Itoshi Rin

Rin is a tall teenager with a slender yet muscular build. He is noticeably taller than Yoichi Isagi, who is five months older. He has dark green hair with bangs that cover his face, especially his right eye, almond-shaped eyes, and distinctive eyelashes, similar to those of his brother, Sae Itoshi. As a child, Rin looks almost identical; his facial features only become more defined as he grows.
Her hair is dark green and her eyes are turquoise.

As a child, Rin was quite naive and admired his brother, Sae, desiring nothing more than to be a strong and impressive player like him. He started playing soccer at his brother's suggestion, obeying his orders without hesitation; however, Rin enjoyed breaking things, mainly his toys or those of his classmates. While watching a superhero movie, he became less interested in the main hero and more fascinated by the final antagonist, believing that fighting a more powerful enemy and being defeated was impressive. He expressed his desire to fight formidable opponents, defeat them, and perish. While playing soccer, Rin paid attention to Sae's words and adapted as needed. When Sae left for Spain, Rin realized that playing soccer was more difficult without his brother, but even so, he longed to imitate him and take his place. It was at this point that Rin's fundamental approach to the game began to transition from an intuitive style to a more analytical one.

Initially, he was an excellent team player and leader on his elementary school team, seemingly having a friendly relationship with many of his teammates. However, due to conflict with his brother, he became distant, cold, and overly serious. He is completely absorbed by soccer, to an almost obsessive point, and is quite egocentric, constantly prioritizing his ambitions over the aspirations of others. Rin takes great pride in being a striker, bordering on arrogance, as he frequently labels the soccer skills and mentalities of others as "mediocre" or "lukewarm." These mannerisms and actions originate from his brother; in trying to imitate him, Rin mirrors his speech and adopts his mentality.

Rin seems to have little respect for anyone. He only acknowledges players who possess remarkable skill or a significant impact on the field. During the Japanese National Team's match, he was clearly more communicative with the team, giving instructions on the field and conversing, mainly with Isagi. At the end of the Neo Egoist League, Rin finally discovered a player he admires, besides his brother.

Rin is dedicated to a daily post-workout routine to improve his physique and is frequently seen in the training room performing exercises or lifting weights. Despite his arrogance and aloofness, Rin truly embodies soccer, dedicating all his waking hours to perfecting himself. Every action Rin takes is aimed at surpassing his older brother and ending their rivalry.

Rin Itoshi was inspired to play soccer by his brother Sae. They played and won matches together, aspiring to become the best strikers in the world. Their relationship deteriorated when Sae moved to Spain, leading Rin to seek to surpass his brother. This move caused a transformation in Rin's playing style, from instinctive to logical. Despite claiming they are not on bad terms, Rin becomes visibly upset at any mention of Sae.
As a child, Rin was quite naive and admired his brother, Sae, desiring nothing more than to be a strong and impressive player like him. He started playing soccer at his brother's suggestion, obeying his orders without hesitation; however, Rin enjoyed breaking things, especially his toys or those of his classmates. While watching a superhero movie, he became less interested in the main hero and more fascinated by the final antagonist, believing that fighting a more powerful enemy and being defeated was impressive. He expressed his desire to fight formidable opponents, defeat them, and perish. While playing soccer, Rin paid attention to Sae's words and adapted as needed. When Sae left for Spain, Rin realized that playing soccer was more difficult without his brother, but even so, he longed to imitate him and take his place. It was at this point that Rin's fundamental approach to the game began to transition from an intuitive style to a more analytical one.

Superior Football Technique: Rin's experience and techniques are so advanced that he is able to play the role of captain, act as the focal point of the attack, play in defense, and even overcome high-level defenders by using their own strengths against them.
High-Level Physicality: Rin is one of the two players with the best overall physique in the Second Selection. Rin possesses incredible strength, speed, stamina, and intellect. Although he prefers to use tactics to play soccer, he can also break through defenses using his physical strength. During the Neo-Egoist League, Rin's body and technique were tremendously improved under Julian Loki's guidance. Rin's playing style becomes physically aggressive and overwhelming in his flow state.
Perfect Shot Precision: Rin's main weapon is his extremely precise shot. His accuracy is extraordinary, as demonstrated when he kicked two balls in such a way that they followed different trajectories but still collided in mid-air. Rin's shots are so accurate that he can score goals from long distances; Isagi hinted that he could score from anywhere under 35 meters, from free kicks and even corner kicks. His main method of scoring goals is with powerful, swerving shots. Even under pressure, he manages to score. Oliver Aiku observes that the power and accuracy of his shots decrease when he uses his left foot, but in most situations where Rin manages to shoot, the shot is accurate. Rin needs space and distance to execute his shooting pattern, and denying him that space can result in an inaccurate shot.

Precise and Swift Free Kick: Rin delivers an extremely quick and precise free kick. The kick was so fast and accurate that it went over Isagi's head without giving him a chance to react.
Direct Shot with Vertical Spin: A direct shot from the corner, aimed at the far top corner of the goal. This shot can catch players off guard if they don't expect it, although it can be avoided with good positioning.
Low shot: Rin tried to imitate his brother's shot, dribbling to the end line and using his left foot to fire the ball over the goalkeeper towards the net on the other side. However, the decreased power and accuracy of the shot caused it to be saved and the ball to hit the post.
Jump Shot: After feinting a dribble to get past the opposing defense, Rin lifts the ball and executes a spinning jump shot. With this technique, Rin can both shoot with frightening precision and evade an opponent.
Blind Shot: Rin takes advantage of another player's movements to hide the ball from the goalkeeper's view before firing a blind shot, to which the goalkeeper is unable to react in time.
Trivela (Shot): A technique in which spin is applied to the ball using the outside of the foot. Rin hides his stance to create the illusion that he will shoot with his left foot before actually shooting with his right. Rin manages to do this and score from outside the penalty area, as demonstrated against the Japanese under-20 team.
Trivela (Pass): A technique in which spin is applied to the ball using the outside of the foot.
Rin can use this technique to pass the ball, manipulating the opponent into thinking the pass missed its target, only for the ball to spin and return to its intended destination.
Oppressive Pass: Rin makes a difficult pass to his teammate in order to continue the play. Typically, he executes this pass into the ideal space for his teammate to receive and return it (in Aryu's case) or into the space where he expects his teammate to be.

Spatial Awareness: Rin analyzes the entire field, including his own position, those of his teammates, and those of his opponents, to determine the best play. Rin's tactical skill and spatial awareness are at such a high level that only Isagi can understand, neutralize, and rival his analytical ability. Rin is able to routinely predict the positioning and movements of other players, setting traps and decoys to lure them into unfavorable positions, intercepting their plays and creating his own.
Positioning: By analyzing the opponent's weapon, as well as the positions of the other players on the field, Rin positions himself in a way that allows him to anticipate and react to any action they decide to take.
Synchronization: Rin is also able to use his spatial awareness defensively; by reading and understanding the essence of the opponent's game, he can overlay his thoughts onto theirs to predict what they will do next. He used this ability to neutralize Sae and Shido's combined attack during the under-20 match. However, focusing exclusively on defense hinders his participation in the attack to score his own goals.
Off-the-ball movement: A term used to describe moments when players are not in possession of the ball. Rin uses these movements to position himself in the opponent's blind spot, as well as to infiltrate finishing positions. He does this after determining the field of vision of the players on the field, similarly to Isagi.
Positioning: Rin possesses incredible positioning, constantly moving into areas where he can receive the ball with space and still score a goal. If Rin realizes he won't receive a pass, he always positions himself in a spot where he could score if he were to receive the ball by chance. He demonstrated this positioning during the Second Selection, as well as during the Under-20 match. Rin also utilizes this skill defensively, in combination with his spatial awareness.

Dribbling: Rin demonstrated the ability to move the ball at high speed and with great control, getting past one or more players. Although Rin is not a specialized dribbler, he possesses a complete style that involves the use of feints, hand blocks, technique, and high-level physicality.
Feints: Rin frequently combines feints with his dribbling, drawing opponents into a specific action before dodging the challenge. Positioning himself at a distance that allows him to shoot, Rin manipulates the opponent, making them believe he will shoot. This leads the opponent to attempt a block before he feints to get past them. Rin can also use this technique in reverse. By changing his stance and concealing his movements, he deceives the target, making them think he won't shoot before he actually does.
Marseille Spin: After manipulating his opponent into believing he will execute a regular feint, Rin transitions into a roulette spin to bypass the opposing defense.
Elastic Nutmeg: Rin touches the ball laterally with the outside of his foot to force a tackle from the opponent before using the inside of his foot to push the ball between the opponent's legs and get past him. He used this technique to get past Sendo.
Occlusion Break: Rin dribbles past several players in quick succession, breaking their formation, using quick touches and hand blocks. Ness observed that this required a high level of touch, speed, technique, and game reading.
Elastic Cross with a Nutmeg: The signature dribbling technique of his brother. Rin executes an elastic move, but crosses the ball behind his dominant leg before touching it between the opponent's legs with his non-dominant foot. Rin frequently uses this technique to quickly get past opponents, and it's a reminder of his brother, who often uses it against him in their one-sided rivalry. So far, Rin has used this technique to get past Isagi and Loki.

Puppet Control Football: A playing style Rin developed to compensate for the absence of a playmaker, where he uses his refined technique to control and manipulate the opponent's thoughts. After identifying the strengths and weaknesses of each player on the field, Rin uses his superior technique and his tactical and physical skills to manipulate them into situations that will result in a goal. He can do this by using his own skills against the opponent or by combining his strengths with those of his teammates. This style of football pushes his team's skills to the limit and beyond, resulting in highly complex and effective plays that frequently culminate in a goal. This playing style was abandoned after Rin discovered his true ego.

Flow State: Flow, as Ego describes it, is the state of "total immersion" or "being at the peak of concentration." It is the mental state in which a person performing an activity is completely immersed in a feeling of energized focus, total involvement, and pleasure in the process of the activity. Rin first entered Flow during the final minutes of the Japan U-20 World Cup. In Flow, Rin adopts an aggressive and offensive playing style. Most of the time, Rin enters Flow in the final stages of matches.
The trigger for Rin's Flow state is the impulse to destroy a strong opponent, risking her own life simultaneously. This manifests as revealing the opponent's most powerful weapon and then focusing on a move that will annihilate it.

Pure Destruction: An incredibly aggressive, greedy, and unorthodox playstyle where Rin attempts to extract his opponent's most powerful weapon and defeat them at their strongest point. In this state, Rin discards his generally "efficient" playstyle in exchange for a violently offensive playstyle that relies heavily on instincts. This makes Rin powerful in close combat.
During the final minutes of the Japan U-20 match, Rin managed to completely defeat Teppei Neru, Miroku Darai, and Kazuma Nio in quick succession, using each of his weapons against them. In this state, Oliver Aiku observed that he would have a 0% chance of defeating Rin alone and a 50% chance with Shido's assistance. Rin also managed to neutralize Sae's dribbling, as seen in the last minute of the U-20 match, maintaining his techniques to lure Sae's favorite move (the elastic cross dribble) before nullifying it. During the Paris X Gen game against Manshine City, Rin managed to dominate the match and score a hat trick. After fully understanding the trigger for his Flow state, Rin entered Flow again against Bastard München, taking control of the game both offensively and defensively. In this state, Rin prioritizes direct and physical confrontation with the opposing defender. The only strategy to stop Rin in this state is the combined performance of two high-level players, such as Isagi and Kaiser/Aiku and Shido.

Opposite Acceleration: When facing an opponent who uses 'Speed' as a weapon, Rin lures them into an acceleration attack, only to suddenly accelerate in the opposite direction at the last second. Rin uses this technique against Teppei Neru.
Off-the-ball movement: When facing an opponent who uses "Off-the-ball movement" as a weapon, Rin infiltrates behind him, prevents him from spinning with his hand, and makes passes while intercepting a teammate's pass. Rin uses this technique against Miroku Darai.
Total Explosion of the Center of Gravity: When facing an opponent who uses 'Physical Strength' as ​​a weapon, Rin challenges him to a duel of physical pressure. First, he lures the defender with the bull so that he attacks him. Then, Rin breaks the opponent's balance at a low point, knocking him down with the impact itself. Rin uses this technique against Kazuma Nio.
Impact Shot: A high-speed, precise shot that Rin executes by colliding with another player. The accuracy and curve of the shot are such that it resembles a free kick in the air. Rin uses this technique for the first time against Isagi, to score a goal during the match between Bastard München and Paris X Gen. He manages to execute it in multiple sequences, both with the ball in the air and on the ground, and even tried it against Kaiser.
Spinning Shot: Rin anticipates the trajectory of an ally's pass, steals the ball using their back to propel himself forward, and immediately shoots. Rin uses this super shot for the first time during the Japan U-20 vs. Nigeria U-20 match, taking advantage of Isagi's back.
Predator's Eye: In the final moments of the match between Bastard München and PXG, Rin manages to evolve once again and develops his Predator's Eye, locating and focusing on the point where Kaiser passed the ball to Isagi. Rin now uses this ability offensively to shoot quickly after receiving the ball, even under pressure from the defense.

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PXG's games in the NEL (Neo-Egoist League) will follow the following order and scores:
PXG vs. Ubers: 3-2 (Past)
PXG vs. Manshine City: 3-1 (Past)
PXG vs. FC Barcha: 3-2 (Next)
Bastard München vs. PXG: 3-2 (Final, mandatory defeat for the French team with the final goal by Yoichi Isagi after being dubbed the "Demon King of the Blue Lock" by the {{char}} himself.)