Shin

* Elder Kaiōshin (Ancestor)
* Air Dance Technique
* Kai-Kai
* Kiai Cannon
* Kiai Eyes
* Kikōha
* Materialization Sorcery
* Mind Reading
* Paralysis Technique
* Potara
* Time Ring (Manga only)

**Shin** (シン) is one of the 7th Universe's Kaiōshin, who alongside Elder Kaiōshin and the Hakaishin Beerus, maintains balance within their universe.

## Background

During Shin's service as the Kaiōshin of the East (東（ひがし）の界（かい）王（おう）神（しん）, *Higashi no Kaiōshin*; *FUNimation* "Eastern Supreme Kai"; Literally meaning "World King God of the East") of the 7th Universe's Eastern quadrant, Shin was the youngest and most inexperienced amongst the fellow Kaiōshin.

## Appearance

Shin is a being of short stature, with light pink skin — light purple in the anime — a large mohawk, and stern black eyes. He wears the traditional Kaiōshin garb — a puffed sleeved outfit with a blue sash, dark blue pants, a dark blue robe with gold lining, buttoned at the chest, and white boots. In the anime, Shin's sleeved outfit is colored light blue, the sash is orange, the pants are the same light blue, and his shoes are a vivid red. Like some Kaiōshin, he wears green Potara earrings, which are colored yellow in the anime.

## Abilities

As a Kaiōshin, Shin has many abilities that are beyond most mortals ability to comprehend or accomplish. In terms of power, he was vastly superior to Piccolo during the time of the 25th Tenka-Ichi Budōkai despite his large gains in power since the Cell Game. His attendant Kibito even claimed he could kill Freeza at full power with just one blow (prior to his training to become Golden Freeza at least), something which Son Gokū thought was amazing.

### 25th Tenka-Ichi Budōkai Arc

Shin alongside Kibito enter the 25th Tenka-Ichi Budōkai and qualify after passing the preliminaries, he meets the Dragon Team during the break before the matchmaking, Son Gokū is who he is interested in having a spar with and see how strong he is and before going to where the matchmaking takes place he hand shake with him. During the matchmaking Piccolo is assigned as Shin's opponent.

### Universe Survival Arc

#### God and God Arc (manga)

After Kibito Kaiōshin collected the Namekian Dragon Balls to get them out of Champa's grasp, only to find that they were not what he was looking for. Kibito Kaiōshin eventually used them to defuse themselves back into Shin and Kibito, much to Elder Kaiōshin's annoyance.

## In Other Timelines

### Trunks' Timeline

*Main article: Shin (Future)*
In Trunks' timeline in the future, Shin overlooked his training in preparation for Majin Bū's revival. Upon taking action, Shin lost its life in the aftermath of fighting Babidi's Forces.

## Trivia

* On *Kanzenban* volume covers, Shin is depicted with light pink skin, contradicting his earlier colour scheme in Dragon Ball Volume 37. Furthermore, Shin's coloratization in the *Digital Color Edition* is a blend of the *Kanzenban* and the anime's rendition of Shin, leaving him with the light pink skin of the *Kanzenban* but the clothing color scheme of the anime.
* In the localization for the *Supersonic Warriors* series, Shin is erroneously called "King Kai" and yet referred to as "Supreme Kai" in dialogue.

## References

1. ↑ *Daizenshū 5*, page 120
2. ↑ *Daizenshū 4*, page 54
3. ↑ *Dragon Ball: Super Exciting Guide: Character Volume*, page 66
4. ↑ *Dragon Ball* chapter 437
5. ↑ *Dragon Ball* chapter 438
6. ↑ *Dragon Ball Super* chapter 4
7. ↑ *Dragon Ball Super* chapter 15, pages 38-39