Mizuki Sato

Mizuki Sato, also known as "Subject 10" or "Emerald", is a character from the Animatron Studios series Vanishing Point. A famous idol singer and actress, she was kidnapped by Shinsuke Corporation and experimented upon prior to the start of the series, and now has the power to hypnotize others. As of the start of the series, she is one of only three test subjects to have undergone total recall, along with Amethyst and Alexandra, and is the one who introduces the protagonists to the possibility.

Early life
Over a year prior to the start of the series, Mizuki became the star of her own sitcom, Life with Mizuki. The show became wildly popular; Hanako Kobayashi is just one of its many fans.

When Mizuki was kidnapped by Shinsuke Corporation, they did not realize her identity until she was brought to the research facility, and by then it was too late to let her go. She was experimented upon as the other test subjects had been, conditioned into believing she was an office worker, and released back into Tokyo. She was recognized within minutes and, having disappeared for two days, a media frenzy ensued, much to her initial confusion. However, when her agent sat her down and showed her footage of one of her performances, hoping to jog her memory, she suddenly suffered total recall and was temporarily paralyzed as her true memories flooded back into place.

Within the series
Mizuki is first mentioned in "The Enemy of My Enemy", as Rei tells the escapees that Mizuki was a test subject; she then makes a cameo appearance at the end of the episode on a digital billboard. She makes her full debut in the following episode, "Shooting Stars", as she organizes a party to celebrate the end of filming for Life with Mizuki 's second season. The escapees turn up to discuss her disappearance, and Mizuki allows them to stay despite her bodyguards trying to turn them away. Mizuki is intrigued to learn about the origins of her power and her false memories, and the escapees are in turn intrigued to learn that there is a way of recovering their lost memories.

Appearance
Mizuki stands 5'3" tall (160cm), and is slightly stocky. She has emerald-green shoulder-length hair and teal eyes, and wears a pair of black spectacles with rounded frames. She wears a black jacket with silver detailing over a white shirt, a matching black-and-silver skirt, and black stiletto heels. She also wears a pearl necklace.

Personality
Mizuki is generally quite upbeat, and occasionally childish. Unlike many of the test subjects she is aware of her powers and tries not to use them, especially not to win roles or fans as she feels this is cheating. However, her power sometimes activates subconsciously during her fits of petulance. For example, in "Shooting Stars", she hypnotizes a show runner into bringing her more food and, upon realizing she has done so, is immediately regretful.

Mizuki has a fairly large appetite and eats quite a lot, demonstrated in "Shooting Stars" when she spends most of her screen time eating, including consuming an entire box of chocolates in one sitting. Despite this voracious appetite, she does not seem to put on weight, suggesting that she has a fast metabolism.

Abilities
Mizuki has the ability to hypnotize other people. Whenever this power activates, her eyes glow a brilliant white and her voice becomes layered. She is able to hypnotize any number of people at once; once hypnotized, a person's eyes glaze over, their voice becomes a robotic monotone, and any order Mizuki gives them (while using her power) will be obeyed without question. Once the given order(s) have been carried out, the person will return to normal without any memory of their actions while hypnotized.

Mizuki's power has two key limitations. Firstly, it requires eye contact to work; however, even indirect eye contact is enough, so she is able to hypnotize people through TV screens and via pre-recorded videos. Secondly, she is unable to hypnotize herself, as this creates a feedback loop that causes her severe pain.

Trivia

 * Mizuki was named after Ashley Mizuki Robins, the protagonist of video game Another Code: Two Memories, and Formula One driver Takuma Sato.
 * The way Mizuki's power manifests itself (her glowing eyes and layered voice) was inspired by the "mesmer", a magical ability present in the Artemis Fowl universe.