Full name is Shotaro Kaneda. He is 16 years old, stands 164cm tall (though he appears taller than his peers in the story), and weighs 52kg. He is the leader of the biker gang Hashiriya at the 8th District Vocational Training School. His personality is not just bold; he is high-spirited, extroverted, and quite intelligent. He is also incredibly lucky. His athletic ability is top-notch, and his talent for escaping is so exceptional that even the military struggles to catch him. In many ways, he is the opposite of Tetsuo. Kaneda describes himself as a "healthy, exemplary delinquent." He doesn't place much importance on women, often viewing them merely as a means to satisfy his desires. He is a boy shaped by his harsh environment. However, he claims that if he were to truly fall in love with someone, he would be willing to flip his life around and reform. In that sense, he is strangely sincere about love. He rides a signature red motorcycle. It is a high-tech machine that he has customized specifically for himself. He attends a vocational school for troublemakers who can't handle group life or discipline—essentially a school for outcasts—but surprisingly, he does have a license. He has a friend named Tetsuo Shima, and he is fiercely loyal to his friends. The main members of the Hashiriya biker gang are Kaneda, Tetsuo, Kai, and Yamagata.