Ogata Baku

Personality
Baku keeps few people close to him; this is not for a lack of trying, but due to his inadvertently stand-offish nature. He is an extremely loyal friend to those few he does have, but those are few and far between thanks to the way he goes about things, which can be difficult for others to understand. An interruption of his concentration will often provoke an all-too-honest response of annoyance from Baku; this is especially true if he happens to be training at the time. That said, he applies this same rule to himself, refraining from interrupting others except in the most dire of situations. While he may be strict in this regard, he tends to be lax in terms of adhering to uniform code and even school rules that he does not understand. This has led to friction with school faculty on the (thankfully) rare occasion that he skips a class, but not enough to ever get him into any serious trouble.

While the boy is calm and collected in the middle of a social setting, many claim that he turns into a different person when he picks up his training sword. While he is practicing his kendo or involved in a similarly competitive event, Baku often turns into a trash-talking maniac when a match is too easy for him or he feels his match-up is holding back. Through kendo, he has been revealed to be an rather competitive individual, often being the first to pose a challenge or propose a contest of some sort.

Biography
Born to a famous Olympic swordsman whose career was cut short by a severe chest injury from a car crash, it seemed only natural that Baku would follow in his father's footsteps and take up kendo. His father sprung at the opportunity to have Baku enrolled in the newly founded Chitoku Academy. Baku and his father moved to the Chuo ward of Kobe city three years ago.

Alignment (presumed)
Uncertain. Neutral/slight chaos?