Shingo Kyōmori
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| Kyōmori, Shingo ♂ | |
|---|---|
 Unseated, 12th Division | |
| Date of Birth | 16th October, 1843 (168) |
| Place of Birth | Cagliari, Sardinia-Italy |
| Zanpakutō | Asauchi |
| Player | Ketchup |
| Shinigami | |
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Appearance
Since birth, Shingo has had sectoral heterochromia in his left eye, resulting in a thin red ring around his dark brown iris. The snake bite on his neck that ended his mortal life was commemorated by Shingo with two circle tattoos around the two insertion points of the rattlesnake's fangs on the left side of his neck. A tattoo reading "Ricordare Il Carbonari", meaning 'Remember the Carbonari' in his native Italian, is emblazened in bold Italics on his upper back.
Shingo has deep-purple hair down to about his jaw line, very well-kept from his personal efforts. His temperament to fashion inspired the custom Shihakusho he wears; the black shirt is non-sleeved and the white undershirt of his shihakusho is long sleeved with cufflink-like ends on the wrists. The usual hakama is replaced by a shorter skirt-like front atop fitting black hakama pant-legs. The monk sandals are replaced with fitting traditional Chinese shoes with ordinary white socks. Around his waist he wears the Kyōmori family sash given to him by his father before his death.
Personality
During his life in Italy, Shingo idolized the late Leonardo Da Vinci, becoming interested in multiple fields of art and science such as invention, engineering, philosophy, and literature. However, his greatest knowledge is quoted to be with numbers. When intrigued, he is the type to indulge himself completely in his interests in an almost obsessive manner. He was also involved in the politically turbulent times of Italy’s revolutions of the mid-1800’s, advocating the unification of Italy and its independence from France.
Shingo is generally a mature and serious individual though is not easily annoyed in contrast when around other people. His turbulent human life as a fugitive with his father gave him a recognizable focus, having to rely on his own resources to survive on the run giving him the self-confidence of experience. Though he usually spends most of his time in decided isolation, Shingo still maintains a friendly and polite attitude towards others, using light-hearted sarcasm and humor frequently. Shingo’s personality interchanges between relaxed and serious when the situation requires it. He often quotes his former mentor and Leonardo Da Vinci in appropriate situations and says he lives as a scientist by the saying: "Time stands still long enough for anyone who will use it."
A young man of Chinese heritage raised under a Catholic household in Italy, Shingo’s religious foundation was shaken by the existence of the Soul Society but his well-instilled beliefs makes him believe that the Soul Society exists under the power and command of God. He does not practice any Catholic ritual but uses it’s teachings to maintain a relatively peaceful attitude in situations of crisis, acting as the mediator in most situations.
He enjoys social events and drinking sake though he’s never the one with many eyes on him, never doing much to attract attention to himself. Not one to hold his drink for long, other shinigami quote him as being a happy and goofy drunk and “the person they wish he was while sober.”
History
Shingo was born in Cagliari, Sardinia under the false name of Primo Evangelisti to his father who lived under the name change of Giosue Evangelisti, real name Hiroyuki Kyōmori. Giosue was a Chinese-born Italian elite soldier of the army of Italy during the Italian revolutions of the mid-1800’s and part of the secret revolutionary society known as the Carbonari.
In one of the most infamous assassination attempts in history, Giosue and the Carbonari attacked the horse carriage of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte in France on January 14th, 1858. The presumed success of the mission had Giosue and his band of assassinations return to Sardinia as heroes. Though days later, Bonaparte’s survival was confirmed and Giosue’s failure considered unforgivable. He and then-15 year old Primo were sentenced to an indefinite imprisonment on the penal colony called Devil’s Island in French Guiana.
There on Devil’s Island, Giosue revealed to his son of his origins as a man who escaped China prior to the Qing Dynasty's turbulent ending and found refuge under the services of the Italian government so many years ago. Giosue also revealed their family’s true name and Primo’s name given to him by his estranged mother: Shingo Kyōmori.
In 1860, Hiroyuki and Shingo escaped Devil’s Island, crossing the Mid-Atlantic Ocean, and arriving in West Africa. Three years later, after a deliberate pace through Africa, Shingo and his father returned to the now-unified Italy under the rule of its first king, Victor Emmanuel III, the man who Hiroyuki trusted and later was betrayed by.
Hiroyuki’s decision to assassinate Victor Emmanuel II fell on the hands of his reluctant son. On a dark night on the secluded island of Asinari, Shingo was confronted by the king’s personal elite guard who completely outclassed him in fighting skills and narrowly killed him before he was saved by Hiroyuki. Hiroyuki was barely able to fend off the elite guard before eventually abandoning the assassination and fleeing with Shingo, both of them now labeled as international fugitives.
Seeking refuge, Hiroyuki took Shingo across Eurasia to Eastern China to seek shelter under the roof of an old friend. Upon arriving at the friend’s house in Rudong, Hiroyuki and Shingo were confronted by the same elite Italian guard of Victor Emmanuel, revealing himself to be the head of the force in charge of tracking the two fugitives down. A heated battle between the guard and Hiroyuki ends in Shingo’s father’s death, and he himself narrowly escapes the same fate. During the intense battle, Shingo vaguely spots the figure of a slender woman whom he is unable to confirm is his estranged mother.
Shingo is guided to a ship by Hiroyuki’s friend which takes him across the Sea of Okhotsk, across the Bering Strait and ultimately to what is now Southern California in 1869. There, Shingo finds refuge under the shelter of Chinese-American laborers and falls into a severe depression from the events of his daggered life. On August 25th, 1870, at the age of 27, Shingo suffers a fatal bite to the neck from a rattlesnake and dies alone in the desert.
After becoming a plus soul, Shingo makes the extended trek all the way back to Rudong, arriving at the very house where his father died. There, he finds the same woman he spotted on that fateful day residing in the house. The woman, Tomoe, is revealed to be his mother, his 6-year old hunch being confirmed.
For several years, Shingo resides in the house and learns more and more about his family’s history and the mother he never knew though as a plus soul, he was unable to interact with her in the 2 years Shingo spent roaming the hallways.
In the winter of 1878, the elite Italian guard that killed Shingo’s father arrives and murders Tomoe right in front of him. Upon her death, Shingo notices that she did not become a plus soul like him and wanders out of the small household searching for his mother. In his short search, Shingo meets a Shinigami who informs Shingo that his mother had likely passed on to the Soul Society and is then transferred to the Soul Society himself.
Shingo arrives in the 60th District of Rukongai South known as Nodokakijuki, or “Tranquil Crane”, and spends the next 110 years searching for his mother and father in the Soul Society, traveling the several thousands of miles between almost every district of the Rukongai. After abandoning his search, Shingo comes under the tutelage of a man named Tsuda Shuichi who changes him from the man infamous in Nodokakijuki for his rampage and anger to one under control and pursuing his heartfelt interests in art and science. The next several years would be spent under the comfort of Tsuda’s teaching and a young girl affectionately named ‘Jun’.
After a tragic event leading to the passing of Tsuda, Shingo decides to follow his sensei’s last wish of moving on from his tattered past and pursuing his own true interests. Shingo then decides to make the long trip from Nodokakijuki all the way to Seireitei and the Shinigami Arts Academy after hearing of the advanced research going on in the 12th Division’s Shinigami Research & Development Institute.
Combat
Strengths
Shingo’s main strengths lie in the training given to him by his father in the arts of swordmanship and hand-to-hand combat as well as his natural genius. A well-rounded fighter with a naturally insightful eye during combat makes him one not to easily be defeated.
Weaknesses
His weakness is his inability to move on from the events surrounding his life as a human. Having witnessed both his father and estranged mother being murdered in front of him and being powerless to stop it both times left indelible marks on his psyche. When drudged up, Shingo usually enters a fit of rage unfavorable for his own survival, taking him out of the focus and stability given to him by his father, Hiroyuki, and his former sensei, Tsuda.
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