Shino Aburame

is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Naruto. "Shino" is the given name of the samurai Inuzuka of Hakkenden, a novel about a dog samurai. Aburame (￦ﾲﾹ￥ﾥﾳ) means "Oil woman" and the complete name "Aburame Shino" bears a close resemblance to the Japanese word for cockroach, aburamushi (￦ﾲﾹ￨ﾙﾫ). Shino Aburame is a cool, collected, and solitary Chunin from Naruto's graduating year (originally from Kurenai Yuhi's Genin Team 8 alon... More

is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Naruto. "Shino" is the given name of the samurai Inuzuka of Hakkenden, a novel about a dog samurai. Aburame (￦ﾲﾹ￥ﾥﾳ) means "Oil woman" and the complete name "Aburame Shino" bears a close resemblance to the Japanese word for cockroach, aburamushi (￦ﾲﾹ￨ﾙﾫ). Shino Aburame is a cool, collected, and solitary Chunin 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, 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...

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