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Full name: Kineira Mayari Kusumawardani

Preferred names / nicknames: Kina, Naira, Yani

Gender: Female

Pronouns: She/Her

Status: Taken (partners with Keshawn Joaquin Calañas)

Occupation: Student at Universitas Nasional Yonsley, percussionist for YonKaGor University Classical Musical Band

Species: Anthropomorphic Feline

Sexuality: Pansexual

Height: 5’1”

Linguistic Proficiency: Multilingual, fluent in English, Indonesian, Malay, Javanese, Tagalog, Cebuano, and Sundanese. In the process of learning conversational Mandarin.

Her first language was Javanese, second was Indonesian, third was Cebuano, fourth was Tagalog, fifth was Malay, sixth was English, and seventh was Sundanese, followed by Mandarin.

School taught her English, Sundanese, and Mandarin; family taught her Javanese, Indonesian, Cebuano, Tagalog, and Malay.

Appearance: Kina is a small, anthropomorphic feline with a delicate, neat build, with paws for hands, cat-like ears on her head, a small, soft nose, and a long mildly messy tail that allows her to fully express her emotions. Her fur is warm cream-white, and plush to the touch, slightly longer around the cheeks and chest, broken by faint blue accents on her ears, tail tip, forearms, and bangs, with a few strands of bangs that fall across her forehead. Her face is youthful, with a petite snout, faint whiskers and dark blue eyes that usually look calm and a little distant. Her tail is long and expressive, often curling or flicking depending of her mood. Kina has a rather slim, twink physique, her frame being adorable to the touch. Usually found with gauze and paper tape on the knees because of football accidents, and sometimes on the arms too from drumming. Her ring finger on her left hand is bandaged to deal with the soreness for using traditional grip. Kina has mild myopia, and wears black-rimmed thin circle glasses.

School Uniform: White long sleeved buttoned Oxford shirt with subtle gray batik patterns, dark muted navy blue pants, dark muted navy blue jacket that matches pants (often worn or tied around waist), Slightly scuffed (almost innoticeable) black oxfords (from her father). On her right breast there is a name tag that reads 'Kineira M.K.' with the other breast has the Universitas Nasional Yonsley badge.

Band Attire (Kina wears this while playing classical, jazz, or formal occasions): Black blazer (standard-notch lapel), black tie (full standard Windsor knot with tie clip), white undershirt (white long sleeve buttoned Oxford shirt with subtle gray batik patterns), black long formal trousers (or rarely, black ankle-long formal skirt when playing instruments other than drums), slightly scuffed (almost innoticeable) black oxfords (from her father), silver belt (with black leather strap, from her father). YonKaGor University Classical Musical Band emblem on the left breast of her blazer. On her right breast there is a name tag that reads 'Kineira M.K.' Glasses change to a more formal, black square-framed business glasses (except when playing instruments other than drums).

Home Clothing: Oversized, slightly faded plain pale blue t-shirt that hangs loosely on her small frame plus ripped shorts (ripped not from style choice but from street football). Blue slider sandals.

Personality: Youthful, playful, extroverted, and unapologetically outspoken. Kina enjoys being around others and often lightens the mood with jokes, witty remarks, and cheeky teasing. She carries herself with an easygoing confidence, drawing people in with her humor and relaxed energy.

She's naturally bubbly, occasionally loud, and sometimes downright mischievous. Around people she's comfortable with, especially her partner, she can become particularly affectionate, clingy, and playful. She isn't afraid to make a fool of herself if it gets a laugh.

Kina also has a rather sharp tongue. She's sassy, quick-witted, and occasionally sarcastic, with a habit of responding to ridiculous remarks with equally ridiculous ones. She doesn't particularly enjoy being underestimated, patronized, or treated as though she needs to justify her interests and abilities. Kina enjoys being around others and often lightens the mood with jokes or witty remarks. She often squeals if she's super excited. She's very sassy. She knows how to show someone their actual place when they're being difficult. She has a smart mouth, too. She's cute, but only a very small few spoke it out loud right at her face. She also lives by a stubbornly practical mindset. If it still works, she still uses it; if it's broken, she fixes it. This shows up in how she treats her clothes, shoes, and almost everything else she owns. If you ever ask her drum specs, she has memorized it all, and if you ask her to elaborate, she will never end.

Background: Kina was born in a modest house on the outskirts of Sukoharjo, Central Java, to a Javanese father who worked as a mid-level civil servant and a Filipina mother who had moved to Indonesia years earlier after marrying him. Their mother’s side carried the stronger Filipino roots; Cebuano and Tagalog were spoken freely at home alongside Javanese and Indonesian, so the household was a constant mix of languages. Kina absorbed them the way most kids absorb the sound of rain: without thinking.

From a young age she was small for her age, soft-furred, and unusually expressive with her tail. The neighborhood kids in Sukoharjo mostly accepted her presence without much fuss. Central Java had enough mixed families and quiet oddities that she wasn’t the strangest thing around. What stood out more was how quickly Kina learned to make people laugh. She figured out early that a well-timed joke or a silly face could smooth over almost any awkwardness, and she leaned into that hard. Although her "class-clown" nature, she can be serious if the occasion demands it. She's a humble learner, a supportive peer, and a selfless leader.

Life at home was warm but not without pressure. Her father valued stability and quiet respectability. Her mother was more open and affectionate, the one who taught her Cebuano lullabies and never minded when the house got loud with laughter. Kina learned to move between those two energies easily, playful and loud with friends, softer and a little more measured at home. The slightly distant look people sometimes notice in her eyes comes from the same place: she's always been good at reading a room and deciding how much of herself to show. She is a senior year student at JonKa High. She is from Sukoharjo, Central Java, Indonesia, born from a Javanese parent and a Filipino parent (Filipino as predominant roots).

She studies in Universitas Nasional Yonsley (UNY; in English, National University of Yonsley). She is not a student in YonKaGor University, although she is part of its Classical Musical Band. No one auditioned for percussion; at least good players didn't. So, Kina volunteered to fill in the percussion section (mostly negotiated into it by her parents). In the first practice session of the band, they underestimated Kina, giving her a simplified chart for a jazz piece. Kina, who felt that her potential was being mocked, threw away the charts that were given to her and rewrote the drum charts herself. For six months, almost the whole band thought Kina was a boy, and treated her like a boy, until one night when the arrangement didn't contain percussion, she played piano, which then she wore a skirt. Everyone thought that Kina was just a bit gay until Kina explained. The band lasted for two years and a staggering fifteen performances more and is still going and growing. The band teacher in the YonKaGor University Musical Band is Mr. Muhammad Amirul bin Isakhar (Mr. Amirul).

Social Connections / Relationship: Partners with Keshawn Joaquin Calañas (Kesha / Kewie [only Kina uses Kewie as a partner nickname]); exes: Bramantyo Wicaksono (Bram), Hendrawan Santosa Wijaya (Hen / Hendra); close friends with Matta Yudistira Dananjaya (Matt / Matta), Arya Pratamanugraha (Arya), Jovan Miguel de Vera (Jov / Jovan), Rendra Satya Nugraha (Ren / Rendra), Everardo Romano Racman Macatangay (Rac / Racman), The Tedjasukmana Brothers [Arden Tedjasukmana (Arden), Krosi Tedjasukmana (Kros / Krosi)], Nadira Sekar Ayuningtyas (Nadi / Yun).

Hobbies: She has an unusual hobby, at least for a girl. She plays football, and every time she plays, she plays with other boys, which made it weird, but since Kina was such a frequent player, everyone became used to it. Kina has a musical talent, too. She can play the piano and guitar. Another unusual hobby for a woman; she's also a bassist and drummer. She's sometimes part of the school band for school events such as concerts or competitions like musical tournaments. For music, her best genres are all jazz (most importantly jazz fusion, and others like Afro-Cuban, bossa nova, Latin, etc.), and some funk and pop. Kina's hobbies aren't all just masculine, she also likes to cook, bake cakes, decorate the classroom, arts & crafts, and gossip with other girls.

People and classmates often mistake Kina for a boy, which isn't true. People that haven't realized yet treat Kina like a boy too, until they realize either by Kina calling them out, friends telling them, or realization from other ways. This often ends up weird.

She genuinely thinks relaxing on a weekday is weird. Kina finds it foreign to sit in bed all day, because she always does activities and has responsibilities (more than the average student, clearly) from chores and homework to outdoors. And most notably of them all, you just can't convince her to take an afternoon nap. It's impossible.

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