

Upon stepping into the pool in Chaosrealm, Shujinko gains a beige gi and a fairly long goatee with small streaks of gray. Upon adulthood, Shujinko's hair grows slightly longer and tied into a ponytail and wears a bright blue gi and beige pants, looking a bit like a warrior on his very first journey. At the start, Shujinko appears as a young teen with short, shaggy black hair dressed in red and brown village clothing. Of all the Mortal Kombat characters to appear in the series, Shujinko goes through the most drastic and progressive changes. Nevertheless, before all other things, he has always been a traveler and a student at heart. A member of the White Lotus Society, he shares traits with the games' Shaolin monk characters, such as his great receptiveness, deliberation and ability to meditate for weeks. His old age has made him wise, but at a cost: he bears an immense guilt for releasing Onaga into the realms again, and now that he is discarded by the Dragon King, has vowed to make up for this mistake. Without knowledge, Shujinko has done many evil deeds such as: offering Lei Chen to Hotaru, acting like a mercenary of some sort, using Bo' Rai Cho's warrior medallion to gain such credibility to join the Lin Kuei, being deceived by Damashi and challenging the Elder Gods for powers. He has traveled the realms and learned the kombat skills of many warriors.

He is an adventurer who, as a boy, dreamed of fighting Shang Tsung. Shujinko made his debut in Mortal Kombat: Deception as the game's rogue protagonist.
