Irina Shido

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**Irina Shido** (紫藤 (イリナ) , *Shidō Irina*) is one of the many female protagonists of *High School DxD* and the childhood friend of Issei Hyoudou. She is a third-year high school student at Kuoh Academy in Class 3-B and is a devout Christian who, even after learning of God's death, still follows his teachings. She later gets reincarnated as an Angel by the Archangel Michael, through one of the Brave Saints, her ranking among his peerage being "Ace Of Spades." She is also one of Issei's fiancées.

## Appearance

Irina is a beautiful young woman with violet eyes. She has long chestnut hair that is usually tied into twintails, each held with a blue scrunchy, but on some occasions, she lets her hair down. Her body measurements are B87-W59-H89 cm [B34-W23-H35 in]; height is 164 cm (5 feet 4 inches) and body weight is 56 kg.

She wears the standard Church battle attire, same as Xenovia's with some slight differences. After transferring to Kuoh Academy and moving into the Hyoudou Residence, she starts wearing the Kuoh Academy girls' school uniform, with black short shorts under her skirt and with an addition of white sneakers with blue accents.

Following her Angelization by Michael, she wears a red "A" printed on her right hand, symbolizing her position as Michael's Ace. Irina also gained white Angel wings and a halo, as of Volume 17, has a total of 4 wings.

## Personality

Irina is a cheerful, carefree, upbeat, and enthusiastic person. She is also shown to be cooperative and open-minded to others as she is seen with Arthur Pendragon discussing Excalibur Ruler, although he stated that the location is secret.

She's a devout Christian, showing great respect for God's teachings. During her first appearance, she was very harsh towards those whom she perceived as an opposition to her religion. This was demonstrated by how she and Xenovia treated Asia when they first met, as well as her reaction to Xenovia becoming a Devil. The death of God of the Bible was a great shock for Irina, yet she still believes in his teachings and transferred her belief to Michael who is the current "God". Irina later became great friends with Asia and the rest of the Occult Research Club members, even joining the ORC herself.

She began experiencing "impure thoughts" around Issei; her Angel wings start to flicker from white to black indicating that she is about to "fall" from her status as a true Angel to a Fallen Angel if she gives in to her desires. She is shown to be very sensitive to and annoyed about being called "self-proclaiming". After kissing Issei, she becomes bolder in her relationship with him, as she becomes slightly less concerned about "falling" in order to show her love for him. This has also caused her to become perverted herself, as she has no qualms with being with Issei, even desiring to have sex with him.

## Trivia

* She has the same last name as and Masayoshi Shido. though it is unknown if she is related to him and Akechi or not.
* Irina (Cyrillic: Ирина) is a feminine given name of Ancient Greek origin, commonly borne by followers of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is derived from Eirene (Ancient Greek: Εἰρήνη), an ancient Greek goddess, personification of peace.
* Irina's last name; "Shidou" translates to "Purple Wisteria".
* Among all the girls, Irina has known Issei for the longest time and was the first girl to kiss him.
* Irina has become well-known for calling herself an "Angel," thus gaining herself the title, "Self-Proclaiming Angel." As a vindictive insult, she has been recently called the, "Self-Proclaimed Childhood Friend."
* According to Issei, she inherited her father's habit of entering into their own world and her mother's energetic nature.
* It is stated that among the Church Trio (her, Xenovia and Asia), she has the strongest faith in God as she fell into a 7-day shock and depression after hearing about His death before recovering.
* In Rating Game fighting-types, Irina would be considered a Technique-type who is closer to a Wizard-type.
* Irina sometimes appears as a guest on Asia and Xenovia's expository videos, which they upload to DeviTube, about Japan’s daily school life, forming a popular trio streaming group.
* Irina has a hobby of baking bread.
* She has expressed a desire to open a bakery after graduating but had to give up on that wish in order to help rebuild Heaven.
* Irina was featured in Weekly Brave Angel, an internal magazine at the church she works at, making her quite popular among the male members.
	+ She is quite popular in general with people who know that Angels exist.
* Irina is engaged to Issei Hyoudou, her childhood friend.
	+ She is Issei's first bride not to be a part of his or Rias' peerage and the first one not to be a Devil.
* Irina wants to have her wedding take place in Heaven.
* Upon her promotion to Ultimate Class Angel, Irina was awarded her own Suit of [Spades].
* Irina's name, along with Xenovia's, were decided on a whim when Ishibumi spent a fine Sunday on a riverbank.
* In the Light Novel and Anime, Irina is said to be an artificial Holy Sword wielder, while in the Manga, Xenovia said that Irina is a natural-born Holy Sword wielder like her.
* The manga "Samurai Vatican" and protagonist of the series "Oda Nobuna" which Irina mentions in the short story "Stop! Yuuto-kun!" are references to another light novel series Miyama-Zero works on called "The Ambition of Oda Nobuna."