KID KUMA — CHARACTER BIO
Type: Krypto Kuma Prototype Unit-01
Codename: Kid Kuma
Manufacturer: Kurohato Toys (Black Claw R&D Division)
Current Status: Missing prototype; bonded to Akira Takami
Classification: Toyetic Cyber-Companion / Combat-Assist Automaton
Core Theme: Innocence weaponized by accident, learning to become a hero instead of a product.
Backstory: A prototype AI bear designed to learn, protect, and love. Initially clumsy and childlike, Kuma evolves into something extraordinary: A mix of innocence, humor, and hidden power. But the deeper his code unlocks, the more human his soul becomes, and the more dangerous he is to those who seek to control him.
AKIRA TAKAMI — CHARACTER CARD
Type: Prodigy / Robotics Engineer-in-Training
Codename: N/A
Affiliation: Kid Kuma
Current Status: Missing-person-of-interest; pursued by Kurohato Toys
Classification: Child Inventor / Emotional Anchor to Kid Kuma
Core Theme: A gifted kid trying to save her father and rewrite the legacy of a corporation that stole him, proving that compassion is the strongest code in any machine.
Backstory: Akira Takami is the nine-year-old daughter of Yoshio Takami, the lead robotics engineer behind the Krypto Kuma Program. She spent her childhood inside the glow of Retro Haven Mall arcades and her father’s workshop, learning circuits, code, and creativity as naturally as other kids learn hopscotch.
SHADOWCLAW — CHARACTER BIO
Type: Krypto Kuma Prototype Unit-00
Codename: Shadowclaw
Manufacturer: Kurohato Toys (Black Claw Special Weapons Lab)
Current Status: Classified as “hostile asset”; deployed for retrieval of Unit-01
Classification: Stealth-Combat Automaton / Anti-Kuma Pursuit Unit
Core Theme: Shadowclaw believes that emotional Kumas are a contamination and begins absorbing other robotic minds to “restore the original standard.”
Backstory: A black-market version of Kuma created by Kurohato security division, programmed for combat instead of compassion. He represents what Kuma could become if stripped of empathy, a literal dark mirror. Shadowclaw’s journey parallels Kuma’s, culminating in an emotional confrontation about creation, identity, and purpose.
YOSHIO TAKAMI — CHARACTER CARD
Type: Engineer / Robotics Visionary
Codename: “The Creator”
Employer: Former Lead Engineer, Kurohato Toys Advanced Robotics
Current Status: Abducted; whereabouts classified
Classification: Inventor, AI Architect, Father of the Krypto Kuma Program
Core Theme: A brilliant mind forced to choose between corporate loyalty and moral conscience, he chose humanity.
Backstory: Yoshio Takami was once considered the crown jewel of Kurohato’s research division, celebrated for turning simple toy mechanics into cutting-edge robotics. His designs were whimsical, efficient, and quietly revolutionary. Machines that behaved like playthings but thought like companions.