Mimoto Yoshida

Mimoto Yoshida is the surviving daughter of samurais Kazuya Yoshida of the Dark-type Yoshida clan and Hoshiko Kaen of the Fire-type Kaen clan from Scorched Mountain, as well as the only child that the couple would produce before their untimely demises. As a result, her solitary existence as the clans’ efforts to combine and strengthen each other is both a blessing and a curse—taught in the ways that her parents took in their skills as samurai, but forced to choose which clan to lead when the time comes.

Born near Red River in Scorched Mountain during the night and partially named after her parents’ trusted mentor Miyamoto Doraku, Mimoto was initially raised under the care of the Umbreon bugyō Kazuya and his wife, the Flareon onna-bushi Hoshiko. Though the arrangement was meant to be political, if not strategic in a time of war and conflict, the ten years in which the couple had with each other only showed their devotion towards each other. Unsurprisingly, by the time their only daughter was born, both of her parents were content with having their own lives outside of being members of separate samurai clans.

But when Mimoto was three months old, tragedy struck as her parents’ recent mission went south, leading to their deaths and her to be orphaned. The heads of her parents’ clans, her paternal uncle Hirokuni Yoshida and her maternal uncle Juunosuke Kaen, were swift to ensure that she would not be sent to an orphanage, but there had been many a night where both clans argued whose domain she would call home to. Finally, after much consideration, with both her parents’ clans split on who would be the one to raise her, a compromise was settled—she would be under the care of her father’s illegitimate half-brother, the Houndoom Iehiro Yoshida, but would split her time training as a samurai for both of her clans. This resulted in the Eevee child raised in a household under her half-uncle and alongside her cousin, the Zoura Eizo.

For sixteen years, while raised within the household of a reluctant arrangement, Mimoto was taught in the craft of samurai. Despite her gender, her relatives couldn’t restrain her from partaking in what her parents were taught at her age nor could they prohibit her from potentially taking over as the future head. They also couldn’t restrain her from being around her more illegitimate and eventually rebellious half-cousin; even as an Eevee, Mimoto had to learn responsibility at a young age. Between her education and training, she needed to pull in her weight within the home and keeping an eye on her cousin. This made her feel isolated from the rest of her cousins in her parents’ clans, who were living out their own lives with parents that looked after them. It was when she began to learn about her parents through her relatives, feeling an emptiness of their absence.

When she was sixteen years of age, having learned a Fairy-type move in a need of acceptance and with her emotions at an apex, Mimoto evolved to become a Sylveon—neither Umbreon nor Flareon, yet typically an enemy in the eyes of both clans. Yet she remained a member of both the Yoshida and the Kaen clans as they knew that disowning her would mean cutting off not just a member of their combined blood, but also a developing samurai and a means to expand their bloodlines further. Thus she remained, but she would take on the markings of both of her clans to ensure her loyalty to them; breaking her oath to her clans would mean severe punishment. Now she must do what it takes to prove her worth to both clans—to finish what her parents began and thus take her place in whichever path she takes.

Likes: Learning, acting as an older sister figure
Dislikes: Bullying, people taking advantage of others
Voice claims: Allegra Clark (English), Riko Kohara (Japanese)

• (Japanese voice only) Normally speaks with the Hida dialect as it's the dialect of the Yoshida Clan, but she'll switch to the Mino dialect whenever she's around the Kaen Clan.
• Is allergic to mushrooms and iron
• Eats spicy foods
• Bisexual