Rin Shikibu

Rin Shikibu is a minor character in ''How to Survive High School. ''She is in Leo's grade.

Personality
Rin is a painfully shy girl who is often seen cowering away from crowds. She dislikes being around other people and gets nervous when forced to speak, such as when Matthew Matthews made her talk in his interview.

Appearance
Rin Shikibu is a short, tiny Japanese girl with light skin, brown slanted eyes, a round nose, and long, straight black hair parted in the middle. She usually wears a light pink t-shirt with a picture of a flower on it and red pants with red shoes.

Book 1: The New Kid
Rin is first mentioned in Kendall's notebook as the only person that comes to mind for the "Shy, quiet kids" category of students. Kendall mentions that she's only heard Rin speak once in the course of four months. Rin is later seen during the mystery of Venice's Louis Antoinette, where Matthew Matthew harasses her to get a story out of her (and later reveals he was planning to use that story to frame her, as she would have made "a most interesting culprit"). She is also confronted by Leo during his fall from grace, where she refuses to comment on what she thinks of him because she is too shy. She is seen periodically throughout the book, typically turned away from crowds.

Book 2: Social Studies
Rin will appear in this book.

Trivia

 * Like most characters, Rin's personality is derived from her name. Rin means "dignified, solemn, cold," which is fitting since she's so distant from everyone else. Shikibu comes from the authoress Lady Murasaki Shikibu, who is often credited as writing the world's first novel, The Tale of Genji.
 * Rin is the only female character to be drawn without any curves.
 * The preview of Book 2 at the end of Book 1 states that Rin will somehow be able to help Leo become popular, suggesting she will play a more prominent role in Book 2.