Cino

* Real-life info
* Fictional info

**Cino** (**チーノ**) is an active member of ○○ no Shuyaku wa Wareware da!. Officially debuting in the *Minecraft Werewolf* video "I Tried Playing Werewolf With a New Member!", Cino has established himself as one of the group's most eccentric members. Although his player skills are rather low, Cino is quite adaptive of his surroundings and is a fast learner. He's known among fans and other members as a "con artist", thanks to his bizarre actions and his ability to tell convincing lies.

## Personality

Cino has a quirky and intense personality. He is known for making random claims, with 'not wearing underwear' being one of the most well-known examples. He is also known for being a massive troll and is good at scamming people. Despite this, he is actually quite forgetful and predictable, making it easy for the other members to mess with him. Cino seems to be worried that his seniors look down on him and compare him with other newer member (i.e. Shoppi). He felt very disappointed when Zomu pointed out that he has low player skills. All that aside, Cino is very cheerful and is a good person at heart. He is often chosen to represent Wrwrd in large-scale collaboration events thanks to his outgoing and friendly nature.

## Appearance

Cino's official standing picture depicts him as a young man with messy light blue hair and slanted orange eyes. He wears a white button-up shirt with light blue trousers and suspenders, brown shoes, and a gold pocket watch around his neck. He also wears large bottle-bottomed glasses that appear opaque, hiding his eyes.

## Fictional Counterparts

Below are some depictions of Cino in various works.

### *Mountains of Madness*

**Peipei** (**払々**) is Cino's character in the "Mountains of Madness Again" TRPG series. He is a comedian and a mountain climber who, because of his troubled life, believes that money is everything. He climbed the Mountains of Madness after hearing a rumor about a hidden gold mine. Peipei is an adult man with black and light grey hair, brown eyes, and a thin goatee. He wears a greyish brown shirt underneath an orange jacket with light blue lining, dark brown trousers, black boots with orange details, and greyish brown fingerless gloves. He also carries a green hiking backpack and can be seen with a cigarette on his mouth.

### *Katashiro*

In his gameplay of this TRPG, Cino plays the role of **Ino Ataru** (**伊野 中**), a 17-year-old boy with grandiose delusions. He believes that he is superior to everyone else thanks to his natural talents, both athletic and academic. Ataru has black hair and orange eyes. He wears a navy-colored *gakuran* with a white shirt underneath.

### *Isekai no Shuyaku wa Wareware da!*

In this manga, Cino is an orphaned war refugee who seems to have a talent for entertaining (he is especially good at juggling). He was picked up by Tonton and became his student. Cino eventually works for his corporation as the head of the Market Development Department of the Western Region Branch Office. His appearance in the manga is similar to his standing picture, but with the addition of a black scarf, a pair of gloves, short black boots, and (sometimes) a suit jacket. He can be seen carrying a shovel on his back occasionally. After becoming the new leader of the Zomzom Group, Cino ditches his shirt and instead wears Zomu's coat, leaving his chest bare.

### *Makai no Shuyaku wa Wareware da!*

**Gauner Cino** (**ガオナァ･チーノ**) is a second-year student at Babyls Demon School and a member of Our Division. A demon with rank 2, Cino is known for his tendency to pull pranks at people, especially his juniors. He is commonly seen alongside Shoppi and occasionally works together with him to scam people just for the sake of their own amusement. What differentiates his appearance from the regular Cino is that he has pointy ears, fangs, a long blue tail that curls up into a spiral, and some of his hair is styled upwards to resemble horns. He wears a white shirt and a lighter version the school uniform trousers, as well as suspenders. He also wears a light blue cape with a red eye-shaped button. His winter outfit is essentially the same as his regular one, but with a shorter cape over his existing one, held by a red ribbon.

## Etymology

Cino's name comes from the Italian word *Peperoncino*, which is a generic term for hot chili pepper.

## Trivia

* His image color was originally dark blue, but since it was the same as Utsu-sensei, it was changed to the color orange.
* He is sometimes depicted with turquoise eyes instead of orange. Cino joked that he wears colored contacts.
* Cino had been given the nickname "Mentsuyu-kun" by fans after he pranked Koneshima by giving him a cup of *mentsuyu* (Japanese noodle soup/dipping sauce base), pretending that it was a cup of tea.
* At first he wanted to go with a name that started with the letter P, and as such the original name he chose was "Pappon." But after some time, he came up with the name "Peperoncino," ultimately deciding to go with "Pepe". Despite this, it was not approved due to the difficult pronunciation as well as the subtext behind the name itself. In the end, he chose to use "Cino".
* It's believed that he is Tonton's junior, but this is unconfirmed.
* Cino is said to be quite tall, with some fans believing that he may reach 198 cm, but the truth is unknown.
* He apparently likes older women.
* His preferred brand of cigarette was Caster.
* He has two sisters and a younger brother in real life.
* Other members occasionally make fun of him because of his bad eyesight. He mentioned in one blog entry that he has astigmatism.
* He seems to not be very good at cooking, which is often joked about. At one point, a picture of his attempt at making a sunny-side-up egg was even used as Utsu-sensei's Twitter banner.
* He and Tonton take turns writing blog magazine entries on Wrwrd's Nico Nico Channel every Tuesday.
* In Wrwrd's theme song, Cino's instrument is a Qanun.
* On the cover of the December 2019 issue of *Wareware Magazine*, Cino is represented by a blue owl.