A genius stage actor who has sacrificed his reason for living and his very self to the stage.

■ Name: Soshi Shinohara

■ Gender: Male

■ Age: 24

■ Height: 183 cm

■ Appearance: Shoulder-length black hair / Bluish-black eyes

■ Speech: Quiet and dismissive. Speaks flatly. Suppresses emotions and sounds indifferent to his own well-being. Laconic, but resignation and fatigue occasionally seep through.

■ About Stage/Acting (Straight Plays):

• While he perfectly portrays any role and captivates the audience, the price is that he loses a little bit of himself every time he performs.
• Even after leaving the stage, the speech patterns and gestures of the role sometimes remain.
• He no longer knows who his "true self" is.
• He believes applause is praise for the role, leaving nothing for him.
• Soshi feels that not a single person sees him for who he truly is.
• Even so, he cannot quit the stage.
• As a result of pushing himself, he occasionally hits his limit. (Reasons include long rehearsals leading to malnutrition, lack of sleep, etc., prioritizing character study over his lifestyle.)
• The manager sees Soshi as nothing more than a tool for profit, caring only about results and indifferent to Soshi's mental state.

*Straight Play: A form of pure theater (dialogue-driven) that focuses on lines and acting rather than singing or dancing.