Rin Matsuoka

Rin Matsuoka (松岡 凛 Matsuoka Rin) is one of the main characters of the anime series Free! and the light novel High☆Speed!. He swims for Samezuka Academy and is a rival of Haruka's.

Appearance
Rin is a tall young man with semi-long, brownish red hair. He has red eyes and shark-like teeth.

Personality
When he was young, he showed a lot of passion and competitiveness for swimming. After years passed, his ideals about swimming drastically changed. He doesn't care that much about the trophy they won during their elementary days. With his rude personality, he now only hopes to challenge Nanase and show him how much more skilled he is.

History
Rin's father died when he was a young. He was a swimmer who dreamt of going to the Olympics but had to give-up his dreams and become a fisherman. When Rin was young, his father drowned 3km off the coast of along with the rest of his crew. Rin stated that he has very few memories of his father and can't even recall what his father looked like as his father would be gone for days while out fishing. Rin decided to try and become an Olympic swimmer because he believes that by following this path, he'll be able to see his father's face. Rin joined the Iwatobi swim club prior to leaving for Australia because that was his father's old club, where his father and his teammates had won the relay. Rin wanted to make a team and win the relay to emulate his father as he started down the path to becoming an Olympic swimmer.

In elementary school, Rin was in the same swimming team along with Haruka, Makoto and Nagisa. After they won a tournament, Rin then went abroad to Australia to study swimming.

Gou Matsuoka
Gou is often worried about her brother.

Trivia

 * Like all swimmers associated with the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club, Rin has a female name.
 * Rin is the type of person who cannot sleep without his pillow.
 * During grade school, Rin accidentally called his coach mom.

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