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An idol who lives and breathes his hobby, gambling, and treats his life no different than one of those gambles. He used to perform as part of a duo with Niki Shiina. Though a cheerful and generous individual, there are times he can be not only wasteful, but downright tyrannical. He is Hiiro Amagi's older brother. Though he's often reckless, he has a scheming yet tactical side to his personality, and can act in a rather calculating manner. With an aggressive singing voice, his performances are dynamic and pack quite a punch.
Rinne is a member of COSMIC PRODUCTION's Crazy:B In order to find a place to belong as a free idol who can have fun, he aims to do activities that won't tie him down.[1]
Whassup~! I'm Rinne Amagi. I'm your fellow idol who loves gamblin' more than they love eatin' three meals a day. ♪ Oh, also, the unit I'm in is Crazy:B, so remember it! The world's not interestin' without any thrill, ya feel me? So if ya wanna join our fun, we'll entertain ya! ♪ Well, I'm off to the pachinko machines, let's leave what happens to this idol to luck. It's all up to the god of gamblin' if I'm gonna hit even or a half, gyahaha! ♪[1]
NikiI used to be a chef, but I'm an idol now 'cuz of Rinne-kun, or I guess, 'cuz he made me. Seriously, isn't Rinne-kun always so horrible!? The other day, he asked me to lend him money 'cuz he lost all his money playing pachinko, sayin' he'd pay me back double, but if I did that it'd all be gone in a matter of seconds, without a doubt! Ahh, I've really run into no good people I should've never met... Rinne-kun's always telling me things like how it's fate that we've met, too. Luck is luck, but I must have bad luck in that case...[1]
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Appearance
Rinne is a tall man with pale skin and cyan eyes. His hair is unruly and long, and often kept back with a black bandana with a white stripe.
His Crazy:B attire consists of a white jacket with red, black and yellow accents, worn over a white t-shirt containing a black honeycomb pattern atop a grey square and red accents at the hem and collar. He wears a chunky gold necklace with a round medallion around his neck, and has plenty of accessories on his hands and wrists. His pants are black, held up with a gold chain belt. There are white rings all down the front of the pants, and a white and yellow stripe on the outer side of both legs. He wears black lace-up shoes with yellow soles, laces and accents. White socks can sometimes be seen under the shoes.
Rinne's casual attire consists of a black t-shirt and pale blue ripped jeans. A white jacket is tied around his waist and there is a silver dog tag around his neck. He also wears a black watch and a white bracelet on his left wrist, and a silver ring on his right index finger. Rinne has small black earrings.
Personality
Rinne is lazy and freeloads off others, often wanting to play games, gamble, and have fun with people, and avoids responsibility whenever possible, including unit practice. Treating his life "like it's a game," or more famously, a gamble. He makes rash decisions for himself and his unit, and more than willing to pull others with him. He refuses to take small steps and instead takes the risk without question, as it's "fun" for him, even at the cost of everything around him crumbling. He rarely listens to others and almost never follows orders, considered crazy or chaotic by others. As a frequent gambler, he often blames things on his luck. He has several catchphrases related to feeling lucky or like "Lady Luck" is on his side.
Despite his behavior, he cares about the people around him under his risk-taking facade and treasures them and his unit dearly, though he mostly shows it in situations where he takes the unit seriously. When he's in a tight position, he opts to destroy or sacrifice himself for others, no matter how severe it is, under another instance of his risky behavior. He has instances where he doesn't want to be perceived as weak for showing how he really feels, as that was how he grew up to believe.
During his youth, in his village, he was more formal, serious, and stuck to whatever was in front of him, as that was what he grew to act as the next chief. That behavior would mostly stick with him until he was used to city life.
Etymology
The first character in Rinne's first name, 燐, means phosphorus, which is associated with phosphorescence, Hell, and ghostly creatures. The second character, 音, means "sound". The name itself sounds like the word 輪廻 (rinne), which is the Buddhist cycle of continuous death and rebirth, involving karma. The kanji in Rinne's surname, 天城, can be translated as "Heaven's Castle".
Family
- For more information, see Rinne Amagi/Family.
- Rinne is the older brother of Hiiro Amagi from ALKALOID.
- They are from the ruling family of the village Rinne and Hiiro are from.
Trivia
- He and Kuro Kiryu are the tallest characters in the game.
- Similarly, Rinne stands as the tallest member of Crazy:B.
- Presumably, his age makes him the eldest member of Crazy:B.
- He was raised to be the future village leader of his hometown, which has created conflict with his younger brother Hiiro Amagi.
- He has never attended a formal school and underwent extensive training to become the future leader of his village instead of a regular school education.
- During the !! Main Story, Rinne has a shared ES dorm room with the rest of Crazy:B. However, similarly to the rest of Crazy:B, Rinne usually stays elsewhere; he usually stays over at Niki's apartment. It's currently unclear whether he spends more time at Niki's apartment or his new dorm room after the !! Main Story.
- He currently shares a dorm room with Hiyori Tomoe and Kanata Shinkai.
- According to a 4gamer interview with Akira, Rinne's character archetype is "a high-rolling gambler" (燐音がギャンブラーで).
- Rinne openly antagonizes and criticizes Ensemble Square despite being a part of it. This is heavily featured in the !! Main Story.
- He helps out at the Bee Hive night club sometimes, which gives Crazy:B opportunities to perform there.[2]
- He's skilled at martial arts.[3][4][5]
- He can't handle spicy food.[6]
- Depending on his mood, Rinne will assign different nicknames to the same person.
- Sora described his color as "Weird" upon his first meeting with Rinne, so much so looking at it made Sora feel 'drunk' and nauseous. According to Sora, this has since changed to become far more pleasant to look at, to where he won't feel the same unpleasant sensation as before. [7]
- Rinne met Niki when he was 17 and Niki was 14, and the two have stayed together ever since.[8]
- He shares the same image color as his younger brother Hiiro Amagi.
Voice Actor Comment
"Rinne-kun isn't close to any of the roles I've played up until now, he's the first type of boy like this I've met. At the audition, I was really worried. "But this was a win!" so to speak, and I could say that with all my heart, so I could play the role freely. Rinne-kun! With you, I won this gamble! So then, onto the next game together!"[1]
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