Shoji

"fire"

- We were on our way to play hide and explode. You wanna come?

Shoji was a student at the Fire Nation school that Aang met during his time there. He was like any other boy his age and enjoyed playing with friends after school. Shoji was not afraid to help a friend out of a sticky situation, and he easily bonded with others.

History
Shoji was present when Aang first got in a confrontation with Hide. He was very surprised when Hide didn't get in a fight with Aang, and proceed by inviting Aang to play a game of hide and explode with him and his friends to which the latter agreed.

During class, Shoji was stunned by Aang's behavior again, when first Aang dared to speak up against Miss Kwan and later when Aang was dancing violently during music class. When Aang asked whether or not people danced in the homeland, Shoji silently replied that they didn't really do that. This gave Aang the idea to host a secret dance party in the cave the rest of Team Avatar was staying in, and Shoji was later invited it. Shoji was, however, unsure about what they needed to do after Aang introduced the Flamey-Os. When Aang tried to explain that dancing was "a form of self-expression that no one [could] ever take away from you", Shoji stepped up and told Aang that it might be different in the colonies, but that the people of the main land just don't dance. When Aang demonstrated some classic Fire Nation dances, like the "phoenix flight" and the "camelephant strut", Shoji and the other male student were utterly shocked and impressed by Aang's dancing. When Aang invited everyone to "freestyle", Shoji's movements restricted themselves to a rhythmic nodding of the head.

After the party got busted by the headmaster, Shoji was the first one to have put on a headband to help camouflage Aang. He winked to Aang as he saw him leave, and was shocked when the tunnel Aang disappeared through was suddenly closed with earthbending.

Trivia

 * In Japanese, Shoji is the word for "paper doll."
 * Shoji was one of the few Fire Nation characters that didn't have either black hair or amber eyes.