Shoko Sashinami

Shoko Sashinami (指南 ショーコ Sashinami Shōko) is one of the main characters of Valvrave the Liberator. She is the daughter of the prime minister of JIOR and a childhood friend of Haruto Tokishima, as well as one of his classmates. Both she and Haruto have unrequited love for one another. She later becomes the Prime Minister of New JIOR and succeeds Haruto as the pilot of RM-011 Valvrave I Hito.

She is voiced by Asami Seto in the Japanese version and by Candi Milo in the English version.

Personality & Character
Shoko has a cheerful and outgoing personality. It is shown by how she tried singing to cheer the students up in Episode 5 when the power went out on Module 77 as the students were fighting among themselves and she also persuades the students into doing fun things like holding a school festival, even in times of war. During crucial times she displays strong leadership skills and will be very brave to negotiate and even threaten adults to comply with her offer.

She is childhood friends with Haruto and both share unrequited feelings for one another. She becomes a close (and the first) friend to the skilled hacker Akira Renbokoji.

Skills & Capabilities
Piloting Skills Immortality Body Swapping
 * She has good piloting skills though not amazing.
 * Upon being injected with an unknown substance when entering the Valvrave One, she became immortal.
 * Upon being injected with an unknown substance when entering the Valvrave One, she became able to swap bodies by directly biting onto another person's skin. Those she switches with become unconscious, like her body. She also obtains any abilities that their body has, such as good aim and piloting skills.