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Rinnosuke Morichika

Name:

森近 霖之助(もりちか りんのすけ)

Rinnosuke Morichika

Species:

Human /Youkai half-breed

Abilities:

Able to recognize the name and purpose of an item at a glance

Age:

Unknown, at least few decades.

Occupation:

Owner of Kourindou, an antique shop

Location:

Kourindou

Description:

  • Golden eyes, short silver hair, wears a pair of glasses. His clothes are black and blue, and he often carries a small bag with him.

Relationships:

Appearances:

Titles:

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Rinnosuke runs Kourindou, an antique shop near the Forest of Magic. He chose this location in the hopes that both human and non-human potential customers would visit, but his plan failed miserably as his shop is always deserted, with the exception of a few daily "annoyances".

What Rinnosuke actually is remains unknown. His appearance is that of a human, but the official stories say that he has lived several times longer than Reimu. His appearance has not changed since Marisa was a small child, at the very least. It is also said that he knows about the previous Hakurei descendant, as well as the establishment of Hakurei Shrine and its purpose.

Rinnosuke is known for his great interest in the outside world, and uses a collection of items from the outside world (which have accidentally slipped past the boundary) as his shop lineup. With his recognition ability, he can determine the name and purpose of each foreign item, but he still can't tell how they are used. Due to his lack of knowledge about the outside world and modern science, he often ends up drawing strange conclusions about those items.

Fun Facts

  • His surname "Morichika" means "near the forest", which is the location of Kourindou.
  • Rinnosuke seems to be the only human-like male that has appeared in the Touhou series so far.
  • Rinnosuke apparently doesn't have any fighting ability like Reimu or Marisa does, which makes him the ideal character with which to describe typical daily life in Gensokyo.
  • Rinnosuke worked (maybe as a housekeeper?) in Kirisame's house some time ago, so he and Marisa Kirisame have known each other since then.
  • Only Marisa is known to call him by his nickname, "Kourin". Whether it implies her fondness, or just that they've known each other for a long time, is unknown.
  • Rinnosuke possesses a kerosene fan heater, which is one of his items from the outer world. The heater's fuel is supplied by Yukari Yakumo.
  • As the only known man in a land surrounded by girls, fanworks usually depict Rinnosuke humorously as a lecher or pervert who runs around in a fundoshi (a rather immodest traditional Japanese loincloth) and harasses the girls, receiving painful retribution from them for his antics in the end.

Book Synopsis

Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red

Main article: Article and Interview: Rinnosuke

Not translated yet.

Perfect Memento in Strict Sense

Main article: Perfect Memento: Rinnosuke Morichika

Not translated yet.

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