• Micheal Kenji Shinoda
• Nickname: Mike
• d/o/b: 2/11/77
• hair:black
• other hair colors: red, light blue, dark blue, and blonde.
• eyes: brown
• g/f: Anna/ they are engaged
• lives in L.A.
• born in Augora C.A.
• brother: Jason (Mike calls him Jay)
• background: half japanese, the forth generation of japanese born in America.
• pets: a dog named Bessie and a fish

Linkin Park did not start out the way you would think. They had to go through 2 name changes. There first name was Xero. Which they had to change. Then they changed it to Hybrid Theory but they had to change that because of legal reasons. Lp also had so rough times. Chester didn't even join the band until later. And Phoenix the band's bassiest left for about a year.  Mike met Brad in the 7th grade. Then when Mike went to the Pasenda College of Art he met Joe and it all kind of came together.

• Mike wears contacts.
• The first album he bought was Bon Jovi "Slippery when wet!"
• He plays a guitar.
• Mike is a big Dido fan
• Mike constantley changes hair colors
• Mike often wears "drunkyn munky" shirts
• the band used to pratice in Mike's house
• Mike thinks his tooth brush is sexy!