Rin Hojo (北条 凛, Hōjō Rin) is the infamous Grim Reaper (死神 Shinigami; God of Death) of Kanagawa and Go Hojo's elder brother.
History[]
He was engaged to a girl named Kaori, however, conflict between them including Kaori's affair with Ryosuke Takahashi made her commit suicide. The death of Kaori led to Rin disappearing from the racing scene, resenting Ryosuke and isolating himself for a few years to mourn Kaori. His abrupt disappearance turned him into a myth within the Kanagawa scene.
After years of seclusion, Rin briefly and unofficially returned to the racing scene, with his intent to go after Ryosuke on the anniversary of Kaori's death, making his comeback by ambushing Ryuji Ikeda of Team Spiral during a practice trial. After the race between Project D and Team Spiral, he finally met Ryosuke after years and both raced to the death on the Hakone Turnpike, with Ryuji Ikeda, who had to settle a score with Rin, spectating behind. After failing multiple times to run Ryosuke off the road, Rin tried one last effort to do it again near the end of the race, however, the combination of Ryosuke and Ikeda's cars stopping his R32 and the spiritual presence of Kaori prevented him from doing so. After the race, both he and Ryosuke finally settled their differences and put their past behind them and not forgetting about Kaori's memory.
Finally at peace with himself, he renounced the nickname he had become known for and appeared at Project D's final race against Go's team Sidewinder, reconciling with his younger brother and giving him cryptic advice before watching the races alongside with Ikeda.
Trivia[]
- Rin is a playable character in Arcade Stage 8 Infinity's RivalSide mode, where you change the outcome of his battle with Ryosuke Takahashi.
- His voice actor, Yuichi Nakamura, also voices Keisuke Takahashi in the Legend Trilogy.
- Yuichi Nakamura first voiced Rin in Initial D Arcade Stage 6 AA in 2011, prior to his appearance in Initial D Fifth Stage.
Gallery[]
Manga[]
Anime[]
Games[]
Appearances[]
Manga[]
Anime[]
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Games[]
| Initial D Games | ||||||||||||
| Gaiden: | Absent | Street Stage: | Absent | |||||||||
| Fastest Public Road Legend: | Absent | Arcade Stage 4: | Absent | |||||||||
| Initial D: | Absent | Extreme Stage: | Absent | |||||||||
| Arcade Stage: | Absent | Arcade Stage 5: | Absent | |||||||||
| Another Stage: | Absent | Arcade Stage 6 AA: | Appears | |||||||||
| Arcade Stage Ver. 2: | Absent | Arcade Stage 7 AAX: | Appears | |||||||||
| Special Stage: | Absent | Arcade Stage 8 Infinity: | Appears | |||||||||
| Mountain Vengeance: | Absent | Perfect Shift Online: | Absent | |||||||||
| Arcade Stage Ver. 3: | Absent | Arcade Stage Zero: | Appears | |||||||||
| The Arcade: | Absent | |||||||||||
[]
| Initial D Characters | |
|---|---|
| Project D | Takumi Fujiwara • Keisuke Takahashi • Ryosuke Takahashi |
| Akina SpeedStars | Koichiro Iketani • Kenji • Itsuki Takeuchi |
| Akagi RedSuns | Kenta Nakamura • Keisuke Takahashi • Ryosuke Takahashi |
| Myogi NightKids | Miyahara • Takeshi Nakazato • Shingo Shoji |
| Impact Blue | Mako Sato • Sayuki |
| Emperor | Seiji Iwaki • Ren Nogami • Satake • Kyoichi Sudo |
| Seven Star Leaf | Atsuro Kawai • Shinichi • Toru Suetsugu |
| The Todo School | Daiki Ninomiya • Smiley Sakai • Tomoyuki Tachi • Todo |
| Northern Saitama Alliance | Nobuhiko Akiyama • Wataru Akiyama • Kyoko Iwase • Sakamoto |
| Tsuchisaka Lancer Evolution Team/ Men in Evos |
Aikawa/Man in Lan Evo V/Kuro Waru • Ichijo/Man in Lan Evo VI/Shiro Waru |
| Purple Shadow | Kozo Hoshino • Toshiya Joshima |
| Team 246 | Satoshi Omiya • Kobayakawa |
| R.T. Katagiri S.V. | Kai Kogashiwa • Hideo Minagawa |
| Team Spiral | Ryuji Ikeda • Junichi Sakamoto • Hiroya Okuyama |
| Sidewinder | Go Hojo • Rin Hojo • Shinji Inui |
| Other Characters | Kazumi Akiyama • Kazumi's Ex-Boyfriend • The Altezza Guys • Fake Project D • Former Bosozoku Leader • Bunta Fujiwara • Fumihiro • Mrs. Iketani • Itsuki's Parents • Mrs. Inui • Kaori • Kaori's Father • Ken Kogashiwa • Eiji Kubo • Kyoko's Friend • Shuichi Matsumoto • Miki • Natsuki Mogi • Nao • Old Man • Papa • Shiraishi • Masashi Suzuki • Yuichi Tachibana • Tomiguchi • Tomoko • Tsugumi • Tsukamoto • Two Guys From Tokyo • Mika Uehara |
| Non-Manga | Mamoru • Katsuragi Mika • Saori • Shigeru • Eikichi Shimamura • Legend 3 86 GT Driver |
References[]
- ↑ Chapter 594 - Ryosuke says "Rin went to my college. He was three years ahead of me" which (assuming he didn't have a year gap anywhere) would make him three years older, or roughly 27 (as Ryosuke is 24)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 546 - "It all happened while he was still studying medicine at Gunma University"