Chiaki Shinoda

Chiaki Shinoda
Real Name	Chiaki Shinoda
Alias	Haraguchi
Gender	Female
Race	Doll
Age	26
Final Status	Deceased
Professional Status
Occupation	Spy
Former Occupation	Worked In The National Laboratory
Former Team	Louis
Behind The Scenes
First Seen	Season 1, Episode 1
Last Seen	Season 1, Episode 2
Japanese Voice	Toyoguchi Megumi
English Voice	Colleen Clinkenbeard

Chiaki Shinoda (篠田 千秋Shinoda Chiaki) was an employee of the National Institute of Technology who was involved in an attempt to steal information from the Institute.

Background[]

When Chiaki was younger, both of her parents were killed by aContractor. She watched as they were killed, unable to look away. Although she did not see the Contractor's face, the silhouette of the Contractor was burned into her mind. She kept this to herself and avoided having her memory erased. She later went to university where she wrote a thesis on the physics within theHell's Gate. After graduating, she worked at the National Institute of Technology, where, at the age of 26, she was involved in the theft of secret information from the Institute. She was to present this information toLouis, but was unable to do so as he was killed before the she could. The police noted that she has been missing for two weeks.^[1][2]

Appearance[]

Chiaki has shoulder-length blonde hair. She wears a red dress with a high slit on the left side and a long white coat.

Part In Story[]

The Black Contractor[]

She was first seen leaving theapartment next door toHei's as he moved in. She was next seen at a bar with two ofMisaki's men and once they recognised her, running away from them. She was saved from being captured by Hei, who made it look like the two of them were lovers, to avoid detection. She was soon confronted by anotherContractor, who claimed to be an acquaintance ofLouis (who she was supposed to meet). After refusing to accept him, due to Louis telling her to trust no one but him, she attempts to escape. When the contractor tries to take her by force, she is once again saved by Hei.^[1]

Later as Hei and Chiaki were walking back, the contractor appears again, and knocks Hei over a railing, on what seemed to be an oncoming train. The contractor takes Chiaki back to their hideout and begins questioning her about 'the package'. The security system fails and she manages to escape. She once again meets Hei and falls into his arms out of exhaustion.^[1][2]

Hei decides to help Chiaki escape, and she accepts his offer. The two of them are then frequently hunted down by either the unknown contractors or the Japanese police. They decide to sell the information that Chiaki had for money to get out of the country. As they reach their destination and she hands Hei the information, Hei erases her memory and begins to escape. It then turns out that the information was a fraud and that Chiaki was in fact aDoll, which had been programmed with the personality of the deceased Chiaki, in order to lure Hei out. As the band of Contractors attempt to kill Hei, Chiaki, even though she was a Doll, sacrifices herself to save Hei.^[2]

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Etymology[]

• The nameChiaki means "thousand" (千) (chi) and "autumn" (秋) (aki).
• Chiaki's surnameShinoda means "dwarf bamboo" (篠) (shino) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta/da).

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