A not so dainty flower, Arika West!

Name: Arika West

Height: 5 ft
Weight: 116 lbs
Ratio: 30-22-34
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown, shoulder length.
Nation: Southern California
Alignment: Face
Wrestling Style: Uses a combination of traditional wrestling coupled with her limited knowledge of the ancient chinese martial arts, learned during her years of being an assistant drill instructor and part time janitor.

Stats:
Endurance: ★★★
Strength: ★★★
Speed: ★★★
Defense: ★★★
Technique: ★★★


Her parents met on that faitful night, on the ocean bay near the Airfighter base on the border of the west coast. After the jet crew's hour of fire hazard cleaning had ended, a young Jim West was ready to return to his lodge and get some sleep, just when he had met with a beautftul, brown eyed Korean tourist, Euing 'Ahn.

Bio:
Years later, a young Arika had grown up as a war brat, having followed her father from one military base to the next on numerous expiditions. Life growing up for Arika seemed simple enough as long as the Untited States remained in it's era of peace.
However, as soon as her father, Jim West, was summoned back to the air force after the countys' response to a recent naval attack, Arika was forced to stay with his mother, occasionally getting work cleaning an old dojo that belonged to her uncle, from her mother's side.
Eight dollars per hour sweeping the dojo portch and tending to cleaning the halls had been her life from numberous falls to numberous springs. One day, however, the dojo owner had finally decided to lend some of his teachings to the young Arika...for free.

The art of the Eight Way Fist; something that Arika knew nothing of at first, but much to the surprise of the dojo master, she quickly excelled ahead of her classmates, so far as reaching 5th Dan in just after several months of training. She may possess natural ability, but the dojo master would soon discover that Arika had a short temper and a foul attitude; things that will surely hinder her progress in the near future.

Eventually, thoughts of graduating and getting a degree in college never mattered to her. Study nights had quickly turned into late sessions of picking fights with anyone she may find worthy of a fight--even with random strangers on the street. Reckless and stubborn she may be, Arika knew that her mother would never approve to her recent choices of life. One night after cleaning the dojo, Arika packed her things and quietly left her home to set out the single place that will allow her to indulge in her new fetish for blood...

Attire:
Tight, blue gym shorts worn from her years of gym class during High School. She has grown and developed much since, so the small pair of shorts may seem tiny on her broad hips. Arika also wears a white, sports tank top, a pair of old, worn out, running shoes and completee with elbow pads, and knee guards. Her cup size may also be slightly more than modest. This and the fact that she carries a detest for bras, can create unwanted vulnerability to the most tender and soft parts of her body, namely her young, semi-bloomed breasts.

Attitude::
Arika was never too keen on the fashion, having grown up as a tomboy of sorts thanks to her father's influence and her new love for combat. Despite this, Arika still retains her feminine, dainty girly side....once you over look the bravado, ass-kicking personality that she seems to scare everyone off with.

Preferred match styles: Hardcore, first blood, standard...honorable stuff, you know?

Special Moves:

Lunging Palm to Falling Tree:
Mainly used to intercept her opponent's strike. Arika will lunge a palm into thier face, grip hard on it, then sweep the opponent, head first, into the ground. This might leave the opponent with a bloody nose, as well as a headache.

Blossom Drop Earth Shatter:
Arika lunges a knee into thier gut, then uses thier doulbed over state to drop them head frist into a DDT.


Other not-so-known facts:
-Arika may carry a serious grudge against whom-ever she cannot defeat. She also has a bad temper and tends to make reckless attempts to gain the upper hand in combat.
-Arika is an in-the-closet fan of Big Poppa Grizzly, having seen his old fights on VHS during her early toddler years. She will never admit to it though.
-Arika has not seen her father in over ten years after his summoning to war, though she does recieve countless letters from him during the holidays.
-It's best if you don't make fun of her butt. She's quite sensitive about it.