Shingo Hachiken

is Yūgo Hachiken's older brother and husband to Alexandra. He's a Tokyo University dropout with aspirations to become a good cook (albeit questionable results) and travels with his motorcycle; he often drops by Yezo High unannounced to check up on Yugo and report back to their concerned mother.

Personality & Character
Shingo is the elder brother of Yugo and the smarter one of the brothers. Similar to Yugo, he was raised in a strict environment with strong expectations of academic excellence and performed well. However, unlike Yugo, Shingo had a stronger will and he managed to get into Tokyo University (known as the most prestigious university in Japan) before pulling his great family upset. Shingo only honored his part to the letter, meaning he'll make it to Tokyo U, but never said he'll graduate from there; he eventually dropped out of college and found a passion for cooking after eating ramen in Tokyo, and never looked back upon his jalopy motorcycle.

Because he's aware of Yugo's feelings (his desire to limit family communications) as well as their mother's concern, Shingo often plays intermediary and randomly appears before Yugo to check on him as well as freeload off Yugo (much to his irritation) and report about Yugo's progress to ease their mother's mind. Shingo is also thought of as a failure in his father's eyes, but he's proud that he's making it on his own and on his terms, being carefree without worried about living up to his father's expectations. However, after he met and married Alexandra, he has since become an online tutor in the interest of taking care of his wife; it was a shock to Yugo that Shingo would think about the well-being of someone else. Unfortunately, his culinary development remains questionable.

Skills & Abilities
Shingo's entrance into Tokyo U suggests he's a strong intellectual mind. When asked he would say something along the lines of if he could get in, it can't be that hard. His study methods became very popular among Yugo's friends after known rumor spreader Tokiwa translated the bad handwriting in his study workbooks.This helped his decision to become an online tutor.

Shingo's cooking abilities can be called a skill only in that it takes skill to consistently make such disgusting food. Everyone who's eaten his food is immediately made sick and knows never to eat his food again, with the exception of Alexandra. The only good use that's come of it was further punishing Ōkawa.

Shingo is also skilled in motorcycling as he travels across Hokkaido with just his jalopy bike and light luggage. However, one unclear detail, was it genetic and/or due to his intelligence (due to his relation to Hachi), but Shingo displayed good herding and corralling skills with his motorcycle.

Image & Appearance
Shingo has long brown hair and always somehow has a little bit of facial hair on his chin.

Early Days & Quitting Tokyo-U
It is insinuated that Shingo had the same pressure on him as a child that we see Yugo have and deal with throughout the story. His way of "escaping" was by getting into Tokyo-U to appease his father, and then immediately dropping out to pursue his own goals. At the time that was to make ramen, however under no circumstances should anyone allow him in a kitchen.

Marrying Alexandra
While traveling in Wakkanai he crashed his bike near Soyamisaki and a Russian woman (Alexandra Dorohovitch) saved him. Seemingly immediately following that encounter, they hit it off and got married. He didn't consult his parents at all, and liked the idea of surprising them with the information at New Years, which Yugo did not attend.

Yūgo Hachiken
He cares deeply for his younger brother. Shingo often checks in on him unannounced, somehow always with a major life update to shock him. While he does seem to enjoy messing with Yugo in this way, he always takes the chance to make sure he is doing well, whether at the request of their mother or for his own caring interest. He repeatedly is impressed with how Yugo grows as a person.

Alexandra Dorohovitch
They met after he got in an accident with his motorcycle, and they quickly fell in love. The way he's able to care for his bike despite how old it is made her feel as if she could trust him to take good care of her later in life. Together they became online tutors. They have a child named Mugi.

Tarō Beppu
After graduating from Yezo, Tarō opens a ramen stand in Russia, using Shingo's recipes as they were originally intended. Alexandra makes sure to remind him NEVER to let Shingo into the kitchen.