Swiped from  kompy since she poked me into doing so. I think this would actually be very revealing, at least in terms of the character that EVERYONE seems most interested in (That's you, Riou!)

HOWEVER...in light of just how much raw info there is, especially on Riou, (I actually fully developed him as a character, and then built his team around him) I am going to do an offshoot meme, in which each individual member will recieve their own fact sheet. Because honestly, 5 facts is just not enough.

Without Further ado...


Riou Hotaru:


Home Life:

-Riou's family is HUGE. Really f'king big. Because the Lucario species is predominantly male, the family has a policy of having large numbers of offspring in order to increases the chances of female offspring. Also, because of this focus on breeding, homosexuality is frowned upon quite heavily, in men and women, not only as a social stigma, but because it produces no offspring.
-Riou has an arranged marriage bride waiting for him back at home. They met as kids, and only she remembers him. She was set up to be his wife, so that when he finished his education at PCA, she would marry him. In their country, marriage is legal as young as 16, which may produce issues if the family decides to wed Riou sooner, rather than later.
-He is the only member of his family to rebel against the fighting tradition. In fact, the only members of his family who support his choice are his mother and grandparents, all of whom see the focus on fighting as making the family stagnant. Unfortunately, this faction constitutes about 1% of his entire family.
-Riou is the only person aware of his eldest brother Issen's nature as a Shadow Pokemon, or that Issen may have killed a fair number of people. Unfortunately, not only does his family not believe any of his claims, but Issen is aware that Riou knows.
-Despite an overwhelming fear of Issen, Riou respects his eldest brother for his skills, and wishes he could fight as well. Ironically, Riou could be even better than Issen, if he focused himself.


Personal Life:

-Riou has a bit of a green thumb himself. He cares for a number of small Bonsai plants at home, and even offered one to the Art Teacher. It actually sits on her desk right now, and Riou has instructed her on how to take care of it.
-Riou and his teammates actually form a small band. They started playing at the end of Freshman year, and are actually quite good. Tidot has tried numerous times to convince Riou they should play at a school event, dance, or for the talent contest. Riou is against this out of stage fright.
-He always makes sure to address others by the proper honorific. It's extremely rare that he refers to anyone by just their name, because culturally speaking, that denotes great familiarity. Riou won't even refer to his own teammates by their names alone.
-Riou has a particular fondness for art. He excels at calligraphy, and several of his works are up in Art class on the walls. He doesn't like to boast about his skill, but he always tries to go above and beyond the assignments he's given.
-Riou is known to visit a shop in Downtown Viridian, a small antique shop dealing with occult artifacts and other esoteric goods, run by a Mewtwo female named Elizabeth, who is also one of his former teachers.

School Life:

-Riou is, academically speaking, one of the top 10 rank students among all students, along with his teammate, Vosa. This is unusual, since the list is predominant filled with juniors and seniors. However, this list is purely regarding academia, not battle records.
-Riou's teamed formed in the middle of Freshman year, during the Midterm Exams. Riou was forced to either join a team, or form his own. Reluctant to join any of the teams present at the time, Riou haphazardly put together his own team, and managed to score several consecutive victories. His team is regarded as one of the most balanced teams in the Academy.
-Riou attempted to run for Student Council during his freshman year, but this ultimately failed when he found he was too shy to give speeches, or lacked the organizational skills or manpower to set up a campaign. Vosa has urged him to try again this year, since he has the Lanturn's skills on his side.
-In Art, Drama, Music, and English, Riou is quite outspoken, at least to the teacher, eager to assist or to demonstrate his skills. This contrasts with the rest of his schooltime, during which he's quiet shy, and generally withdrawn.
-Riou has personally defeated each member of his own team, and has never lost to any of them. He is regarded as the strongest in most categories on his team. Despite this, he has constant concerns over his ability as Captain.


Love Life:

-Riou's homosexuality, stems from the fact he had little contact or interaction with women as he was growing up, and his training classes consisted of entirely men. This is common in his family (explained in a later fact), however Riou is the ONLY Hotaru who has a preference for the male gender. The rest of his family is entirely heterosexual.
-Riou is a virgin in the literal sense. He has never engaged in any sexual activity including self-pleasure and mastrubation.
-As a follow-up, Riou is also extremely sexually repressed. This is because of the fact that Aura carries not only feelings and emotions, but also thoughts. Any member in his family who read his Aura would pick up on the nature of his sexual urges/desires/impulses/fantasies/etc., and thus has has had to suppress them almost completely, to avoid being found out.
-Riou also has had no sexual education. The Hotaru's all private tutor their offspring, and believe that sex ed is a determent and a distraction to training, saving such education for when the children are around 16 to 18, using intensified training regimens to vent hormones. Riou was shipped to PCA before he could recieve sex ed, which may have been on purpose.
-Riou considers his homosexuality something of a sin. Cultural stigmas, combined with family tradition, has given Riou the impression his desires are something wrong, morally abhorent, and/or dirty. He is unaware right now of the fact there are other students who share his orientation, and he goes to great lengths to hide the fact that he's gay.
-Riou desires a relationship more based around intimacy and affection, rather than sex. This stems from the fact that during his childhood, he recieved very little affection from his parents or siblings, due to his deviance from tradition.


Misc Facts/Quirks:

-Riou suffers from severe self-confidence issues, stemming from the dismissial he recieved from his family and his being sent to PCA being portrayed as a punishment/exile for his failing to live up to Hotaru standards. This lack of confidence has wormed it's way into almost every aspect of himself, though he puts on a public face of being just fine. His inability to approach Boris is a prime example, because he feels himself unworthy of even the notice of his upper-classman.
-Despite this, Riou has excellent fighting potential, and is known for coming up with creative variants and combinations of attacks. Due to the versatility of his species, he is capable of combining moves in ways that weren't capable of being done before.
-Riou (like Vosa) has developed a small fan-following of same and lower-classman women, who find his kindly, shy, polite mannerisms adorable, and his manner of dress to be all very attractive. Riou has not the heart (or desire) to tell them their attentions will never produce the results they want.
-Also, Riou (like Vosa), loves to wear his formal business suit attire. While most would find such clothing uncomfortable for casual wear, Riou finds it quite comfortable and easy for him to wear it, even during battle. Despite the relaxed stance on the dress code the school has, all of Riou's clothing is quite formal in appearance.