"He released the evil outrageous "Goku Yo-kai" from the prisons of the Yo-kai World, bringing great fear. He tries to unseal evil Yo-kai. He hates Ancient Enma and Lord Enma."
Yo-kai Medallium biography
"Although he was born into a prestigious family, he rebelled against his father and left home to wander when he was young. He's having a hard time accepting the changing Yo-kai World."
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"Why not? Let me show you the path of evil that is stained with grudges, as a special favour."
Rinne is a humanoid Yo-kai with turquoise skin, fuchsia hair styled as four horns in the front, and eyes with yellow sclera. He wears a black robe with a teal-colored smoke-like pattern in the sleeves and the shin areas, with a dark, red-colored jacket over the tights and a frontal dark yellow decorative cloth with purple eye-like patterns, both held together by a golden sash tied with an orange string, and black boots with orange-colored strings. To complement his attire, he carries a rosary made by purple beads. He carries a small version of the Bhavacakra with purple whisps at the end of each of the beams, symbolizing his philosophy of the Samsara. Finally, he has two long purple wisps circling around him.
Centuries ago in his adolescence, Rinne once met a little girl who wasn't afraid of Yo-kai and bonded with her, but she loses her life when trying to fix the controversial bonds of humans and Yo-kai by Ancient Enma, causing Rinne to develop a hatred for the entire Enma Clan.
He appears again in present time, teaming up with the Goku Yo-kai in hopes of getting his revenge.
During the segment, he first battles Whisper (who was unaware he was fighting) and brutally beats them. Afterwards, Tomnyan fights him, and while he isn't as brutally beaten, he is still defeated.
However, despite winning, Jerry appears and ends up obtaining his ark by tickling him, pulling off the wheel behind him, then pulling the ark out of his hair, ending the episode with him embarrassed and exhausted.
In the manga[]
Y School Heroes[]
Etymology[]
Rinne translates to "endless cycle of rebirth".
Origin[]
Rinne is the Japanese translation of Samsara, in Buddhism, it is the "suffering-laden cycle of life, death, and rebirth, without beginning or end" this cycle is often depicted in the Bhavacakra, as a six-segmented wheel (representing 6 realms of existence on which Samsara occurs) this is represented by the wheel that floats behind Rinne's back.
Trivia[]
Rinne's Keystone stuck in his head
Rinne is the first ever Z-Rank Yo-kai thus the first Yo-kai that could level up to level 60.
Unlike most Yo-kai, Rinne's Keystone seems to be physically within him, while most Yo-kai fade into energy and leave their Keystone behind.
