Shinobu is a petite young woman with a pale and large eyes with a gradient purple, similar to those of insects. She has black wavy hair that fades to dark purple, styled at her head into a flat yakai-maki bun, fastened butterfly ornament. She has curtain bangs that frame the sides of her face, with two thinner chin-length locks of hair in front of her ears. Shinobu's short in height and has a small and weak build, reinforced by mentioning that she doesn't have strength to decapitate a demon.