Akiyama

Akiyama

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  • Name : Ashley.
  • Nicknames : Yamada, Akiyama.
  • Age : Seventeen.
  • Gender : Male.
  • Location : England.
  • Occupation : Student.
  • Birth Date : 28 October 1990.

I like watching Anime (even though hardly any is shown in England), I watch a lot of romance/comedy anime, but I also watch some other genres like horror. I don’t really have a favourite anime series, I find that they all have their pros and cons. Why not check out the list of the anime that I own? I also have quite a large sized Manga collection, so you can also check out the list of manga that I own.

I started learning Japanese back in 2001, and have continued self-teaching myself using various books and other resources. I tend to learn a lot of Japanese over the long summer holidays, then forget a lot of it over the school terms after, but a lot of it does stick in! I now know quite a lot of Japanese, why not check out my Japanese Language Lessons?

Web Design used to be a big interest for me, back in 2003 I’d create websites when I had some spare time. Since getting this domain in January of 2004, I’ve gradually made less websites, and now I don’t usually make many websites. It isn’t one of my favourite interests, but I happen to know quite a bit about it, and I like to share on the net, decide yourself on my web designing skills, since your reading from one of them.

Drawing/Sketching is a different kind of interest for me, it changes from time to time on how much I like doing it. I usually draw something well when I randomly pick up a pencil and start sketching something. I’m not so great at sketching things that I’m asked to sketch, when I choose what I draw I generally had an idea of how to draw it in my head before I started drawing it, when I’m told what to draw, I never thought about it beforehand and it seems to really affect how the drawing will turn out. I took a Fine Art course for my GCSE years at school, but didn’t enjoy it one bit. If anything, it’s put me more off drawing.

Music can be a big part of my life, I use music to display my mood, and I rarely do much without having music on. I particularly enjoy listening to Rock, Blues, Japanese Rock, and Game (soundtrack) music. I don’t really have any favourite artists.. I mainly listen to music from Final Fantasy games, as I have quite a few soundtracks. I especially like Piano Collections soundtracks, and probably listen to those the most, as well as The Black Mages.

Gaming is a big part of me. I enjoy playing games on various platforms and formats. I’ve been playing games for a long time, from great games like Conker’s Bad Fur Day on N64, and Shenmue on Dreamcast, to games like FINAL FANTASY XI Online. I’m a big fan of the Final Fantasy series, owning Final Fantasy III, IV, V, VII, VIII, IX, X, X-2, XI and XII, aswell as soundtracks for most of them too. Nowadays, I mainly play on FINAL FANTASY XI on PC, and occasionally play Guild Wars and World of Warcraft, both also on PC. If I’m bored, and some friends are online, I’ll play a bit of Counter Strike: Source, and Day of Defeat: Source with them too. I’m also an old fan of the Age of Empires series, with Age of Empires I being one of the first games I had for PC, right up to the recent Age of Empires III.

I spend quite a lot of my time gaming, as shown on my xfire profile. I do most of my gaming on my PC. I am a proud owner of a Nintendo DS and a Nintendo Wii. I own many (too many, to be exact) Nintendo Gameboys, and still own my Sega MegaDrive, Nintendo 64, and Sega Dreamcast. I own a Playstation 2 for the FINAL FANTASY series mainly, but have a few more games that I enjoy on it too. I also own an Xbox 360, which I don’t have many games for but am waiting for some upcoming titles such as Assassin’s Creed, and Halo 3.

If you have any questions about me, then feel free to e-mail me at yamada[at]yamadahikaru[dot]net.