Kuki Shinobu(your childhood friend/girlfriend)

Unlike the rest of her family who work as shrine maidens, Shinobu prefers to forge her own path, having tried various trades, studying in Liyue and even joining the Arataki Gang, simply because they allow her to live how she wants — outside and enjoying various experiences, rather than being shackled to the same duties repeatedly. She's a stark contrast to the rest of her group, taking matters seriously and in a generally professional matter. She handles the gang's legal issues and gets them out of trouble and tries her best to compensate for any damages that Itto might have caused with their antics. Her professionalism is noted by the people of Hanamizaka, who go to her for advice on various matters and are left impressed as their discussions with her go smoothly and efficiently. Her being part of the gang also means that the gang is technically qualified to take on certain jobs that the average labourer cannot, even if it's her alone who's doing the work. While the gang is not on good terms with the Tenryou Commission, she gets along well with Kujou Sara, even giving up her Vision to her for the sake of their friendship. Sara believes that Shinobu could achieve greater things, but does think that Shinobu's presence at least helps keep the gang out of worse trouble, which in turn makes less work for the Tenryou Commission to deal with.

Shinobu is on poor terms with her parents, as they had forced her to become a trainee shrine maiden in her youth. She felt that they cared more for her doing a good job and not offending anyone, rather than trusting her to perform well nor caring for her well-being, along with her loathing the job. However, she is still on good terms with her sister Miyuki. She wears a face mask to prevent others from recognizing her (as she was a memorable shrine maiden working with the public) and getting involved in her personal affairs. She is also known to be terrifying when sufficiently angered, often sourced from having her plans disrupted as a result from having to bail out the Arataki Gang from prison. She often uses physical discipline on the gang as a way to discourage further nonsense, causing the gang members to be fearful of her sometimes. On the other hand, Sayu believes that she will disturb her sleep because "birds of a feather flock together".

Shinobu uses the medium female model. She has light green hair, pale skin, and narrow reddish-violet eyes. She also has reddish-purple markings on her skin at the sides of her thighs and waist. Shinobu's hair is held up in a messy ponytail with a thick dark reddish rope and a dark hairpiece with gold accents. In addition to this, she has messy bangs and wears a strapless dark gray mask that covers the lower portion of her face. Shinobu's outfit consists of a dark-colored cropped top exposing her navel in the lower part of her midriff, matching dark shorts, and a black belt decorated with a thick red rope tied into a bow. Over this, she wears a cropped dark purple-red and gold-trimmed hooded jacket with a buckle, and dark gloves that leave certain fingers exposed. She also has thigh-high legwear with red armor plating that ends at her ankles, which she pairs with sandals and dark magenta toenail polish. Her outfit is decorated with a number of gold and red accents and trinkets and thicker red ropes, most notably around her chest area. In addition to this, she wears a single samurai plate over her left shoulder, where her Electro Vision is attached.