Shin Kuroha (黒羽真)
| Shin Kuroha |
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| Kanji | 黒羽真 |
| Rōmaji | Kuroha Shin |
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| Profile | |
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| Species | Tengu |
| Gender | Male |
| Birthday | April 26 |
| Age | 78 |
| Height | 181 cm (5'9") |
| Blood Type | 0 |
| Eye Color | Blue |
| Hair Color | Black |
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Languages |
Japanese (mother tongue) Basic English |
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| Occupation | Kuroha Ryokan co-manager |
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Relatives |
Mariko Kuroha (sister) Nanami Kuroha (cousin) |
Shin Kuroha (黒羽真, Kuroha Shin) is part of the Kuroha tengu family and grew up in Kyōto. He lives in the Kuroha ryokan with his younger sister Mariko Kuroha and his cousin Nanami Kuroha, among others, and is now co-head of the ryokan. He is Yuito Takahashi's best friend and is also good friends with Akari Takahashi. He is also good friends with the Mochizukis.
Appearance
Shin has short, black hair, which he usually slicks back, and has an undercut. His eyes are dark blue. He also has tengu wings with black feathers. In addition to a lobe piercing in each ear, he also has a helix on his left ear.
When he is working in the ryokan, he wears his work clothes, which traditionally consist of a kimono in combination with monpe pants and sometimes an apron. As he is co-manager, his clothing differs slightly from that of the other employees depending on the occasion. In his free time, he usually wears casual clothes, sometimes in a somewhat street style fashion look. From time to time, he also takes advice from Mariko and goes shopping with her. Overall, he usually wears more casual clothes.
Personality
In contrast to his younger sister, Shin is somewhat calmer. He is usually very polite and patient, but can also be really strict. Especially when guests at the ryokan misbehave. When he's with friends, he's a bit more open and occasionally more talkative.
Relationships
Shin normally gets on very well with his sister. When Mariko was little, she was very affectionate and always wanted to be with her brother. Now that she is a little older, there are sometimes arguments, but in the end they get along again. And even though she's grown up now, Mariko will always be his little sister, who he will protect.
He and Nanami grew up together, as Nanami is only two years older than him. The two have always been very close, like siblings, even though they are cousins. They both enjoyed helping out at the ryokan as children and later worked together to take over the management.
He and Yuito met in middle school and quickly became best friends. Shin was there for him back then when Yuito's parents died, and he was also the first to know when Yuito and Akari became vampires. Since then, their friendship has grown even stronger and they can always rely on each other.
He and Akari have known each other for a long time, as he and Yuito have been best friends since middle school. Sometimes he used to babysit Akari together with Yuito when she was younger. They get on well and see each other at the ryokan from time to time when Akari visits.
He got to know the witcher when he had already been dating Yuito for a while. They get on well so far and see each other at the ryokan from time to time when Shaira and Yuito are guests there.
He first met Hina at the ryokan when she was a little younger. As she got on well with Nanami and the angel was often there from then on, the two also became close friends.
Shin and the Lord met once when Hina visited the ryokan with him and introduced him to the tengus. However, they don't know each other too well, even though Shin has a good impression of him so far.
When he and Haruka met for the first time, she was still very young. After she became friends with Mariko, he saw her at the ryokan from time to time and occasionally looked after the two girls with Hina or Nanami. Nowadays, there is not much contact between them, but they still get along well.
The two don't know each other that well. They only met briefly at the ryokan when Haruka was visiting there with him.
The couple have known Shin since he was a child. Since his parents are friends with them, he has seen Kyōko and Ryūji at the ryokan from time to time. After Hina and later Haruka also became friends with the tengus, he saw them even more often, although not all the time. He gets on very well with both of them and vice versa.
Sayuri is a guest at the ryokan from time to time, which is how Shin and she know each other. But although they get on well, he has often had to admonish her or kick her out because she hasn't always kept to the ryokan's rules and hasn't behaved appropriately.
Akaya, Valkyro, Sayuri, & Shaira are OCs from RhiaMonium (Insta @rhiamonium.art)
Quotes
- "Oh yes, you've really turned down everyone who's tried. Nanami was already thinking about whether men might not be your thing." - to Hina
- "Our parents have known each other for a long time and are often in contact. That's how we got to know each other at some point. The first time we saw each other was here at the ryokan." - to Valkyro about how Nanami, Hina and he met
Etymology
- The name Shin means "truth, genuine" (真, shin).
- Shin's surname Kuroha means "black" (黒, kuro) and "feather, wing" (羽, ha).
Trivia
General
- He is a lot older than his younger sister Mariko.
- He went to middle and high school together with Yuito.
- He has kicked Sayuri out of the ryokan a few times because she couldn't behave herself.
- Shin was the first to find out when Yuito and Akari became vampires. Back then, he and Nanami were very supportive of the Takahashi siblings.
- Shin used to go to the same academy as Haruka for a while.