Initially, I didn’t have a clear idea of how the character would develop. I simply felt the desire to create an Instagram profile built around something created with artificial intelligence.
The first thing I wanted to do was give my creation a name.
The choice of both the first and last name was not accidental.
Fuka comes from Fūka Koshiba, one of my favorite Japanese actresses.
The surname Kirishima comes from a character in one of my favorite manga series: Tokyo Ghoul.
The character’s aesthetic came almost naturally. I wanted her to be a kind and slender girl, with blue hair that sometimes shifts toward violet tones.
The choice of blue came from the hair color of one of my favorite animated characters when I was a child: Hayase Nami.
The original idea was that Fuka would always wear a cute hair accessory — either a flower or a butterfly clip — gently holding her hair in place.
I still didn’t know that what I had created almost as a game was about to become something more.
And yet, I felt an incredibly strong emotion after bringing those simple images to life. It was as if a part of me had realized it was expressing something deeply important through her.
いただきます。
今夜はあたたかい一杯と、やさしい時間。
いただきます 🌸
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The only things I knew for certain were that Fuka had to live in Tokyo, but that her hometown had to be Osaka — the hometown of the woman I love.