User talk:Usagi Tsukino

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Tsukino Family Lore

The Tsukino family have been involved in government since the Meiji Restoration, and prior to that were involved in law and order as ministry officials. Over the course of their family history, they have had no less than four members appointed to the House of Peers (now the House of Councilors) and fourteen members elected to the House of Representatives. For eight unbroken generations, all the male members of the Tsukino family studied law at Nihon University College of Law, one of the oldest law schools in Japan... until Kenji.

In 2005, rather than continuing to focus on his elite high school education in preparation for law school, Kenji instead managed to get an internship at an an, a weekly women's fashion magazine that was and still is one of the most popular in Japan. From there, he fell in love with photography, style, fashion, reporting and the work of maintaining popularity and sales in the realm of magazines. He broke the heart of his grandfather, the Tsukino Patriarch, Norimasa Tsukino, by choosing to go to school for journalism and promptly continuing to secure his career path in the realms of fashion photography and editing. There was even more outcry when he got married at 21 to his just barely turned 20 girlfriend, Ikuko Takagi now Tsukino, and announced they were having a baby.

Kenji was the favorite grandson though, so he was not cut off, though there was and still is plenty of grumbling about him breaking the family line, and a significant amount of interest in Shingo picking up that dropped legacy. Kenji has done very well for himself - he is currently Editor in Chief for POPEYE Magazine, despite his young age of 36 - and doesn't mind the family grumbling.

Starting in 2021, Kenji started to truly sympathize with his father and grandfather's disappointment, because Usagi, at age 12, started to rebel against his keen eye for fashion (and habit of getting her roped into photoshoots when work needed spare models) by dressing near exclusively in early 90s fashions. How could his precious daughter betray her loving Papa this way! This is just like when he broke generations of tradition!

(It is not. His grandfather is at least glad that Kenji sympathizes, though.)

Locations

The majority of the Tsukino Family are spread between Minato Ward and Chiyoda Ward, primarily within the areas of Azabujuuban and Kanda respectively.

Usagi's branch of the Tsukino family live in Azabujuuban, in a house that's not very far from the Azabujuban station, and, at most, a 20 minute train ride from Radiant Heart Academy. She doesn't live at home very often, since her main residence is in the dorms, though now that her grades have improved from 'failing' to 'barely passing', her family encourages her to visit home more often.

The Tsukino's two-story house in Azabujuuban is a testament to their upper-middle class/low-key upper class wealth. It has existed in some fashion since the 1800s, and was occupied by Tsukinos for many generations, though the original house was destroyed in the Tokyo bombings during World War 2. It was rebuilt Usagi's great grandfather Norimasa Tsukino, with support from his family. When Norimasa was elected to the National Diet for the first time, he moved back to the family residence in Chiyoda Ward, and his second son, Heizo Tsukino, made the house his primary residence throughout his time in law school, his marriage to Kotomi Matsui, and through raising their children. Kenji, being the youngest of Heizo's sons, was the last one living primarily at home, when he met and fell in love with Ikuko Takagi.

Marrying at a very young age and having Usagi quite early, Kenji and Ikuko lived with Heizo and Kotomi throughout their early marriage, and as a result, Usagi grew up with both her parents and paternal grandparents in her household. It wasn't until the death of her great-grandmother, Hana Tsukino, in 2017, that her grandparents moved out of the house to Kanda, to stay with her great grandfather Norimasa and provide support.

Kanda is an area of Tokyo that encompasses about thirty neighborhoods, and was a ward prior to World War 2, though afterwards it was merged neighboring Kojimachi to form Chiyoda. Usagi's grandparents and great grandfather in Kanda-Sudacho, a small historic neighborhood. Her uncles great-uncles also live in the area, though her cousins are in Minato. It seems to be a bit of a family tradition to return to Chiyoda in senior years.

Nakagawa-Takagi-Sakai Family Connection

Usagi and Chiyo are second cousins, related through the Nakagawa family line, through their grandmothers, Maiko Nakagawa (Usagi's grandmother) and Meiko Nakagawa (Chiyo's grandmother). Maiko married into the Takagi family, while Meiko married into the Sakai family.

The Nakagawa, Takagi, and Sakai families are all artisan crafts families, though each has specialized in different crafts.

The Nakagawa family, which originated in Inami, came to Tokyo in the 19th century, bringing their famed Inami woodworking skills to Tokyo, and making a living with fine woodworking and craftsmanship. Maiko and Meiko's older brother, Chikashi Nakagawa, still runs a family business doing traditional woodworking on client to cilient basis.

The Takagi family, which Maiko Nakagawa married into, a union which produced Ikuko Takagi nee Tsukino,

The Sakai family are wagashi makers, who have honed their craft for generations, working to continue the legacy of traditional Japanese sweets. They have lived in Tokyo for many generations, and Meiko's husband, Chiyo's Ojisan, is the proprietor of Nounamu Sweets.