Shintarō

is son of the village chief. When his father never returned from Hijiri Island, he begged the villagers to let him go, but they refused, as he was the next village headman. When Inuyasha's gang came, they helped him and took him to the island. Shintaro found out his father was killed by demons when he and Inuyasha's gang got to the island. He witnessed the battle between Inuyasha and Bankotsu. He has three older sisters whom one of them was asked by Miroku to bear his children.