School: Tsusaki High School - Year 2 (Kyoto)
Karuta Society: Current Queen, no society - Super A Class
Birthday: April 22nd (Taurus)
Height: 160 cm
Weight: 48 kg
Blood Type: O
Favorite Food: Yatsuhashi (Kyoto traditional confectionery), Soba with herring
Hobby: Karuta, Collecting Snow-maru merch
Favorite Song: Poem #40 — "Though I would hide it, / In my face it still appears— / My fond, secret love. / And now he questions me: / 'Is something bothering you?'"Shinobu Wakamiya is the current Queen of Karuta and, more impressively, the youngest ever to hold the title. She's left-handed and known for being cute in an almost accidental way—her fashion sense is admittedly terrible, which fans often note with affection.
She got into karuta as a kid when she and her divorced mother moved in with her grandmother. They found a box of karuta cards in the house, and Shinobu fell in love with the game immediately. She climbed to Class A by fourth grade and never really stopped.
What's interesting about her play is how psychological it seems. She's described the experience of facing opponents as them coming out strong and vigorous, but the moment they start losing, it's like they crumble—and she finds herself playing alone again. That mental shift is probably part of what makes her so dominant. She's beaten the Meijin multiple times, which suggests she might genuinely be the world's best karuta player right now.
Arata is someone she knows extremely well, but she's never managed to beat him in a match. It's one of those rivalries that defines her career.
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