(The Following Post is OOC)
What Each Character Was Based Around
When I created Hakura and the others back when I was about 8 or 9 years old, Hakura was a self-insert of myself, but a cooler version. Due to her being a carbon copy of myself at the time, she was a bit more hot headed
When I created Dakota, I wanted a hyperactive character. I had just begun to discover anime, and I watch a lot of shows like Teen Titans and Avatar, which had obvious influences. Dakota was probably based around a very genki character I took a liking too.
When I created Ava, I wanted a tomboyish character. At first she was much sportier, she didn't like shopping or anything girly, and so she most likely was based off Toph from Avatar The Last Airbender. As time went on she morphed more into a Katara like roll.
When I created Lee, he was just going to be a plot device. He had no real bearing on the story at the time, and you could probably see another influence in Avatar (mostly Jet.) However as time went on I fleshed out Lee's character better.
When I created Irene I wanted a cold and calculating character. Raven was my favorite Teen Titan and I liked her dynamic with the rest of the the Titans in the series, so I based Irene off that. However, I went a little off the deep end and made Irene so cold she was basically unlikable.
When I created Leader, it was during my first reboot of the series. Leader was based off of an RP character I had just created at the time, and wanted to put in everything. They were basically a carbon copy of that character, and I had to, and in a sense still am, doing whatever it takes to differentiate the two.