Shinichi Okazaki (岡崎真一 Okazaki Shin'ichi, born November 1, 1985), also known as Shin (シン、シンちゃん), is the bass player in Blast and one of the main characters from NANA .
Biography
Though mature and tall for his age, he is 15 years old and is the youngest member of the band. Shin was born in Sweden, he speaks British English with a Swedish accent. Due to his dysfunctional family, Shin left his home and abandoned his original family name. Shin's mother committed suicide while his mother's husband adopted him and refused to acknowledge him as his son.
After moving to Japan, Shin met Ryoko Kawashigi, an airline stewardess, who works as his pimp and introduces him to alcohol and drugs. He moonlights as a male prostitute with Reira being one of his "clients". Among other things, he is an expert mahjong player and a confidant and early roommate to Nobu.
He stops seeing Reira to protect her status and his own feelings—also possibly sparked from fear by Takumi's warning. Ryoko Kawashigi, one of his older clients, bears a striking resemblance to Reira and he sees her again after the two musicians ended their relationship.
She lives near his parents' apartment, works as a stewardess, and is the one that taught Shin "bad things". He and Ryoko were put under arrest for possession of marijuana which caused BLAST to withdraw from their tour. In the future, it is shown he has become an actor.
Physical appearance
Shin's hair is naturally brown and is dyed light blue. He spikes his hair up. Shin has blue eyes and multiple piercings: four in his left ear, five in his right ear, one of which extends on a chain to his lip. It is shown that when he's with a customer (more specifically, the morning after), he takes out his piercings and his hair lies down flat.
Personality and traits
Shin is very cunning and wise for his age. However, he makes it difficult for anyone to get too close to him due to his questionable past.
Relationships
- Ryoko is his "employer" as a bit of an escort, and also his "mentor".
- Previously in a relationship with Reira
- He is in the band Blast
- For a period of time, he shared a room with Nobu
- He considers Nana Komatsu as his "mother", once stating he wished she were his birth mother.
- He looks up to Ren and is depicted to make out with him twice in the manga.
Behind the scenes
Voice Actors
|
1 |
Ishida, Akira
Japanese |
| 2 | Raffaeli, Daniele
Italian |
| 3 | Stukovszky, Tamás
Hungarian |
| 4 | Heisz, Krisztián
Hungarian |
| 5 | Kaye, David A.
English |
| 6 | Shin, Yong Wu
Korean |
Appearances
- Nana
- Manga
- Anime
- Movie (interpreted by Ken'ichi Matsuyama)
