Age: 15

Personality: Having probably more in common with Orichimaru then any other member of the original Naruto cast, Shinme’s devotion to his training and his pursuit of power is single-minded. So much so that until very recently he only rarely left the confines of his home and laboratory. Lacking in social skills, Shinme may appear reserved and formal. Although his sense of humor may lighten his image, empathy and socializing are very low on his priority list. At one and the same time, he is possessed of a deep seated desire to serve and to be of service, and his pursuit of power is fueled by that desire. So while he may appear unsympathetic, he will never pass up the opportunity to help where help is needed.

Style: Shinme wears small wire rimed glasses and, being short and skinny for a kid of his age, he might look like a bit of a wimp if it weren’t for the natural grace with which he moves; grace that belies both his powerful self-confidence, and his brutal – almost self-destructive – routine of physical training. For Shinme, clothes are functional. Anytime he leaves his house and grounds he is wearing his Shinobi gear: his body is wrapped from nose to toes in white bandages, with his legs covered by baggy silk tear away pants, and his forearms and shins protected by thick and seal inscribed steel guards. Shinme carries a short bokken slung horizontally across the small of his back, and slightly larger then average kunai pouches on both his left and right thighs.
In what Shinme would consider his ‘off’ time, (i.e. the time he spends each day puttering about his lab working on one experimental jutsu or another) his attire is more normal. He wears baggy white pants, and a tight fitting long sleeved woolen shirt, covered by the stereotypical white lab-coat (yes, in his breast pocket there are many defunct writing implements). (left: at home attire minus coat)

Family: The Shido Clan were farmers descended from the third brother of the first and second Hokage. They have always utilized ninjutsu techniques as part of their farming, but have purposefully remained strictly pacifist and never utilized those techniques for combat or war. Approximately ten years ago the clan was wiped out by a surgical strike team of enemy nin, and Shinme was the only survivor. He was taken in by the Godaime, and consequently decided to devote himself to the pursuit of the life of the Shinobi with the ultimate goal of creating a new bloodline jutsu that would make the Shido clan “invincible.”

Abilities: Ninjutsu is Shinme’s focus and his strength. In the pursuit of his bloodline jutsu Shinme has devoted countless hours to the research and development of seal based techniques. He considers himself a ninjutsu scientist, and his understanding is profound. Shinme has a unique connection with plants and plant chakra. This connection allows him to perform the Mokoton Hijutsu Juka Koutan, a technique that has before only been used by the shodaime, and it is around that powerful technique that most of his combat tactics are built. His connection with plants also allows Shinme to perform a jutsu of his own creation, the Kusaki Mane, or plant copy, which causes plant life to mimic his movements. In combat Shinme relies heavily on these two ninjutsu, but he has also studied Iaijutsu and uses his short bokken to counterbalance his terrible skill in hand to hand, and the meditations of Iaido to center his intensely focused mind.

Love Interests and/or friends: Of all the people in konoha, Uzumaki Shangoh and Uchiha Rena are the two Shinme has grown closest to. He is not one for parties, or even simple socializing, and prefers to spend his time in study or training. Shinme considers the only true friendship to be the one that exists elbow to elbow facing the enemy, and if you have earned his trust then he’ll protect you without stipulation.

Rivalry: Shinme doesn’t care enough about what other people think to develop a rivalry, but he does suspect sometimes that Ichigo thinks he’s an idiot.

Random Tidbits:
- Loves Tempeh, with a serious passion.
- Considers green tea the only drink worth having
- Caffeine in large doses works like alcohol and crack combined.
- Can talk to trees, and does.
- Has a home big enough to house two hundred and lives there alone, using some of the space for his research materials, and most of it for nothing at all. There are lots of places where no one has been since everyone who lived there died.
- Is the sole inheritor of a huge and wealthy clan, consequently, has more money then he’ll ever need.
- Has an alter ego named Bubba, a toothless and crotchety old man who Shinme uses to acquire some of the more restricted ingredients for his experiments.
- Despite having only completed 8 missions, Shinme has acquired an unhealthy number of scars: in addition to the usual patchwork of kunai and shuriken scores, he wears a permanent choker necklace of white laceration marks; his whole back, the tops of his arms, and the backs of his legs, were all once badly burned by acid; and he has a wide white ripple across his abdominal muscles from an ugly kunai wound.
- Although you would never think it, Shinme is an excellent chef. His dishes, although amazingly delicious, are always extremely odd.