Shinpachi Shimura

Shinpachi Shimura, also known as Shin-chan, Shin, Pattsuan, Megane, Pachie, Shintank, Watson, Pasta, Maxwell, Yorozuya, Mama and Shinichi, is one of the main characters from the Gintama series.
== Charactah Account ==
Shinpachi is a 16-year-old samurai-in-training who joins Gintoki in hopes of studying under him. He stays at his family's dojo along with his older sister Otae Shimura. Although he commonly criticizes Gintoki's lazy behavior, Shinpachi comes to regard him as a very important person to him in the same fashion as Kagura.
Despite his meek, scholarly appearance, Shinpachi is a more than competent swordsman. He serves as the captain of the "Otsu's Imperial Guard," a fan club devoted to the famous idol singer Otsu and takes his role seriously. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* China KFC x Gintama
* Gintama
* Gintama'
* Gintama' (2015)
* Gintama': Enchousen
* Gintama Harumatsuri 2010
* Gintama Movie 1: Benizakura Arc - A New Retelling
* Gintama Movie 1: Benizakura Arc - A New Retelling Special
* Gintama Movie 2: The Final Chapter - Be Forever Yorozuya
* Gintama Season 5
* Gintama x Mameshiba
* Gintama x Monster Strike
* Gintama: Jump Festa 2005 Special
* Gintama: Jump Festa 2008 Special
* Gintama: Jump Festa 2014 Special
* Gintama: Jump Festa 2015 Special
* Gintama: Love Incense Arc
* Gintama: Silver Soul Arc
* Gintama: Silver Soul Arc - Second Half War
* Gintama: Slip Arc
* Gintama: The Best of Gintama on Theater 2D
* Gintama: The Final
* Gintama: The Semi-Final
* Gintama: The Very Final
* Nissin Cup Noodles China x Gintama
* SKET Dance
* The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. 2
=== Light Novels ===
* 3-Z Class's Ginpachi-sensei
* Theatrical Version Gintama Complete Edition
=== Manga ===
* Gintama
* SKET Dance
=== Video Games ===
* Gintama DS: Yorozuya Daisoudou
* Gintama Gin-San to Issho! Boku no Kabuki Machi Nikki
* Gintama no Sugoroku
* Gintama Rumble
* Gintama: Banji Oku Chuubu
* Gintama: Gintoki vs Hijikata!? Kabukichou Gintama Dai Soudatsusen!
* Granblue Fantasy
* J-Stars Victory Vs
* J-Stars Victory Vs+
* Jumputi Heroes
* Monster Strike
== Trivia ==
* When the characters of Gintama were being made, Shinpachi was originally going to be a part of the Shinsengumi as Nagakura Shinpachi, who was the captain of the Shinsengumi's second unit. Instead, he was given glasses and became the one to throw the punch lines, receiving his last name from Shimura Ken, a Japanese comedian.
* A recurring running gag for Shinpachi's glasses which other characters concerned the glasses itself is Shinpachi, which mostly makes the owner of the glasses being irritated due the presence of the real Shinpachi was ignored.
* Stated in the series, the name, Shinpachi can be a pun of Chimpanzee and Sympathy.
* Whenever Makoto, the 'Centaur' character/mascot played by Gintoki with Kagura as a corpse makes an appearance, Shinpachi is the hindquarters of the horse (for example Episode 124).
* The name of his okama counterpart and his gender-bend version is Pachie.
* The name of his magical girl counterpart in his own version of the Gintama ending is Magical Yun Yun Pachina.
* In Episode 106, he was portrayed as a horse with eye-glasses while the others were shown as warriors on horses.
* Shinpachi's name contains a kanji which means 8, which also means infinite or glasses (he wears glasses). He also placed on 8th rank in all the Gintama character polls to date (4 in total).
* Until now fans created 'Shinsengumi' version of him along with Hijikata Toushirou, Kondou Isao, and Okita Sougo.
* In Episode 241, it's said that Shinpachi looks similar to Sakaguchi Daisuke, who plays the character himself.
* For unknown reasons in the Dekobokko arc, while all the characters (except for his sister, Otae) had their genders changed, Shinpachi had his frame changed from blue to pink instead.
* Shinpachi's look in Gintama the Movie: Be Forever Yorozuya is a parody of Kazuto Kirigaya/Kirito from Sword Art Online.
** His clothes are mostly black-colored.
** Shinpachi also wields two swords.
* Both Shinpachi and Kagura don't make appearance in some of Shinsengumi's serious arc.
** They don't appear in Okita Mitsuba Arc.
* In Tales of the Rays, in the collaboration event with Gintama, Hubert Oswell from Tales of Graces gains a costume of Shinpachi through the mirrage arte Expansion.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Shimura Shinpachi at Gintama Wiki
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