Model: Oguri Shun
{ leaky cauldrons never looked sexier } Full Name: Ryoma Shiradou
Nicknames: Dragon, Ryo,
Fang Boy Date of Birth: April 18
Place of Birth: Sapporo, Japan
Current Residence: one of the rooms in the Leaky
Blood Status: Pureblood
Patronus: DRAGON! raccoon
Relationship Status: Single
Current Position: shopkeeper & bartender at The Leaky Cauldron
& chaos maker Former Occupation(s):
Part-time job as a waiter and bartender at a bar in Tokyo Japan (summer job between school terms)
The Department of Magical Games and Sports International Quidditch Liaison (for the Japanese Ministry of Magic)
Pet: a pathetic looking white kitty named Marshmallow who always sits on Ryoma’s shoulder like a purring parrot
■□SCHOOL■□
Himitsumahou Academy –
Quidditch Captain (5th year on) & Keeper (starting his second year)
Strongest Subjects: Potions, Flying, Care of Magical Creatures
Weakest Subjects: Transfiguration
■□FAMILY■□ Father: Kaishu Shiradou Mother: Sachiko Shiradou (née Kurokawa)
deceased Sisters:
Yumiko (28)
Sakura (27)
Yasumi (26) twin
Mio (26) twin
Sachie (24)
■□APPEARANCE■□ Height: 6’0”(183 cm)
Hair: black - but he tends to experiment
Eyes: chocolate brown
■□PERSONALITY & History■□
Ryoma is wise cracking, uncoordinated, loud-mouthed, and a bit pompous to boot. Until the age of fifteen, Ryoma resided with his family of five older sisters, his overpowering mother, and reserved father…so one can only imagine the torture that he must have endured while growing up. Ryoma has a habit of not being the brightest crayon in the box. He's fairly blunt, and tends not to think before acting or talking. He's also a bit dense in the sense that he doesn't catch onto things quickly. He's far from being stupid, mind you! It just so happens that he's more of an emotional, instinctual character than an intelligent one, and prefers brawns over brains. Which can get him into trouble… Upon turning 15, Ryoma left his home in Sapporo and moved into an apartment alone in Tokyo where he learned to fend for himself and gained a strong sense of responsibility.
In school, Ryoma had a group of friends that called themselves
the Bandits and were always causing some sort of chaos around school. Being the leader of this group, Ryoma was the biggest trouble maker but learned how to be sneaky enough to avoid his professors’ gazes. He is very athletic and had his sights set on making the pros in Quidditch, but that dream went down the drain when, in his final year at school, he broke the noses of several of the opposing team’s players. With his future as a Quidditch player gone, he instead got a job working for the Japanese Ministry of Education. An advid gambler, Ryoma couldn’t resist playing the field whenever he was in a match’s attendance and was asked to leave the Ministry and seek work elsewhere. He came to London, mostly because his sisters forced him out of the house, hoping to find work in the British Ministry, but instead found himself working at an assistant and bartender in the Leaky Cauldron for two years before he took over running it himself.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ▸▸ BASIL SKEETER
model : Matthew Perry
post color : #330000▶▶ the manname ▷▷ Basil [pronounced BAZ-el] Keegan Skeeter
............he is rather touchy about being called a herb..so DON'T do it
House ▷▷ Hufflepuff
Birthday ▷▷ 14th February, 2042
Hometown ▷▷ Wakefield, England
Blood Status ▷▷ Pureblood
Relationship Status ▷▷ divorced with 3 children
Patronus ▷▷ mosquito
Wand ▷▷ Robust 11" Hickory wood with Unicorn and Demiguise Hair
Position ▷▷ Editor-in-Chief
▶▶ related historyBasil was always one of the loud sarcastic kids who displayed an immature sort of personality as a means to make up for his short stature - being only 4'11" (149 cm) at age 15 - and earned himself the title of 'ClownPuff' after his first year. Not an especially gifted student, the only subjects that Basil really stood out in were Ancient Runes and Transfiguration.
After graduating from Hogwarts, Basil's tendency to be impatient and an inability to sit still for long caused him to forgo university and instead traveled the world as a freelance writer. After globetrotting for several years, he eventually decided that he should return to school and attended Wizarding University in Edinburgh, Scotland where he graduated with degrees in Rune Studies, Journalism/Literature Studies, and Wizarding Communications while also getting his feet wet in Business Administration & Management.
Basil's Napoleonic denial of his shortness unfortunately never went away as even as an adult he barely reached 5'5" (165 cm). Just as in his Hogwarts days, this made his personality even more larger than life and he vowed to make a name for himself and went on to graduate from Cuffe University School of Journalism on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in the United States.
Expecting GREAT things of himself when he returned to England, Basil was sorely disappointed when the only job he could find was as a journalist for Witch Weekly. He still threw himself into his work and slowly made his way to the top within the publication, but he dreamed of working for somewhere 'more worthy of his time' which is precisely why he jumped at the opportunity to work at the Daily Prophet as Editor-in-Chief.