In the Inazuma Eleven anime, he is a student who transferred to Raimon in order to join its soccer club after his own school was destroyed by Aliea Gakuen. He is a forward for Dark Emperors and, later, for Raimon. He was also chosen as a candidate for Inazuma Japan but he did not pass.
JP:A dark warrior who emerged from darkness. The darkness goes even deeper... EN:A soldier born out of darkness. The darkness has grown deeper...
Inazuma Eleven 3
Spin-offs
Strikers
JP:A dark warrior who emerged from darkness. The darkness goes even deeper... EN:A soldier born out of darkness. The darkness has grown deeper...
Strikers 2012 Xtreme
GO Strikers 2013
SD
A dark warrior who emerged from darkness. His abilities are overwhelming.
All profiles are transcribed and translated accurately to the source material.
Appearance[]
He has spiky grey hair, and pure black eyes with black eyeliner. He has either a gloomy or a serious expression all the time.
Personality[]
He is mostly quiet and calm and rarely talks unless he has to. At first, he joined Raimon because he loves strong players, but he really loves soccer deep inside.
Shadow transferred to Raimon during the invasion of Aliea Gakuen. But because the members of Raimon had already left in the Inazuma Caravan, Shadow was left behind. Because of this, he went training with Sugimori Takeshi to perfect his hissatsu technique, Dark Tornado. Later, Endou Mamoru and the others returned to Inazuma Town and met Shadow. He stayed behind when the others left again as his shot wasn't quite ready. After the destruction of Aliea Gakuen, Endou and the others returned to Raimon to find that the other members, including Shadow, Nishigaki and Sugimori, turned to the Aliea Meteorite, becoming the Dark Emperors. They came back to their senses after seeing Endou's God Hand.
Season 3[]
Three months later, Shadow was chosen as a candidate for the Inazuma Japan in Team B but failed the match. In episode 68, he is shown that he could sense dark aura from people like Midorikawa Ryuuji. After Inazuma Japan won the FFI and returned to Raimon, they moved to graduation, and Shadow also graduated. In the last episode, Shadow plays along with Raimon in their graduation match. He has evolved Dark Tornado to 真, but was blocked by Endou, who used 真 Ijigen The Hand.
Game[]
Shadow is initially part of the "Go home" club from Raimon, and hangs out by the lockers in the main building. When Endou asks him to join, Shadow initially wonders if Endou hasn't noticed that he can only exist in darkness, but, if Endou insists, he's surprised by his lack of fear and joins Raimon immediately. He warns Endou about not letting his darkness consume him too. If Endou refuses, Shadow says that Endou is afraid of the dark, just like the others.
Game appearance[]
Character sprite and avatar[]
Overworld
Avatar
School uniform
Mikage Sennou's uniform
Dark Emperors' uniform
Raimon's jacket
Raimon's uniform
Inazuma Japan's jacket
Nippon Daihyou Kouho B's uniform
The Card's uniform
Strikers avatar[]
Avatar
Sprite
Raimon
Dark Emperors
SD avatar[]
Avatar
Sticker
Raimon
Aliea Seki
SD puppet[]
Puppet
Aliea Seki
Character view[]
Front overview
Back overview
Front close view
Back close view
Dark Emperors' uniform
Raimon's uniform
Inazuma Japan's uniform
Raimon's uniform (GO)
B Team's uniform (GO)
SD character view[]
Front overview
Back overview
Raimon
Aliea Seki
Recruitment[]
Inazuma Eleven
In order to recruit Shadow, the player needs to type his nickname when talking to Otonashi. After talking to her, he will be next to the lockers in Raimon's main building 1F and will join your party once talked to.
Inazuma Eleven 2
In order to recruit Shadow, The Card has to be defeated first in Oumihara's Coachupper taisen route. After typing his name on Hibiki's scouting machine and obtaining the shadow lizard (located on Nara TV's rooftop), he will be in the Steel Tower hut and will challenge the player to a soccer battle only if they have Nishigaki and Takeshi in their party.
Inazuma Eleven GO
In order to recruit Shadow, the following requirements are needed:
After this he can be scouted for an amount of 3240 Yuujou points.
Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone
In order to recruit Shadow, 4 players have to be scouted from the same community master to make him a scoutable option. Also, the following requirements are needed:
His name, Yamino Kageto, is derived from 闇の影人 (read as "Yami no kage to"), which, in turn, means dark shadow person, a reference to his personality, to his hissatsu technique, Dark Tornado, and to his nickname, Shadow.
His dub surname, Cimmerian, is a reference to the eponymous members of mythical people living in perpetual mist and darkness near the land of the dead in Greek mythology, which is also a reference to his personality and to his hissatsu technique, Dark Tornado.
Despite having briefly joined Raimon in the Inazuma Eleven anime, he never joined them in the Inazuma Eleven games.
In Inazuma Eleven's European anime localization, Kidou states Shadow is a from Mikage Sennou, despite his original school never being mentioned in the Japanese version.
This causes a continuity error as Kidou also states he fought Raimon on the Football Frontier tournament, but Takeshi just mentions him as a friend of his.
Legendary Training Note (伝説の特訓ノート, obtained from a treasure chest after defeating Dragonlink in Furukabu's lower taisen route)
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