Jigoku, Kotesu.

PERSONAL INFORMATION
name: jigoku, kotesu.
nickname: tesu, kō.
age: seventeen (17).
gender: male.
village: konohagakure no sato.
village rank: chūnin.
skill rank: c-ranked.

APPEARANCE INFORMATION
height: five foot, ten.
weight: one-hundred, sixty-five pounds.
hair color: alabaster.
eye color: vermillion.

upon his mane are several strands of alabaster locks that are of quite significant length, reaching to the epicenter of his neck; twisting, and tangling as they run wild upon his crown, his eyebrows being of a resembling shade, greatly resembling the same alabaster nature as his hair. though he is a child, being a couple years old; his facade allures those to assume he is within his early teens; his jaw structure aligned perfectly, his skin not littered with tattoos or scars of any sort. his frame being bulk, toned; his fair-skin complexion completing his physical appearance. one would assume the man to be a perfectionist, by the way he carries himself on a daily basis. his headband being tied around his left bicep.

standing an average height of five feet, and two inches; whilst weighing one-hundred, six pounds has not truly allowed the man to stand out. his body seeming lean, more than built; though his stomach is quite fit. clothing wise, kotesu has been seen in many different styles; each one seeming to be more different than the other. nowadays, he has seemed to learn the ability to actually focus on one style at the moment that he favors; which, others may view as a little odd due to the era of things. but even with that playing a factor, he has proven to not care in the slightest, growing weary of the basic clothing that has been donned continuously throughout the shinobi world.

PERSONALITY INFORMATION
cold— the only word in the human dictionary to describe this being's personality, for he has lost his humanity— no longer the caring person he was previously. kotesu's cruel, uncaring, and bashful ways has caused many to stray from him, not willing to put up with the harsh ways of his; which, he refuses to change. over the centuries, he has learned that survival is indeed for the fittest, those who are weak and cannot fend for themselves; death would be the only plausible punishment for them. bringing to light that this man has a craving, a lust for power. not in terms of physical power, more-so power to be respected; physical power is not what he is interested in. respect is everything to him, although he does not give it, he demands it at all times.

to compliment his cold behavior; he carries the ability to manipulate others, bending them to his will, corrupting them to become pawns in his master scheme. he does not have a literal ability that allows such; just that his persuasiveness is truly at its peak. those with the utmost durable will, seem to breakdown to the man's wordplay that fondles the ears of those he sees fit. kotesu's mental-will, is truly noteworthy, the trait bringing forth the inability to listen to others. he refuses to bow to those that claim they are great, mocking them whenever he can, taking hold of any chance. along with his persuasive and devious nature, is his intellectuality that truly belittles those who are not capable of keeping up with his way of thinking.

nonetheless, do not mistake him for an entirely cruel person; he does have his good ways about him, it just takes certain people to allow that side to hence forth; a side, which he only allows a few to witness because of his personal issues.

masked underneath all of this corruption, this cry for dominance; is a man that believes in loyalty. his loyalty to those that have earned it, shall, and cannot be question; this man will die before he betrays those that are close to him. it is rare that someone can even get that close to kotesu, which proves that they indeed worked for that trust to be developed. those that are viewed as kin by his eyes along, would always see the true good nature of the individual; his ability to actually attempt to make things good, even though his methods may not be appropriate— they still linger with a trace of good; only for those he is indeed attempting to aid. he is indeed a mysterious being that many cannot put a finger on, boggling their minds with his uncommon nature.

being that of a shinobi, the need for combat seems to peak his interest majority of the time; but, he has been known to refuse fighting with weak combatants. shinobi who seem to lack skill, or any form of drive to truly hold their own— the beings that are actually capable of fighting, and seem to not back down are the ones he prefer. it is useless, unneeded to fight a battle which the victor can be decided upon within mere songs, taking only a few actions to complete the blood spewing task.

creating an ego that at times can get to his head, one that does not allow him to back down from a challenge, even if he is on the verge of death. due to his ego alone, he would gladly challenge any opposition that felt as if they could stop him; belittle him, or cause some form of chaos within his actions.

likes: katon, reading, combat.
dislikes: checkers, speeches, lackluster topics.
catch phrase: "you're joking, right?"
nindo:  "weak shall die."

JUSTU INFORMATION
element affinity: katon (火).
sub-element affinity: doton (土).

HISTORY
born into the jigoku clan, kotesu already was cursed from the beginning. since he had escaped the womb of his mother's; his life had already been planned out for him. at the young age of five years old, he had to go through the ritual of giving up his body to a demonic soul. a soul that was already damned to hell by those living before him; which, only caused him to detest his fate more. nonetheless, he had allowed the soul to remain within his body, similar to how the aburame's allow insects to reside within them. the ritual was done without the least bit of effort, causing him to be able to deal with the sudden being within him.

over the course of years, he attended the ninja academy in hopes of becoming a ninja within the world. his teachers took note of his intelligence within the academy; kotesu passing most of his classes with flying colors. his weakness did seem to be shown within genjutsu, but he slowly began to pick up within that art. when it came down to the exams that were needed to advance to the rank of genin; the young shinobi had no issue with such. with the constant need to study, and train himself— he was always prepared for such a basic test.

currently, kotesu is a genin that is within a tiny squad containing koizumi and soratsu. the three shinobi proven to be a great asset to the land of konohagakure no sato. they are in need of a sensei, but time will eventually give them one to deal with this juvenile trio of shinobi. kotesu is an only child, and does have cousins that are within the said clan he is within.