Rinko Echizen nee Takeuchi | |
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Kanji |
越前 りんこ |
Rōmaji |
Echizen Rinko |
Gender |
Female |
Family |
Ryoma (Son) |
Occupation |
Lawyer |
Dominant Arm |
Right |
Voice Actor |
Junko Minagawa |
Rinko Echizen (越前 りんこ Echizen Rinko), née Rinko Takeuchi (竹内 りんこ Takeuchi Rinko), is the wife of Nanjirō Echizen, the mother of Ryoma Echizen, the adoptive mother of Ryoga and the aunt of Nanako Meino.
Background[]
Her maiden name is Rinko Takeuchi. She works as an attorney, which has been her long-time dream. She met Nanjiro while playing tennis when she got hurt from saving a boy from an abusive tennis coach. Nanjiro avenged her by completely humiliating the coach in a match.
Personality[]
Rinko is sweet and compliant, but quite strong-willed as well. She is a quick-witted woman and one of the few ladies who did not fall for Nanjiroh's charming personality. She found him to be brash and also rude at times, but after he saved her, Rinko's perspective changed towards him. It can be said that both Ryoga and Ryoma got their quick-wit from her.
Etymology[]
- Rinko's surname Echizen means "surpass, cross over, move to, exceed, Vietnam" (越) (echi) and "previous/previously, before, earlier, front/in front, former, above, one-time, fore part, privy parts/privates, miss, presence, portion, for, since, forward" (前) (zen).
- Her maiden name Takeuchi means "bamboo" (竹) (take) and "inside, within" (内) (uchi).
Trivia[]
- Rinko likes Western food as opposed to her son, who dislikes it.
- Rinko appears to be half a head shorter than her husband.
- It's likely her son inherited his slight stature from her, as flashbacks of Nanjiro playing at Seigoku depict him as much taller than Ryoma is at the same age.