Country: Fire Country; Hidden Leaf Village
Age: 13 (15 after time jump)
Height: 161.1 CM
Weight: 48.5 KG
Birthday: January 23rd
Bloodtype: AB
First Seen: Chapter 034; Anime Episode 001


Shino Aburame is a cool, collected, and solitary Chuunin from Naruto's graduating year (originally from Kurenai Yuhi's Genin Team 8 along with Hinata Hyuga and Kiba Inuzuka) who is quite mysterious and always wears sunglasses. He is portrayed as being somewhere between being merely stoic and matter-of-fact, rarely ever smiling or showing emotion at all. Behind his reserved demeanor, though, Shino places a lot of value on his friends and teamwork. He also has a tendency of holding grudges and being rather intimidating, such as seen when Naruto fails to recognize him in Part II, but easily recognizes Kiba and Hinata. To be fair, Shino's style of clothing makes recognizing him somewhat difficult. As a part of Aburame clan tradition, Shino was infused at birth with a special breed of insects that feed on chakra. In return, the insects attack and do other tasks as he commands.

Shino is extremely intelligent and consistently makes shrewd judgments and pinpoint reasoning which confirm his excellent analytical and observational skills. Like Shikamaru Nara, Shino prevails in battles by systematically staying steps ahead of the enemy.

Shino's favorite food is vegetable salad, and his least favorites are tofu balls and strong-smelling foods. His hobby is observing bugs, and his favorite phrase is "Trump card" (in the English version, it's "Ace in the hole").

Unlike most of the other characters in the four central teams, the sole exception being Tenten of Team Guy, Shino's backstory has never been divulged. In fact, other than brief appearances in flashbacks focused on other characters, Shino has yet to appear in his own flashback from before the start of the series.


In the first part of the Chuunin exam, Shino uses his insects to read the answers on other people's tests. During the second part, his knowledge of insects allows his team to take another team's scroll with little effort, thanks to some rather large leeches that live in the Forest of Death.

During the preliminaries of the Chuunin exam, Shino is matched against Zaku Abumi, whom he defeats by plugging up the air tubes in his arms with bugs, rendering them useless. (In the manga, Zaku's right forearm is blown off completely when he tries to use the air tubes; in the anime they are merely riddled with holes.) He appears very confident in his abilities, and demonstrates his strategic thinking in this battle. During most of the fight, he simply recommends that Zaku forfeit for his own good, a recommendation that turned out to be genuine, as well as a distraction tactic.

During the third stage, he was set up to fight Kankuro, who forfeits the battle in order to keep the abilities of his puppet, Karasu, a secret. When the Sand and Sound ninja begin their attack on Konoha, Shino overhears Guy and Kakashi telling Naruto and Sakura to find Sasuke. Shino decides to help by following Sasuke. He catches up just as Sasuke is about to battle Kankuro. He then challenges Kankuro in Sasuke's place, claiming that Kankuro is his opponent, allowing Sasuke to continue chasing a fleeing Gaara and Temari. During the fight, Kankuro manages to poison Shino with some gas from Karasu. Shino, however, had placed a female insect on Kankuro beforehand, allowing his insects to track down Kankuro and drain his chakra. Shortly after Kankuro is defeated, Shino loses consciousness as well, regretting that he wasn't able to assist Sasuke. His father, Shibi, later arrives and uses his bugs to draw out the poison from Shino's body.


Shino has become a Chuunin during the timeskip, which isn't surprising considering his previous performance. In his debut, Shino wears a grayish-green, hooded jacket over a black, high-collared, buttoned shirt similar to his old outfit. In addition, he also carries a black pouch behind his back. He became quite let down when Naruto had trouble recognizing him with his sunglasses and high collar, while Naruto had no trouble recognizing Kiba and Hinata.

Sources:

• Wikipedia
• NarutoFan

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