Shinji Mimura

Shinji Mimura is a major protagonist in the novel, manga, and film Battle Royale. He was a hacker and student of Class 9-B, who was kidnapped alongside the rest of his classmates in order for them to kill each other. However, Shinji tried to create a bomb to use it to destroy the school the people controling the program were and end the game.
He was portrayed by Takashi Tsukamoto in the film.
==Biography==
===Backstory===
Not much is known about Mimura's backstory, only that he lost his parents when he was young and the closest thing he had to a father figure was his uncle, who always gave him advice about life. One day, he had a date with a girl, but he ruined it due to his egotistical personality, causing her to leave. His uncle would then tell him to not be so strait foward to girls and be better at it since he would regret it one day.
His uncle was then killed by the goverment for going against them, he would then go to his funeral and find two people talking how his uncle wished that he got in love with a girl and wouldn't become like his parents. His aunt would then meet him and gives him a hacking device that his uncle wished to give him.
One day, he would get attacked by a group a thugs while he was playing an arcade game with his friend Keita Iijima, but he decided to hide during the fight and get a drink. Shinji, noting his cowardnice, would stop being friend with Keita.
Shinji would also show a more mischivous nature, such as when he took a judo master's belt and thus showed to the class his pants, although like all the other members of the class, he was shocked when Kazuo removed his eye during a fight and squished it.
Shinji would also tease Hiroki Sugimura's crush on Kayoko, and threatened to tell everyone about it if he didn't help him with something. This would cause Sugimura to hide his feelings for Kayoko until the time of the program.
===Battle Royale===
He was kidnapped alongside the rest of his classmates in order to have them kill each other. When Shuya attempted to attack the mastermind for his atrocities, Shinji kicked him and saved his life. Believing he was going to give his life to kill the mastermind, Shuya told him not to.
However, Shinji told mastermind to kill Noriko to make things more equal, but later convinced him to spare her, saying she could be useful to the games. Shinji would then create a bomb with the help Yutaka Seto and use it to destroy the school and end the game.
During this, Keita would appear and try to convince him to join them, but Shinji refused because he remembered of his cowardice that day. This would lead to Keito trying to attack them, this would cause Shinji to kill him out of paranoia. Seto would then call him out on the fact that he wasn't going to try to kill him, causing Shinji to deeply regret it and beg Seto for forgiveness, which he accepted.
They then try to use the bomb, but Kazuo appears and kills Seto. After this, an injured Mimura blows up a workshop to kill Kazuo, but he hides in a truck and is able to survive and kills Mimura. Shinji's action would allow Kamon to understand that Shogo helped them since the hacking device Mimura used were the same that were used in the first game Shogo was in, which caused Kamon to attempt to kill, but he used Kamon's fear of death to kill him.
Shinji's aunt would then help Noriko and Shuya into passing the Pacific Ocean and imigrate to the United States since they were Shinji's friends.
== Personality ==
Shinji is laid-back teenager who is also quite smart as well, being great at hacking and knows how to built bombs big enough to blow up entire buildings, which he uses to try to destroy the school in the island and try stop the program. Despite being quite attractive and girls wanting to spend time with him, Shinji feels like he can't spend time with them as he believed that he would only spend time with a girl whom he truly had feelings for.
Shinji also likes mocking and teasing others, such as when he took the trouser belt of a judo master, which lead to his pants falling off, or when he teased Hiroki over his crush on Kayoko, which he threatened to tell everyone about, leading to Hiroki to hide his feeling for Kayoko until the time of the program. Shinji also is able to trick others, such as when he convinced the mastermind into sparing Noriko by saying that she could be useful for the program.
During the course of the program, Shinji tries to make it look like he has everything in control and that he will be able to stop the program, when in reality, Shinji has problems with even keeping his cool, and almost broke down after he accidentaly shot Keita, whom he was just planning to scare. After Seto's death, he became determined in trying to kill Kiriyama, although Shinji (with the exception of the live-action version where he blinds him with an explosion) is unable to even hurt him.
== Gallery ==
Battle Rle.jpg|Shinji with the other main contestants in the manga adaptation.
Kill or be killed BR.jpg
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== Trivia ==
* According to his nametag in the manga, Shinji is a misogynist.
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