Reiji Shinjo

Reiji Shinjo (, Shinjō Reiji) is a major antagonist in Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinsho. He is the secretary and fixer of Masatoshi Tsutsui, a former Dragon Heat underground fighter and the chief of the general affairs department of the Toto Department Store. He also works as an assassin for Tadashi Tsurumi.
== Profile ==
=== Appearance ===
Reiji is extremely muscular, with brown eyes and messy, bowl-cut black hair. During the final fight, his veins bulge out, his irises turn white and his hair spikes itself upwards, revealing his widow's peak. 
===Attire===
His usual outfit consists of a dark navy blue suit and tie. He also wears black dress shoes and gray-rimmed glasses.
===Personality===
Reiji's complete lack of emotion makes it hard to know his personality. However, it can be deduced that he is a silent, ruthless and efficient man: he unquestioningly killed Toda, Ryutaro and Washio when ordered to, and held Tatsuya, Taizan and Saki at gunpoint with nothing more than a blank stare on his face. When ordered to fight Tatsuya, he was visibly angered, single-minded and heavily focused on defeating the teenager.
==Background==
Reiji had trained in Ryukyu Karate and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu for a long period of time before he joined Masatoshi Tsutsui and the Toto Department Store. Shortly after joining, Tsutsui started teaching Reiji moves that he used during his time at Dragon Heat. He would also come into contact with Tadashi Tsurumi, who would give him orders while working as Tsutsui's secretary.
==Involvement==
=== Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinsho: 2010===
The first time Reiji is shown is when Tsurumi calls him to take out the police insider Isamu Washio. Washio is calling someone and telling them to investigate a recent incident before he is stabbed by an unsuspecting Reiji. He only continues walking with a blank stare as Washio lays in a heap of trash, bleeding out fast.
He is seen later when Tsutsui himself confronts Tatsuya, Saki and Taizan in the Millennium tower. He holds each of them at gunpoint as Tsutsui proclaims his victory over them, only for Tatsuya to come up with a deal; if Reiji beats Tatsuya, Tsutsui gets to keep the microchip filled with evidence of the arson attack committed 15 years ago. If Tatsuya beats Reiji, he takes it back.
The final fight begins, as Reiji seems to transform in order to go up against his strongest opponent. He is beaten however, and as a last resort attempted to murder Tatsuya but was stopped by Taizan which led to Taizan dying to Reiji's toe kick, and he is later given to the police for questioning. He reveals that he killed Naoki Toda, Ryutaro Kuki, and Isamu Washio. However, Shozo Takenaka later finds out that Reiji had been tasked with giving a false confession on someone else's orders. He was later sentenced to jail and is never seen again. 
==Fighting Style==
Nothing short of a human weapon, Reiji is an extremely skilled unarmed combatant. He is level 28 in the main story and level 50 in Premium Adventure (the highest achievable level in Kurohyou).
He uses his own unique variation of Extreme Wild Dance, which is based on Uechi-ryu Karate and Muay Thai. Its moves are mostly taken from Def Jam: Fight for NY's Bless and Busta Rhymes. He is infamous for using the Toe Kick (, Ashiyubisaki-keri) as a killing technique, assassinating most of his targets using it. The impact of his toe kick is said to be like an impact made by a hammer; he is able to create fractures up to 5 centimeters long in a person's skull using it.
Reiji is an extremely aggressive and dangerous fighter, relying on relentlessly comboing, blocking and being able to catch all of Tatsuya's attacks. He also frequently uses his deathblows Muay Thai Elbow and Brazilian Kick (his deathblow charge time is significantly lower than normal), and random moves as counterattacks. The only reliable way to defeat him is to get behind him and combo his back, since not even grabs and Heat Actions are any guarantee against him.
He has three Heat attacks:
* a 7-hit punch and kick combo with moves stolen from Extreme Man that, if the last hit connects, leads into the Heat Action "Toe Kick": a right Oi Zuki to the liver followed by his signature toe kick (most of the time this will not happen since Reiji almost always whiffs the last hit due to its very short range),
* a 10-hit kick combo that, if the last hit connects, leads into "Toe Kick", and
* an inescapable running grab that leads into either a Heat Action where he throws Tatsuya to the ground, or a Heat Action where he throws Tatsuya against the helipad railing. He is also able to immediately do the railing throw after the running grab, while Tatsuya is still getting up. He may also glitch and do the railing throw at the end of the running grab even if there is no railing nearby, in which case Tatsuya will be slammed against thin air (and somehow still take damage).
==Trivia==
*Reiji's theme song is the instrumental version of the game's main theme song, MUPPET by Rize.
*If a complete save of Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinsho is found when starting Kurohyou 2, Reiji's moveset will be available for Tatsuya to use. It is renamed to "Extreme Man ・ Shinjo" and has some changed moves.
==Gallery==
File:Reiji pose.png
File:Asobi wa koko ma de.png|In-game model
File:Reiji defeated.png|Reiji defeated
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