Keisuke Shima is one of the main characters in the Heisei Ultraseven series. He is the new vice-captain of the UG.
Personality
Shima has a strong sense of justice but is also careless and impulsive in personality. In his daily life, he interacts with the members with a good and harmonious attitude. However, when his ideas conflict with the members, he actively advocates them and is not afraid of conflicts with others, showing his more aggressive side, and even expressing dissatisfaction with his superiors, intentionally using sarcastic language to mock them.
Sometimes, he can also be decisive, relentless, and ruthless, dealing with problems with a more radical approach. Despite this, he can become mature when necessary and a reasonably steadfast warrior in battle.
History
Childhood
Shima was born in Ryunomiya City. When he was nine years old, he spent his family vacation on the beach with his mother sunbathing. However, when his mother died, his father left him, and he was under his aunt's care. Shima mentioned that his father promised him that he would return, but he ended up breaking it, which made Shima resentful of him. The End of the Contract
Ultraseven 1998
Shima is a new member of the UG and serves as the team's vice-captain. He is the primary commander of external missions, leading the team with Captain Shiragane to combat monsters, investigate creatures, and confront aliens. Shima often works alongside Mizuno as a partner in action and is a skilled weapons expert with agility and proficiency at shooting. He also can fly a fighter jet to aid in combat.
During an investigation into a large amount of gold appearing in Miyashin village, he was accidentally absorbed as an unconscious puppet by Banderas and used to attack Dan, who was secretly investigating. However, Dan knocked him out by transforming into Kazamori and eventually helped him regain consciousness.
After the crisis was resolved, he and other members paid their respects to Seven as he left Earth. Betrayal Sun
Ultraseven 1999
After learning of Staff Furuhashi's murder at the lunar base and the speculation within the team of a possible traitor in the TDF, leading to the indefinite suspension of the UG, he still decided to participate in the battle as a member of the UG and to investigate the truth behind the TDF with the rest of the team. However, when the members were manipulated by Alien Valkyrie and self-destructed, Dan unexpectedly knocked out Shima.
After that, the UG's reputation was finally redeemed, and members like Shima were granted a return to work. Legends and Glory
During a patrol, he and Kazamori returned to their hometown, Ryunomiya City, to talk with an old fisherman and learned that an elderly man had come to their village about half a year ago, rumored to have been abducted by aliens. Afterward, Shima found a young unconscious girl on the beach, but when he shifted his focus, the girl quickly disappeared. Later, he and other residents of Ryunomiya City were unexpectedly caught in an energy wave that allowed them to witness an ancient village.
After the Otohime incident, Shima is alone on the beach, meditating
Later, when he met the girl again, he brought her to his aunt's place for a stay. When the two returned to the beach at night, Shima told the girl about his childhood in the village and expressed to her that even though he couldn't understand his father, he could still understand his pain and choose to forgive. He promised the girl to help her search for the person she was looking for the next day.
After the members of the UG confirmed the source of the superluminal particles, Shima realized that the woman was the unknown entity who released the superluminal particles. Although Shiragane strongly wanted him to shoot to stop her, he ultimately could not bring himself to do so.
After learning the truth about Otohime and the old man being Urashima Taro, he pondered on the beach alone. He then threw the handkerchief he used to repair Otohime's twin sister's geta into the sea. The End of the Contract
Shima and Mizuno trying to arrest Kazamori for being an alien
Under the TDF's assignment based on the charge of "crime," he and the other UG members attempted to arrest Kazamori and thus learned that Kazamori's true identity was Seven. When the higher-ups ordered Kazamori to be executed immediately, he finally collaborated with his companions and broke into the facility to save the imprisoned Kazamori.
Finally, he and the other members witness Ultraseven defeating Zabangi and returning the true Kazamori to the UG through his monster capsule. I Am an Earthling
Ultraseven EVOLUTION
Five years after the Omega File incident, Shima stayed in the UG to continue his post and assist the team with his ability.
Three weeks later, the UG was officially dissolved by the TDF without warning or consultation. Upon learning of the TDF's internal infiltration, Shima acted secretly with all former UG members. They devised a plan to destroy the Far East base to prevent aliens from obtaining the technology of other TDF global branch organizations. During the mission, Shima was trapped in his mental world due to interference from neural waves and fell into a coma. However, with the help of Kazamori, he and other team members were successfully awakened and quickly left the exploded Far East base. Perfect World
Months after the destruction of the Far East Base, the brainwashed Japanese residents returned to their everyday lives without considering the existence of the UG. When the UG discovers that all city residents have been brainwashed, Shima and other team members also become targets of the new human race and become captives. After the plan of the new humans was stopped, they returned to normal. Neverland
After the mission, Shima and the members of the UG stared at the sunset together
Afterward, he unhesitatingly regarded the innocuous Plant Life form as the puppet master behind Pandon and attempted to kill it. However, after learning the truth, he regretted his excessive behavior.Innocent
After Kazamori successfully stopped Alien Garut's conspiracy, he and the rest of the UG team confirmed humanity's continued development through the information from the Akashic Records. Finally, he and everyone else gazed at the sunset and sighed at the future of humanity, as well as the departure of Kazamori and Satomi. Akashic Records
Gallery
Ultraseven 1998
Ultraseven 1990
Ultraseven EVOLUTION
Trivia
- As shown in Ultraseven EVOLUTION, his greatest mental weakness is his belief that physical ability will always save him.
- Shima's actor, Kunio Masaoka, later played Shinya Kenmochi in Ultraman Neos and became the temporary human body of Ultraseven 21.