Jay Oyama (32)
Character Backstory 0 replies 68 viewsCharacter Overview
Name: Jay Oyama
Date of Birth: November 11th, 1992
Gender: Male
Height: 5'11"(In Inches)
Weight: 165(Pounds)
Style: Business Casual, Japanese Fashion (Exterior Presentation)
Personality and Alignments
Traits: Respectful| Logical| Patient| Trustworthy
Alignments:
(True) neutral
Strengths and Weaknesses
Mental/Physical Skills: Courage| Handy| Perseverance
Weaknesses (Mental/Physical): Stubborn| Pride
Greatest Advantage: Perseverance
Greatest Vulnerability: Temperance
Ailments
Addictions or Bad Habits: Cocaine| Smoking
Phobias: Atychiphobia
Lifestyle
Education: Trade School
Career: Entrepreneur| Mechanic
Hobbies: Cars| Fishing| Foodie| "Skiing"
Relationships
Mother: Olivia Oyama
Father: Jiro Oyama
Siblings: Jojo Oyama
Extended Family: Mas Oyama(Uncle)
Backstory:
Jay Oyama was born in Vancouver, Canada and moved a lot in his younger years. His father originated from Tokyo, Japan and later met Jay’s mother Olivia Oyama in Vancouver. His father Jiro Oyama had the family moving a lot with his business ventures. Jay’s mother stayed at home and took care of Jay and his younger brother Jojo Oyama.
Jay’s fondest memory with his father was riding around in his 1969 Skyline Gt-r. With the Family moving a lot there was always a new road to carve up that they’ve never been on. This is where Jay got his taste for Speed. Ya spent a lot of time with his Father and his Uncle Mas, especially once he started getting older. His father was a Car salesman at Day and Loan Shark by night. Jiro and Mas were a power duo. Jiro builds the trust and Mas Cleans up. Jay was exposed very early to his father’s business and Jiro always reassured Jay. Priority number one is our family. Whoever breaks bread at our table is a priority.
Jay’s Early Adult Years were spent stealing and flipping hot performance parts. Made a deal with a bunch of delivery drivers that did deliveries for auto shops giving them a cut of the profit. Eventually Jay had runners to run parts for him while he was working part time in a small shop. Jay offered his boss to flip the parts through the shop to bring profit to the shop and make things a little easier to offload the hot merchandise other than word of mouth.
The money was good to Jay. He never got to experience a steady income like this. His parents didn’t believe in spoiling their children; they believed money and luxury comes with work. The steady flow of cash brought bad habits into play. Cocaine, Women and Power were his weaknesses.
Jiro Started Noticing new things about Jay and got his brother Mas involved to find out what’s been going on with his son. Jay had a sit down with his Uncle and Father about the angle he’s been working. Jiro acknowledged the talent Jay had within little time Jay was able to set up shop and make new contacts he knew he was wasting his talents here. Jiro Convinced Jay to expand his reach and Increase the Family’s Reach.
Jay acquired his visa and set up good men in charge of the routes and his father and uncle Mas at the head of it all while Jay is looking for new opportunities. Packed his stuff, Sold off his car, said goodbye to his mother and Jojo and caught the next plane out. The Terminal Heading Read YLW to ERIA…
The next five years were spent building a family with hardworking individuals had the strengths to take over the under-ground market of running guns and illegal goods out of El Reno pushing out any competition and taking over. By the end of it all the ones left made it out well off, some left on new adventures, others chased a new beginning, as for Jay, he's spending his days now working out of his shop retired from the underground scene.
How do they react to stressful situations?
He'd collect all the information and figure out all his options