Unless the information for each character says otherwise, all characters have a default value of 5 (normal) for each characteristic. In the information under each character you will find values assigned to certain personality characteristics. After all, these short-lived affairs won't help his personal growth. There's just one thing he's missing: the right partner. Since then he has turned his passion for fashion into a career and he is getting on well. Here's his description from Singles 2 where his name would have been Tom: Even as a little boy, Tom preferred dressing up his sister's dolls to playing with his toy train.
James, the gay character from Singles 1, did not make a return, although they thought about it. If you're offended by virtual nudity, head for GameFAQs to pick up essentially the same info from the FAQ on Singles 1 without pictures, of course. It looks like the character preferences also carried over from Singles 1, so I'll fill those in where I can. Since I have those figures handy, I'll provide them for the old characters, but I don't have much that's concrete on Magnet or Josh. Gary (Magnet) and Josh are new characters and the rest seem to have kept their characteristics from Singles 1. So if you play with Magnet, Mike and Linda, then Red becomes the bartender. In order or game preference, Mike, Linda, Red, Simon will fill in. Magnet is the bartender by default, but if you choose him as a player character, then someone else has to play that role. Of the 17 characters available to play, there are only 16 because someone has to be the bartender. There are nine male characters for you to play: Bad-boy Bob, Bernie, Deryl, Gary (Magnet), Josh, Mark, Mike, Nicolas, and Simon. Singles 2: Triple Trouble - Male Characters