Translation of "Shota" in Japanese

Shota said that he was shy about seeing her.

翔太は彼女に会うのが恥ずかしいと言いました。

What I looked up to in Shota was not his 'strength'. It was his heroic courage to put his life on the line to carry out his convictions.

ボクが憧れたのは翔太部長の『力』じゃない。体を張ってでも信念を貫こうとする雄々しい勇気だったはず。