Gin Shibagaki

**Age** | 19 (IRL)
16-17 (S1)

**Gin Shibagaki**「柴垣 ギン」 is one of the main characters in the series. He gains more spotlight in S2, being the deuteragonist of the season. Gin is a third-year high school student in the male division of Skyline Idol School.

## Synopsis

*Despite his attractive appearance, mature personality and all-roundedness, Gin is not as easily approachable as one would think. But under his cold and aloof exterior, Gin is actually very shy and has a hard time reaching out to people around him. Nevertheless, he truly cares about the people he loves, acting like an older brother to his younger sister, Kiyoko, and doing his best to listen his friends.*

 *Over the course of the series, Gin becomes close to Reyna. And the longer they stay together, the more he questions his feelings towards her...*

## Personality

At first, Gin was initially seen as a cold and aloof person who was always serious. He was not afraid to show his disinterest in a person he did not like if he felt superior to them. This is due to his mother and Kiyoko's departure from Seiza Studios, leaving Gin by himself and causing him to feel lonely and believing that he should work solely for himself.

However, Gin is actually softer and more caring than he first seemed. He has a hard time expressing his genuine feelings to other people, being shy and socially awkward. Oftentimes, this would overwhelm him because he does not know how to interact with other people aside from his family members. Fortunately, after helping Reyna during her emotional breakdown, Gin has become more confident in showing his true self to other people and is much kinder to those around him.

When he develops a crush on Reyna, Gin can get nervous easily, though he is calmer than Reyna when she is around him. Gin is at first quite naïve to his romantic feelings as he had never felt that way towards anyone else. But as time passes, the two get closer, and Gin becomes more mature and sensitive when dealing with his relationship with Reyna.

Despite his calm nature, Gin does have a berserk button. If a person he truly cares about is hurt, mistreated or abused, Gin immediately becomes menacing and possibly violent. Because of his feelings for Reyna and his older brother instincts towards Kiyoko, he easily becomes triggered when they are hurt or mistreated.

## Etymology

**Shibagaki**「柴垣」 **Shiba**「柴」 means "brushwood" and **gaki**「垣」 means "fence".

**Gin**「ギン」 means "silver" in kanji

## Trivia

* His favourite foods are takoyaki and cinnamon rolls.
* Gin wants to study film in university.
* His hobbies include playing guitar, cleaning his stuff and watching films.
* His speciality is being an all-rounder.
* Gin is better at English than Japanese.
* He is the oldest and tallest main character.
* He shares many traits with Reyna Harusame
	+ Both work in the acting industry
	+ Both are better at English than Japanese.
	+ Both are close to Kiyoko
	+ Both are introverts
	+ Both are cool-typed
	+ Both their first names in Japanese are in katakana
	+ Both are romantically interested in each other
* Gin is the only S1 main character not to be part of Pleiades Shower ☆
	+ He is also the only S1 main character who has never attended Pearl Star Academy.
	+ He is the only S1 main character to be part of Skyline Idol School instead.
* Gin took the longest amount of episodes to perform an idol performance since his debut (47 episodes).
* He has attracted the most characters, including Reyna, Syurina (formerly), Ayame and Tadashi.