Shinkaidle Makoto Shinkai

About Shinkaidle

Yukari Yukino teaches classical literature at Mitsuha's school in Your Name, three years after The Garden of Words, and Shinkaidle files her under both films. She isn't the only crossover. Taki, Mitsuha, Yotsuha, Tessie and Sayaka all turn up again in Weathering with You, so one film match can point two ways at once.

This Makoto Shinkai Wordle covers every film from Voices of a Distant Star in 2002 to Suzume, and the early ones are where people stall: Takaki and Akari from 5 Centimeters per Second, Asuna and Shun from Children Who Chase Lost Voices, Hiroki and Takuya from The Place Promised in Our Early Days. Suzume adds the oddest pair. Daijin and Sadaijin are the keystone cats, and the big black one, Sadaijin, is one of only two entries with no gender at all.

How to play Shinkaidle, the Makoto Shinkai Wordle

Every day there is a new secret character from Makoto Shinkai. Type any character name and submit it. Each guess shows how close you are: green means that clue matches the secret character, yellow means a partial match, and red means it's wrong. For number clues like Year, an arrow tells you whether the answer is higher or lower. Keep guessing until you find the character. There is no limit.

The clues in Shinkaidle

Film

The Shinkai film(s) they appear in. Several Your Name characters cameo in Weathering with You. Any shared film is yellow

Year

Release year of their first film in Japan, from Voices of a Distant Star (2002) to Suzume (2022). Amber = within 3 years

Gender

Female, Male or None (the Worm and Sadaijin)

Age

Life stage for most of the film: Child (12 or under), Teen, Adult or Elder; Ageless for gods and spirits. Yellow = one step away

Role

Protagonist, Love interest, Family (a main character's family), Friend, Mentor, Ally, Antagonist or Guardian (keystones). Any shared value is yellow

Job

Student, Teacher, Shrine (shrine family duties), Service (restaurant, bar, shop, inn), Writer, Police, Politician, Office, Closer, Fishery, Nurse, Keystone, Warrior, Pilot or None. Any shared value is yellow

Home

Where they live: Tokyo, Itomori, Izu Islands, Miyazaki, Iwate, Ehime, Kobe, Tochigi, Tanegashima, Aomori, Agartha, Ever-After, Mountain village or Unnamed town

Makoto Shinkai characters in Shinkaidle

Shinkaidle has 52 Makoto Shinkai characters you can guess. 43 of them can be the daily answer; the rest are deep cuts you can still type as a guess. 60 quotes, 52 emoji sets and 52 pictures feed the other modes.

Film: Suzume comes up most often (13 of the 52 characters), ahead of Weathering with You (13) and Your Name (11). One character can have several.

Year runs from 2002 (Mikako Nagamine) to 2022 (Tsubame Iwato). The most common value is 2022, shared by 13 characters.

Age: Teen comes up most often (22 of the 52 characters), ahead of Adult (20) and Child (4).

See every character and their clue values on the Shinkaidle character list, or check yesterday's answers.

FAQ

When does the character change? At midnight in your own time zone, like Wordle.

How many characters are there? 52 characters from across the show, including minor ones, so even superfans get a challenge.

Is it free? Yes. No account, no app, just open the page every day.

Shinkaidle is a fan-made game and is not affiliated with the creators of Makoto Shinkai. It is part of Bingedle, a collection of daily Wordle-style guessing games for TV shows and video games. Character images are the property of their respective owners and are used for identification only.