Shinichi

Shinichi was a character of The Vampire Diaries novel series. He was a Kitsune and also Misao's older twin brother.
==Appearance==
In his human form, Shinichi looks like a young and beautiful Japanese boy with pitch black hair, red all around the tips and golden eyes. While in his fox form, he has more than six tails and black and red fur. Both he and his sister can change into any shape that they want.
==Personality==
He is callous, twisted and evil that relishes in destruction and chaos. He is shown to be playful with his sister and intended victims. He seems to have a habit of uttering poetry or old folklore lyrics, such as when he talked about Bonnie and Elena.
==Name==
*Shinichi is the Japanese origin and the meaning is "one truth", however, it can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
==The Return Series==
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|-|Nightfall=
At first, he appeared as a dark and mysterious person who offered a partnership to Damon in order to destroy the entire Fell's Church. With the influence and help of Damon, Stefan is lured away from the town with the promise of becoming a human again. Shinichi and his twin sister, Misao, used terrible tentacled creatures, which can be the size of a pinhead or big enough to swallow your entire arm, to make Damon one of her pawns. The malach entered Damon's body and took him over from the inside, corrupting his body and his soul, making him entirely under Shinichi's will. Shinichi made Damon torture Elena and even kidnap her, making her believe that Stefan wanted her to be under Damon's care, while he and Misao spread the malach like a virus among the citizens of Fell's Church.
Elena removes the Malach from Damon's spine. Later, Misao begs for mercy and finally gives Elena clues where to find the magic key that will release Stefan. Shinichi agrees to give Damon a psychic map if Damon surrenders his memories of the last few days to him. Damon agrees even though losing his memories involves losing his redemption.
|-|Shadow Souls=
Seen through a memory in the Dark Dimension, Shinichi and Misao are working a secretary named Werty.
He appears towards the end when Damon, Stefan, Bonnie and Meredith return to Fell's Church. His laughter is heard as he makes clear of the threats coming to the town soon and mocks the group before disappearing.
|-|Midnight=
He disguises himself as a cobra with maggots while trying to retrieve Misao's star ball.
He appears in the Dark Dimension and purchases Bonnie so he can find answers about Misao's star ball, among other things. While Bonnie tells him the truth, he doesn't believe her and allows an ogre to throw her out the window, until Damon saves her.
After Misao's death, he appears before Elena, Bonnie, Stefan and Damon when they enter one of the gates to find the Great Tree. He tells Stefan and the others that he'll have Elena, and he begins fighting them. When he goes after Bonnie, the group goes after Shinichi to rid him of his tails. Stefan manages to cut off one of the phantom tails, leaving Shinichi to wince his pain. Stefan and Damon then get atop of him, and begin feeding on him. He is then interrogated about who he is working for and regrets taking the mission to destroy Fell's Church. After Elena, Damon and Stefan form a triangle, Shinichi falls facedown in the dirt, having given up and dies.
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==See also==
Category:Novel Characters
Category:Male Characters
Category:Antagonists
Category:Supernatural
Category:Kitsune
Category:Deceased