Name : Sukiko Iwasaki
Skylander Name : Cherry Bomb
Species : Rosy Maple Moth
Gender : Female
Element : Life
Role : Neutal Good
Homeworld : Nippon
Voice Actress : ((To be decided))
Attacks : Cherry Bomb’s main attack involves her flinging bombs from her sleeves. Her secondary attack is "Cherry Storm", where she summons cherry blossoms to slice and dice her enemies.
Story : Sukiko was working in an Okiya (geisha house) as a simple maiko (apprentice geisha), performing for a party when the Okiya was attacked by Kaos’ minions. The greebles wanted to kidnap geisha to perform at a party for Kaos. While the geisha are taught from a young age to dance and entertain, none of them could fight back except Sukiko. She used bombs she had hidden in her kimono and the cherry blossoms to fight back and she saved the geisha house. Eon was impressed with her heroics and asked her to join the Skylanders after the house made her a full geisha. She was given her a new performing name of Cherry Bomb, which carried over as her Skylander name.
History : Sukiko was orphaned as a child, but was very quickly taken in due to her rare beauty. For her type of moth had never been seen before in Nippon. A geisha house offered a high amount to buy Sukiko when she was a mere 4 years old, and the parents eagerly took the sum. From there, she was trained to one day become a geisha. While Sukiko was often favored and given more praise and attention than the other girls, she would denounce the praise until she earned it. She worked hard, practiced nightly, to not be the prettiest geisha, but the best.
When Sukiko was finally made a maiko, she found herself not just attracted to the art of entertaining and dance, she had a secret knack for creating cherry blossom petals with her wings. The moth took advantage of this, and used the petals to aide in her dances. It was her signature, and boosted her popularity quickly, along with her beauty. But it wasn’t her only knack… she could also use the petals to make little bombs. This of course never went well in her performances, so she kept them to herself. That was, until Kaos heard of her and sent his greebles to her Okiya to steal her and other geisha to perform for a party for himself.
While the other geisha and maiko ran and hid, Sukiko flared her wings and used her petals and bombs to defeat Kaos’ minions. By the time the Skylanders arrived, Sukiko was once again serving tea as if the fight never happened. Spyro was the first to greet her, and with Eon’s approval asked her to become a Skylander. At first, Sukiko refused, as the life of the geisha was more important to her, but her Okiya urged her on. They gave her the title of geisha, nicknaming her Cherry Bomb, and with honor Sukiko joined the Skylanders. She still lives and works at her Okiya, but when duty calls, she takes to the sky in a flurry of cherry blossoms!
Appearance : Sukiko is always seen wearing geisha make-up, with her black hair pulled up in style. Wether or not her face is actually white isn’t known. She’s a mix of bright yellow and lemonade pink, with bright pink and gold eyes. Voice-wise, Sukiko may speak softly, but her silky voice can carry in a room. It’s strong willed, yet calm and beautiful. She does have a japanese accent, but she is extremely articulated as her upbringing demanded it.
Personality : Polite, socially fleunt, and kind, Cherry Blossom is a caring woman with a strong will. She’d determined to complete whatever goal she has with her own strength and knowledge rather than beauty. While she’s a formidable foe, Sukiko prefers being in the company of others and making them feel good about themselves. She is a people person, and as a geisha she knows how to entertain others with her stories, dance skills, listening abilities, and can even provide sound advice. If she wrongs anyone, she does her very best to make it up to them. But she is a woman who likes her space; Sukiko tends to enjoy herself around anyone, but prefers the company of those that can compose themselves.
Trivia :
- Sukiko’s last name, “Iwasaki”, was a special nod to my personal favorite geisha I’ve ever studied, “Mineko Iwasaki”. Mineko was one of the geisha’s interviewed for Arthur Golden’s “Memoirs of a Geisha”. However, Mineko greatly disliked how she was revealed and how Golden twisted reality, and so she wrote one of my favorite autobiographies of all time, “Geisha, A Life."
- Sukiko is a Rosy Maple Moth, a species native to North America, not japan. This plays in why Sukiko was often praised for her unique beauty.
- Nippon, Sukiko’s homeworld, is a nod to the game Okami.
- Cherry Bomb’s kimono changes constantly, with the season, event, etc. There is no one set of kimono she will wear.
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Yet ANOTER Skylander OC! This gal came up fairly randomly, a mix of my love of those Rosy moths and fuuuuuuuuuh geisha’s ❤ I spent most of my college years studying Asian culture, focusing mostly on Chinese and Japanese, and the geisha have always fascinated me most. Thought I could use some of that degree in Skylanders cuz why the hell not!
Both Cherry Bomb and Headshot will be available for questions whenever I open them! This may be a villain run blog, but it’s also the Weirdlander verse blog, so any characters in the verse can be asked, not just the Kaos family. Whoop whoop!
~Weird Hyenas
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