Shino (よしのYoshino?) is a peppydeervillager in New Horizons. She was revealed in the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct on October 15, 2021, and introduced to the game in the version 2.0 update. Her name originates from Yoshino, a Japanese female name, shika ("deer"), and Noh, a genre of Japanese theatre.
What is the origin of Shino's name in Animal Crossing: New Horizons?
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Shino is a lively deer villager. Her name, introduced in the 2.0 update, is inspired by Yoshino, a common female name in Japan. Additionally, it includes references to 'shika', the Japanese term for deer, and 'Noh', a traditional form of Japanese theatre.
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What is the hobby of Shino in Animal Crossing: New Horizons?
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Shino, a peppy deer villager, has an education hobby. She is characterized by her over-excitement in conversations and her dream of future fame.
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What is the unique physical feature of Shino in Animal Crossing: New Horizons?
Shino, a peppy deer villager in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, is cream-colored with distinctive red horns and gray-tipped ears. She has orange eyes accentuated with black eyeliner and red makeup, which remain slightly open when she speaks or smiles. This trait is shared with characters like Kicks and Marlo. Shino's white snout, light salmon-colored nose, red inner ears, yellow/gold hooves, and gray-tipped tail add to her unique appearance. She is often seen wearing a pale green morning-glory yukata.
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In which update was Shino introduced in Animal Crossing: New Horizons?
Shino, the peppy deer villager, made her debut in Animal Crossing: New Horizons in the version 2.0 update, as announced in the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct on October 15, 2021. She was also included in the Pocket Camp game in an update on October 28, 2021.
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Appearance[]
Shino is a cream-colored deer with red horns and gray-tipped ears. Her eyes are orange with black eye liner and red eye makeup; her gray eyebrows are short and resemble yin and yang. When she speaks or smiles, her eyes do not close all the way, but remain slightly open. This is a trait shared by Kicks, Marlo, Rasher, and Iggy. Her snout is white and her nose is a light salmon color. The inside of her ears are a red shade; she has yellow/gold hooves. Her tail is tipped with gray and she has white fangs. Shino wears a pale green morning-glory yukata.
Personality
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Peppy villagers appear to be in a good mood often and are easy to become friends with. As a peppy villager, Shino will have the tendency to over-react in conversations about trivial subjects, and will usually be over-excited to see the player or other villagers. This villager, like other peppy villagers, will rarely be discouraged from doing anything, including the usual hobbies. Peppy villagers dream of becoming famous in the future and read Ms. Nintendique, an unseen magazine read by snooty, normal, and other peppy villagers in the Animal Crossing series. Peppy villagers will also have a very short attention span, which means they soon forget some arguments or tasks given to the player which weren't completed. Shino may easily get upset in conversation when the wrong things are said. She will get along well with other villagers, particularly lazy, normal, jock, sisterly, and other peppy villagers, but she may annoy and upset cranky and snooty villagers, whose personalities differ to hers. Due to the nature of peppy villagers, she may mention how "old" or "boring" cranky villagers are compared to her opposing, upbeat personality.
Shino was added to Pocket Camp in the October 28, 2021 update.
Shino's preferred theme is harmonious, and she primarily gives steel as a reward. Her profile reads:
❝ Shino seems like the quiet, mysterious type—before she starts talking, that is. She tries to befriend everyone she meets and will probably tell them her whole life story in the process.❞
Campsite Invitation Requirements[]
Friendship Level: 0
Friendship Rewards[]
At level 7 friendship, she will reward the player with a kimono and sparkle stones (x1).
At level 9, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
At level 15, she will request that the player craft a zen cupboard.
At level 20, she will reward the player with a pic of Shino and sparkle stones (x1).
At level 25, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
At level 30, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
At level 35, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
At level 40, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
At level 45, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
At level 50, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
At level 55, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
At level 60, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
At level 65, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
At level 70, she will reward the player with sparkle stones (x1).
She, along with the other New Horizons newcomers, was added to Pocket Camp in an update that was released at the same time as the release of New Horizons's 2.0 update.
Before the New Horizons 2.0 update, there were no peppy deer villagers, making Shino the first.
Shino shares her birthday with Jack and Label. All of them have a birthday on October 31st, which also happens to be Halloween.
Due to her birthdate, she doesn't appear outside during Halloween. She shares this date anomaly with Marcel and Chabwick who cannot come outside during New Year's Eve and Toy Day respectively, due to their birthdays being on December 31 and December 24.
Shino's Spanish name is "Yuki", the Japanese word for snow.
Her Italian name, "Sakura", means "cherry blossoms".
Shino appears to be based off of hannya masks that are used in Japanese Noh Theater to represent a jealous female demon. She shares her horns, fangs, and curved eyebrows in common with the way these demons are depicted.
Another reason that Shino has fangs is based on the water deer, a species of cervine (deer) native to China and Korea, whose tusks not only protrude from the top of their mouths, but they are retractable.
Although it is listed as a bovine species (related to sheep, goats, antelope, cows, and bulls) and not a true cervine, the musk deer shares similar tusk characteristics.
Water deer are sometimes nicknamed "the vampire deer".
In New Horizons, Shino's preferred styles are Elegant/Gorgeous, and her preferred colors are Black/Red.
She, plus a special character and small handful of other villagers, does not fully close her eyes when expressing her happiness. The aforementioned in question are Kicks, Rasher, Iggy, Coco, and Marlo.
