Shin-Chan

Shinnosuke Nohara, also known as Shin chan, Shinchan and Shin-chan, is the protagonist of Crayon Shin-chan. He is 5 years old and yet acts overtly mature. In general, he is brutally honest, highly curious, and has no shame whatsoever. Ironically, there have been several instances in which Shinnosuke's own crazy antics actually solved the problems of those around him. Whether this is the result of his own or purely accidental is debatable. Adding to that, he also displays a surprising amount of talent and ability in various activities (running, surfing, kendo, fishing, skiing, swimming and others). On rare occasions, he displays bouts of selfless kindness. For example, in one anime episode he saved a frog from a truck on a rainy day, getting all wet and dirty in the process and risking Misae's anger since it was his last set of clean clothes. In another episode, he gives Masao the change he has even though he knows that his mother will scold him later. However, these are often immediately followed by antics that negate the goodwill others feel. There are also times when Shin-chan displays a level of maturity beyond his usual self in his concern for others, and in a few rare instances he shows that deep down he really does care for his family, although he usually behaves badly with them.

He loves chocolate biscuits, especially "Chocobi" and is a fan of tokusatsu show "Action Mask", but he absolutely hates green peppers. Besides Action Kamen, he also likes to watch Kantam Robo, Enpitsu Shin-chan and Misterious Magical Girl Mari-chan. He shows deep a affection for his sister Himawari. He is attracted to older girls and women, despite his young age, is brazenly attracted to older girls and women even to a point of flirting with them (possibly an inherited trait with his father and paternal grandfather, much to his mum's dismay). The only girl he seems to really like is a college student named Nanako, around whom he becomes shy. However he also often exhibits deep affection for his friend Kazama. He also enjoys looking at girls' bikini albums (Fumie Nakajima, Mariya Yamada, Takako Matsu etc.). Some of his strange activities include dressing up (often as an animal), mooning plus pretending to be an elephant using his er... manhood as the appropriately named "Mr. Elephant". He also makes trouble for others and then criticizes their efforts in covering for him.