oh they're not a fan unit! they're from a manga series i'm hoping to write someday, called broken record :) i'm currently writing their story in novel form first because it's easier than writing a manga script for me. i created them in.... the end of 2021 but uh. barely worked on them for like 2 years after that. anyway!! their story is pretty simple... just your run-of-the-mill band formation story but with the addition of found family and a safe space where the characters can finally feel loved and heard due to their respective Home Issues..... catharsis in music...... heh. if you don't mind i'm going to dump their backstories and personalities here. feel free to skip over it or whatever i just like yapping

kihaku (the protagonist; vocals + rhythm guitar) lived a really sheltered and lonely life where he didn't have any passions or aspirations until, at age nine, he stumbled across a video of an up-and-coming new band called RADIO🗲STORM. their song resonated with him like nothing else had, and he decided he wanted to become a musician just like that. he found solace in the band and its members as time went on, since he's struggled for years with his parents' constant absence and his lack of friends. he taught himself music theory and how to sing and play the guitar, but never found anyone else to start a band with until high school (which i'll get to later.)

he's soft-spoken and prefers being alone, though he's deeply introspective and reflective and his mind is always nearly bursting with thoughts. he's obsessed with anything music-related and finds it hard to care about anything else, leading others to incorrectly believe he's an unkind and apathetic person (although he is a bit out of touch with general social rules due to being sheltered and friendless for most of his life). he's creative, pragmatic and generally level-headed, and is very confident and driven. he also has a major sweet tooth. and autism. lol

takuto (the guitarist) is the upperclassman kihaku met on his first day of high school; he likes RADIO🗲STORM too, so despite their polar opposite personalities, the two of them hit it off pretty quick. as for his backstory, he comes from a highly gifted family with lots of siblings; they're all high achievers and have extraordinary academic gifts or special talents, and takuto feels like he has nothing. though his family loves him (but is generally less focused on him than the other siblings), he's always felt out of place and thus craves validation and praise from everyone, acting over-friendly and charismatic to make people like him.

despite his heavy insecurities, takuto is naturally sweet, positive, ambitious, and funny. as previously mentioned, due to his intense desire to make friends and be liked by his peers, he’s a total people pleaser, going along with whatever everyone else wants to do and suppressing most of his own opinions. he’s very kind and cares a lot about others’ well-being, making him sort of a mom friend. also he likes stickers and the color green and is kind of a golden retriever

kyoubu (the drummer) is an experienced musician and very cool person, and it took kihaku a lot of effort and a deep dive into his own capacity to make meaningful music to convince her to join the band lol. kyoubu's older brother, enju, is also talented at music, and when he and kyoubu were younger, they were really close; kyoubu is a bit of a difficult person, and her parents never really understood how to raise her (and still don't), but enju seemed to know just how to deal with her and was her best friend. eventually he had to leave for college in another prefecture, but they promised each other that they’d both find a band to join and call each other all the time while he was gone. however, once enju started his own band, it was like he forgot all about kyoubu, which further pushed her into her self-isolating, misanthropic habits.

kyoubu is confident, strong-willed, stubborn, and definitely a lone wolf with anger issues she tries her hardest to keep under control around other people. she's really smart but doesn't exactly have patience for those who aren't (or for most things, really), and thus prefers doing everything by herself. despite this, she's good at reading people and giving advice, and genuinely does care deeply about her friends once she finally has them. she's a voice of reason and wants to help everyone make correct and efficient decisions. and she's a dog person idk why that matters but like.

kurei (the bassist) never liked interacting with other kids his age when he was younger, and he hated school so much that he hardly ever attended classes. The highlight of his life was spending time with his dad, a game designer who worked for a famous rpg company and was working on the newest hit game, hidden universe. his father created a character based off of him, and kurei decided he'd live up to the radiant personality the character had. then, right before his first year of middle school and the year before hidden universe launched, his father was hit by a car and died. his shut-in lifestyle only got worse, and hardly anything brought him joy until he met takuto...... which is another long story and Dang this is already getting crazy long sorry i didn't even realize. to quickly explain that, he and takuto became close friends in kurei's second year of middle school, but when kurei had an emotional episode and said some things that deeply hurt takuto, they went their separate ways and didn't talk to each other until being forced to reconnect following the band's formation.

kurei is blunt, quiet, and usually cold. behind the unfeeling, protective wall he’s built for himself is a gentle, awkward but sensitive and sweet side that he mostly shows to his cats and takuto, who he has a bit of an unhealthy attachment to. kurei is smart, creative, and a great listener, but crumbles under pressure and is prone to anxious meltdowns and drastic mood swings. (he has bpd................... and loves coffee..... and has two cats named sashimi and latte..... and always wears this lightning bolt hairclip takuto got him because the character based off of him from hidden universe is an electricity user....... also he's my favorite of the main 4 but don't tell anyone. shhhhhhhhh)

anyway um. this is so very long and that's just their personalities and backstories and not what happens in the story Uhhh...... in simplest terms: Not A Lot! so far the Plot hasn't been going places...... it's kind of character-driven. mostly around kurei once he gets introduced because i SUCK and want to make everything about him but i'll fix it i promise. someday.

oh also sexualities !! kihaku is aroace kyoubu is an aro lesbian takuto is bi and kurei is a Homosexual

i think that's all. for now. i'm so sorry for dumping all this on you anon. please forgive me