In Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Hamato Sho was the son of Hamato Sho Sr., the father of Hamato Atsuko and grandfather, and then legal guardian, of Hamato Yoshi.
Physical appearance[]
Hamato Sho is an elderly Japanese man with long straight white hair, a white beard and mustache, white bushy eyebrows, white arm hair, dark circles under his eyes, black eyes, light skin, and a short, plump figure. He wears an indigo kimono-like jacket with lighter blue trim, rolled up sleeves and the Hamato Clan emblem over its heart and back, and indigo cuffed pants. He also wears white tabi, red zōri, and an indigo rolled up headband.
Personality[]
Sho appears to be strict and somewhat quick-tempered. He highly values his clan's commitment to preventing the return of the Shredder, accepting his daughter's absence in service of that commitment despite his grief from her loss and trying for decades to instill the same dedication in his grandson Hamato Yoshi.
While Sho cares about the good of many, his immense care causes him to prioritize his wants for Yoshi over Yoshi's own wants for himself. This dismissal created a steep rift in their relationship over time as shown in "E-Turtle Sunshine of the Spotless Mind".
History[]
Decades ago[]
One spring when his grandson was a child, Sho accompanied his daughter Hamato Atsuko to a park where after telling Yoshi the story of the Shredder's banishment, she left him and Yoshi to carry out her duty to prevent the Shredder from being revived. Now Yoshi's legal guardian in Atsuko's stead, it was Sho's duty to teach his grandson ninjutsu and Hamato Ninpō to prepare him in case the demon known as the Shredder ever returned. However, after years of many attempts, Yoshi often ignored Sho and disregarded their clan's history, wanting to become a film actor instead.
Sho once visited Yoshi after he moved to the United States of America to try to convince him one final time to prioritize his clan duties and leave his life as Lou Jitsu. However, Yoshi remained committed to his abdication and the argument ended with the door of Yoshi's trailer being slammed in Sho's face. Seeing that he had truly cut ties with their clan, Sho then decided to finally leave his grandson alone, leaving the film set soon after. Sho passed away from a heartbreak because Yoshi never listened to him.
Modern day[]
Sho was first mentioned in "Many Unhappy Returns" when Splinter, while fighting the newly awakened Shredder, expressed to the Mad Dogs that he regretted not heeding Sho's lessons on how to vanquish the Shredder.
Sho appeared in "Finale Part 3: Anatawa Hitorijanai" when Hamato Karai summoned the spirits of the Hamato Clan members when teaching Raphael how to access Hamato Ninpō.
Abilities[]
- Kenjutsu: As Atsuko's teacher, Sho is proficient in wielding katana.
- Ninjutsu: Sho is a master of ninjutsu.
- Hamato Ninpō: Like the rest of the clan, Sho also knows Hamato Ninpō.
Relationships[]
Family[]
- Hamato Atsuko: Atsuko is Sho's daughter. Much of their relationship is currently unknown, but like Yoshi, he was also devastated by her absence and death, indicating that Sho deeply loves and cares about her.
- Hamato Yoshi / Lou Jitsu / Splinter: Yoshi is Sho's grandson through Atsuko. He appeared to be very kind to Yoshi before Atsuko's absence and they seemed to have a loving relationship. However, Yoshi grew to rarely listen to him throughout the rest of his life, much to Sho's frustration, and their relationship soured. Sho never thought highly of Yoshi's time spent acting and was truly saddened by his constant disinterest in their clan.
Enemies[]
- The Foot Clan: The Foot Clan are the sworn enemy of the Hamato Clan.
- Oroku Saki / The Shredder: Saki is technically Sho's ancestor as he is the ancestor of the Hamato bloodline through Karai. Like his fellow Hamato Clan before him, Sho devoted his life to preventing the Shredder's return.
Trivia[]
- Sho has similar body proportions as Splinter after the latter's mutation, but is still human.
- Yoshi's nickname for Sho, "Jiji" (hiragana: じじ), is an alteration of "ojīsan" (hiragana: おじいさん), a Japanese word for "grandfather". Not to be confused with "jijī" (hiragana: じじい) as the long vowel 'Ī' gives the word a negative connotation meaning "codger".