Shinji Tokita

Shinji Tokita is a supporting character of the manga series Grand Blue. He is a third year Mechanical Engineering student at Izu University.

Appearance
Tokita is an extremely tall and muscular man, being even more imposing than Ryuujirou Kotobuki. His black hair is kept short and buzzed on the sides and he has thick eyebrows.

He usually wears casual summer wear like t-shirts and shorts, though he would much rather only wear boxers or simply be naked.

Personality
Similar to Ryuujirou Kotobuki, Tokita is a rambunctious and noisy man who is often the leader alongside Kotobuki in the drinking and partying activities of the club and often gives a hard time to both Iori Kitahara and Kouhei Imamura as he forces them to drink copious amounts of alcohol. Despite his unrestrained nature while drinking, he takes diving quite seriously and spares no effort to ensure that his underclassmen have the best possible experience when diving.

Peek-a-Boo members:

 * Iori Kitahara: Tokita took to Kitahara instantly, considering him to be a well-intentioned kouhai.
 * Ryūjirō Kotobuki: Kotobuki can be likened to a comrade-in-arms for Tokita and they share similarities in their personalities with both of them being hearty and sociable individuals.


 * Kōhei Imamura:


 * Chisa Kotegawa:


 * Azusa Hamaoka:


 * Aina Yoshiwara:

Grand Blue employees:

 * Toshio Kotegawa:


 * Nanaka Kotegawa:

Etymology

 * The name Shinji means "trust, believe" (信) (shin) and "cure" (治) (chi/ji).
 * Shinji's surname Tokita means "time, hour, occasion" (時) (toki) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta).

Trivia

 * Azusa Hamaoka mentioned that Tokita has a girlfriend, much to Iori Kitahara's surprise.
 * It was revealed that he can play piano during the wedding reception where he played a rendition of the Rock Paper Strippers theme together with Azusa's singing.
 * While not known as a good player in tennis along with Kotobuki, the power behind every serve was more than enough to pose a threat to the Tinkerbell Tennis Club and even sent the racket flying out of a player's hand on the first one. Eventually, they proceeded to obliterate Kudou and his teammate on the third and final set after sobering up, thus winning the prize money for PAB.