Kasumi / ShinkenGold

Civvie Stuff
Name: Kasumi Cooley
Age: 21
Sex: Female
Nationality: Japanese-American
Occupation: Works at a cosplay cafe
Species: Human
Celebrity Claim: Cristina Valenzuela (AKA Cristina Vee)
Hair color/style: Black hair that goes down to her shoulders
Eyes: Dark brown
Description: Not exactly the tallest young woman (at least 5'5"), Kasumi is nevertheless very attractive. She generally doesn't seem to mind what kind of outfits she wears on a daily basis, and will sometimes mix her typical civilian clothes with one of her cosplay items.

Ranger Stuff
Name: ShinkenGold
Team: Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
Morpher /Sequence: She takes out her Sushi Changer and places her Sushi Disc on the back of it. She then activates the Changer and exclaims "Ikkan kenjō!" ("Consistent Presentation!") The character for light then appears both behind her and in front of her face. The one behind her forms her suit, while the remaining one forms the helmet. A fish appears and becomes Sakanamaru, which attaches to the back of her belt. When alone fighting, she usually proclaims "I'm The Sixth Shinkenger. Shinkengold!"; otherwise, she uses the typical rolecall.
Description of Ranger Form: ShinkenGold There is an addition of a Gold skirt to the outfit.
Other Modes:

• Super ShinkenGold - Unlike the other Shinkengers, Kasumi cannot normally access her Super Shinkenger form through the Inromaru because her weapon's design makes it impossible to combine with it. However, in the rare event where she does somehow become able to use it (*cough*celestialrangers*cough*), her typical skills get a power level boost, but she does not gain any other new abilities.
  
• Hyper ShinkenGold - When she uses the Kyoryu Disk to change Sakanamaru into Kyoryumaru, she transforms into this form. In addition to an even bigger boost in power levels than her Super Shinkenger form, she also gains unparalleled reach and striking power, as well as the Golden Flash attack. However, there is only one Kyoryumaru, so only one Shinkenger can use it at a time.
  Weapons:
  
  • Laceration Calculating Sword Sakanamaru - ShinkenGold's personal weapon in the form a tantou sword, it used in place of a Shinkenmaru. When sheathed, it resembles a fish. Hiden Discs can be placed at the end of the handle, giving the SakanaMaru a closer resemblance to a traditional samurai sword.
    
  • Secret Lantern DaiGoyou - a support robot created by the previous ShinkenGold, who refers Kasumi as "Boss", much like he did with his previous owner. He is normally in the splintered form of the Secret Disc shooting Paper Lantern Mode and the Jitte Mode blade which ShinkenGold uses as a weapon, though very infrequently. He forms into his giant robot mode, having undergone the Daigoyou Big Transformation. Assuming his giant robot mode, Daigoyou can swap limbs with both ShinkenOh and DaiKaiOh, though the latter was never shown in the series. His techniques include the Daigoyou Big Flashand the Daigoyou Big Spin. His finishing attack is the Secret Disk Turbulence Shot, firing a huge array of disks from his body which float in the air above him then shred through the opponent.
    
  
  Zord:
  
  • Ebi Origami - Ebi Origami is ShinkenGold's main Origami with the form of a lobster. It can transform into the tertiary mecha called DaiKaiOh. Ebi Origami can attack opponents with energy discs thrown from its claws, though this a rare occurence, as the DaiKaiOh form has many advantages over the lobster mode.
    
  • Ika Origami - Ika Origami is ShinkenGold's secondary Origami, in the form of a Squid, which forms the back armor, shield, and spear of Ika ShinkenOh. It has one attack on its own, the Squid Ink Cannon, which fires a jet of ink that distracts or reveals an opponent. It can also combine with the Ebi Origami to form DaiKaiOh's Kita form, forming the chest armor and weapon.
    
  • Samurai Giant DaiKaiOh - A samurai giant that is formed from the Ebi Origami having undergone the Samurai Transformation, initiated by ShinkenGold entering the kanji for "change" on the Sushi Changer. After transforming, ShinkenGold announces the completion with "DaiKaiOh, peerless under providence". DaiKaiOh has four modes that are signified by a different face and cardinal direction, each with a different Electronic Modikara.
    
    • DaiKaiOh Higashi is the default mode that has the Electronic Modikara of "light" and a red face. After mode changing, it announces "To to! Higashi!!". It uses the lobster claws on its shoulders as weapons to execute its Lobster Claw True Ability Payback attack. The kanji for "East" can also be read as "tō".
      
    • DaiKaiOh Nishi is the defensive form that has "wind" as its Electronic Modikara and a green face. After mode changing, it announces "Alright! Nishi!!". It uses an iron fan, made from the Ebi OriGami's tail, to deflect attacks. The kanji for "West" is read in Mandarin Chinese similar to the pronunciation of shā.
      
    • DaiKaiOh Minami has "heat" as its Electronic Modikara and a blue face. After mode changing, it announces "What! Minami!!". In battle, it uses twin katana as its weapons to perform the Lobster Sword Daimyo Fillet attack. The kanji for "South" can also be read as nan.
      
    • DaiKaiOh Kita is the mode that combines with the Ika Origami, to become Ika DaiKaiOh, with an angry yellow face. After mode changing and combining, it announces "I've done it!" and ShinkenGold announces "Ika DaiKaiOh, armed under providence". Using the "thrust" Electronic Modikara, Ika DaiKaiOh can deliver its Squid Crash finishing attack.
    
    
  
  
  Inside Stuff
  Personality: Kasumi is very sociable, as per the requirements of her job, and get along with others easily. However, she is prone to crazy ideas, much to her teammates exasperation. She can also get bored rather easily, though it's much less often since becoming ShinkenGold. She can also adapt a multitude of personalities, once again thanks to her love of cosplay and her going into character whenever she does so at work, which becomes very handy for some assignments where she may have to go undercover.
  Strengths:
  
  • Can make costumes easily, for when any member of her team needs to wear a disguise for whatever reason.
    
  • Is able to adopt many different personas.
    
  • Really fast typer
    
  
  Weaknesses:
  
  • Is inexperienced as a Shinkenger
    
  • Not trained in caligraphy, so she can't use traditional Mojikara symbols
    
  • Will always try to outdo someone who may be a potential competitor to her in cosplay. She's been getting better about this, though.
    
  
  History: An otaku from a young age, Kasumi knew every little thing about anime by the time she was five years old. By the age of ten, she was already creating costumes for herself, and at fifteen, she earned a job at the cosplay cafe she still works at to this day, becoming a customer favorite within three years.
  
  It was at age eighteen when she encountered a Gedoushu. Before the Gedoushu could attack her, a golden warrior took the attack. As his transformation was undone, he fell to the ground and handed her the Sushi Changer and Sushi Disk, along with DaiGoyou, telling her that she will take his place as ShinkenGold. The man then fell silent just as three women arrived. The four fought off the Gedoushu as the Shinkengers, and DaiGoyou later explained about what her future role would be in the Shiba clan (after Kasumi's initial shock of the paper lantern she had been given suddenly talking to her). She then explained to the other three about the man's sacrifice and that his title was passed to her.
  
  She spent the next few years training under DaiGoyou (being that he was the only one that could teach her about using Electronic Modikara), and, after all her hard work, became the sixth Shinkenger, ShinkenGold!
  Anything Else: Sanyu here! For bonus Actor Allusion points, whenever she cosplays, it'll usually be a character that her face claim has voiced. She also has a very strong, yet friendly, rivalry in cosplay with Karazu Miyazaki.
  Sample RP: Kasumi stared down her last remaining competitor at the cosplay competition, a slightly nervous expression across her face. Her outfit was an extremely good Sailor Mars costume, which she had created herself. However, what the other person was wearing...
  
  "What's the matter?" Karazu Miyazaki asked, smirking at her. The elder Miyazaki was wearing an extremely good Sailor Jupiter outfit, and if Kasumi didn't know any better, it was made with the exact same materials, and was constructed in an extremely similar way to her own Sailor Mars outfit. "You almost seem threatened by my very presence."
  
  "Me, threatened?" Kasumi asked. "Not at all! I worked hard on this, so I should be fine!"
  
  "I don't know," Karazu said in a teasing voice. "I worked pretty hard on this as well. It doesn't help that my last opponent is wearing a costume from the same series..."
  
  Kasumi didn't say anything, and luckily she didn't need to as the emcee for the competition went up to the mic.
  
  "After much deliberation among the judges, we finally decided on a winner of the cosplay competition!"
  
  Both women had their fingers crossed, hoping that the other would come in second.
  
  "And the winner is... A TIE!" he exclaimed, raising a finger into the air.
  
  "A TIE!?" the two girls said, jaws dropped. They quickly regained their composure as they were both handed the ribbon for first place.
  
  ---
  
  Sometime later, when everyone was leaving, Karazu walked up to Kasumi. "I must admit, your costume was pretty impressive," she said, a smile across her face. "Anyway, I'm thinking of heading to a small bar later and having a few drinks. Wanna join me?"
  
  "How do I know you're not gonna try and prevent me from ever cosplaying again?" Kasumi asked, eyebrow raised.
  
  "I'm not that desparate for first place," she said. "So, are you coming or what?"
  
  Kasumi thought about this for a moment. "Sure, why not!" she said eventually, and the two walked out of the building, having made both a new friend and opponent at the same time.