The ice queen.
These days, Sachiko is just a hollow shell of the person she once was, becoming more like her mother than she wished to ever be. The lively, optimistic and sweet child of the past died with her innocence long ago.
A woman like her can send a chill down your spine, as if a ghost has passed right through you. Her heart has iced over in defense of itself and she shows no interest in letting anyone in. Most of the time it even seems like she's somewhere else, her eyes seemingly unaware of the world around her, completely uninterested and lacking a passion. Or perhaps it is simply just the far off stare of someone who has given up.
Sachiko is far too serious for her own good, and has a very dry sense of humor. It really is hard to tell what could possibly light the flame inside her once again.
Sachiko has always felt like she was a curse to her mother and fathers relationship. The mother, a proud and disciplined woman who's family ran and maintained a Shinkendo dojo on the outskirts of Tokyo. Her father, an international reporter from America who had met her by chance while covering an event. It was love at first sight, and the two moved fast, settling in together in Japan.
From the moment Sachiko was brought into this world, her father treated his only child as if she were a precious diamond. She was his princess, and he spoiled her - giving her all the attention a child could want. But this quickly turned the mother against her child, succumbing to a pitiful and irrational jealousy of her very own flesh and blood. Resentment began to brew between the family. As she grew, it was clear the child was a nearly perfect blend of Asian and European blood, giving her flawless, fair skin, silky raven hair, a petite build and golden chestnut eyes - her only natural flaw was her bad eyesight. But her mother did her best to muddy the childs natural good looks by keeping her hair very short, giving her only plain clothes and unflattering thick glasses. Not to mention shooting Sachiko's self esteem down with every chance she got, only enforcing the thought that she was ugly.
Despite her mothers clear distaste for her, she always tried her best to win over her affection. Studying hard and even taking up the family sport of Kendo and training hard to become good enough to perhaps one day gain her recognition. Sadly, that day never came for her.
Eventually it got to the point where Sachiko's parents were constantly fighting over the treatment of the child. The mother claimed the father was too doting and she needed to follow in the steps of her bloodline before her, and the father claimed the mother was too hard on the girl and she should go out and experience the world first. In the end, the two divorced and Sachiko's father took her with him back to America - her mother refusing to care for such a disappointment.
Being a seemingly single father now, he would occasionally bring her around the office. It wasn't long before young Sachiko met her fathers best friend, a photographer for their company. He would snap photos of her and print them for her father, and it wasn't long before he realized his daughter had potential. It was then he started moving her toward a career in young modeling. She was a natural, and young Sachiko slowly began to fill the emptiness her mother left within her heart with the attention of the camera.
As she grew older, she only grew more beautiful. The peak of her career hitting around her early twenties, Sachiko could own a runway with her eyes closed - a trick she has even managed to pull off. This lifestyle becoming a massive part of her life as she grew into an adult, jading her in more ways than one, and her decisions became more self destructive by the day.
Kendo became a thing of the past, and her hobby became the party life style. She was popping pills and torturing her body to stay thin and stay on top. One day she shoved a newly rising model to the side. The model 'sprained' her wrist, apparently. From that incident onward, it became impossible to find work - not to mention she was nearing her thirties.
In the midst of all this, when she thought nothing could get any worse - Sachiko lost her father to cancer. Alone in New York, a numbing state of depression came over her and without work it soon became impossible to pay the bills.
Defeated - Sachiko had to crawl back to her mother in Tokyo, Japan, who was more than happy to revel in her daughters failure.
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