(she-bah-tah ah-key-rah)

Though you may expect a loud, explosive personality from someone who has the title of Super High School Level Pyrotechnic, Shibata Akira is a rather subdued person. He’s made hundreds of stunning fireworks displays, even having prepared firework shows for popular theme parks. He’s got the know how and ability to make things go “boom” in a beautiful way, and he loves to make displays to delight all who see them.

Director’s notes

Here we have our big person with a heart of gold for the game, with Shibata being ripped af but also a total sweetheart, which isn’t exactly the safest things to be in this series, but don’t go counting him out- Shibata’s quite the survivor. He’s a little bit awkward around most people, and he’s not very excitable, especially when compared to some of the other students.

Voice

Shibata should have a low voice that’s raspy from a lot of time spent around smoke and explosions. His hearing is also fairly poor for the same reason, so he tends to talk a little bit louder than most characters. However, it’s very important that he not sound intimidating, more friendly than anything.