Akira was born into a loving home, he had a relatively normal childhood, did well at school, had friends and seemed to greatly enjoy life. The only sign that anything was wrong with him at a young age was a strange fascination with art, and a hatred for his own nose. Once he was through school he enrolled himself in a life drawing class, enjoying the new skills and in time the new chances it gave him. Seeing live models and seeing how they moved drew Akira in more than he could ever dare to admit. It gave him a new hatred of his own physical appearance and was the start of him covering his nose, originally with just a strip of material before he crafted his leather mask that now never comes off. unless he is alone and needs to clean it as himself. During one class he got to talking to one of the models who gave him another optionsto try, body painting. Akira took to the new art form like a moth to the flame and before long all he could think about was more permenantly decorating a body. The model had been his first captive, she'd ended up with him for around 5 years before he had finally trusted her enough to leave her unrestrained, a decision which lead to his capture. In that time there were 3 other girls and 2 boys that he had added to his collection slowly scaring their bodies into his artwork and rewarding them after each session with . To this day he seems nothing wrong with what he did.