Shinpachi Shimura
志村新八
Gender
Male
Age
16-18
Birthday
8/12
About
Height: 166 cm
Shinpachi Shimura works under Gintoki to learn the ways of the samurai. He used to stay at his family's dōjo. However, it seems more like he's just trying to help Gintoki pay the rent than to learn. Shinpachi is the captain of the "Otsu's Imperial Guard," a pop singer's fan club. Shinpachi meets Gintoki after Shinpachi was tripped by the ambassador of Planet Chatoran. Gintoki beats up the ambassador and his guards, not to stand up for Shinpachi, but to get revenge for his spilled parfait. Gintoki frames Shinpachi for the crime, which somehow led to him saving Shimura Tae (Otae), Shinpachi's sister, from becoming part of a brothel. Despite his meek appearance, Shinpachi is a more than competent swordsman of his family's Kakidō-Ryu, the type of swordsmanship his dojo teaches. In the character popularity poll, he was in 8th place. His name is roughly based on Shinsengumi member Nagakura Shinpachi and comedian Ken Shimura.
Appears In
Gintama
Gintama: Jump Festa 2005 Special
Gintama: Jump Festa 2008 Special
Gintama - The Movie
Gintama: Shinyaku Benizakura-hen Special
SKET Dance
Gintama Season 2
Gintama: Dai Hanseikai
Gintama: The Final Chapter - Be Forever Yorozuya
Gintama Season 2 Part 2
Toriko the Movie: Secret Recipe of Gourmet God!
Gintama: Yorinuki Gintama-san on Theater 2D
Gintama': Futon ni Haitte kara Buki Nokoshi ni Kizuite Neru ni Nerenai Toki mo Aru
Gintama Season 3
Gintama: Jump Festa 2015 Special
Gintama: Love Incense Arc
Gin Tama
SKET DANCE
3-nen Z-gumi Ginpachi-sensei
Gintama Season 4
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Season 2
Gintama.: Slip Arc
Gintama.: Silver Soul Arc
Gintama.: Silver Soul Arc - Second Half War
