Kaoru Hata

Age: Unknown, suspected to be around 18-20 Personality: Down to Earth, Realist, Comedic, Total Bro Job: Streamer, Media Influencer Residence: A large apartment near PRT building Wealth: Surprisingly wealthy, with stream donations and stipend Dreams: Not sure, rather content as of right now Loves: Playing games, Asian Culture Likes: Alcohol, Streaming Dislikes: Lung, Pushy PRT desk jockeys Hates: Horror games, jumpscares

Kaoru was found rather recently actually, having been dropped into Brockton Bay by some unknown force without her memories. She was taken in by a civilian for a few days before eventually she found her way into the PRT's hands. It was there that it was eventually found that it would've been easier to convert Burnscar into an avid firefighter and fire safety advocate than it would've been in order to turn Kaoru into a hero with her power. Not that she minds, she's far more content to sit back and watch everything unfold from behind a screen rather than get in on the action herself.

In her short time on Earth Bet, she's quickly become a fan of what little Asian culture is left with the destruction of Japan and the quick isolationist shift of China. So much so that it's really easy to get her to do just about anything if you offer her some sort of idol figurine, manga, or anime memorabilia that she doesn't currently have. Which are extremely hard to come by, making her a collector of sorts.

Not wanting to let her just go, the PRT eventually got her into streaming as a sort of middle ground for them wanting her to work on Case53 publicity with them due to her looking rather beautiful despite her red skin and horns, get her into modeling to spread more publicity of how the PRT is the place to go for Case 53s. And boy did that work. The PRT milks all of Kaoru's streams for all of the good Case 53 publicity they can get. Not that Kaoru minds considering she gets to hang around the large apartment provided to her, play games, drink, and stream.

For the curious, her power is an alternate changer form. It turns her into a very large six-armed Oni, and she gains the ability to absorb blood in order to heal and grow stronger as well as the more blood that she absorbs, the angrier, more bloodthirsty, and hornier she gets. And if she gets her hands on parahuman blood, she can absorb a bit of their power to use at her own until her rage ends. To the point that it's actually hard to control her until she ramps down or is forcefully taken down. She also passes out after every transformation for a few hours, making it a bit of a liability in the field for anything other than just tearing the enemy apart in a violent and bloody manner. She's not a fan of her power either.

She's become fairly popular for her dry wit and comedic attitude as well as her down to earth sensibility. And currently she's perfectly content right now, as she's got food, shelter, beer, and all the entertainment in the form of games, her stream chat, and her civilian caretaker as company.