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Shinoda is noted to be the most powerful person with a Normal Trigger in Border's HQ, which means he is stronger than even Kei Tachikawa. For the purposes of defense missions, he is considered the equivalent of one unit by himself.[1] Shinoda demonstrated his power when he fought on equal grounds with Enedra, temporarily gaining the upper hand after the mechanism of the latter's Black Trigger had been revealed.[2] He was able to precisely and accurately destroy many of Enedra's dummies faster than the latter could produce them.[3] He is also very agile, reaching the training room in no time through wall-jumping.[4]
Shinoda was the swordsmanship teacher of the No. 1 Solo Fighter, Kei Tachikawa, and is hailed as the strongest man at HQ with a Normal Trigger.[2] Although he specialises in dual-wielding,[5] he was able to overpower Enedra, a Black Trigger user, with only one Kogetsu, cutting down all his blades before they could reach him.[6] He first uses it in chapter 70 (episode 31 in the anime).
Despite being supposedly inferior to Tatsuhito Ikoma,[7] Shinoda is an extremely skilled Senkū user, which he can employ in a number of unique ways. Not only he was seen creating the highest amount of slashes in a single activation - four - with a normal Kogetsu,[8] he was able to make his attacks turn in order to avoid Enedra's blades, each swing destroying one of his dummies.[9] He can sheathe and unsheathe Kogetsu while moving and dodging the opponent's attacks.[9] His Senkū attacks can be used to pierce the target instead of cutting them for pin-point offense.[10]
Shinoda has demonstrated the ability to summon a barrier inside his own Trion Body, which he did in order to protect himself from Enedra's internal blades, although he was still incapacitated.[11]
↑Daisuke Ashihara: Q: Is defense duty done on shifts? A: Basically it is a 3 shift system with 5 Squads each. defense duty comes about once every 2 days, but frequently there are "mixed squads" being made up of agents who have free time or want more wages, so the actual frequency of work is about once every 3 days. Also, Reiji, Konami, Jin, and HQ Chief Shinoda each count as 1 squad. Source: Border Briefing File, Page 314, Question 218