

Rin Tohsaka as a child
Rin Tohsaka (遠坂 凛, Tōsaka Rin is one of the three main heroines of Fate/stay night who acts as the Master of Archer in the Fifth Holy Grail War. She acts as the main heroine of the Unlimited Blade Works route as well as Shirou's love interest during that route.
She is voiced by Kana Ueda in the Japanese version of the anime and Mela Lee in the English version, both of whom also voice Rachel Alucard.
Main Allies: Archer/Future Shirou Emiya, Shirou Emiya, Saber/Artoria Pendragon, Sakura Matou,
Rivals: Luviagelita Edelfelt, Black Star,
Main Enemies: Kirei Kotomine, Gilgamesh, Zouken Matou, Shinji Matou, Nagito Komaeda, Marluxia,
Personality[]
Rin is a perceptive, serious, resourceful and very competitive person. Though she is widely admired at school as a prim and proper honor student, it is a front she puts up in order to prevent others from prying into her life. In private, she is notably loud, shrewd, stingy and bossy, but usually means well for those she cares about. She is known as a model student and idol of her school. Her manner of speech is often hostile and dismissive of other people, but deep down she has a caring, big-sisterly disposition. Her tendency of making trivial mistakes at the worst possible moment is a hereditary curse. Though she really is a lot nicer than she seems, she claims to always make her decisions based on cold, rational logic in the end. In her own words, it's "not a very cute personality". In fact, her choice in personal clothes is probably an overreaction to that. Despite claiming that she would do anything in order to win the Holy Grail War, no matter how underhanded, she has a deeply rooted sense of honor, seen refusing to dispose of Shirou despite numerous easy chances of doing so, simply because she owes him and deem disposing of him without clearing her debts to be cheap.
During her childhood, she understood the Fourth Holy Grail War about as much as Shirou understands the Fifth, seemingly understanding while not actually comprehending it. She saw her father as a great magus who must be respected and loved, but failed to understand the negative aspect of his personality, the coldheartedness that accompanied such an ideal. If he had lived until Rin could actually understand his personality, it is likely that it would have greatly affected the development of her own personality. It is unknown if she would have opposed such inhumanity and left the path of a magus, or if she would have become a “perfect and coldhearted” magus like her father. Either fate for Rin would have been one far away from happiness. Due to Tokiomi's early and untimely death, she was not aware of the original goal of the Holy Grail War to open a “hole” beyond the World.
For the sake of her deceased father and her family's name, Rin seeks to obtain the Holy Grail, though she has little personal desire for it. Unbeknownst to her sister Sakura, Rin feels guilty and believes that she has abandoned Sakura after she is adopted into the Matou household, so much the guilt was what driven her to revive Shirou, Sakura's target of affection, at the brink of death. While Rin eventually admits that she has always watched Sakura from afar, she never realized how much Sakura suffered under the Matou and fooled herself into thinking Sakura was happy to alleviate her own guilt.
She spent just as much time quarrelling with Shirou as she did cooperating with him. She's a mischievous girl at heart, so she loves teasing serious people such as Shirou. However, Rin did want to kill him when she saw his Gradation Air in his shed, thinking that he lied to her. Although she claimed to be not interested in anyone, the Heaven's Feel scenario revealed that Rin has been attracted to Shirou after witnessing his stubborn attempts to finish a high jump that he had no chance of finishing when they were younger. Rin was very supportive of Shirou's relationship with Saber in the Fate route. In the Unlimited Blade Works, they became aware of their mutual crush and attraction which developed to love. In Heaven's Feel, Rin reveals her attraction to Shirou while giving advice for Sakura and their closeness makes Sakura jealous and resentful of Rin.
Her hobbies include admiring jewels. Although wealthy from her family's magical patents, she feels somewhat ashamed of having to rely on the work of previous generations.
Legends of the Multi-Universe: Armageddon[]
LOTM: Weirdmageddon[]
LOTM: Tales from the Ultra Despair Knight[]
Legends of the Multi-Universe: Darkmageddon[]
Relationships[]
Shirou Emiya[]
On the outside, Rin's relationship with Shirou is flippant from being comrades to rivals and vice versa. In the Heaven's Feel scenario, it is revealed that Rin had gained a secret attraction to Shirou after witnessing his stubborn attempts to finish a high jump that no one (not even him) had a chance of finishing when they were younger. In the Unlimited Blade Works (route), they became aware of their mutual attraction which developed into love; especially when they had to team up after Archer's betrayal. At the True End of the route, the two would officially start a romantic relationship and eventually move to London where he becomes her assistant at the Mage's Association. In the Good End of the route, aware of the attention Shriou gives to Saber, Rin keeps Saber as a familiar stay living in Emiya household and became mutual lovers after developing strong relationships with each other during the course of the route.
Archer[]
Rin is initially dissatisfied with Archer since he is not a Saber and he apparently doesn't remember who he is. She is still able to work well with him as a team. They disagree most on Rin's alliance with Shirou and it is only in the manga and Unlimited Blade Works (route) that Rin finds out who Archer is and why he detests Shirou. It is also in this route in which Archer betrays Rin just for a chance to fight Shirou. Rin is initially frustrated with Archer, but comes to care for him as her Servant and promises she will prevent Shirou from suffering a tragic future like Archer. Rin always sheds tears upon Archer's death. In Fate/EXTRA, Nameless is familiar with Rin and this complicates his relationship with Rin's look-a-like.
Kirei Kotomine[]
Rin had disliked and felt distrust towards Kotomine since childhood. Under his care and tutelage, Rin had to rely on Kotomine for guidance and seemed to accept him enough to learn bajiquan from him. However, she continued to resent Kotomine and always suspected him of doing bad things. She was also one of the few people to know that Kotomine was far more resilient that many people expected, which is why she did not believe Caster had successfully killed him in the Unlimited Blade Works (route). In that same route, Rin also discovers that Kotomine was her father's murderer and her hatred for him increased.
Sakura Matou[]
Rin is Sakura's older sister, but the two were forced to live apart by their father, Tokiomi. Rin once had a good relationship with Sakura prior to their separation, evident by a ribbon Sakura always keep. Rin later convinced herself that Sakura was living a happier life with the Matou family than she was living as the Tohsaka family heir, and this delusion blinded her to the knowledge that Sakura was only barely keeping her own sanity in check due to constant suffering. Rin went as far as to try to preserve Shirou's life for what she thought was entirely Sakura's sake. Rin had also decided that she would kill Sakura in the events of the Holy Grail War if it came down to it. However, ultimately, she could not bring herself to do it and took the blow without harming her.
Saber[]
Rin had wanted a Saber-class Servant but got Archer instead. Her first meeting with Saber involves nearly getting killed by her while simultaneously becoming stunned by her beauty. Rin generally gets along with Saber in most instances, and they share nearly the same concern for Shirou's reckless selflessness. Rin also enjoys teasing Saber, particularly when it comes to Shirou. In Unlimited Blade Works, she forms a contract with Saber to become her Master in a shared desire to save Shirou. In the Sunny Day ending of the route, she makes Saber into her familiar following the destruction of the Grail, and they live together with Shirou.
Tokiomi Tohsaka[]
Aoi Tohsaka[]
Luviagelita Edelfelt[]
Illyasviel Von Einzbern[]
Shinji Matou[]
Zouken Matou[]
Ruby Rose[]
Yu Narukami[]
Black Star[]
Black Star meets Rin during Legends of the Multi-Universe: Armageddon when Rin was asked by S.H.I.E.L.D. to steal from the Underground. Rin ran into Black Star and the two fought. Thanks to her magic, Rin was able to come out on top in their fight. And after fight Black Star now seeks to get back at Rin for his defeat anyway he can. They are rivals, often arguing or trying to beat each other in different things. Black Star generally provokes Rin, but Rin always outsmarts Black Star. But they are able to work together when danger comes around.
Ibuki Mioda[]
Yukiko Amagi[]
Weiss Schnee[]
Mine[]
Nonon Jakuzure[]
Yoko Littner[]
Sheena Fujibayashi[]
Rose (Street Fighter)[]
Ruruka Ando[]
Reimu Hakurei[]
White Star[]
Rin meets Black Star's father, White Star in LOTM: Weirdmageddon. Both Rin and White Star despise/hate eachother for many reasons.
Rin hates White Star for his crazy obsession with Charleyyy and Friends and how he doesn't care about his family and friends, ignoring important missons and geting drunk at night, torturing Mine, calling Rin a pig, being sexist toward females, and when he makes comments regarding her butt.
White Star also hates Rin for hers insults toward Charleyyy and Friends, "bullying" and "abusing" his son, thinking Rin broke White Star's TV and stole the Charleyyy kart (which White Star doesn't have but dreamed about it), and Rin's smartass comments about White Star's personality.
Rin hates White Star more than Black Star. But despite all that, the two will teamed up against evil threats.