Ryoko Shinonome

Ryoko Shinonome

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Ryoko Shinonome
Sector	2
Loop	Current
Sentinel	No. 14
Biographical information
Relatives	Unnamed parents Ei Sekigahara (Brother figure)
Voice Actor/Actress
Japanese VA	Saori Hayami
English VA	Kira Buckland

This page is about Ryoko Shinonome, one of the 13 protagonists. For other characters called the same name, please visit Ryoko (disambiguation)

For the more spoiler-filled details about the character, go to File No. 025 of the Mystery Files.

Ryoko Shinonome (東雲 諒子 Shinonome Ryōko) is a protagonist in 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. She is the pilot of Sentinel No. 14.

Profile

Scarred Agent

An aloof agent desperate to prove her worth to her unrequited love (and mentor), Tetsuya Ida. A mission gone wrong left Ryoko with traumatic brain damage, and dependent on a medicine of unclear origins. Still, she fights through the mental fog and pain to untangle the conspiracies...

Personality

Work in Progress

Appearance

Work in Progress

Relationships

• Tetsuya Ida (Mentor/Unrequited Love Interest)
• Ei Sekigahara (Brother Figure)
• Renya Gouto (Ex-boyfriend)
• Yuki Takamiya (Co-worker)
• Shu Amiguchi (Attracted to)
• 426 (Enemy)

Unlock

Ryoko Shinonome can be unlocked two different ways:

• Unlock Nenji Ogata's Victims of Poison Branch Ending
• Unlock Yuki Takamiya's Suspicious Pills Branch Ending

Events

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There are 42 Event Archive entries with Ryoko Shinonome:

#	Name	Protagonist	Setting	Description
025	Sentinel Pilot Juro Izumi	Ryoko Shinonome	Sector 2/2064: Kamazumi Ward	In an office building thrown into panic from kaiju's arrival, Ryoko Shinonome calls out for her missing friends. A terrifying kaiju glares at her through the high-rise window, but before she comes to any harm, she is saved by the pilot of Sentinel No. 13.
026	Teacher and Student	Ryoko Shinonome	Sector 2/2064: Sakura High, Schoolyard	Ryoko Shinonome, who had been rescued from the initial kaiju attack in 2064, begins to harbor feelings for Tetsuya Ida.
029	DD-426 Contamination	Ryoko Shinonome	Sector 2/2064: Shikishima Sentinel Hangar	Tetsuya Ida asks Ryoko Shinonome to install the Sentinel upgrade code DD-426. She does as he asks, but rather than installing it to her own Sentinel No. 14, she installs it to No. 15—Ei Sekigahara's Sentinel.
030	The Sentinel Infection Incident	Ryoko Shinonome	Sector 2/2064: Center of the City	The full-scale invasion of the kaiju has begun. While on defense, the Sentinels start going haywire. Thanks to Chihiro Morimura's quick decision-making, they're able to force-transmit the Sentinels to safety, but not before suffering heavy losses.
032	The Day Mr. Ida Saved Me	Ryoko Shinonome	Sector 4/1984: Kamazumi Police Station	Due to the incident of 2064, Ryoko Shinonome and her Sentinel have been force-transmitted to 1984. While she is under police interrogation, Tetsuya Ida steps in and uses his authority with the Special Investigations Unit to take her away.
060	I Won't Let You Escape	Ryoko Shinonome	Sector 4/1985: Sakura High, Science Room	Ryoko Shinonome was waiting in the science room for Ei Sekigahara, and tries to stop him with a gun when he starts working on the gate. While the two struggle, the shift is executed.
062	426's Hideout	Ryoko Shinonome	Sector 3/2025: Ruined City	Ryoko Shinonome discovers 426's hideout and finally corners him. Just as she decides to take him out by force, an intense headache disables her.
063	Ei-kun...?	Ryoko Shinonome	Sector 3/2025: Ruined City	Ryoko Shinonome is confused by the fact that Ei Sekigahara is not 426. As she struggles to get through her headache, she is discovered by Tomi Kisaragi and the others who were shifted along with her.
068	To the Rescue	Tomi Kisaragi	Sector 3/2025: Sakura High Chasm	Tomi Kisaragi and Nenji Ogata find the missing Ryoko Shinonome on the road near Sakura High School. When the nearby androids activate and try to attack them, a boy with a gun appears.
069	Discord	Tomi Kisaragi	Sector 3/2025: Sakura High Chasm	To escape from 2025, Tomi Kisaragi and company decide to go down the giant hole. Taking Miwako Sawatari with them, once they get near Sakura High School they find Ryoko Shinonome and Ei Sekigahara confronting each other.
070	Sentinel No. 16, Respond	Tomi Kisaragi	Sector 3/2025: Mainframe	Tomi Kisaragi and company make it to the shifter 300 m underground. As Kisaragi touches a mysterious display, she is able to communicate with the missing Sentinel No. 16. But the transmission is quickly cut off, and they are attacked by androids once again. The shift is executed right as they are in danger, and they escape 2025.
071	Universal Control (Event Archive)	Tomi Kisaragi	Sector 4/1985: Tokisaka Shrine	As they complete their shift from 2025 to 1985, they notice Miwako Sawatari is nowhere to be found.
072	Special Investigations Unit (Event Archive)	Yuki Takamiya	Sector 4/1985: SIU Director's Room	The sukeban girl, Yuki Takamiya, is scouted by the man with glasses from the Special Investigations Unit to infiltrate Sakura High School as a spy. Takamiya rolls her eyes at the outrageous assignment of monitoring students who are suspected of being related to weapons development, but then she sees Natsuno Minami's name on the list.
080	A Tragic Love	Iori Fuyusaka	Sector 3/2025: Mainframe	Iori Fuyusaka manages to shift into the UFO that was in her dreams. As she investigates the alien-like dolls and the machinery, the boy she likes appears along with Ryoko Shinonome. Fuyusaka, who had been hiding behind the androids, feels saddened by seeing how he feels about Shinonome.
083	The Pilot of Sentinel No. 14	Ryoko Shinonome	Sector 4/1985: Shikishima Sentinel Hangar	After the forced transmission from 2064, Sentinel No. 14 is back in Chihiro Morimura and company's possession. Megumi Yakushiji is introduced as a new pilot for the Sentinel, but Ryoko Shinonome is strongly opposed to this.
120	Miura Again	Keitaro Miura	Sector 4/1985: Sakura High, Athletics	Keitaro Miura visits the athletics building with questions about why Natsuno Minami, a person of this era, showed up in 1945. He is not able to find her, but is asked about his relation to her from members of the track team. Thanks to the team manager's info, Miura heads toward Tokisaka Shrine.
121	Going Back Home	Keitaro Miura	Sector 4/1985: Tokisaka Shrine	Keitaro Miura arrives at Tokisaka Shrine and witnesses the moment that Natsuno Minami and BJ shift. Miura follows them in to make sure that Chihiro is safe in his own time... But that shift was also witnessed by someone else.
129	A Closed World	Natsuno Minami	Sector 3/2025: Ruined City	Natsuno Minami goes to Sector 3 to find the UFO, but is shot by Ryoko Shinonome, who had been lying in wait. When she comes to, BJ is nowhere to be found and Minami realizes that she has been trapped in 2025.
130	Me, from the Future	Yuki Takamiya	Sector 4/1985: Sakura High, Old Building	Finding herself near the old school building, Yuki Takamiya sees Ryoko Shinonome watching a projection from a box-like device. Shinonome is unstable and looks like she might collapse, so she asks Takamiya to hide the device for her.
131	Suspicious Pills	Yuki Takamiya	Sector 4/1985: Sakura High, Nurse's Office	When Ryoko Shinonome wakes in the nurse's office, she takes the pills from Yuki Takamiya and swallows a mouthful of them. Takamiya asks why she was supposed to hide the device, but Shinonome has completely forgotten that she asked her to do so.
132	Nat-chan's Gone	Yuki Takamiya	Sector 4/1985: Sakura High, New Building	Yuki Takamiya worries about Natsuno Minami, who has been absent from school for several days. She questions her classmates and friends, and finds out that the Special Investigations Unit is somehow involved.
139	The Pilots' Mark	Yuki Takamiya	Sector 4/1985: Shikishima Sentinel Hangar	Yuki Takamiya is able to sneak into the Shikishima docks, but is met by Ryoko Shinonome and Renya Gouto. There, a mark she doesn't recognize appears around her collarbone. They reveal that she, too, has a connection to the Sentinels.
143	A Conscious Criminal	Yuki Takamiya	Sector 4/1985: Kaede River, Sumire Bridge	With the evidence stacked against her, Erika Aiba reveals that she's actually Juro Izumi. Izumi is shot up by Chihiro Morimura, and riddled with bullet holes, narrowly escapes by jumping off the bridge and disappearing.
175	D-Command	Nenji Ogata	Sector 4/1985: Tsutsuji-Bound Local Train	Nenji Ogata gets on the train in pursuit of Ryoko Shinonome. Inside the train, he finds Shinonome and Ei Sekigahara lying on the ground. A mysterious man appears before him and tells him that 15 boys and girls are commanding the Deimos.
208	Surveillance Footage	Ryoko Shinonome	Sector 1/2105: Shikishima Tech Lab #6	While she investigates the data at the underground facility, Ryoko Shinonome discovers that some of the data has been erased. To find out who erased the logs, she checks the facility's surveillance footage.
215	Threat	Shu Amiguchi	Sector 4/1985: Ayame Park	Sentinel No. 20 falls near Ayame Park. Shu Amiguchi gets out of the Sentinel, and Yuki Takamiya happens to be nearby. As they talk, a suspicious man approaches them, saying he's with a government agency, and presses Amiguchi to cooperate.
227	SOS	Shu Amiguchi	Sector 4/1985: Amiguchi's Room	Miyuki Inaba contacts Shu Amiguchi and tells him Tetsuya Ida is going to erase her. She asks Amiguchi to save her, and as he's leaving, he encounters Ryoko Shinonome.
228	Return to the Outer Walls	Shu Amiguchi	Sector 4/1985: Tsuwabuki Bypass Motorway	Shu Amiguchi and Ryoko Shinonome travel through the Tsuwabuki Bypass motorway and arrive at the outer walls. They get into Sentinel No. 20 and shift to Sector 3.
229	Sector 3 Terminal	Shu Amiguchi	Sector 3/2025: Sakura High Chasm	In Sentinel No. 20, Shu Amiguchi and Ryoko Shinonome slowly descend from Sakura High School to the underground terminal.
230	Ida vs Amiguchi	Shu Amiguchi	Sector 3/2025: Mainframe	Shu Amiguchi confronts Tetsuya Ida, who's taken Yuki Takamiya hostage. Ida then commands Miyuki Inaba's functions to be shut down. Ryoko Shinonome manipulates the equipment to shift herself, Ida, and Takamiya to Sector 4, leaving Amiguchi and the black suits behind. As Amiguchi and the black suits try to find a way out of the mainframe, Natsuno Minami appears.
231	Goodbye, Mr. Ida	Ryoko Shinonome	Sector 4/1985: Sakura High, Science Room	Along with Tetsuya Ida and Yuki Takamiya, Ryoko Shinonome shifts back to Sakura High School's science room. Pointing the phaser at Ida, the same one she took from him, Shinonome bids him farewell.
234	Just Like Mr. Ida	Ryoko Shinonome	Sector 4/1985: Sakura High, Nurse's Office	When Ryoko Shinonome wakes up on the bed in the nurse's office, Shu Amiguchi is there beside her. Once he sees that she's all right, he leaves the nurse's office.
235	A Record and an Ampoule	Ryoko Shinonome	Sector 4/1985: Sakura High, Nurse's Office	Ryoko Shinonome finds Iori Fuyusaka in the nurse's office. Shinonome remembers the day she discovered a used ampoule under Fuyusaka's pillows and the medication record of both herself and Fuyusaka on Ms. Morimura's desk.
238	Unlocked Memories	Ryoko Shinonome	Sector 4/1985: Sakura High, Cafeteria	At the cafeteria, Yuki Takamiya tells Ryoko Shinonome about how Shinonome attacked Tetsuya Ida. She then remembers the surveillance footage she saw in the underground facility.
239	Visitor from Outer Space	Juro Kurabe	Sector 4/1985: Sakura High, Nurse's Office	Juro Kurabe is on the run from Kyuta Shiba, who's trying to manipulate his memories. At the nurse's office, Kurabe talks to Ryoko Shinonome about the dreams he's been having.
240	Who Are You?	Juro Kurabe	Sector 4/1985: Sakura High, Nurse's Office	After Juro Kurabe tells Ryoko Shinonome about his dreams, she points out that those memories belong to a different Juro—Juro Izumi. Her demeanor changes, and she becomes wary of Kurabe.
241	It Was You	Ryoko Shinonome	Sector 4/1985: Sakura High, Science Room	After being pursued into the science room by Ms. Morimura and Renya Gouto, Ryoko Shinonome remembers the day she put DD-426 into Sekigahara's Sentinel.
242	The Truth of the Matter	Ryoko Shinonome	Sector 4/1985: Sakura High, Science Room	In order to get Ryoko Shinonome to remember the password for removing the Sentinel's infection, Ms. Morimura and Renya Gouto reveal to her that they've been letting her roam free for that very purpose.
243	Shattered Memories	Ryoko Shinonome	Sector 4/1985: Sakura High, Nurse's Office	Ryoko Shinonome awakens in the nurse's office, Ei Sekigahara at her side. Ms. Morimura states that the nanomachines linked to Shinonome's memory have separated, causing her to forget everything but the ability to control Sentinels and gates. With no way left to remove the infection, Morimura gives up on the Sentinels.
294	I Fight for Myself	Ryoko Shinonome	Sector 4/1985: Shikishima Sentinel Hangar	Ryoko Shinonome sneaks into the empty Sentinel hangar and activates Sentinel No. 14, which was given to her by Mr. Ida.
306	Planet RS13-Alpha	N/A	???	After the final battle, the pilots awaken to the real world. Their long journey through a simulated reality has served to prepare them for a new life on a second Earth, somewhere in the direction of Virgo. Miyuki Inaba praises the miracle of their survival and bids them farewell.
310	The Researchers	N/A	Sector 4/1985: Ayame Park	Renya Gouto and Ryoko Shinonome talk with Chihiro in Ayame Park. The two consult her about their research on using pods to recreate AI civilians as true humans, giving everyone a chance at life on the second Earth.

Gameplay

You want me to go?

- Ryoko heading off to battle

Ryoko is the pilot of Sentinel No. 14. She is a versatile character due in part of her 2nd Generation Sentinel. Her play style puts on emphasis on being alone, a bit further away from her teammates, defending a quadrant, taking damage to boost her stats and setting up a defensive perimeter with Sentry Guns. From defending lanes with quick uses of Heavy Knuckles, to eliminating swarms of kaiju with rockets, fending off powerful attacks with Shield Emitter and distracting the opponent with Guardians, Ryoko is a lone wolf who has the tools to look after herself, but is still able to help the team. Unlike Iori Fuyusaka or Juro Kurabe, she trades Jammer Rockets for a Hyper Condenser, an ability that enables her to deploy two Sentry Guns at the cost of the 50% more EP for the second turret.

Statistically, Ryoko is very average, with an HP pool lower than Juro but is stronger than Iori while being more or less equal in everything else. Where she shines however, is her above average Accuracy, enabling her to score more critical hits. This makes her more efficient for mobs and dismembering Hi-Quads, Terra Carriers, and RPFs.

It should be noted that as a pilot of a 2nd Generation model, it's very easy for her to be overwhelmed in the front lines if not supported. Due to her slow travel speed, it's harder to escape once cornered. On foot, she has no means of transportation and can be easily hunted down by homing missiles. Long cool downs, further mired by high EP costs means she can't be operational for too long. Lastly, Plasma Arc Fusion Cutter has a short startup range even when fully upgraded. This makes chasing down HVTs very difficult.

Pilot Skills

• Level 5: I'll Be Fine Alone - Increases all stats when no allies are nearby.
• Level 10: Won't Lose Again - Attack increases when terminal defense rate is 40% or lower.
• Level 15: Not Dead Yet! - Defense increases as HP decreases.
• Level 20: Make Them Pay! - Attack, WT recovery, and move speed increases temporarily after taking a certain amount of damage.
• Level 25: Don't Underestimate Me - EP slightly recovers when attacked.
• Level 30: Atonement - Whenever Shinonome's Sentinel is destroyed, recovers HP for allies

Related trophies

Icon	Name	Description	Trophy
	Shinonome's Prologue Cleared	Completed Ryoko Shinonome's prologue in Remembrance.	Bronze
	Shinonome's Story 50% Cleared	Reached 50% in Ryoko Shinonome's story in Remembrance.	Bronze
	Shinonome's Story Cleared	Completed Ryoko Shinonome's story in Remembrance.	Bronze

Etymology

• The name Ryōko means "truth" (諒) (ryō) and "child" (子) (ko).
• Ryoko's surname Shinonome means "east" (東) and "cloud" (雲).

Trivia

• Partway through the production of the game, Ryoko and Megumi Yakushiji's designs were swapped, due to Director George Kamitani's wish for Yakushiji to have a straight black hairstyle that directly contrasts Iori Fuyusaka's curly white hair.
• Ryoko's story was inspired by the 2010 American film Shutter Island.
• Kamitani has noted in an interview that Ryoko originally dated Renya Gouto in order to prevent her parents from separating her and Sekigahara (whom she regarded as a younger brother). Upon succeeding, she broke up with Gouto. Though he had no interest in dating Ryoko, Gouto was fascinated by Ryoko’s actions, as they were incomprehensible to him.