Shoma Tsuzuki

Shoma Tsuzuki (津々木 ショーマ) is a character in Digimon World -Next 0rder-. He is partnered to and.

Appearance
Shoma is a teenage boy with short light blond hair and purple eyes. He wears black and green headphones, a black jacket with long sleeves and green zippers. He also wears dark blue pants with large pockets, and black and white sneakers with green soles. He also wears black goggles with red lenses around his neck.

Etymologies
Official name used in Digimon World -Next 0rder-.
 * Shoma Tsuzuki (津々木 ショーマ)
 * Ja: Tsuzuki (津々木). Japanese surname that means "endless wood".
 * Ja: Shōma (ショーマ). Japanese male name.

Digimon World -next 0rder-
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In the past, Shoma, Kouta, the player and Himari Oofuchi were the semi finalists in a Digimon tournament, with Shoma facing off with the player in the final. Seeing that his Digimon stood no chance against the players', Shoma cheated and hacked his Digimon, which allowed him to defeat the protagonist. Once his Digimon died however, it was unable to reborn and wound up in the singular zone. We later learn that his partner wound up becoming Luche and that she had no memory of being a Digimon. Shoma' desire to get his partner back lead to him eventually reaching the Singular Zone.

Throughout the entire game, Shoma is possessed by Analogman. According to Shoma, he was possessed after his first dive into the Singular Zone, where he found strange 'crystals'; possibly some remnant of Analogman left after his escape from Mt. Infinity went wrong. Shoma battles alongside The Enforcer, Omegamon Zwart D in the Bony Resort though after his defeat, flees with Zwart D and Shoma's partners, Samudramon and Kuzuhamon to the Singular Zone. Shoma also witnesses Yukimura (A Growlmon) turning into to a SkullGreymon rather than a Machinedramon after his partner, Kouta Hirose attempted to intentionally turn it into one by abusing it on purpose. Analogman uses this knowledge and caused the Enforcer to turn into Omegamon Alter-B rather than a Machinedramon the same way, then battles the player character at the end of the Singular Zone. After losing, Analogman is forced to leave Shoma's body and Mameo, the protagonist of World, shows up after the battle and confirms that "the man he had beaten before" was possessing Shoma and that Shoma was not to blame for anything that had happened. Shoma disagreed though, saying he sought out the power and that it was his fault. We later learn that Mameo is a teacher in the real world and is Shoma's home room teacher.

Upon everyone's return to the Digital World, Shoma appeared to have returned a long time before everyone else. During this time, he made Omegamon Alter-B his new partner, with the nickname Noire. He tasks the player to defeat the new evil force threatening the Digital World - A rapidly digivolving Keramon - who digivolves all the way up into Armageddemon and battles the player three times, once as Chrysalimon, once as Diaboromon and once as Armageddemon. After this, Shoma promises to battle the player fairly this time and eventually battles both of the players partners with Noire, including Noire's past form as Zwart D, as Titamon's power allowed Shoma to use partners from either the past or the future in his battle with the player.

Originally a student in the same school as Takuto/Shiki, Kouta and Himari, Shoma is named as being the winner of a Digimon keychain battle tournnament back in third grade. When discussing why the three protagonists were pulled into the Digital World, they mention that they were all top contenders in the tournament, and wonder if Shoma would be somewhere in the Digital World as he was a top placer too.

Shoma first appears after Machinedramon is fought in the Server Desert, hiding and observing the protagonists as they fight the altered Digimon, but is not named. He is also shown after Takuto/Shiki defeats Yukimura in his SkullGreymon form, and comments that the mindset of the Digimon may be key to its altered form.

He finally appears to the main cast along with Samudramon and Kuzuhamon to collect the Enforcer after Takuto/Shiki defeats it, and introduces himself. He mentions that Omegamon Zwart D is key to his 'AR Plan' and takes him to an unknown location, while Samudramon and Kuzuhamon cover him.

After he disappears, the main characters study Luche's makeup and discover that the stuffed Numemon doll she carries has been transmitting data to the Singular Zone, where Shoma and the Enforcer are. Using this data, they open a path to the Singular Zone, and meet Shoma in the Core area.

Revealing the AR Plan as a plan to merge every single World into one- Digital and Real alike- he Digivolves Omegamon Zwart D into Omegamon Alter-B and commands it to absorb the Digital World. The protagonist defeats the altered Digimon, however, and breaks Shoma free of the strange data entity possessing him.

Shoma is last seen as the Reincarnation purges the Digital World of the BH Program. Truly repentant, he asks Jijimon if the Reincarnation can deconstruct him as a form of suicide, feeling that he can't atone for the sins he committed under influence. When asked why, he reveals that in the tournament that brought all the human characters together, he cheated and altered his Digimon partner's data in order to win, but could not call himself the winner due to guilt. When his partner could not be reborn because of the alteration, he started over with a new Digiegg.

At this time, Shoma discovered the Digital Dive, and with it, the Digital World. There he delved deeper until he found the Singular Zone, and after finding certain data fragments there, he fell under the influence of (what is assumed to be) Analogman, who used Shoma as an avatar in order to enact his AR Plan. Shoma also found the remains of his old partner, and using data from the Singular Zone, recreated it as Luche, whom he then used as a 'Trojan horse' in order to thwart Floatia and the protagonists.

After this explanation, the protagonists decide to forgive his sins- even Luche, who was arguably the worst affected- though Jijimon warns that he couldn't speak for the Digital World as a whole. Mameo reveals himself to be Shoma's homeroom/Japanese teacher, and after they all make a promise to return to the Digital World after Reincarnation has finished, brings Shoma back to the Real World with him.

After the return to the Digital World, Shoma appears with Omegamon Alter-B, now his Digimon partner and renamed Noir.-->