Roger Retinz

Kanenari Shinoyama was a producer for Nidomi Television. He was called as a witness during the trial of Trucy Wright for the murder of Naohito Fushigi. Before he became a producer, he was a professional stage magician and former colleague of the Gramarye troupe.

Beginnings with Troupe Gramarye
Shinoyama was an aspiring magician who trained under Magnifi Gramarye as a part of his troupe under the name Mr. Reus. However, at some point prior to Thalassa Gramarye's leaving, he was injured due to an extremely reckless trick and was subsequently removed from the Troupe before he ruined their reputation or injured them in turn, leaving him to harbour bitterness towards them.

Despite his relative obscurity compared to the rest of the Troupe, he had his fans like Naohito Fushigi. In fact, Fushigi was such a big fan of his that Shinoyama took him under his wing, training him to be a magician like him.

At some point, he became a producer for Nidomi Television, where he would quickly develop a reputation for being impossible to please and extremely abusive towards his performers and staff-in Trucy Wright's case, as a way of spiting his former co-workers' memory.

Murder

 * Main article: Turnabout Magic Show

In April 2028, Shinoyama bribed Fushigi to pretend to be Mr. Reus in order to prank Trucy Wright. But, Shinoyama killed Fushigi and pinned it on Trucy to destroy her and the Gramarye's reputation.

Name

 * His Japanese name can be translated by following the customs in Japanese TV production crew lingo, which involves flipping the names around. Shinoyama becomes  yamashino  (山師の). Kanenari (金成) turns into  narikin  (成金). Together,  yamashi no narikin  (山師の成金) means "a swindling/cheating nouveau riche". "Nouveau" and "riche" are French for "new" and "rich", respectively, so put together, his name literally means "a new, rich swindler/cheater".
 * His Japanese stage name comes from the word Menyō  (面妖), meaning "strange" or "suspicious."
 * His English stage name, "Mr. Reus", is a play on "mysterious."
 * His English surname is "Retinz". This may be a play on the word " Ratings".

Development

 * Unlike other members of Troupe Gramarye, Shinoyama, as Mr. Reus, did not wear a card suit brooch. Instead, he wore a crown-shaped cravat.