He ended his three-year stint in American baseball by being demoted to AAA after hitting .193 for the first half of the 2003 season.

In fact, his popularity was what kept him off the bench during his stint with the Tigers when manager Katsuya Nomura tried to turn him into a pitcher in the rotation rather than risk his team with his mediocre play.

As Shinjo took the field for the top of the ninth inning in the final game, he was given a standing ovation from the home crowd.

He has also won the maximum 10,000,000 JPY prize in a celebrity edition of the Japanese version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Kuizu $ Mirionea.

[3] In October 2021, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters announced that Shinjo would be the manager for the upcoming season.

[5] During the 2022 season, Shinjo became well-known for entering the field in a home game against the Saitama Seibu Lions in a hoverbike.