Irie Shouichi

Irie Shouichi (入江正一) is a member of the Vongola Family, earning the status of a mechanic within the family. Before, he was a A-Rank member of the Millefiore under the 2nd Rosa White Spell Squad, possessing one of the six Funeral Wreath rings, his being the one of the Sun, until they later were found to be fake. While it was turned out that he had been working as a double agent, deceiving Millefiore as he worked towards a goal in order to help Sawada Tsunayoshi, Shouichi still remains an ally to the Vongola in this present day.

Shouichi's number is 51. This is due to the reason that 'shou' sounds similar to 'go', one of the main pronounciations to the number 'five' in Japanese. On the other hand, 'ichi' is just simply 'one'. Shouichi's name in itself, however, means "the one of (logical) truth", or "righteous/correct one".

Character Outline
(under construction)

Personality
As mentioned before, Shouichi's normal... in his own little way. Shouichi's smart, the kind of unnatural genius you would find sitting in the corner of the class room, minding his own business and already finished with his math and science classwork for the day. Most of the time he doesn't have to try, he doesn't even intend to succeed; it simply comes natural to him. He's a student of high caliber, technical and a strategist, and yet he let's life take him where it wants him to go.

Reserved and private, Shouichi doesn't like making much contact with others, especially if he has a choice not to do so. Being in a group can make him awkward or nervous, even clumsy; a perfect definition of 'socially inept'. He might even be one to kill a conversation, too, since he tends to be perhaps a bit too serious. He doesn't loosen up, even if a lot of advice he receives is that he should. You might say he's just paranoid, but it's also because he sort of never really cared too much for close contact. He's simply preferred the shadows and sticking behind his computer screen. He can be a nobody, yet unravel the world itself.

Shouichi is most of the time calm and cool, but there is a fuse to be lit. Sometimes he cannot help but let his frustrations show. Other times he's yelling at the top of his lungs, and someone who might have always been familiar with his quiet tone would freeze in their tracks. This usually only shows if something goes wrong on his part, or something isn't working the way he imagined it to. He's devoted to his work, and he dislikes it when something malfunctions and it wasn't in his earlier calculations. Everything has to be perfect by his own standards, while other areas may be messy... ...by his own standards.

And three quarters of the time, he's listening to music. He could lie still for hours, listening to words and meanings that are ephemeral, just the way his life is. It lacks substance and being. But an encounter with the Vongola Famiglia turned him upside down, and his life seems to teeter and sway, sometimes lying still as he travels down the path of the mafia--the world of his worst nightmares. But then again, as time continues to pass, things just aren't as monotone as they once were.

Perhaps this is for the best.

Childhood and Family
Refer to own profile and chapter 13. Search up other Shouichi profiles-- I know I got his dad's profession wrong by now.

Private Schooling
Shouichi went to a private school.

International Robotics Competition
His meeting with Spanner. Refer to sub version of episode 121; snag direct quotes for future reference.

Choice and the Millefiore
It isn't very clear exactly how Shouichi came to be a part of the Millefiore, but he somehow became the fake funeral wreath of the sun. Choice is a kind of battle game that Shouichi and Byakuran invented together in their school days. if you want more information on it, then go to the Reborn wiki, as there is a very detailed explanation available.

Vongola's Double Agent
Bam 218. Bam 218. Now what was the stupid plan again...?

Present
...Yeah. This alternative future leaves him with not-so-much knowledge of the previous future (because lol, he wasn't there) but it was definitely told to him. Regardless, not many things have changed-- he seems to be really close friends with Spanner (bffl) and while he's friends with Byakuran, there's always been that awkwardness around such a crazy man anyway, so yeah. Keep the Yamamoto friendship from v.1? Maybe. We know Gokudera probably still hates him, and Hibari probably smacked him first thing with his tonfa. Bawww Lambo. Bawww Mukuro. Bawww everyone.

Sun Flames
Without a doubt, with Shouichi's latest features within the Reborn games, both the PS2 and DS ones despite being substantially different, he has been revealed to be perhaps the best healing support in comparison to any of the other characters or selections. This is perhaps to be expected, though--he did hold the Sun Mare Ring for quite some time while supposedly being Byakuran's "most trusted subordinate". But his reason for having Sun Flames is not that he's not a fighter, but it's more towards that he will readily sacrifice himself for his friends or people he hold's dear. Getting himself into an environment where one wrong move could mean death with just the wave of a hand at Byakuran's whim, just for a complex plan that may not be carried out accordingly in the end? Honestly. Shouichi's a healer, but just like Ryohei, also seems to possess a bit of fight in him-- even if it may be more of a jurisprudence approach at times.

Box Weapons
Fuxing plants. Venus fly traps. They're giant, and will eat you alive.

Intelligence
He is shown to be very intelligent and a highly skilled inventor and genius in the field of robotics.

Guns and Roses
Does not appear to be especially skilled with with either of these and actually seems to have an aversion to guns from his nervousness when handling one.

Sawada Tsunayoshi
"Tsunayoshi-kun". There's no doubt here that Shouichi seems to have a certain fondness, yet retaining a good handful of respect for Tsuna. He appears to be refusing to refer to him by his nickname, instead using his whole first name, then attaching "-kun" as a suffix. This may disappear as the whole senior-to-junior status has vanished, but who knows. Either way, Shouichi is very polite to Tsuna whether or not they may be extremely close to one another.

Hibari Kyoya
"Hibari-kun".

Kakimoto Chikusa
They are currently still dating. Mind you.

So far, there have been no interactions between Shouichi and Chikusa, despite them both being present in the same area at the same time in later chapters.

Although, in deviantArt's [http://KHRRP-DA.deviantart.com/ original Reborn! RP], Shouichi and Chikusa are in a very open relationship that has been going on for the past year, since the time the Shouichi RPer joined. It's obviously a crack pairing, but I must say that they do look quite good together.

The KHRRP is satisfied with the past editor of this.

Spanner
"Spanner". No suffix, so yeah. Best friend.

Byakuran
"Byakuran-san".

Wakahisa Miyuki
"Miyuki-chan". And surprisingly enough, this is someone he happens to have a crush on. However, it is not the most noticeable. With my improved take on Shouichi's personality, Shouichi is the kind of secret crush type guy. Casually, he's going to smile, and casually he's going to talk to her and maybe hold open a door or two for her. Small things like that, I guess. It's like how in Ghostbusters (but not really), Janine had loved Egon for quite some time but figured it was one-sided, until you find out in season five he really did love her all along. Not really the best allusion, but go with it for a bit. Of course the only real one-sided factor towards the whole relationship is his feelings towards Miyuki, which aren't really recognized--and that's fine (though he's really not making the most effort to make them blatantly noticeable). He's not going to treat her any differently.

Kagami Aika
"Aika-chan". One person you may find hard for him to get along with, as he is a technophile and she is a technophobe. What becomes of that? ...A lot of misfortune and nerd angst for Shouichi, but despite all that they get along really well and Shouichi regards her character in a positive light as a whole. In fact, if anything, Aika fills in for a sisterly figure to Shouichi. After all, Akiko has never really got into the whole mafia business (and not that Shouichi would want her too, it can get really scary sometimes). If anything, Shouichi is somewhat protective of Aika, even though its also vice versa.

Zoe Sussurro
"Zoe"...san.

Roses
The rose has always been valued for its beauty and has a long history of symbolism. The ancient Greeks and Romans identified the rose with their goddesses of love referred to as Aphrodite and Venus. In Rome a wild rose would be placed on the door of a room where secret or confidential matters were discussed. The phrase sub rosa, or "under the rose", means to keep a secret — derived from this ancient Roman practice.

Also, according to some Biblical legends, the original rose growing in the Garden of Eden was white, but turned red as it blushed with shame upon Adam and Eve's fall from grace.

Venus Fly-Traps
The Venus flytrap gets the "Venus" part of its name because its flowers are really pretty (like the goddess Venus) and are white, like the planet Venus in the sky. You often see this story maintained in books about carnivorous plants, but this is because of an article that John Ellis wrote in 1768. This is what you would call a cover story: "...and from the beautiful appearance of its milk-white flowers, and the elegance of its leaves, thought it well deserved one of the names of the Goddess of Beauty, and therefore called it Dionaea."

And it's not the resemblance of its trap to the vulva that is important (that in itself can be considered a fallacy); it is the trap itself, symbol for that of which can lead one to their death. While Shouichi appears to have that of a weak appearance, himself belonging to White Spell which are supposed to be more brains than brawn, this can mislead--as such, Shouichi has demonstrated a more murderous side of himself and despite it being an act, it does hold some meaning: you don't fuck with Irie Shouichi, or he can and probably will hurt you if it is a means to an end.

After all, a trap can also be a synonym for deception.

Graham Coxon
One of the most notable yet easy to miss references to popular culture when it comes to Shouichi and his music, probably has to be one of his shirts mentioning Graham Coxon, an English musician. One of Graham Coxon's most known associations is with the band Blur. Initially, Blur was one of the multitude of British bands who appeared in the wake of the Stone Roses, mining the same swirling, pseudo-psychedelic guitar pop, only with louder guitars. However Graham, who was the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for this band, eventually had a dispute with the band members which lead up to him leaving the band in 2002 following his final contribution to the album Think Tank.

But in any case, we can instantly link Shouichi to having a liking towards alternative rock, perhaps even the occasional pop songs that strike his fancy... at least, until they repeat them over the radio nearly a hundred times.

Not to mention, it also appears that Amano may have even modeled Shouichi after Graham himself. They both have the same type of glasses--even look similar. Not to mention, Graham Coxon's birthday is March 12. That is 3/12-- and Shouichi's birthday is December 3rd, or 12/3. Knowing Amano, she would have definitely taken the birthday and switched them (I mean, Mukuro's number is 69 and his birthday is 6/9, go figure). Yeah, Hina is a crazy fangirl for actually finding this out through her own research.

That and who knows-- Shouichi might share some of Graham Coxon's other quirks: Graham is also a painter, and in casual typing he does not capitalize the beginnings of sentences... or anything at all, really. "the more the sun shines the border i become. its a pressure. the sun. to get on bikes and thrash to the sea but... baaaaaahhhhhhh!!!" Additionally to this, in his biography on twitter, Graham put himself down as a "pencil lover" (a love for pencils, so I guess no more clicky pens... or maybe, a resort to mechanical pencils) as well as... gasp, a "secret lord".

I think we have ourselves a match.

Blood + Peppers
...also known as BP. This is an otherwise fictional band whose logo appears to be a pepper shaker filled with blood instead of, well, pepper. It seems that in Blood + Pepper's regular text, it is in a melting font, most definitely a representative factor to make it look like blood. We can most likely infer and make a logical guess that this band is an indie rock band. And since this also appears to be Shouichi's favorite band, also might not cater to the more mainstream bands. Who knows. It may be an allusion to to the band Red Hot Chili Peppers; their song "Dani California" has reached enough popularity to have been featured in several Japanese movies after all, including Death Note. Or maybe the cayenne peppers which are supposed to improve blood flow as a health benefit when eaten. It's fictional-- could be anything.

Georgia
...canned coffee. and water. and messy room. oho.