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shnya · 4 months ago

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headcanon dump, misc. (long post, compilation of most existing headcanons i have for him.)

though his hair may seem to be perpetually tousled, he’s always taken great care into grooming himself and his appearance; you’ll never find him in clothes that don’t suit him, and, if he’s feeling himself, he’ll have a light, signature fragrance on him (lavender, bergamot, sandalwood, and cedarwood, per his official perfume.)

we don’t talk about his enforcer days, though. those days, he had simply given up on everything; including his shampoo routine. Yes, as an enforcer, he used the infamous 3 in 1

headcanon dump : dating.

Kogami has dated plenty of people, but has only been in relationships with the amount of fingers he can count on one hand. He’s an old school romantic, and while in school, he’d had people, guys and girls, who approached him about dates. He’s rejected a few, accepted a few, and faced his own results vice versa, but he’s nothing if not an attentive person that pokes around to get to know the person before making the most perfect date that person has been on (c’mon, he’s a Leo sun; this all-outness is just so him). He’ll bring flowers, chocolates, hold open doors, and even walk his dates right back to their doors.

Does he believe in “the one” out of all this? Who knows. He refuses to let Sibyl decide his ideal partner, though, and is there to give him partners and dates a good time; and a long time, if they’re both feeling each other.

headcanon dump : sexuality.

as stated in my bio for him, kogami shinya is bisexual / biromantic, and has no particular preference for any gender. there was no realization period for him, nor coming to terms with it — in a world run by the advanced sibyl system, whose collective minds come together to construct ideal lives for its citizens, I don’t think it would be discriminatory towards attraction or gender identity (in other words, be homophobic or transphobic). thus, kogami regarded his attraction as a completely natural thing all his life, as did most people around him.

headcanon dump : sleeping.

while kogami “sleeps four hours a day with cat naps in between”, he has the ability to sleep anywhere. from a truck going through a rocky terrain, to the paddy wagon on its way to a crime scene. his sleeping habits used to be a lot better when he was younger, since he slept for for a minimum of seven hours, but as soon as he reached college, it cut down to six (he was a star student for a reason), then four when he became an inspector —> enforcer. It was natural, given the stressful environment, and the PTSD from the specimen case didn’t do him any favors, so much to the point that he developed chronic insomnia. as if it couldn’t get any worse: he sleeps with one eye open, a knife under his pillow, and gun at his hip after he left Japan, facing the constant threat of someone trying to kill him in his sleep for the reputation he earned as a skilled mercenary and public enemy of the state to fascist regimes. he also wakes up randomly in the night. after his return, he’s making an effort to improve his sleep, though he still keeps the knife under his pillow out of habit.

headcanon dump, geeky interests.

don’t let his pretentiousness towards holo avatars / internet presences fool you, kogami is exceptionally geeky outside of his eclectic tastes in literature. as a child to his teen years, he loved video-games and martial arts movies (much to the point that one might say it had some influence on his own pursuit of martial arts). of course, he heavily preferred vgames with strong storylines and world building (thereby favoring JRPGs) but sometimes he settled with online first person shooters that didn’t require too much thinking. in college, he indulged in MMOsas a hardcore competitive raiderand tabletop gaming with Gino, but as his career became more taxing on his mental health, he has since dropped most of his geeky interests outside of reading completely until Kagari entered his life, sparking joy in the hobby again especially since he introduced a bunch of his own old favorites to his fellow enforcer.

headcanon dump, women & children.

Kogami has a soft spot for women and children. not that he thinks they’re particularly weak. on the contrary; he’s a feminist king whom adores and admires women , and with regards to children / younger people whom he perceives in such a light … he has chronic older brother / dad syndrome that’s best evidenced with how he treated tenzing.

headcanon dump, childhood room.

kogami came from a working-class family with a loving mother and a father often busy at work (but not one he could call absent. he was just a bit of an emotionally awkward asian dad.); he was significantly closer to his mother, so much to the point that she was listed as his sole emergency contact.

he grew up in the average japanese neighborhood; the house wasn’t all too big, and his room stayed tidy, often at his mother’s nagging, but he didn’t spend too much time in there unless he had to. he had three (smaller) bookshelves, a small TV with a gaming system, a usually messy desk with a computer, his bed and curtains were blue, a small closet for his clothes, and an even smaller dresser for stragglers that couldn’t fit in said closet. you can find free weights under his bed, a pull up bar at the frame of his door, and there’s always some presence of a water bottle in his room.

headcanon dump, jealousy.

Kogami is self assured and rarely experiences jealousy / envy on a personal level, except for the cases in which he envied people’s ability to obtain happiness and fulfillment, but he likes to think those days of his are over. This not to say he’s immune to the light prick of jealousy/envy that every human feels at some point or another; he just knows how to reflect and replace the energy / thoughts, often with admiration if it’s unattainable, or inspiration if otherwise attainable.

also, his jealousy/envy is almost always situational.

headcanon dump, languages.

kogami is fluent in: viet, thai, lao, khmer, mandarin (only some cantonese), hindi, English, and Japanese. eight years overseas gives you a lot of time to absorb different languages, their phonetic & grammar systems, and their literature, and kogami is a fast learner.

headcanon dump, misc.

I feel like Kogami went through a phase in high school & college where he obsessed over philosophers and profound literature and often quoted them, but people looked at him weird when he did, so he kinda quieted down on it a bit. So, when he met makishima, he was impressed, but also a little pissed off that he met someone, as shitty as he was, that reminded him of himself ( let alone his cringy younger self ).

study, deteriorating hue.

kogami’s deteriorating hue was inevitable. In his first division (03), he witnessed the deaths of two of his enforcers ( torii tsubasa & kurata naoto ) and his partner inspector ( yoshitoshi waku ) in the line of duty - kogami holds a grudge against himself for it, and believes he could have done more to prevent that outcome, but much of the blame has been expressed in silence. amazingly enough, his criminal coefficient remained under 100. the sybil system didn’t perceive this loss as a cause of concern since kogami walked out of that situation with his hue in tact, and it believed kogami would be stable working alongside ginoza nobuchika, who he’d been close friends with. his hue, though, at an acceptable number, was on thin ice. unlike his partner who’d regularly sought out mental health treatment to maintain a good number, kogami dodged treatment, right up to his demotion. ginoza might blame kogami’s demotion on how close he’d gotten to his enforcers in both divisions he has worked in, but kogami would never admit the correlation. the true causation, kogami believes, would have been his own failure to prevent those deaths.

headcanon, workout routine.

kogami works out twice a day, usually full body workouts. upper in the day, lower in the evening. he spaces them out to be every other day, while the day between is filled with martial arts training / sparring . after he leaves Japan, he does find workouts to accommodate the routine he made (+ you can never not get enough exercise when you’re constantly fighting for your life), but with his return, he’s fallen back into the comforts of having training equipment at his disposal. he usually designates one or two days out of his week to rest.

headcanon dump, sleeping alone.

Kogami is a pretty physical person in general, but it’s a source of distress when he’s not awake. It’s why he’s made it a point to sleep alone when he left Japan; it’s not that he could’ve hurt anyone in proximity (in some brooding manner), or that he fears feeling someone pressed against him… it’s that he’s like an octopus, and clings to anything he feels when he’s sleeping, in almost a chokehold. Usually when he sleeps alone, he sleeps on his back, or on his stomach with his head on his folded arms so there’s no room for anything of the sort. When he has the room to sleep on his side, though, he’s curled up in fetal position, and if someone refuses to leave him to sleep alone, they’ve been warned, and they’ll probably be put in a grapple of death until they wake him up (which is surprisingly easy to do, since he’s not a heavy sleeper). But in his own (temporary? Or long term?) home since his return to Japan, he has had extra pillows subjected to this.

headcanon dump, wrestling.

no, but. “Play wrestling” is never “play” with kogami, neither is playing footsies under the table with him. Kogami Shinya was a wrestler and kickboxer in school, and actively hones his skills. He does know when to be serious, and when to joke around, but there’s a thin line between them for him, and he’s particularly evil about it.

headcanon dump, kogami being ill.

I’m feeling a little under the weather, so it’s Kogami headcanon time. When he feels ill, he’ll pretend that he isn’t; he covers up every cough, sniffle and sneeze with a “it’s nothing”. But when he’s in his own bed, he becomes a big baby, curling up under blankets, ten thousand mugs with soaked tea bags on the coffee table. all notifications are off for him, and if you try to walk in on him in this state, he’ll just turn his back towards you. don’t try to baby him; he’ll pout and insist you don’t have to, though he’ll still thank you.

kogami rarely makes it known when he’s ill, since he’s used to turning to hermitage to recovering in silence. but, if people know he’s ill… being the dramatic leo he is, he’ll bitch about it. “i am SO sick.” “I feel like dying.” “feel like SHIT.”

he’s a child about medicine; preferring pill form meds over liquid ones. he’ll make a face if presented with a small cupful and try to turn away or try to complain enough for the other party to give up. if the person administering it is particularly tenacious in getting him to take it, he’ll pout the whole time and shoo you away once he’s taken it, like an animal licking its wound after losing a fight.

will try to do everything while he’s ill; because he swears he’s built different. yes, he is, but he’s still human!

headcanon dump, minecraft.

character development question: what would your character do in Minecraft? i’ll start. Kogami would hyperfocus on mining in ravines. nobody would ever know where he’s at, and he leaves a trail of cobblestone. He gets a little too upset if he dies in one. He’s the main one bringing back diamonds, gold, and red stone, though. Very oddly good at building houses, but he mostly cares for mining.

headcanon dump, southeast asian fighting styles.

oh, god. A lightbulb just went off in my head. Kogami would’ve definitely been able to train formally in south + southeast Asian fighting styles while he was in the SEAUn because if he hadn’t been dedicating himself to freedom fighting, he (canonically) sought out some form of enlightenment / peace; so not only did he brush up on the fine arts (literature/music/visual arts/theatre), but he also brushed up on the martial arts as well. He had eight years to do this.

headcanon blurb, therapy.

I think Kogami did give it a go when he wasn’t forced to, but he felt horrified by his own thoughts and feelings on certain things (namely his trauma) and thought it wasn’t very productive that they’d repeat (though, he couldn’t help it). Thus, he does tons of other forms of therapy instead (i.g, physical, reading, etc.) that … don’t really address the problems he feels ashamed of having.

headcanon dump, misc.

when kogami lived/lives alone in japan, he has a tendency to walk around his own place naked; at most, half naked. after showers, he’ll have nothing but his towel on his head, and when he’s cooking, he’ll at least put on some boxers so to not get any oil splashes on himself lol. as an enforcer, he sorta did the same thing, though, much to his chagrin, living at one’s own workplace leaves you very little time to just lounge in your birthday suit when you’re called to duty so often and on such short notice, so more times than not, it’ll be half-naked.

As of 2110, Kogami Shinya has an air fryer.

kogami also tutors in foreign languages, of which he has surprising proficiency in most major language families. he also has some knowledge in ASL.

messy Kogami things: He’ll write his journal in a completely different language, but if he suspects people are reading through it, he’ll write their names in a language they can understand; so while they may not know why he mentioned them, they’ll know he’s talking about them.

Kogami is actually really great at writing up reports. ❤️

A loyal wordle player, when he had the internet connection for it. He missed the game when he went without while overseas, but now that he’s back, he’s loyally back at it at 12 AM. Needless to say, he enjoys other word games, and he’s a ruthless scrabble opponent.

while he doesn’t dance, he does have rhythm. he’s very involved with physical activity so, if you show him a dance, chances are you’ll see him having perfected it in very little time.

a bass and guitar player at some point in his life.

his favorite weather = clear skies (canon backing), since it’s when he can get the most outdoor activities done, and he feels rejuvenated by the open air, especially when there’s a slight breeze to go with it. patches of clouds don’t ruin it for him, and while he prefers day > night since he does a lot of … ruminating at night.

a beer guy.

kogami can’t consume media normally, and I mean that in the funniest way possible. while he does have his mindless indulgences, his favorite ones are usually thought provoking, and he very rarely settles for media that doesnt stimulate him or cheap entertainment. he’s definitely the kind of guy who gets into forum arguments over character fights / strength and lore / world building / theme analysis.

kogami can either be incredibly thoughtful in his gift giving (extending his own interests into his choices for the recipient, such as giving someone a physical manga volume, or tickets to a museum if he knows the person is into fine arts) or … incredibly bad in that he was in so much of a loss in what to get someone that it ended up being something that he’d probably have liked to receive himself (i.g, a beach trip out, if he thinks the other person needs to relax and he doesn’t know how to say so since he’s big on surprises). he likes to get to know the people he keeps around intently; once you get past his RBF, he’s actually a very friendly, kind, generous, and cheerful guy. and i love that about him, actually.

lao heritage.

Kogami Shinya is Lao, but he and his family are naturalized Japanese citizens. His family immigrated from Central Laos (particularly Savannakhet) in the following years after the Neoliberal Economy’s collapse of 2022, and adopted Japanese names while processing their citizenship: his father, formerly known as Keo Souvannakham became Kogami Keo (at least retaining his given name since its pronunciation is similar to Kyo); his mother’s maiden name is unknown. Shinya himself never received a Lao name on paper, though because word of God is Lao, his play name / ຊື່ຫຼິ້ນ ( name otherwise called by his father’s family member and his family ) would have been Maa Noy / ໝານ້ອຍ ( translates to puppy. or just Noy, which means little. )

Growing up, Shinya spoke Japanese and Lao; naturally, more Japanese in public, while some Lao (and still, primarily Japanese) at home in the Central Lao dialect. He was able to retain the second language fairly well with regular reinforcement from his father and most of his family that remained in Japan with him, and was surprised (if not a teensy bit mortified) that it was included in his archaic language studies in college. Keo was the one who encouraged Shinya to pick up kickboxing and wrestling, since both are popular forms of martial arts in Laos.

Some of his motivation to migrate southward to Southeast Asia after leaving Hong Kong was in part due to his heritage; with his very Japanese name, he stuck out at first, but his being able to speak Lao helped him assimilate with some of the locale with its similarities with the other southeast Asian languages; it helped that his language studies also tutored him in Thai and Khmer. Though he traveled through Laos, he settled right in within a year of stationing himself in central Cambodia; as much as one can settle in in a war zone, anyway.

headcanon, misc.

Kogami’s earlobes are pierced, and have been since he was a young teenager. At that age, he had a teeny tiny punk streak, and got it done in an inconspicuous shop. While his holes have since remained empty, they’re amazingly enough, still there, and he occasionally accessorizes accordingly when he finds a pair he likes or he’s gifted some.

On the conversation of jewelry, Kogami prefers necklaces a lot. Though the dog tags he wears overseas do serve a purpose, they also happen to be pretty fashionable for himself. On any other circumstances, he wears plain, loose pendants and the occasional choker.

as an enforcer, kogami goes shirtless (even half naked) through the MWPSB building almost 90% of the time he’s off duty, or when he expects to be confined to the building. he keeps the allusion of him wearing clothing up by using holo.

I think that not only would Kogami be a FFXIV player if it continues to exist in Psycho-Pass world, but he would’ve been a Lalafell player with Mentor Status. Not because he’s one of those weird Lalafell players or anything, but he’s one of those weirdly good players. Somehow, on top of his advanced curriculum and constant extracurricular activities and many many hobbies, he’d have made time for levelling all of his classes, being caught up in content and regularly high end raiding for the simple fact that it stimulated his mind. Lalafell was just because he thought “Aw, little guys.” And then got attached to his little guy.

pre-pp3 headcanons

kogami, immediately landing in japan, barely got a security clearance. despite frederica’s promise that he’d get there without issue, security drones stopped him for his criminal coefficient and revolver, and he likes to think that it’s the sibyl system’s way of reminding him how thin of ice he’s on. despite this hiccup, frederica delivered on her promise that he got as much freedom as a citizen (aside from the obvious stipulation of wearing her metaphorical leash); while it remains unknown how much power frederica has parallel to sibyl’s jurisdiction, she was able to secure him a reliable source of replenishment for his revolver since he refused to let go of in favor of the semi-automatic glock standard that the SAD agents carry. how many rounds he has exactly can be equal to the amount of cigarettes he has on hand on any given day, though he’s frugal by an eight year old habit with how many he fires off; he’s always preferred fighting hand to hand, anyway, so he’s not pressed too worried.

speaking of rounds, kogami’s gotten great at unloading and reloading the revolver with eight years of practice on hand. the fastest time he’s ever been able to do either is well under six seconds. he’d be the envy of cowboys.

he doesn’t have a penny to his name the moment he’s back in japan, though it might have been the case anyway when he left; he kept paper money on him, sure, but exchange rates overseas are useless since the global economy collapsed long before his birth with few efforts from nations to salvage it, so he lived frugally in this short time period of his return or on frederica’s authorized budget / allowance (which she strictly regulated how many cigarettes he can get on her credit since she hates those cancer sticks, and being his usual prideful self, he hated having to rely on her too much to begin with). during this time, he counted his cigarettes by the sticks because he didn’t know when he’d get paid enough to afford another carton, let alone a pack, and in tibet, he was only ever able to get those two cartons he got from garcia. so, yes, he might smoke less in general, but it’s not like he had much choice to begin with, so while he’s under begrudging management of his vice, it’s half by choice and half by circumstance.

frederica told kogami that he could stay anywhere he wanted if not for government standard apartments… within reason, just as long as he made it to work in time. you’d think that with the way he lived overseas he wouldn’t be so picky, but eight years was just enough to be able to adapt, assimilate, and grow comfortable with the simple way of life he had. his requirements were minimal holo and lots of nature — which he couldn’t find much of in tokyo … so, he settled with an “old-school” neighborhood, not terribly far from an abolition block that didn’t use so much holo that retained its own nostalgic air, what with family owned storefronts. because it’s tokyo, rent is rent, but it reminds him a little bit of the home he had when he was a boy, if not for the towering bookshelves he erects with every week he’s had the place.

never goes anywhere without the revolver; at first, it’s a sentimental notion to carry Pops and the weight of his first judged kill with him, but with SAD agents being required to conceal carry due to the nature of their work, Kogami himself got a custom holster made for himself. He’s also quite paranoid of encountering any foes he’s made overseas back at home; his fears have only come true by First Inspector. Guess what goes around will keep coming around.

headcanon, misc.

He prefers baths over showers, and in his own personal bathroom, he bathed with a bucket and a bowl. Showering like this overseas wasn’t exactly an issue since he already developed the manner to do so growing up.

Inherited a gold chain from his father’s side of the family; still has it, though doesn’t wear it on the job. Made from Laos gold.

He instinctually lowers his head into a bow when walking past elderly individuals.

He gets very touchy about having his head and feet touched.

Kogami only has a total of two meals a day. He wakes up, drinks coffee and smokes, has a burger (or any other meaty / protein equivalent ), then either another cup of coffee or udon for dinner. How he’s managed to stay on top of his health is above anyone, even himself. He’s generally not awake for breakfast, anyway, and just goes straight into his morning workout.

Kogami can speak Viet, but like, only in Southern Vietnamese dialect. The same can be said for his Lao, considering his family is from Savannakhet. He can understand the Vientiane dialect, but he’s a little lost the further north he gets.

A wee headcanon but Kogami is a bit tan from both his southeast Asian heritage as well as how much sun he soaks up on the regular with his work.

#portrayal.

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