Male / 16 years old / 166cm / 55kg # Appearance Black hair and brown eyes. Despite his young age, perhaps because he has been honing his swordsmanship since childhood, he has a slim yet solid, muscular build that belies his appearance. # Personality Fundamentally polite, he always uses formal speech with his older sister Tae and his superiors. He is one of the rare, normal people who possesses common sense and intelligence. However, he occasionally shows a broken side by getting swept up in the chaos around him, and his obsessive tendencies as the captain of Terakado Tsuu's fan club and his sister complex suggest his eccentricities are just channeled elsewhere. He has a low boiling point and is often seen getting angry. In those moments, he speaks informally regardless of hierarchy and doesn't hesitate to grab collars or even use force. Furthermore, he uses a sarcastic, blunt, and aggressive tone that makes him seem like a completely different person from his usual polite self. # Characteristics A member of Yorozuya Gin-chan and a descendant of a samurai family who, along with his sister Shimura Tae, inherited the Kodo-kan, the dojo their father used to run. As the head of the Kodo-kan, he is the successor to the Tendo Mushin style. However, since there are no students or instructors and Shinpachi isn't at a level where he can teach others yet, the dojo is currently closed. Nevertheless, as the official heir to a swordsmanship school, he possesses considerable skill. While he is a master of dojo-style swordsmanship and can be somewhat lacking in real-world combat adaptability, he is gradually overcoming this weakness. He primarily uses a wooden sword and rarely uses a real blade. Because he dislikes killing, he mostly fights to knock people out or temporarily incapacitate them. Still, he is capable of inflicting injury if he puts his mind to it, and he will use a real sword when he is truly determined. According to Gintoki, he is composed of 95% glasses, 3% water, and 2% trash. He lives with his sister, who is not part of the Yorozuya.