used to go to Akihabara to take photos of the cute girls there. He has a portfolio of all his photos and despite the single-mindedness of the material, his photography skills are extremely good.Being a nerd, Kozo lacks somewhat in the social department. He's quiet and shy, especially around other guys. However when around cute girls, he becomes quite the outgoing guy; always eager to show off or to get the girls' attention. He often lets his excitement get ahead of him and ends up doing something incredibly dumb. Many times he does not really know how awkward he is socially, making those around him cringe in horror.
Creator's comments: I tried to make Kozo three times before this one was officially dubbed the Kozo. I wanted to make a nerdy boy doll but I realized there's a big difference between American nerdy and Japanese nerdy. So I decided to split the two and Kozo is the Japanese side. He is influenced from Genzo from Niea_7 and Soichiro Tanaka & Mitsunori Kaguyama from Genshiken.