Rin

*This article is about the alien **Rin**. For articles that share the same name, see Rin.*

## Profile

### Gender Pronouns

He/Him
She/Her

### Likes

Music, pianos, being with Vincent, singing

## Relationships

### Other relatives

Ryuji Sakamoto (Son-in-law)
Cameron Sakamoto (Grandson)
Emica Sakamoto (Granddaughter)
Mitsuki Sakamoto (Granddaughter)
Karin Amamiya (Granddaughter)
Kyo Sohma (Son-in-law)
Rody Soul (Son-in-law)
Edric Blight (Son-in-law)
Mochi Sohma (Granddaughter)
Sakuya Sohma (Granddaughter)
Asuka Soul (Granddaughter)
Katashi Soul (Grandson)
Benjamin Fairest (Adoptive Grandson)

### Children

Ren Amamiya (Son)
Ken Ichijouji (Stepson)
Emma (Adoptive Daughter)
Ryūko Matoi (Adoptive Daughter)
Satsuki Kiryūin (Adoptive Daughter)

## Voice Actors

### English

Brianna Knickerbocker

**Rin** (リン, *Rin*) is a major character in the series.

Rin acts as a healing presence for Vincent through the nightmares and exemplifies new values. Rin serves as Vincent's calm amid the storm of tensions between him, Catherine and Katherine McBride. The two met under tumultuous circumstances as Rin was fleeing from a mysterious pursuer.

Rin initially suffers from amnesia and does not remember who he is, except for his name and a desire to play a certain melody on the piano. He becomes Vincent's new neighbor, having moved into the apartment beside his, and also becomes the pianist at the Stray Sheep.

It is eventually revealed that Rin is an otokonoko or a male crossdresser who is mistaken for a woman due to his dress, pink hair, soft voice and short stature. In order to fit into society's expectations of what a man should be, and due to being self-conscious of how others may treat him, Rin masqueraded as a woman. It is later revealed that Rin is an alien who was transformed into a human to fulfill a mission, explaining his androgynous appearance. His alien race have been mistaken by humanity as "angels".

## Description

### Appearance

Rin has the appearance of a cute and beautiful woman with pink hair in a bob cut and large light blue eyes. He is slender and short in stature.

He wears a light blue dress reminiscent of a sailor fuku that stops right before the knees with drawings of wings on his upper back. The dress has white frills underneath at the bottom. He has a white tie. For footwear, Rin wears white socks and light blue Mary Jane shoes.

Rin has a strange bracelet on his left wrist, with what looks like to be pink smoke or powder inside. It is never explained what this bracelet is. It could be an alien device that keeps Rin in his human form or simply one of his toys. Erica Anderson mentions that she hears strange noises and talking from it, while Vincent theorizes it could be a radio. This could mean it may be a tracking device to let Rin's brothers know where he is, as well as spy on his conversations.

Rin wears white-and-pink stripped hoodie with pink shorts as his pajamas. They were given to him by Erica.

### Personality

Rin has a different personality than Catherine and Katherine. Rin has a gentle and obedient personality. Erica views Rin as having an "innocent cluelessness" that is alluring in a caring way. Rin likes to collect random trinkets, knick-knacks and memorabilia which he puts in his room. One of his favorite ones is a blue cube because it makes him feel less sad.

He seems to be very pure of heart, lacking any traces of hate, and has a very peaceful, empathetic and compassionate personality. Rin is also shown to be very forgiving towards others who have wronged him, not holding any grudges. In a conversation, Rin reveals he has gay-friendly views, saying if people are in love, he does not see why their sex should not matter because love is love. When asked by Jonny about love between a human and non-human, Rin says species should not matter either. Both of these instances hint towards Rin's relationship with Vincent, and how Rin is the same sex as Vincent, as well as Rin being of alien origin.

Despite Rin's kind attitude, he is shown to have a backbone and can be quite stern and vocal when put into tough situations. Despite his obedient personality, there are still moments when he does not back down, such as when he feels offended or when one of his friends is being mistreated.

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As a pianist, it is shown that Rin likes music and his desire to play the piano is one of the few things that survived his amnesia. Although he is not the best pianist early on, he is trying hard to improve, especially because his piano playing can help men survive in the nightmares. By the end of the game, Rin becomes very talented at the piano.

He is shown to be somewhat clumsy, which often gets him into embarrassing situations. He also has some unusual behavior and lacks social etiquette skills. Rin also does not seem to view sexuality as something embarrassing or perhaps is nescient about it; when Rin accidentally exposes himself in front of Vincent, he displays no shame and does not try to cover his body. Rin also does not seem to interpret the sounds in Vincent's apartment room with Catherine as sexual.

One of Rin's insecurities is his gender. Due to being insecure about how others may treat them, Rin masquerades as a woman in public, even though he is not transgender and identifies as male. When Vincent asks if Rin is a guy, Rin happily says, "Oh! Yeah, that's right!" Rin is happy to confide his secret with Vincent, although Vincent's negative reaction mortifies Rin. Although the two make up via a phone call, Vincent may choose to embrace Rin for who he truly is, expanding Vincent's understandings of acceptance and love in relation to gender.

## Trivia

* Rin's real name is revealed to be have a difficult pronunciation in his alien language. Upon learning this, Vincent jokes that he'll stick to using "Rin". The English subtitles simply call it "@+\*+?¥$", although it is pronounced "Ydobllufenirethac" which is "Catherine: Full Body" said backwards.
* Catherine mentions that Vincent should regret choosing that "thing" (Rin) over herself. It is likely that Catherine knows that Rin is not originally human.