| Shinji Ogawa | |
| |
| Romaji | Ogawa Shinji |
| Character Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 180cm |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Hair Color | Brown |
| Eye Color | Yellow |
| Debut | |
| Anime | Senki Zesshō Symphogear Episode 1 |
| Voice Actors | |
| Japanese | Sōichirō Hoshi |
Shinji Ogawa (緒川 慎次 Ogawa Shinji?) is one of the agents of the Mobile Disaster Response Corps and Tsubasa Kazanari's manager.
Etymology
Shinji (慎次) - His surname means "True ruler".
Ogawa (緒川) - His name means small river.
Appearance
Shinji has short brown hair and eyes. He is always seen wearing a black suit with a black tie and white collared shirt. While acting as Tsubasa's manager, he is seen wearing glasses along with his usual attire.
Personality
He is a very calm and quiet person. He lost his parents when he was young. His father worked for Genjuro Agency. He is very trustful and believes in Tsubasa and his comrades.
Synopsis
Season 1
Shinji is first seen in Episode 2 placing handcuffs on Hibiki as a protective measure to escort her to the Mobile Disaster Response Corps. He displays his access pass and allows the elevator to ride down to the headquarters. He tells Hibiki to hang on before the elevator descends. Shinji laughs nervously at the sight of the welcome party for Hibiki. After Tsubasa asks him to he removes the cuffs on Hibiki.
In Episode 3 Shinji gives Hibiki her first business card as he is now revealed as Tsubasa's manager in the
Shinji acting as Tsubasa's manager
public eye. He and Tsubasa leave shortly after to attend a meeting about her album. As they walk down the hall he speaks to her about the live performance scheduled for the end of the month as he asks her to make more time for rehearsals. He then goes on to speak about the English record company. Tsubasa tells him to refuse their offer, he asks if she is angry and she denies it. As she continues to walk he hurries to catch up.
Episode 4 he talks to Hibiki as he buys drinks from a vending machine. He hands one to Hibiki and contiues to talk about Tsubasa and Kanade. He explains the use and effects of the Zesshou to Hibiki. As she cries he comforts her and asks her not to hate Tsubasa.
Episode 5 Shinji shows up and informs Hibiki of Tsubasa's stabilization and to give her a pep talk. As Hibiki leaves Shinji comments that he wished Tsubasa was more honest with her emotions like Hibiki
Shinji calls Hibiki in Episode 6 asking her to take on something for him as he was tied up with another assignment that seemed like a raid.
Shinji shows up to take the Flower owner off Hibiki's hands while she runs off to find the Noise in Episode 8. He appears later to return Miku's bag back to her.
Shinji being punched by Ryōko
Shinji comments that he would appreciate it if Ryōko didn't like like he wasn't present after her comment about a girl's talk in Episode 9. He makes a brief comment about girls before being punched in the face by Ryōko. He is then kicked in the face by Ryōko for another comment. Later on Shinji comments that Tsubasa's rehearsal went well and introduces her to Tony Glazer, the producer for Metro Music and the man that wanted to take Tsubasa to the international stage.
Attacks & Abilities
Although not a relic user, Shinji's ninja training makes him capable of various superhuman feats including illusory movements and running on water. He is also seen to be a very proficient fighter and has very accurate aiming with his gun.
Attacks
- Shadow Weave - Shinji curves the trajectory of a bullet so that it pierces his target's shadow, which disables all of their movements. With great effort it is possible to still make small movements while bound.
Trivia
- While Shinji's status as a ninja is only directly addressed in the keywords, he uses several ninja techniques during the last act of Symphogear G.
- Shinji is the one who taught Tsubasa the Shadow Weave technique.
- He often calls Tsubasa by her full name or just adding "-san" at the end of her name.
- Tsubasa seems to know Shinji very well. She knows what is happening when he takes off his glasses, she seems to feel when he is close and she knows what action he is going to do, especially when he is sermonizing her about her fate as a singer.
- After Kanade's death, Shinji become the closest person to Tsubasa, and the person she almost trust in.
- In the first season, Tsubasa explicitly stated that it's usually Shinji who takes care of cleaning up her room. She did not realize this to be embarassing until Hibiki pointed out that she is letting a guy taking care of her underwear. Even so, there were no indication that this changed in the second season.
- His ninja skills and ability to use the Shadow Weave technique is most likely a reference to the Nara Clan from the Naruto series, as they are a clan of ninjas who have a bloodline that revolves around shadow manipulation. As the Shadow Weave technique is most likely based from the Shadow Imitation Shuriken Technique.
- He is named after the Japanese voice actor Shinji Ogawa
Quotes
"I don't believe you can sing without emotions."- (Episode 3)
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