Noah Shizuru

**Noah Shizuru** is a supporting character in **The New B-Shot**, first appearing in Season Three (Book 1). Her current B-Daman is the Power Type, **Northern Nanuq**.

> "Let the Snow Fall, Northern Nanuq!" - Noah, when Northern Nanuq's Emblem Charge is ready.
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## Biography

### Appearance

Noah is a young teenage girl with a pale complexion, long, auburn hair that fades to blue on her bangs and is worn in a low ponytail with two pink clips in her bangs, and bright green eyes. Casually, she wears a light pink, elbow-length bolero jacket over a pale blue shirt with a purple star print at the bottom. She also wears a blue denim skirt, held by a brown belt, along with a pair of blue-gray stockings, and a pair of brown ankle boots. Around her neck, she wears an off-white scarf.

### Official Bio

A confident and cheerful B-Shot who belongs to the North Block, but shows great strength and competitiveness in B-Daman competitions.

Her B-Daman is the Power Type Northern Nanuq.

She loves a good snowball fight, but also enjoys a great Crossfire competition the most. She is often late or absent to Crossfire matches, as she loses track of her time or that someone doesn't remind her of the time she's spend on herself and her training.

### Personality

Noah is a confident person who often focuses too much of her personal time with training than spending most of her time participating in Crossfire competitions and tournaments. Most of the players in the North Block underestimate her and her abilities, and her willingness to be on time for a competition, but they all tend to be surprised or impressed from the big improvements on Noah's skills as a B-Shot, despite her inability to keep track of the time she's spends during training and practice.

## Background

Noah Shizuru is the daughter to Mr. & Mrs. Shizuru, both partners and workers to their own business in North City. She was born and raised in North City, thus getting used to the cold weather in her hometown.

When she turned 7 years old, Noah meets Kohana Mai, who is currently staying in the city with her mother and other family relatives after moving out of West City. The two met at the city's park, where Noah was having a snowball fight with the other kids in the area. There, she sees Kohana playing on her own in the park and decides to invite her into their snowball fight by throwing a snowball at her. Kohana quickly joins in the snowball fight with Noah and the other kids, and thus the two became friends. Noah learned more about Kohana and the power she wields from the **Ruby of Flames**.

When the two became friends, Noah has admired Kohana and her talents, as well as her determination and confidence to work hard. When Noah turned 10 years old, she got her first B-Daman called "Northern Nanuq," a Power Type B-Daman in the form of a polar bear. After she got Nanuq, Noah starts playing around with her B-Daman, mastering her skills as a B-Shot and increasing the strength of her power shots. She even has a few battles against Kohana and her B-Daman, Aries, during their stay in North City.

Years later, after Kohana moved to East City with her mother, Noah becomes a confident and formidable B-Shot, as she participates in Crossfire matches and competitions against other players from her block and from other blocks before Crossfire became known to the public. She is one of the best players in the North Block and stands at the top of the ranks, next to Asuka Kami, Basara Kurochi, and Gunner Arano.

## Relationships

* Mr. & Mrs. Shizuru - They are Noah's parents and own a business together in North City. They both support Noah's dreams and will find ways to help achieve them. Noah is relatively close to her father because of their personality while she's told that she looks like
* Kohana Mai - Kohana is Noah's childhood friend and shared a bond together when Kohana was still staying in North City with her mother, uncle, and aunt. After living with her uncle and aunt for a few days, Kohana was sitting in the park when Noah decided to invite her to a snowball fight by throwing a snowball at her and grabbing her attention, then joins the snowball fight with her and the other kids in the park. The two got to know each other and is one of the few who knows about Kohana's elemental powers from the Ruby of Flames worn around her neck. Kohana also influenced Noah to take an interest in B-Daman and made a promise that she'll battle Kohana in a Crossfire match, to which Kohana agrees.
* Asuka Kami - Asuka's a close friend with Noah, but also a fellow rival, as well. In Chapter 26, Asuka passes the message to Noah and reminds her to not be late for the tournament, which she brushes off and tries her luck against him.

## Trivia

* Noah's given name is derived from the Hebrew word "Noach," which means "rest, comfort, or repose." While her surname, "Shizuru," (静流) means "quiet still" and "stream, current."
* The name of Noah's B-Daman, "Nanuq," is a name used by the Inuit. The name means the "animal worthy of great respect."