Ready Player One: Ranking Every Character From Worst To Best

7. Sho

Ready Player One Sho
Warner Bros.

The ninja to Daito's samurai, and his little brother, Shoto is in a way the most perfect encapsulation for who this game is for: he's just an 11-year-old kid having the time of his life inside the OASIS.

That fact seems to startle people and is used for a lot of humour, which is perfectly pitched by newcomer Philip Zhao.

Zhao's earnest charm is infectious and it's impossible not to like Sho, although he's another victim of being quite underdeveloped.

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NCTJ-qualified journalist. Most definitely not a racing driver. Drink too much tea; eat too much peanut butter; watch too much TV. Sadly only the latter paying off so far. A mix of wise-old man in a young man's body with a child-like wonder about him and a great otherworldly sensibility.