Shinzou Hagane



"I won't leave you screaming in pain from one of my shrapnel bombs if you leave me alone."

- Shinzou

Shinzou Hagane (鋼心臓, Hagane Shinzō) is a Jōnin class shinobi of Iwagakure, a member of its Hagane clan that also serves as the leader of its renowned Explosion Corps. A true prodigy of his clan, he is naturally gifted at wielding the Steel Release. The son of an exile hailing from the clan, he is driven by an insatiable urge to show up the rest of those who bare the Hagane name, his clansmen that ostracized him and ridiculed him for his father's mistakes. His notorious steel shrapnel bombs strike fear in the hearts of shinobi all across the continent and tear through everything in their paths, slicing through flesh with the greatest of ease. The young shinobi is also known throughout his home village for his, as well for the pureness of his idealism. Shinzou is truly incorruptible, firm as steel and rigid in his ways. Calmness exudes from his very being, and it is rare that he displays any outward emotion. Naturally, this gives the impression that he is unshakeable, collected to a fault. His personality and generational talent at using his clan's Kekkei Genkai have rightfully earned him the moniker of Stainless Steel (不錆鋼, Fuseikō).