His mother is Hanae Oda, a Mementos target with a Shadow Self. With help from Futaba hacking into the Gun About website, Shinya agrees to teach the protagonist, and to his surprise, learns that Shinya can be quite foul-mouthed when playing with someone else, as well as a harsh teacher. At first, Shinya is reluctant to teach someone older than him, but upon learning about why the protagonist wants to learn under him, and that he is a student at Shujin, he agrees to teach him, but only on the condition that he receives proof of the Phantom Thieves wanting to deal with the cheater. Shinya is an elementary school boy who plays at the Gigolo arcade of Akihabara, and is known as the gaming genius called 'The King.' The protagonist meets Shinya in Akihabara at the Gigolo while looking for a firearms instructor to defeat the Shadow Self of Yoshikuni Nejima, a notorious arcade cheat in Shibuya Gigolo (as his cognition of being invincible made his Shadow superhumanly evasive). During his Confidant, Shinya comes to see the protagonist as an older brother-like figure, which then becomes great admiration when he figures out that he is a member of the Phantom Thieves. Shinya greatly admires the Phantom Thieves due to the fact that they challenge those who abuse their power and is an avid supporter, even after the death of Kunikazu Okumura, which they are framed for. However, when playing with others, Shinya swears up a storm, which he admits is both a habit and problem for him. While playing Gun About, he is focused and sharp, and has never lost a game until being beaten by the current gaming champion due to a cheat. His actions had led many of the kids at his school to bully him, which he calls a 'war' he must win. Shinya is usually seen as reserved, if not introverted, primarily due to his mother's aggressive and argumentative nature with his school. His blue jeans are rolled up halfway between his knees and ankles, and he has blue shoes with white lace. The collar, pockets, cuffs and bottom are blue with yellow horizontal lines. 'NOOBS' is on the front in black, a white '16' is in a red circle under it, and the sleeves are white. He wears a red cap hat that reads 'GET SMOKED' on the front in yellow. Persona 5 The Animation: Supporting Character.Persona 5 / Royal: Supporting Character Tower Confidant.

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