Name: Rin (reen) Kobayashi (koh-bah-yah-SHEE)
Previous Life: Shion (Shee-on)
Hair Color: White/Gray
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 3' 7"
Weight: 86
English Voice Actors: Rin- Christopher Turner
Shion- Paul Dobson
Japanese Voice Actors: Rin-Touma Yumi
Shion- Hayami Sho
Aww....okay, I admit....I think he's adorable. But still a brat. Hurting my dearests...;.;
Uhm...what to say? Ah! First, a non-bias description...
Rin is the seven year old son of the Sakaguchi's new neighbors in Tokyo. From the very first,
he was attracted to Alice, although he didn't understand why. He translated this attraction into
a tendency to pick on her and bully her, thereby unknowingly repeating his behavior from his
past life. A life-threatening accident, indirectly caused by Alice, is what wakes his memories
of the other life.
Even though he acts like a complete brat, and becomes even worse after the accident, Rin is
at heart still a kid. He struggles with the fact that the woman he loves (Alice) is much older
than he is, while at the same time struggling with two sets of conflicting desires. One set of
desires is actually Shion's consciousness, wanting to protect and save the Earth. The other set
is his own, wishing to be nothing more than a regular kid and having fun. This dichotomy in his
nature is what makes things increasingly difficult for him, as he slowly loses the distinction
between what he wants and what Shion would have wanted.
And on to Shion....
Orphaned very early by one of the wars on his home planet, Shion discovered his powers the
night he was fired upon by some soldiers. Frightened beyond reasoning, he instinctively
lashed out and somehow killed the soldiers. Thereafter, Shion knew himself to be no better
than the animals he had branded the soldiers, for he had killed them.
He was found later and taken to a Keeches church or school. There he met Liann for the first
time, and it was she who explained to him about his Keeches power. Never able to get along
with the other children easily, Shion was eventually "adopted" by Lazlo. Lazlo had been
assigned to be his veeda, which is roughly equivalent to a foster parent, by the government.
They recognized the worth of Shion's powers and wanted him to be taught to behave. It was
at Lazlo's house that Shion found brief happiness.
Christopher Turner is SOOO cute!!! ADORABLE!!!! He did Yulie in Ronin Warriors...I forgot what, though..O.o
He's a great actor for his age.
Paul Dobson I know more about! He's almost as handsome as Brad Swaile, Mark Hildreth, and Ted Cole! He's done SO many voices. I'll only name a few....Happosai from Ranma 1/2 (which I can imitate!),
and many minor voices....what others...? Hmm...O.o
Rin's Japanese Seiyuu is female. She does the voice of Urd in Ah! My Goddess, as well as Yui in Fushigi Yuugi, and Ann and the Kisenian from Sailormoon R!
Shion's Japanese seiyuu is the voice of Hideki in Devil Hunter Yohko (which I have yet to see the rest of the volumes...), and some other roles, which I cannot remember at the moment. O.o
Gomen. ^^;
I will put up a Rin Image Archive very soon as well! Just be patient!
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