Rindou Kobayashi

Rindou Kobayashi, also known as The Brave Barbarian, is a character from the Food Wars! Shokugeki no Souma series.
== Charactah Account ==
Former Second seat of the Council of Ten and a 90th Generation (3rd year) student, who was first introduced in the Autumn Leaf viewing event. She's a jovial, friendly girl with a big appetite, a desire to try all dishes she can get her hands on, and has developed an interest in Souma and his skills. Her culinary specialty is a focus on the use of rare and exotic ingredients.
Rindou is a cheerful girl who prefers to enjoy things from the background during events and doing things at her own pace, even at the detriment of her former fellow Elite Ten seated members. She is playful, and enjoys teasing Terunori Kuga after losing in sales to Souma Yukihira's stand during the Moon Banquet Festival. She is extremely whimsical and carefree, choosing not to participate in the Festival despite the fact that all of the Elite Ten members each normally run a booth of their own simply because she would rather sample food from all 120 festival stands, a feat that she managed to accomplish in the five days of the festival. She dislikes doing paperwork, complaining about having to do so much extra work because of Terunori and Etsuya Eizan's absence. However, she didn't think much of leaving Eishi to do both his and her own work load while she went to watch Sōma and Etsuya's Shokugeki, showing a lack of responsibility.
Rindou sided with Azami Nakiri's proposal to become the new director of Tōtsuki simply on a whim and for no other reason. She has shown no particular agreement with Azami's doctrine other than a belief that it brings new excitement to the academy and has mostly remained neutral in terms of the rebelling 92nd Tōtsuki Generationstudents who are openly opposing the new curriculum. She has shown a particular interest in Souma as a result, offering to take him to experience the booth run by Eishi Tsukasa, the former 1st seat in Tōtsuki. Similarly to Satoshi Isshiki, her jovial demeanor hides incredible cooking skills, given that she was the 2nd seat of the Elite Ten Council and the former best female student attending Tōtsuki. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Food Wars! Shokugeki no Souma: The Fifth Plate
* Food Wars! Shokugeki no Souma: The Fourth Plate
* Food Wars! Shokugeki no Souma: The Second Plate OVA
* Food Wars! Shokugeki no Souma: The Third Plate
* Food Wars! Shokugeki no Souma: The Third Plate - Totsuki Train Arc
* Food Wars! Shokugeki no Souma: The Third Plate OVA - Erina's New Life
=== Manga ===
* Food Wars! Shokugeki no Souma
=== Video Games ===
* Jumputi Heroes
== Trivia ==
* The name Rindou means "gentian, bellflower", which is a plant of temperate and mountainous regions, typically with violet or vivid blue trumpet-shaped flowers. Many kinds are cultivated as ornamentals, especially as arctic alpines, and some are of medicinal use..
** It can also mean "dragon" or "gall" separately.
* Rindō's surname Kobayashi means "small" (小) and "forest" (hayashi/bayashi).
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Rindō Kobayashi at Shokugeki no Soma Wiki
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Category:Females
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