Masamichi Shintani

Masamichi Shintani (, Shintani Masamichi) is a supporting character in Judgment. He is a defense attorney working at the Genda Law Office.
==Profile==
===Appearance===
Shintani wears a standard charcoal gray 2 piece business suit over a white dress shirt with the top button undone, a loose red necktie with diagonal white stripes, a black belt with a silver buckle, and caramel leather cap toe oxfords. He has a slicked-back haircut and often wears black aviator sunglasses. He wears his lawyer's badge in his lapel.
In 2015, Shintani wore a yellow necktie with a white windowpane pattern.
===Personality===
Shintani is a proud man who takes his job seriously, taking it upon himself to teach Yagami the ins-and-outs of being a lawyer. He considers himself among the best in Kamurocho and is very competitive, even towards his colleagues. This also makes him rather prone to envy, as he develops an inferiority complex towards Yagami due to the latter getting a 'landmark acquittal' along with all the fame this brought. Later, he attempts to get one over Yagami: first by getting a landmark acquittal of his own during Hamura's trial, in which he insisted on playing the leading role in Hamura's defence, and then by starting his own investigation into AD-9, indicating that Shintani struggles to let bygones be bygones and seeks to prove himself no matter what.
Compared to Yagami, Shintani does not have the same unwavering belief in the innocence of his clients, as evidenced by his comments during Okubo's trial.
== Background ==
A lawyer in Ryuzo Genda's law office, Shintani boasts himself as Takayuki Yagami's senior and describes himself as "the ace attorney at Genda Law Office". He's the one who showed Yagami the ropes of becoming a lawyer. In 2015, Yagami and Shintani investigate the killing of Koichi Waku at the ADDC. Shintani is completely unconvinced of Shinpei Okubo's innocence, and is noticeably impatient at Yagami's investigation.
==Involvement==
===Judgment: 2018===
Shintani came into prominence after successfully defending the yakuza Kyohei Hamura from a murder charge through Yagami's help. Following Hamura's acquittal, the two become closer and Hamura reveals crucial details about "the Mole" to him. Shintani makes this fact apparent when he attempts to dissuade Yagami from investigating any further by warning him that "the Mole" is bigger than he thinks. Not wanting to be overshadowed by Yagami, he starts an investigation of his own, which leads him to suspect Yoji Shono. He tries to call Shono but receives no answer, and is ordered killed for knowing too much. His eyes are gouged out and his corpse is stuffed into the closet at the Yagami Detective Agency.
When Yagami and Fumiya Sugiura go back to the ADDC in early 2019, Yagami has a vivid recollection of Shintani in the ADDC's freight elevator. Shintani's ghost tells him the same words he did back in 2015 about how fighting criminal cases is burdensome and does not pay well.
==Gallery==
Masamichi Shintani.jpg|Body Render
J1 - Title Card - Masamichi Shintani.png|Title card.
jshintaniyagamiflashback.jpg|Shintani and Yagami during the flashback sequence.
jshintaninobourei.jpg|Shintani's Ghost
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Genda Law Firm
Category:Lawyers
Category:Judgment Characters
Category:Judgment Supporting Characters