Ri Shin

"I will not lose. I...will not shatter. Because I am...Ei Sei's...The King Who Will Unify This Lands...Unbreakable Sword!! And I...I am...A man who will become a Great General of the Heavens!!"

## Fighters States

### Affiliation

Humanity
Team Sengoku Basara
Team Bleach

## Physical Description

### Age

26 (Zhao's Retaliation Arc)
25 (Battle of Eikyuu Arc)
24 (Zhao Crisis and Shiyuu Conflict Arcs)
23 (Western Zhao Invasion Arc)
22 (Koku You Campaign and Bureaucrats Job Arcs)
21 (State of Ai Arc)
20 (Conspiracy in the Court and Fire Dragons of Wei Arcs)
18 (Coalition Invasion Arc)
17 (Sanyou Campaign Arc)
16 (Alliance and Third Faction Arcs)
15 (Battle of Bayou Arc)
14 (Sei Kyou's Rebellion and Keiyou Campaign Arcs)

## Voice Actor

### English Voice

Stephen Fu

**Ri Shin** (李(り) 信(しん), *Li Xin*?), formerly known as **Shin** is a main character in the fan-made series **Universal Warriors**, and the main protagonist of Kingdom.

He is a General of Qin and the leader of the Hi Shin Army.

## Personality

Extremely hotheaded and brash but carries a heart of gold that holds an extreme amount of determination, Shin is fiercely loyal to his friends as shown when he vows to avenge Hyou, even at the risk of his own death. His hot temper also makes him clash with Ka Ryo Ten and they tend to bicker like siblings constantly back when they were younger.

He is also capable of great rage when provoked by others, making him a deadly opponent to fight against. His long days as a servant spent with Hyou made them inextricably linked and thus bring him up various times during his life.

Shin is also very headstrong and courageous which is evident where he unhesitatingly challenges fierce enemies often ones that are much stronger than him (such as Sa Ji, Ma Ki, and to a much greater extent, Hou Ken, Rin Ko, and Ren Pa).

Shin also shows an exceptional level of charisma, who can not only encourage and lead his own soldiers with his words, but also has managed to impress even the greatest individuals after his participation in the different campaigns and battles, including Yo Tan Wa, Ou Ki, Mou Gou, Ri Boku, Rin Ko, Ren Pa, and Duke Hyou.

## Character Design

In the beginning of the series, Shin appeared as a thin but slightly muscled 14-year boy with hazel, slanted eyes and spiky brown (or blackish depending on the art's coloring) hair styled with a small rat-tail on the back at the start of the series. His facial features started out as somewhat soft, roundish but became more pronounced and slightly more muscular as he has gotten older. By the time after General Ou Ki's death, Shin's hair grew slightly longer with his rat-tail now reaching his shoulders and becoming more muscular, and him growing taller but his appearance has largely remained unchanged.

In terms of casual clothing, the only attire that Shin consistently wears is a sleeveless blue Yue shirt fastened with a black cloth belt (or brownish depending on the art's coloring) throughout the early days of the series to now. And while he used to wear a pair of straw made sandals that gave him the appearance of a scraggy peasant to most people, he has since changed this to a pair of Qin style ju shoes and started to wear pants of white coloring that reach down his thighs after becoming a 1000-Man commander and occasionally wears his black wristbands.

While fighting on the battlefield, Shin still retained his early peasant-like appearance despite buying himself armor after becoming a 100-man commander. However, by the start of the Sanyou Campaign Arc, he added on a pair of black wristbands to his attire. And in the aftermath of arc, he officially started to wear armor composed of sky-blue colored scale mail, arm bracers designed with the clan markings of Kyou Kai's headband, and leather boots of the same color. he retained this appearance throughout his days as a 1000-man commander and 3000-man commander except for when he didn't have his bracers or wristbands on from the start like during encounter with Kou Yoku and Haku Rei, his reunion with Ri Boku and at the start of the Coalition Invasion Arc.

Two years after the Coalition's Invasion, Shin slightly altered his armor with neck guard spikes oriented on his right pauldron as homage to the late Great General, Duke Hyou after being promoted to a 4000-man commander. Shin retained this appearance over the course of four years all while on the battlefield up till the Battle of Shu Kai Plain where his armor's left pauldron was destroyed by one of the Dojaku captains from the Chou Ga Ryuu Army and his vicious duel with Hou Ken in which the Bushin utterly wracked his armor with every one of his strikes. After the conclusion of the Gyou Campaign and his promotion to the rank of General, Shin changed and started to wear a long sleeve version of his blue Yue shirt underneath his armor but quickly went back to his old sleeveless look.

Along with his blue Yue shirt, Shin has also consistently carried Ri Hyou's Sword that he inherited from his late best friend on his back.

He also has in his possession General Ou Ki's Glaive and Duke Hyou's Shield entrusted to him at the time of their deaths which in turn was given to Ei Sei for safekeeping.

## Abilities and Equipment

### Powers and Abilities

#### Skills

* **Immense Strength:** One of Shin's most prominent traits is his monstrous strength; this is evident even at a young age as shown when he overpowers 4 bandits simultaneously despite the huge difference in size. Fueled with rage over Hyou's death, he was able to smash through stone walls with his fist. He applied tremendous force in his swordsmanship, being able to easily cut down a large number of armored soldiers without tiring. His immense strength was also shown during his duel with Rin Ko, the most dangerous and second strongest vassal of Ren Pa, which was enough to slay him. He has even managed to kill Hou Ken, a man who was only ever wounded by Kyou, Ou Ki, and Duke Hyou, three of the most prominent fighters in the state of Qin.

**Immense Agility**: Shin is extremely fast, capable of dodging fast attacks as shown numerous times throughout his battles. He is agile enough to match Kyou Kai's movements during their friendly sparring matches. In battle, Shin could cut down multiple enemies at once with incredible swiftness, giving them little time to react. He even managed to match Hou Ken in terms of speed during their brief first bout.

**Combat Adaptation**: With his experiences in multiple battlefields and countless duels, Shin has demonstrated the ability to adapt very quickly in order to get the upper hand in combat. This skill is first shown during his final duel with Rin Ko of the Four Heavenly Kings after the former Zhao general crippled his leg and Shin quickly changed the fight from a mounted one to even ground after realizing he would've lost if he stayed on his horse. And after learning how to feint from Kyou Kai, he was able to lure the speedy and baiting Fu Tei into his sword's ranged during the Zhao commander's attack on the south wall during the Battle of Sai. And during his fight with Jo Rin of the left captain of the Dojaku Unit, Shin baited and sacrificed his right side to the spearman's attack in order to bisect the man's head.

**Immense Endurance**: Since his days sparring with Hyou, Shin has displayed an immense amount of tenacity to the point he is capable of fighting on despite excessive blood loss and numbness from heavy wounds. As shown during his fights with Jo Kan, Muta, Sa Ji the assassin swordsman, and Ran Kai, Shin was able to stay conscious and fight on despite losing a large amount of blood and being hit constantly by physically stronger opponents. His endurance has only grown exponentially over the years as he went to constant battlefields and survived numerous duels with stronger opponents. His ability was pushed to its limits during the 6th day of Battle of Sai as he was able to fight on for days with little to no sleep through sheer willpower alone.

**Enhanced Healing Rate**: As shown throughout the series and stated by Kyou Kai, Shin also has a higher healing rate than an average person.

**Master Swordsman**: Shin is an extraordinarily talented and skilled master swordsman despite being completely self-taught due to his constant 1,000 sparring matches with Hyou during his days as a servant, his ability and skill had already far suppressed the normal limits of an average warrior of the state of Qin's soldier caste at a young age since the very beginning of the series.

With just a wooden sword Shin showcased his prowess as he blew away three thugs with a single hit and took on the entire village of vicious killers Kokuhi Village as he fought them all single-handedly and honed his skills as he fought and defeated the Shukyou Clan's Jo Kan in his very first real duel and later overwhelmed Muta of the Basha tribe. These experiences would later help him as he killed multiple trained rebel soldiers of the Sei Kyou Faction and fought Sa Ji, the chief of assassination for the faction as he even defeated the assassin swordsman.

Shin would also learn how to focus his power into a single point as Heki taught him to believe in the concept of swordsmanship which helped him defeat the monstrous man-ape Ran Kai as he pieced the man beast's durable skin. As he progresses through constant battles and occasional sparring with Kyou Kai, Shin continued to refine his precision and dexterity in swordsmanship as he became strong enough to kill elite swordsmen like Fuu Ki's bodyguard unit, land a blow on Hou Ken during the Battle of Bayou and fight the highly experienced veteran swordsman such Rin Ko, a dual-wielding master, the long-armed Man Goku and the speedy elite commander Fu Tei. He even managed to fight Hou Ken an extremely powerful Bushin and slash him across his face which only Ou Ki had done in the past and, during the Battle of Koku You Hill, his swordsmanship was already on a high enough level to duel and slay Kei Sha, another talented swordsman. During the Battle of Eikyuu, his swordsmanship evolved to the point that it was described as a completely new style, allowed to fight on par with Gaku Haku Kou in the match of speed despite not wielding his sword for years.

* **Jump Attack**: Shin's special move where he jumps into the air and delivers a powerful falling slash usually to opponents' chest or head. This technique allows him to compensate for his short reach and add more power to the attack from the falling movement. Shin also shown using this move with a glaive, although not as often as with the sword.

**Glaive Master**: Shin would take up wielding a glaive and make it his main weapon to prepare himself in wielding General Ou Ki's Glaive two years after the Coalition's Invasion and the Battle of Sai.

At first, Shin’s fighting style was amateurish, however, with his immense strength he compensated his lack of skill and technique with his inner prowess as a Destructive Power fighter blowing away entire battalions of infantry or cavalry soldiers with each swing of his blade. This would later help him survived while also holding his own against the likes of Gai Mou, the Raging Bull as the Great General stated it was also his boldness that played a part. Later over time, Shin grew so accustomed to the weapon, that he could fight martial oriented warriors like Ba Tei and defeat soldiers like Kei Sha's personal route of veteran elites. During Gyou Campaign, Shin became proficient enough to pick up the late Monstrous Bird's glaive and which has since become his main personal weapon.

Since then, his mastery of the Great General's treasured blade has grown so much that he is able to kill multiple soldiers with a simple swing, held his own against a far more experienced master wielder like Gyou'un as he even sent the Zhao general reeling with a heated strike, instantly slew Gaku Ei with one swing, and later fought in a one-on-one duel with Hou Ken, an exceptional master himself whom he later killed as he overwhelmed and cleaved the Bu Shin in half. But he has yet to fully utilized his speed while wielding it as he still found it somewhat heavy which was exploited by Gaku Haku Kou during their on the ground duel which caused him to switch it out with his sword instead.

**Horsemanship**: Ever since his battle with Rin Ko, Shin's Horsemanship has improved by leaps and bounds. He became skilled in cavalry warfare, being even able to ride horses that were difficult to control. His horses also displayed great loyalty to him, so it is assumed that he treated it very nicely to deserve that loyalty.

**Hand-to-Hand Combatant**: Shin is also a powerful bare-knuckle fighter despite being a first-class weaponry expert. This is evident even as far back in his childhood when he easily defeated the Bi Brothers with simple punches. And further demonstrated his prowess as a teenager when he sent the giant Tajifu flying into the air with a single punch and broke a stateless area raider's nose while kneeing him in the face, both of whom were full-grown adults. He has since grown in power as an adult as he sent Rai Do, a powerful 5000-man commander of the Kan Ki Army, flying into the air with a stationary punch.

* Leadership

Shin has the skill to inspire the people around him to a great extent. It has been stated by Rin Ko that Shin was a greater leader than he was at Shin's age, shown when at the time Shin had become the figurehead for the entire central army on the last day of the Sanyou invasion Campaign. Another example is shown when he led 10,000 of Duke Hyou's troops most of whom were in disarray and retreat. Later, during the Battle at Shukai Plains with a passionate speech he was able to "awaken" his entire unit of hungry and tired soldiers to the point where they were able to push back the Gyou'un Army - a feat that was directly compared to Six Great Generals. His men were paralyzed and distraught when they found out Shin "died" after his match with Hou Ken, indicating their loyalty to their leader.

### Equipment

After the battle with the State of Wei during the Sanyou Campaign, he was given Rin Ko's sword by Ren Pa, a former member of the Three Great Heavens of Zhao as a parting gift for defeating Rin Ko, one of the Four Heavenly Kings. He also has Duke Hyou's Shield in his possession but hasn't used it yet together with Rin Ko's Sword. Prior to the Tonryuu Rebellion, Shin's main weapon is Hyou's Sword which he carries on his back when sheathed. By the time Shin becomes a 4000-Man Commander, he had already started wielding a glaive in preparation for him using Ou Ki's Glaive. At the start of the Western Zhao Invasion Arc he recieved Ou Ki's Glaive form Sei.

## Story

### Original

At some point in his youth, Ri Shin's parents were killed in an unknown war which made him an orphan at an early age, and he was taken in by the mayor of Jyouto village. There, he met his future best friend and fellow orphan, Hyou, as they worked as servants under the mayor's family.

It was Hyou, after getting excited about the news of Mou Gou taking down 2 castles in 249 B.C (10 years old), who inspired Shin to take up the sword and the dream of becoming the greatest general underneath the heavens. Both Shin and Hyou have always dreamed of leaving their social class by becoming the world's greatest generals.

Shin dueled with Hyou with wooden swords every day after working, topping over 1,000 battles with each other usually with Hyou winning by 1 match. By sparring every day, both of them believed they'll become one step closer to their goal.

## Relationships

### Universal Warriors

* Main Characters
* The Another World

* Jennifer Amantea
* Natsu Dragneel
* Lucy Heartfilia
* Gray Fullbuster
* Erza Scarlet
* Wendy Marvell
* Aladdin
* Alibaba Saluja
* Morgiana
* Hakuryuu Ren
* Kouha Ren
* Sinbad
* Kougyoku Ren
* Gingka Hagane
* Kenta Yumiya
* Madoka Amano
* Yu Tendo
* Masamune Kadoya
* Benkei Hanawa
* Kyoya Tategami

* Rebecca Bluegarden
* Juvia Lockser
* Cana Alberona
* Mirajane Strauss
* Levy McGarden
* Zeref Dragneel
* Mard Geer Tartaros
* Seilah
* Sonya
* Animus
* Suzaku
* Elie
* Lucia Raregroove
* Weisz Steiner
* Homura Kōgetsu
* Sister Ivry
* Holy
* Eraser
* Feather
* Mashima Heroes
* Yoh Asakura
* Tao Ren
* Horokeu Usui
* Silva
* Hao Asakura
* Genjo Sanzo
* Snow
* Nanashi
* Sakura Li
* Kurogane
* Fai D. Fluorite
* Eren Yeager
* Mikasa Ackerman
* Annie Leonhart
* Reiner Braun
* Sasha Blouse
* Hange Zoë
* Zeke Yeager
* Pieck Finger
* Porco Galliard
* Colt Grice
* Yelena
* Cecily Fairchild
* Anavel Gato
* Aina Sahalin
* Gym Ghingham
* Cagalli Yula Athha
* Mu La Flaga
* Neil Dylandy
* Lyle Dylandy
* Allelujah Haptism
* Patrick Colasour
* Ali al-Saachez
* Full Frontal
* Akihiro Altland
* Gaelio Bauduin
* Zoltan Akkanen
* Lane Aim
* Suletta Mercury
* Guer Jeturk
* Elan Ceres
* Shaddiq Zenelli
* Yukimura Sanada
* Nobunaga Oda
* Ieyasu Tokugawa
* Shiemi Moriyama
* Shura Kirigakure
* Cheng-Long Liu
* Duke Hyou
* Ou Ki
* Ou Sen
* Kan Ki
* Ou Hon
* Mou Ten
* Ri Boku
* Ordo
* Ka Rin
* Kan Mei
* Slaine Troyard
* Elizabeth Liones
* Escanor
* Derieri
* Tristan Liones
* Ikoma
* Mumei
* Ayame Yomogawa
* Biba Amatori
* Meteora Österreich
* Vladilena Milizé
* Anju Emma
* Yuna Akashi
* Kazumi Asakura
* Yue Ayase
* Ako Izumi
* Akira Okouchi
* Misora Kasuga
* Makie Sasaki
* Chizuru Naba
* Haruna Mutsuishi
* Honoka Tsukii
* Chisa Akagawa
* Airi Eniwa
* Miharu Yomine
* Aya Kamuro
* Riko Hinakura
* Rinne Myojin
* Lü Bu
* Kojiro Sasaki
* Poseidon
* Raiden Tameemon
* Qin Shi Huang
* Tomoe Gozen
* Elizabeth Bathory
* Cleopatra
* Mata Hari
* Mary Read
* Musashi Miyamoto
* Kaolan Wongsawat
* Brunhilde
* Manjiro Sano
* Keisuke Baji
* Chifuyu Matsuno
* Kazutora Hanemiya
* Seishu Inui
* Hajime Kokonoi
* Meguru Bachira
* Hyoma Chigiri
* Haruka Sakura
* Hajime Umemiya
* Kyotaro Sugishita
* Hayato Suou
* Ren Kaji
* Naotora Takeda
* Tatsuomi Uesugi
* Tsubasa Tokugawa
* Soma Date
* Seiroku Inukawa
* Aijiro Inue
* Imari Inuyama
* Towa Higurashi
* Akira Renbokoji
* A-drei
* H-neun
* Gashin Tezuka
* Shion Shishibe
* Brad Watt
* Alexei Zelenoy
* Tokaku Azuma
* Ryoma Nagare
* Tetsuya Tsurugi
* Anya Alstreim
* Susumu Kodai
* Adeltrud Alter
* Atlee Ariel
* Zetsu Daidan
* Fine Forte
* Tughril Mahmut
* Lelederik of Ellvaldez
* Al-Kaplan Balaban
* Nancy Schaal Bancroft
* Daryun
* Shimon Ikaruga
* Noelle Silva
* Fena Houtman
* Alisha Diphda
* Adele von Ascham
* Mischa
* Tenma Tsukamoto
* Suou Pavlichenko
* Koumei Ren
* Lenalee Lee
* Kei Mizusawa
* Virgo Fudō
* Torque
* Mora Chester

## Trivia

* The people he respects or admires are Shaddiq Zenelli.
* The people he dislikes or fears are Rebecca, Miorine Rembran.

* From what we see in his time as a servant, Shin had absolutely zero cooking and cleaning skills. But years later, he was able to cook blue gyupoh stew for the Hi Shin Unit as they commented that it tasted good (aside from the blue gyupoh being incredibly poisonous).
* The Japanese voice behind Shin is Masakazu Morita, who was also the voice of Ichigo Kurosaki, the main protagonist of the critically famous Shōnen series BLEACH, and the motion picture actor for Zell Dincht in Final Fantasy VIII!
* Ri Shin's character is based on the real-life general of Qin, Li Xin, however Li Xin was born of noble lineage.[1]
* Li Xin is the fifth generation ancestor of Li Guang (the flying general), who served the Han dynasty.
* Li Xin is the ancestor of the founder of the Tang Dynasty Emperor Gaozu of Tang who was born as Li Yuan.

## External Links

* Ri Shin on the *KINGDOM* Wiki
* Ri Shin on the *HEROES* Wiki

## References

1. ↑ Kingdom Guidebook 3 - Chapter 1: Chronicles of Kingdom, page 12