Rin

## **BIO**

**Kathrine Aguinaldo** is the eighth oldest of **IT'Z** and the seventh youngest, which places her in the center, shared with Austin. She is the secretary of the IT'Z the Council, and she is also a member of the Core 6.

The stories Rin had worked on include The Last Polaroid, TSS: MORE & MORE and Dance the Night Away, Libitina: Unmasked, The Arcana, and STRAY. Most of her famous characters are in Generation 3: **Léa Navarro** from Beyond Worlds, **Indirah Alnazar** from The Arcana, **Henna Claremont-Diaz** in STRAY, and **Swan Swagmire** from Swan Song, which would be her first solo project.

## **BACKGROUND**

Rin was born on July 9, 2004, making her 19 years old as of 2023. She is born in Pasig City, Philippines, to both Filipino parents, although her maternal grandfather is part Spanish. She has a sister three years younger than she is.

She had Parker as a Kumon classmate when they were both about three years old in 2008. After parting ways during their preschool years, Rin and Parker reconnected in the year 2019. Since 2015, she has also been friends with Cj; the two of them met at a convention where their fathers, who were also known to be classmates in high school, were present. Rin and Belle first meet as students in 2018; Rin introduced Belle to the group. Rin *accidentally* meets Austin in a Makati Shangri-La locker room while still trying to become friends with Belle, and the two end up becoming friends.

## **PERSONALITY**

Dubbed as the social chameleon, Rin is known to have her personality and energy match anyone's, jokingly shifting from one personality to another. She always has a smile on her face when interacting with others, and thinks being sad is a waste of her time as she has a lot more important things to do than mope around. If she does, though, she would hide her real emotions to not concern people.

Having a high IQ and an equally high EQ, Rin is mature for her age despite not being the oldest member in IT'Z. She is fair to everyone and attempts to see all sides of the story rather than just the one; overall, she is a very understanding person. Because she is an elder sister and one of the eldest children in her family, Rin prioritizes the needs of others before her own.

## **PHYSICAL APPEARANCE**

Rin has brown-black colored hair that usually reaches around her shoulders which she parts to the side of her head, and she has bangs that she cuts herself. She has dark hazel eyes, and she stands at about 5'1". Her clothing style is usually described as layered — be it a jacket or a bolero over shirts or bralettes — cropped, and off-shoulders. She is always wearing her black bracelet with a key pendant, noticeably matching with Belle.

## **CHARACTERS**

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**2018-2019**

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* Amalea Takumi (SILENT)

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**2020**

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* Erich Aisaka (The Last Polaroid)
* Ingrid Yuikawa (TWICE Songfix)
* Anna Sinclair (After Solstice)
* Illana Libitina/Taylor Flynn (Libitina: Unmasked)

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**2021**

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* Léa Navarro (Beyond Worlds)
* Indirah Alnazar (The Arcana)

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**2022**

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* Henna Claremont-Diaz (STRAY)
	+ Danzel Espinoza (STRAY)

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**2024**

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* Swan Swagmire (Swan Song)

## **TRIVIAS**

* Rin is a fan of TWICE, ITZY, NiziU, NMIXX, and XG — her biases are Nayeon, Yeji, Miihi, Sullyoon, and Harvey.
* Rin has a slight overbite. She had to stick her tongue out to bring a straw to her mouth before sipping, a habit common among people who sucked their thumbs as children.
* She and Belle are the only remaining members to have their shoes from around 2019 that still somehow fit.
* Rin treats some of her members like her family:
	+ She calls Pauline and Cj her parents.
	+ Rin is considered Austin's "Twin-From-Another-Mother" since they were born on the exact same day and almost the exact same time, although Austin is now confirmed to be around 19 seconds older.
		- Pauline and Cj look like Rin and Austin in some angles — even their nationalities match. This has now become a running gag in the group that Rin and Austin are Pauline and Cj's children in the future who time-traveled. The inside joke is referenced on **STRAY**, since Pauline is Henna, Cj is Danilo, and Rin and Austin are their children, Danzel and Xavian Espinoza.
	+ Luci calls her "Okaa-san" which means "mom" in English.
* She doesn't like it when people pronounce her first name "Kathrine" as "Katherine" — she says it's quite obvious there's no letter 'e' between the 'h' and 'r' if people knew how to read.
	+ Kath wants people to just ask her how her second name, "Majella", is pronounced, rather than trying to pronounce it and butchering it in the process.
* Kath considers Belle, Austin, and Parker as her best friends in the group.