Shinichi Tsukumoya

Shinichi Tsukumoya (九十九屋 真一 Tsukumoya Shinichi), is the narrator of the light novels as well as an online Information Broker of sorts. Claiming to be in his chatroom 24/7, Shinichi acts as the prime Information supplier for Izaya Orihara. In order to get into contact with Shinichi, Izaya often logged into his chatroom.

Shinichi claims that he usually knows what his clients are going to ask, because he can see what they were looking up on their computers prior to their visit. Although he says this, Shinichi claims that he's not hacking anything.

General
Shinichi and Izaya Orihara go back several years. The online informant first contacted Izaya when Izaya was still in high school. Izaya had created a game in his free time, although he had only given a copy of the game to Shinra Kishitani, Shinichi somehow got his hands on it. After sending Izaya a taunting email about the game, their interactions begin.

In book 8, Shinichi gave Mikado information on who was misusing the Dollars name when Mikado decided to start 'cleaning up.'

Shinichi also provides free information for Ruri Hijiribe when she attempted to search for information on her father's residence after she learned of his death.

In book 11, Shingen Kishitani makes a twitter account named 'Kitshi' where he rambles about all of Nebula's secrets and how it wouldn't matter since no one would hear him. There Shingen considers the possibility of immortals such as vampires and how amazing this day and age has come where the sea of information connects humans like synapses, like how brain cells connect. Then Shingen considers the possibility of how there could be a superior existence that are like all of humanity's brain put together and Shinichi interrupts him by saying that such existence could have already been born. Then he adds how he can not perform any action outside of the internet and that he is not a 'dues ex machina.' Shinichi also warns Shingen  about Seitarou Yagiri making a move to capture Namie Yagiri.

Kasane Kujiragi considered Shinichi to be the second biggest obstacle next to Awakusu-kai being the first. Later she will add Izaya Orihara as the third.

At the end of book 13, Shinichi shuts down all of Dollars sites after everything was over.

Trivia

 * Walker mentions Shinichi as a 'professional' since he has published many books.
 * One of the title of the books Shinichi has published is called "Ikebukuro Counterattack" published by Media Works, Japan. There is at least three volumes of this series.