Roka Toshiro

Face-up artist(s):

lucyhayashi

Date of acquisition:

Body was obtained on a different date than his head (Head - April 12, 2010? from scarlet_nightmare) (Body - Aug 25, 2011? from Denver Doll Emporium)

Provenance:

Roka the character was created for roleplay purposes before I decided to manifest him as a doll. I managed to purchase a Dollzone Orlando doll from someone on this site years ago and sold the female body before buying a new male body from Dollzone.

Reason for choice:

I chose the Dollzone Orlando sculpt because it best fit the drawings I had done of him even though the sculpt is for a female doll. Roka was always meant to have feminine looks anyway, despite his strong, pointed noise, because of his round face and large eyes, so the sculpt was perfect.

Best Points:

He is solidly built and I like his size as a BJD. He is pretty much a perfect manifestation of my character as a doll.

Worst Points:

He's a little difficult to pose compared, but that may just be because I'm not sure how tight or loose his stringing should be because he's my first BJD. I'm also not all that fond of his proportions since I was hoping to use him for drawing and I didn't want his legs to be so exaggerated, but he is who he is and I wouldn't want to change him.

Eyes:

Acrylic green 20mm

Favourite colours:

Emerald Green

Fashion style(s):

His usual main outfit is his Ouran High School uniform. Other outfits usually consist of dress shirts, slacks, loafers, suits, and other formal wear, but will casually wear turtlenecks for inside the house. He does like to crossdress to play with his sisters and also finds it comforting. Furthermore, occasionally he will dress up as a Vocaloid (Rokaloid) or even a commoner.

Key fashion accessory:

G-Clef Earrings (which I have yet to get him piercings for, so currently a G-Clef necklace)

Name story:

I created him for a concept contest years ago on a roleplaying site.

Character age:

17 - 27 (it varies, but he looks virtually the same)

Character gender:

Male

Offsite roleplay:

This doll's character is available for offsite roleplay.

Name: Toshiro Roka (Roka Toshiro in English)
Nicknames: Roka-kun, Toshiro-san, Roka-chan, Roka-hime
Birthday: December 26, 1990
Age: 17
Western Zodiac: Capricorn
Chinese Symbol: Metal Horse
Height: 167.64 cm (5' 6"
Weight: 54.4 kg (120 lbs)
Blood Type: A
Sexuality: Homosexual
Nationality: Japanese
Family Trade: Music & Technology

School: Ouran High School
Class: 2-A (Second Year, Social Class A)
Strong Subjects: Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Technology in general
Weakest Subjects: Art, English
Clubs: Music Club (President)

Favorite Color: Forest & Emerald Green
Likes: his sisters, pleasing them, music in all its forms, his solitude, being practical and on time, planning things, waking to an alarm clock, (secretly) commoners and their lifestyle, (secret wish: to be a commoner)
Favorite Foods: Dumplings, soups, seafood on occasion, Jones Blue Bubble Gum Soda (secretly as a commoner beverage), ice cream (secretly as a commoner food), ice cream floats (secretly as a commoner food)
Dislikes: formalities (but respects them), traditions (but respects them), his parents (but respects them), wearing dresses (but will do so for his sisters), being called a girl, being called 'Roka-chan' or 'hime' (but will tolerate it from those closest to him), starting fights (but is very willing if necessary), school, masks, high-class society, lower-class students of Ouran (particularly Egami Ayano of 1-C), being ignored, his allergy to animal dander, allergy shots, traditional media art (sees as a waste of time and a useless form of expression not always understood)
Disliked Foods: Caviar (yuck; fish eggs), escargot (yuck; snails), most strange gourmet foods, etc.
Fear: Deaths of those closest to him (secret fear)

Siblings: Asumi (age 18; mute), Nijiko (age 12; tomboy), Seshiru (age 10; fantasy-loving girly-girl)
Mother: Yua Toshiro
Father: Hiroto Toshiro
History: As the second oldest and only son of a family of six, Roka finds it hard living life as the middle child. Even though he has one older sister who helps him care for his two younger ones, most responsibilities fall on him, and because of this he has developed the coldest and most mature attitude of the four children over the years.

His parents, delighted by his capability to take things seriously, felt they were doing the right things in raising him. However, as the boy spent most of his time watching his sisters, he hardly had any time to be social with peers which was very important in business matters. If Roka was to inherit the family business, he would have to be more outgoing. It paid to have a high charisma and popularity in the social ladder.

While their son was a handsome enough boy, he was not skilled in making friends or good communication. In order to be successful, he had to be well-liked, and to guide him along this path, they sent him to Ouran High School, where they were certain he would be able to get close with the right people and possibly learn how to be more gregarious.

Personality: Roka is pretty much a passive, distant boy who prefers listening to his music than to the chatter of his fellow classmates. Though quite intelligent, he doesn't have too much of a personal ambition to take over his father's company; but as the only son of the Toshiro family, he is constantly weighed down by the pressure of his relations.

To escape this, he does what any ordinary teenager would do and takes out his headphones to start listening to his music - never mind if it's considered an ordinary commoner's habit. Sometimes he wishes he were a commoner, though so much as hinting such a dreadful thought upsets his over-bearing mother. Her main argument against him is that he was born the only son of a rich family and that if he isn't grateful enough to accept the responsibility as heir to his father's position, then he doesn't deserve to be part of their family. Of course she could never understand how much her son would have liked not to be.

Though he pretends to be indifferent to others, Roka is actually pretty observant when he wants to be. Commoners, rare though they are in his society and everyday life, fascinate him immensely. If such an occasion were to occur, he decided that he would drop everything, even his headphones, to listen to what the commoner had to say about their normal life. After all, isn't it important to understand what commoners think if the upper class businesses depend on their customers' likes and dislikes? If he hadn't had so much pressure weighing down on his shoulders, Roka would be the type of boy who would probably enjoy running his father's business and perhaps even be successful with it. The more his parents try to push him to show what he can do, however, the more he seems to want to rebel. His grades are just barely A's and B's, but they know he can do better.

Attributes & Habits:
♪ Emerald/Forest Green eyes
♫ Silver hair (usually worn long)
♪ Pale (prefers the indoors and not often allowed outside)
♫ Slightly girlish features; large eyes
♪ Somewhat feminine frame; slim
♫ Slightly tall for his age, but slow in growing any further. Hasn't really grown since freshman year.
♪ Almost always has his emerald green video ipod
♫ Recently (and unwillingly) had his ears pierced by his two younger sisters
♪ May sometimes be caught absently tucking a strand of hair behind his ear in a feminine fasion (habit subconciously picked up after being around his sisters for so long)
♫ Tugs on his bangs when frustrated or nervous (habit subconciously picked up after being around his sisters for so long)
♪ Bites his lip when nervous (habit subconciously picked up after being around his sisters for so long)

Other Random Facts:
♪ Allergic to cats.
♫ President of the Ouran Music Club.
♪ Rumored to have a secret store of custom-tailored dresses in his wardrobe as gifts from his sisters.
♫ It is not known if he wears them or if so, how often, though if the subject is brought up he is quick to assure any dress-wearing hobby he had as a child is in the past, along with his days playing with his sisters.
♪ Loves Jones Blue Bubble Gum Soda. (discovered 11-17-07)
♫ Has a permit
♪ video phone/radio
♫ prone to eating ridiculously large amounts of ice cream when he can get it and gets 'drunk' off of soda
♪ dislikes shots; pills disagree with him
♫ best friends with Kusanagi Ryuuzaki
♪ childhood aquaintence of Arata Katsuo
♫ (Secret until recently) crush on Takara Mitsuko
♪ Grudge against Egami Ayano (discovered 8-22-07)
♫ (Secret) rivals with Kimura Satu (not that Satu knows)

Roka Toshiro Character & Art (c) Kitomyx aka Tymiko
OHSHC (c) Bisco Hatori