Shin Ichijou

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**Shin Ichijou** (一条シン Ichijou Shin) is the main protagonist of the movie King Of Prism by Pretty Rhythm. He is a prism star and student at Kakyoin Academy and the newest member of Edel Rose.

## Appearance

Shin is an average height boy with short, dark blue hair and red eyes. He wears a pendant around his neck given to him by Louis Kisaragi.

## Personality

Shin is very cheerful and optimistic and always thinks of ways he can help others. He is obedient towards those he respects and is a good listener. He is very innocent and simple and is often honest about his feelings.

## Story

### King Of Prism

In King Of Prism, Shin first discovers the world of Prism Shows thanks to Louis Kisaragi, a mysterious boy he fatefully meets one night on his way home. Louis gives Shin his pendant, telling Shin to "Show him a prism show." and a ticket to Over The Rainbow's Live later that night.

After seeing Over The Rainbow's Live, Shin is fascinated with Prism Shows and is suddenly filled with a feeling of determination, he tries to imitate Over The Rainbow's Prism jump with his bicycle but falls to the ground. Himuro Hijiri, who happened to see him, helps Shin up and asks him if he liked Prism Shows, and is later offered to enroll in Edel Rose.

After Shin settles down in Edel Rose's dorms, he is asked to go to a location by Hijiri. He goes there only to find the members of Over The Rainbow, Kouji, Hiro, and Kazuki waiting for him. They personally talk to Shin and give him various advice and also tell him the history of their unit. When asked by Hiro Hayami why Shin enrolled in Edel Rose, Over The Rainbow are intrigued by his response and immediately sensed his potential as a Prism Star. They entrust Shin to help bring Edel Rose forward, as the current members of Edel Rose feel distant with each other.

Later, Shin decides to go and practice by himself at the underground rink, but unexpectedly finds Kouji Mihama there and is challenged to a Prism Battle. Kouji realizes Shin's ability to enable people to recall the feeling when they first experienced a prism show, saying,"This is just like when I first performed a Prism Show with Hiro." when Shin jumps "Shin Infinite Hug". At the end of the battle, Kouji gives Shin the song Over The Sunshine.

On the night of Rose Party, Kouji announces Over The Rainbow's indefinite hiatus and Hiro and Kazuki's participation in Prism King Cup. After they perform their last song "Flavor" Kouji leaves for the airport with Ito Suzuno. The stage and the audience fall quiet and is filled with the sounds of fans crying. Shin watches backstage with the rest of the Edel Rose boys as the lights go out. Hijiri comes up to Shin, telling Shin that it's "his turn" and that Kouji left him a message, telling him to make everyone smile again with the song he gave him. Shin then sings Over The Sunshine and performs a Prism Show, joined in with Hiro and Kazuki, ending Rose Party with everyone's restored smiles.

### PRIDE the Hero

In the second movie it is revealed that an entity named Shine lives inside of Shin, although Shin has no knowledge of this. Shine was a destructive prism messenger who destroyed the prism sparkle a thousand years ago and was later sealed away by Rinne (Louis). Shin is unable to perform prism jumps without Shine as he is the source of his prism sparkle. Not wanting to take prism shows away from Shin, Louis decides not to kill Shine.

## Etymology

**Ichijō** (一条) literally means "First Street". It can also refer to Emperor Ichijō (一条天皇 *-tennō*), the 66th Emperor of Japan.

**Shin** (新) means "new".

## Songs

1. Over The Sunshine!
2. Dramatic LOVE
3. Sweet Sweet Sweet
4. Happy Happy Birthday!

## Trivia

* He ranked 4th place in the official popularity poll "Next Generation Prism Star Grand Election"
* Before he got into prism shows, Shin was in a soccer team in his previous school.
* His date of birth is the same as Louis Kisaragi.
* Mysteriously, his date of birth does not exist on the calendar as the year of his birth, 2001, is not a leap year.
* The day he met Louis Kisaragi was July 7th, a day celebrated in Japan as Tanabata Day.
	+ The tale of Tanabata is about star crossed lovers who are only able to meet once a year on July 7th (Tanabata Day). In KING OF PRISM -PRIDE the HERO-, Louis tells Shin that he "crossed a thousand years just to meet him."
* He has a dark crescent moon marking at the back of his neck that is a symbol of Shine.
* He aims to become a Prism Star like Hiro Hayami.
* He dislikes celery unless it is prepared to him by Minato.
* He is the first prism star to demonstrate the technique "Prism Rush", which enables people to recall the feeling when they first experienced a Prism Show.

## References

1. ↑ King Of Prism Official Website
2. ↑ Anime News Network - King Of Prism by Pretty Rhythm Film's Trailer Previews Story