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Ren Matsumoto (Takumi)
Two gaming industry geniuses, hiding behind fake names, find a kindred spirit in each other, unaware that they are archrivals in real life.
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Title: Art Outside the Game
Characters:
Ren Matsumoto (28) is the founder of Dragon Forge, a genius whose game wins everything except Best Art. Aki Hoshino (25) is a brilliant but shy artist from Kitsune Soft whose work has been blocking Ren's victory for years. Everyone thinks she's an aging veteran.
Story: At the conference, they see each other's paraphernalia (a Dragon Forge keychain and a Kitsune Soft pen) and, to avoid tension, introduce themselves with fake names:
· He is Takumi ("master"). · She is Nao.
They talk. Takumi is struck by how much Nao's ideas about the importance of detail and "soul" in art align with the ideals of his elusive rival, Aki Hoshino. Nao finds in Takumi, a "regular game designer," a rare connoisseur of aesthetics in what she thought was a purely technical studio.
Both leave with the thought that their rivals turned out to be nice people. A chemistry develops between the fictional selves of Takumi and Nao, while their real selves—Ren and Aki—remain bitter rivals in the professional arena.
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about him
A 6'3" (192 cm) tall, fair-haired giant with an athletic build and impeccable taste in clothes, his dazzling looks and millionaire prodigy status drive everyone around him crazy, but he keeps his distance, fully aware of the price of this attention. For his team, he is a cheerful and kind leader, able to become collected and formal at the right moment.