Shion Uzuki

Shion Uzuki, also known as Chief Uzuki, Ms. Vector, Flower of First Division and Maiden of Mary Magdalene, is the main protagonist from the Xenosaga series.
== Charactah Account ==
Shion is the iron-willed but fairly ditzy head of Vector Industries First R&D Division's KOS-MOS project.
Shion is inquisitive, searching for knowledge and showing interest in the world around her. A scientist at heart, she always asks questions until she finds satisfactory answers. She is reflective and contemplative to the point of being seen as scatterbrained, and seems completely oblivious at times, like when men attempt to flirt with her.
Shion is passionate and persistent about her ideals. Shion's brother, Jin, commented that she possibly inherited her stubborn nature from their grandfather Ouga, and Margulis even comments that her eyes and attitude reminds him of a man he knows, and he clearly doesn't like it. Virgil once called Shion "self-righteous" and all her "self-righteous crap makes him sick".
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Xenosaga The Animation
=== Manga ===
* Xenosaga Episode I
=== Video Games ===
* Namco × Capcom
* Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht
* Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse
* Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra
* Xenosaga Freaks
* Xenosaga: A Missing Year
== Trivia ==
* According to Xenosaga: Official Design Materials, Shion is classified as an Enneagram type 7, along with Hammer, Matthews, Miyuki Itsumi, and Tony.
* In an easter egg, Shion receives an e-mail promoting Ninja Assault by Namco, Shion comments "It sounds like fun! I enjoy video games."
* The ring tone for Shion's cell phone is a song from Libble Rabble, another Namco game. This was revealed in a cutscene in Xenosaga Episode 1.
* Shion seems to have an unofficial fanclub devoted to her, especially in Vector where they call her the "flower" of First Division. If a lot of NPCs are interacted with, a lot of them express admiration and affection for Shion, and are interested in Shion's activities. Shion does not seem to be well aware of their existence. After KOS-MOS is activated, KOS-MOS also receives her own following.
* In Episode I, while in the Durandal's Zohar Emulator isolation ward, Shion claims she heard the name "Marienkind" somewhere before, which means "Child of Mary". Shion's identity during the Lost Jerusalem era remains unknown.
* The Original Zohar is called "Marienkind," which means "Child of Mary" in German. According to the Original Design Materials, this name represents Jesus Christ. The U.M.N. database in Episode I gives another reference to a fairytale by the Brothers Grimm, about a girl who receives the keys to the thirteen doors of heaven from Mary, the mother of Jesus.
* Shion's surname, Uzuki, is the same as Citan Uzuki from Xenogears, and who took on the surname from his wife, Yui Uzuki. It is also the surname of Yui's grandfather, Gaspar Uzuki.
* Most of the primary female characters in Xenosaga are named after flowers. "Shion" is the Japanese name for the Tatarian Aster.
* Shion's pendant, which had become the ignition of Zarathustra, was something that was built at the same time as Zarathustra in an extremely ancient era of Lost Jerusalem. It was passed from Lost Jerusalem, to Abraxas/Michtam via Kevin's Mother, and then to Shion. Kevin remodeled it, embedding flower petals with the flowers they grew on Miltia, into the interior of the pendant for the purpose of swaying the heart of the Maiden of Mary Magdalene, Shion.
* In Episode III, Mary Magdalene is seen weeping beside one of her hooded followers. Although it is never revealed, it is heavily implied this is Shion's previous incarnation.
* In the Episode III database entry for "Maiden of Mary", it implies that Shion's previous incarnation as the Maiden of Mary Magdalene played some supporting role in Mary's abilities. It also implies Shion's affinity with the Zohar doesn't originate from the blood she inherited from her mother Aoi, so much as it is a peculiarity of Shion herself, from the emotional bond she shared with Mary during the Lost Jerusalem era.
* Her blood type is A, as seen when KOS-MOS uses her scanner when she first awakens.
* As an easter egg, in the bonus e-mails of Episode I, Shion is friends with Kazuya Mishima from Tekken.
* Shion's naked pose seen in the Y-Data may have been a homage to similar artwork of Elly Van Houten from Xenogears.
* Shion makes an appearance in Namco × Capcom, when she, MOMO, and KOS-MOS appear in the middle of Shibuya, Tokyo during a series of dimensional disturbances just in time to help the main characters Reiji and Xiaomu against a Gnosis attack, which the two of them could not injure prior. In the game, Shion is paired with MOMO as a single unit.
* In Xenoblade Chronicles 2, the side-quest for KOS-MOS called "Artificial Intelligence" has her meeting a young girl with similar glasses and hair called Astelle. Astelle's name is a reference to asters, the same flower Shion is named for.
* In Xenoblade Chronicles 3, there is a statue of a founder that seems to reference Shion, who is remarked to be "exceedingly gentle and kind at heart" and being skilled in the healing arts, "greatly contributed to the development of medical science".
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Shion Uzuki at Xenosaga Wiki
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