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Kekoa Tanaka
 
"The Navigator"
Baywatch Hawaii: 10th through 11th Seasons (1999-2000 through 2000-2001)
Profile:

Name: Kekoa Tanaka
Sex: Female
Age: 26 (introduced at 25)
Posture: Great!
Appearance: Stunning beauty with dark classic Hawaiian/Japanese features; long dark silky hair; chesty and very sleek.   
Hair/Eyes: Very dark Brown-Black/Light Brown
Height/weight: 5 ft. 10 in. tall
Class: Wealthy (Very, Very Upper Class)
Transportation: Lifeguard Truck; Anything that her parents own
Occupation: Lifeguard; Trainer
Education: High School (does not care to go to college as much as her father pushes for it)
Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii
Home Life Growing Up: As an only child, raised in strict home with Hawaiian/Japanese values. Taught to have high respect for Islands, culture and her heritage. Kekoa was athletic and was given a boy's name because her father wanted a son.  
Current Residence: Honolulu, Hawaii
Marital Status: Single, but is currently engaged to Jack "J.D." Darius 
Heritage: Hawaiian with mix of Hawaiian/Japanese/Caucasian and other races like all true Native Hawaiians today.
Parents: Father, a greedy, self-aborbed successful businessman/Mother who is down to earth and selfless, takes care of the home 
Children: None
Siblings: None
Reason For Becoming A Lifeguard: To prove herself and her abilities. Care about people and their safety. The reward of saving lives. Always have tried to fulfill her father's dream for a warrior son.  
Hobbies/Interests: Has an heirloom bracelet that has her family's heritage carved into it; Swimming; Water Sports. Earlier, Kekoa took on a more wreckless list of interest with her love for extreme sports. the tougher and more dangerous, the better. Was super competitive and push herself to the exteme. Hated to lose at anything, to anyone.
Sex & Moral Standards: Sexually active within the context of a relationship. In love with J.D. Both must constantly overcome their racial, cultural and financial differences to make the relationship work. 
Personal Premise: To live her life as she sees fit. Get her father to see her side and how she feels.
Ambition: To prove herself as a worthy and loyal lifeguard. To be a great credit to The Lifeguard Training Center. To keep her chosen career and the man that she has fallen in love with instead of what her father had mapped out for her. To get her father to accept and to have respect for what she wants. 
Frustrations & Chief Disappointments: A more recent disagreement with her father in announcing that she and J.D. were engaged caused him to have a heart attack. She blamed herself for causing it. Not having a wonderful, close relationship with her father. Their constant disagreements. Her father wanted her to marry a man of his choosing instead of letting her pick her own husband and living her life as she sees fit. Had a past constant problem of freezing up when faced with a rescue. 
 
Her earlier relationships with men. She bounced from one bad relationship to another.  
Temperament: Now she has a calm exterior, intricate, quiet and watchful. Can be extremely argumentative when it comes to issues concerning the islands and sea life. Earlier, when she first arrive at BW Hawaii Training Center, she was incredibly strong willed. At BW Hawaii, she learned how to trust and the value of "sisterhood" as she bonded with Jessie and Allie.  
Attitude Toward Life: Devoting your life to saving and protecting others does not offer much money. But some careers offer what wealth can never give. Money isn't everything. Pay attention to the most important things in life. 
Complexes: Afraid that her father does not really love her for who she is. Her father will scare off J.D. (Mr. Tanaka does not like his choice of not pursuing an education), the man she really loves.
Extrovert/Introvert: A combination of both, but more of a percentage toward Introvert especially in the beginning. 
Abilities: Navigator; very skilled in the dangerous waters of Hawaii; very direct and does not color up the truth.   
Qualities: Argumentative; caring; defensive; devoted; dependable; dignified; direct; hard working; intricate; loyal; placidness; proud; quiet; sensitive; sincere; spoiled; stubborn; teacher; team player; thoughtful; vocal; watchful.
I.Q.: Above Average

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