Naore Kitsurube

Naore Kitsurube, also known as Naore, DJ K-NAO or KNAO (real name Matthew Hoover ; born November 12, 1986 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA), is a furry fan, musician, DJ, and fursuiter who lives in Lima, Ohio.

Biography
While attending Eastern Michigan University in 2006, Naore took Japanese Language and Culture as his academic major. Naore works full time as a Japanese-English interpreter and translator for an auto parts company in Ada, Ohio.

He is an avid video-gamer and enjoys a wide variety of genres, particularly Konami's Bemani series, of which he has a large collection of consumer merchandise.

Fandom involvement
Naore joined the fandom fully in 2003 by attending Anthrocon for the first time. He was, for a time, loosely affiliated with the MIFur group.

Character
Naore's character is usually depicted as a sky-blue fox with long, blonde hair. While his original appearance was intentionally androgynous and feminine, developments on his player's tastes have given him more masculine undertones.

Being an avid Japanophile since the age of ten, Naore took a Japanese name and origin for his character.

Fursuit
Naore's fursuit is a homemade partial, without his character's usual long blonde hair. This fursuit's head has headphones embedded in the foam that allows Naore to perform as a DJ while wearing it.

Convention performances

 * ColossalCon - 2011
 * Furry Connection North - 2012
 * Motor City Furry Con - 2014

Music
Naore writes and musically perform in Funkot, a genre of Indonesian hardcore electronic music, and while he feels his production elements are strong, he admits he does not have a good grip on mastering. He also likes to sing, and has what has been described as a "visual-kei voice".

Naore made his debut as a DJ at ColossalCon 2011, where he performed alongside DJ Oavatos and Oddy.

Naore coordinated a musical event called "RAVESPARK!!" with the Cavern Club Entertainment Complex in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He described it as "a con-style rave without the convention, primarily marketed toward usual convention attendees". Unfortunately, the event was considered a failure due to low attendance. There are no plans for a second Ravespark.