Shun Tokinoya

**Shun Tokinoya** (時野谷 瞬, *Tokinoya Shun*) is one of the main protagonists of the anime series Our Rainy Protocol. He is a second-year high school student who lives with his mother and younger sister Mio Tokinoya. After his father was killed in an accident and his sister was injured, he quit the game he loved and now works at an esports café.

Suddenly, he discovers that the café is deeply in debt. Shun and his friends join Fox One, an esports team affiliated with the café, in hopes to win the *Xaxxerion* championship and the prize money in order to repay their debts. Shun returns to the world of online games, where he is confronted by "Bakuretsu-kun", who used to play the game with him.

## Appearance

Shun is a 16 year old student with brown hair and hazel eyes.

## Personality

Shun is a easygoing guy who used to love gaming, but after the death of his father he stopped playing.

He is a loving brother to Mio Tokinoya and a supportive son to his mother, giving her his entire wages to help her pay the bills

## Plot

At the beginning, Shun was online with all his friends ready for a big team death match but sadly Mio Tokinoya who was young wanted to play but Shun told her after he was done but Mio wouldn't take no for an answer this distracted Shun and his character died, After that he stopped playing mostly due to the accident that killed his father and crippled his sister. Shun was shown in a kitchen working with his friend Nozomi Inazuki who was helping support him and his family too, Shun cooked whilst Nozomi played with Akito Sendō and his friends as they begged her too, after the match Akito tried to get Shun to play but Nozomi was against it and told Akito to stop. Shun was awoken by Nozomi who told him that he can head home now and that she had made him sone rice balls, when Shun got home his Mother and Mio demanded that he shower so he did, He then talked to Mio who told him that she was ready to eat so Shun picked her up and carried her to the table. Shun's Mother asked was he doing okay and he said yes, Mio asked was he going to go online again and Shun said that he wasn't sure. The next morning during Lunch Nozomi was annoyed that Shun had only brought leftover Rice Balls to eat, he told her he was fine but Nozomi insisted that he eat properly and gave him half of her Bento and told him that she would bring 2 Bento if it meant that he would eat, Shun apologized and accepted the had she offered, Akito then asked how Mio was and Shun entered protective Big Brother mode as he knew Akito was in love with Mio and he did not approve, Shun went to work and saw that Nozomi's father had lost his team for the draft league, he begged Shun to join them Nozomi protested as she knew that Shun had trauma from the game, Akito then made Shun a deal he plays one game and if he is bad then he won't ask again, Shun then encountered Explosion who taunted him for being rusty, Shun got his groove back then and managed to win.

After Securing Akito Nozomi and Shun they needed 2 more people so they hosted auditions, Nozomi took charge and weeded out the fakes, they then encountered a strange man who was a big red flag as he refused to give his personal information but he was really good at the game so he was hired, the last person on the list was Big Bang Infinity and they were also very skilled and got hired on the spot, however Big Bang Infinity refused to put her real name on the form so when they left Shun and co followed them. Shun then decided to enter the apartment and ask Big Bang Infinity to join them but he saw what appeared to be blood leaking out from the other side of the door and the door was unlocked, thinking that a burglar had broken in and injured BBI Shun ran in only to find a Naked Yū standing there and she overpowered him as she thought that he was a burglar, Yū then recognized Shun and was going to release her grip but then Akito arrived and was also subdued. Shun then apologized and explained himself, Yū forgave him as it was a Misunderstanding, Nozomi then arrived on the scene and asked why was the place such a mess, Shun asked Yū to join and she accepted but stated that she needs a disguise.

Back at the audition Shun watched Yū fill in her form and the rest followed suit, Shun then used his real name but spelled Syun, Later that night Shun got a Line chat from Explosion who asked him how things were, Shun told them about his new team and said he had 2 girls, Explosion asked were they hot, Shun replied with that they were more cute than Hot, this annoyed Yū as she though she was hot, she asked him would he date any of the girls and Shun said that he hadn't thought of that, this made Yū blush and then told him to man up and follow his heart, Shun then though about Nozomi and Yū. Shun was next seen at his home talking to his family, Mio wanted to go to Fox one and Shun told her that he would take her another day as today he was busy. it was the day of the tournament and Shun met a young man who was eating Curry with a straw, the man noticed Shun staring and gave him a fresh unopened box, Later Shun realized that the guy he met was Rox a member of Sleeping Owl his teams first opponent.

## Etymology

* The name **Shun** means "wink, blink, twinkle" (瞬).
* Shun's surname **Tokinoya** means "time, hour, occasion" (時) (**toki**), "field, wilderness" (野) (**no**) and "valley" (谷) (**ya**).

## Trivia

* Shun spends all of his time studying and working part-time while also socializing with his childhood gaming buddies.