Shinichi Chiaki

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This character, Shinichi Chiaki, is 42 years old in 2022, based on his/hers birthday, which is 1980.

## Personal Info

### Age

21 (2001)
23 (2003)
24 (2004)
36 (2016)
41 (2021)

## Relations

### Family

Tatsuo Noda (father-in-law)
Yoko Noda (mother-in-law)
Yoshitaka Noda (brother-in-law)
Masayuki Chiaki (father)
Seiko Chiaki (mother)
Takehiko Miyoshi (uncle)
Toshihiko Miyoshi (cousin)
Yuiko Miyoshi (cousin)
Megumi Noda (wife since 2003)
Unnamed daughter

### Friends/Allies

Megumi Noda
Sebastiano Vieira
Saiko Tagaya (former girlfriend)

## Details

### Occupation

Orchestra Conductor (currently)
Conductor of R☆S Orchestra
Student (all formerly)

### Type of Character

TBA

**Shinichi Chiaki** is the main male character of the series Nodame Cantabile.

An accomplished conductor and violinist with an initially critical view of music, especially towards others, he gradually becomes more caring of his friends and readily lends a hand to his friends should they need help. In university, he was extremely popular among the female students due to his good looks and musical ability.

Shinichi will set to appear in a Unity Force Series story.

## Appearance

He has a black hair as well as his eyes. He has a pale skin tone and usually wears his uniform when going to school. When he is on occasional events like conducting an orchestra, he wears a black tuxedo layered with a white shirt.

### Unity Force

In the Unity Force series, Shinichi's hair is slightly much longer in 2016, shown from a flashback, as it reaches to its shoulders.

## Personality

As he opens up to others (with much prodding from Nodame), he becomes more caring of his friends and readily lends a hand to his friends should they need help. In university, he was extremely popular among the female students due to his good looks and musical ability. He comes from a distinguished and well-off family, and is an excellent cook (although he mostly cooks Western-style food, possibly because he spent much of his childhood in Europe).

He seems to think that most "poor" people (such as Sakura Saku) are like the little match girl. While he dreams of studying abroad and becoming a famous conductor like his mentor, Sebastiano Viera, he must overcome his fear of flying and the sea to do so (he finally did with help of Nodame's hypnosis). His fears come from traumatic incidents in the past, one when he survived an airplane crash landing, the other because he was almost drowned. His family once attempted to drug him and bring him on board a plane, but the plane had to turn back due to difficulties.

He is dismayed to discover that this freakish but talented girl, Nodame, lives in the apartment next door to him,. However, he develops a sort of empathy with Nodame as he discovers her hidden potential to be a great pianist, and he begins to transcend his perfectionism and begins to enjoy his music and the music of others. Despite his constant irritation towards Nodame, he eventually develops romantic feelings toward her and he chooses to find work as a conductor in Paris, where she is going to study.

As Chiaki realizes his life's ambition to become a conductor, he also finds that he needs Nodame's support and he cannot move on without her. He also appears to have fear of being abandoned and surpassed, the former comes from being abandoned by his father as a young boy. Afraid of being abandoned, he often abandons other people instead, especially Nodame.

In various instances, he's also shown to have reservation over being "too friendly" with others, (mentioned in a rehearsal with RS orchestra). He's constantly afraid of being surpassed by Nodame, trying to go ever ahead, which leaves her miserable as she is trying to catch up to him. He's not really insensitive, but doesn't show himself.

## Trivia

* In the Unity Force series, Chiaki has been living in France with Megumi Noda and their daughter for the past 16 years, as he becomes a world-class conductor.