Rin Shin

Rin-Shin (りんしん)
Occupations	Animator, character designer
Years active	1986–present
Employer(s)	Atelier Fukurou (1986–1992) Studio Kikan (1993–1996) Arms (1996–2015) Pierrot Plus (2015–2020) Studio Signpost (2020–)

Rin Shin (りんしん; also romanized as Lin Sin) is a Japanese character designer, animator, and illustrator.

Works

Teleivison series

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio	CD	CAD	AD	KA	Other roles and notes	Ref(s)
2004	Mezzo DSA	Yasuomi Umetsu	Arms	No	No	No	Yes
	Elfen Lied	Mamoru Kanbe	Arms	No	No	No	Yes
	Kakyuusei 2	Yousei Morino	Arms	No	No	No	No	Eyecatches
2006	High School Girls	Yoshitaka Fujimoto	Arms	No	No	No	Yes	Eyecatch
2007	Himawari Too!!	Shigenori Kageyama	Arms	No	No	Yes	No
	Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny	Katsuma Kanazawa	Arms	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Genshiken 2	Kinji Yoshimoto	Arms	No	No	Yes	No
2008	To Love-Ru	Takao Kato	Xebec	No	No	No	Yes
	Ikki Tousen: Great Guardians	Koichi Ohata	Arms	Yes	Yes	No	No
2009	Queen's Blade: The Exiled Virgin	Kinji Yoshimoto	Arms	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Queen's Blade 2: The Evil Eye	Kinji Yoshimoto	Arms	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2010	Ikki Tousen: Xtreme Xecutor	Koichi Ohata	TNK	Yes	No	No	No
	Samurai Girls	KOBUN	Arms	No	No	Yes	No
2012	Queen's Blade Rebellion	Yousei Morino	Arms	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Ending illustration
	Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero	Rion Kujou	Arms	No	No	Yes	No
2013	Samurai Bride	KOBUN	Arms	No	No	Yes	No
	Wanna Be the Strongest in the World!	Rion Kujou	Arms	Yes	No	No	No
2015	Re-Kan!	Masashi Kudoh	Pierrot Plus	No	No	Yes	Yes
2017	Convenience Store Boy Friends	Hayato Date	Studio Pierrot	No	No	Yes	No
	Dynamic Chord	Shigenori Kageyama	Studio Pierrot	No	No	No	Yes
2018	Tokyo Ghoul:re	Toshinori Watabe	Studio Pierrot	No	Yes	No	No
2019	Ikki Tousen: Western Wolves	Takashi Watanabe (chief) Mitsutoshi Satou	Arms	Yes	Yes	No	No
2020	Kingdom 3	Kenichi Imaizumi Kazuya Monma	Studio Signpost	No	Yes	No	Yes	Sub-character designer
2022	Shin Ikki Tousen	Rion Kujou	Studio Signpost (Arms)	Yes	No	No	No
	Kingdom 4	Kenichi Imaizumi Kazuya Monma	Studio Signpost	No	Yes	No	No	Sub-character designer
2024	Kingdom 5	Kenichi Imaizumi	Studio Signpost	No	Yes	No	No	Sub-character designer
2025	Kingdom 6	Kenichi Imaizumi	Studio Signpost	No	Yes	Yes	No	Sub-character designer

OVAs

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio	CD	CAD	AD	KA	Other roles and notes	Ref(s)
1992	La Blue Girl (2–4)	Kan Fukumoto Rinjo Yanagikaze	Studio Kikan	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
1994	New La Blue Girl	Kan Fukumoto Rinjo Yanagikaze	Studio Kikan	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Twin Dolls	Kan Fukumoto	Studio Kikan (Dandelion)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Shin Angel	Hiromitsu Oota Kaoru Toyooka	Arms (Triple X)	Yes	No	No	No
	Venus 5	Osamu Inoue Kan Fukumoto	Arms (Dandelion)	Yes	No	No	No
1995	Twin Angels	Kan Fukumoto	Arms (Dandelion)	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Dragon Rider	Katsuma Kanazawa	Arms (Triple X)	No	No	No	Yes
1996	Demon Beast Resurrection	Kan Fukumoto	Arms (Dandelion)	No	No	No	Yes
	Dōkyūsei 2	Yousei Morino	Arms (Triple X)	Yes	No	No	Yes
	Lady Blue	Kan Fukumoto	Arms (Dandelion)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
1997	Class Reunion	Kan Fukumoto	Arms (Triple X)	No	No	No	Yes
1998	Kite	Yasuomi Umetsu	Arms	No	No	No	Yes
	Midnight Panther	Yousei Morino	Arms	Yes	No	Yes	No
1999	Dōkyūsei 2: Sotsugyōsei	Akio Sakai	Imagin	Yes	No	No	No
	Words Worth	Kan Fukumoto	Arms	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
2000	First Kiss Story	Kan Fukumoto	Arms (Garyuu Studio)	No	No	No	Yes
	Mezzo Forte	Yasuomi Umetsu	Arms	No	No	No	Yes
2001	Inma Seiden	Kan Fukumoto	Arms	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	La Blue Girl Returns	Hiroshi Ogawa Yoshitaka Fujimoto	Arms	Yes	No	No	No
2002	Words Worth Gaiden	Tsuneo Tominaga	Arms	Yes	No	No	No
	From I"s	Yousei Morino	Studio Pierrot Arms	Yes	No	No	No
2003	Crimson Climax	Katsuma Kanazawa	Arms	No	No	No	Yes
	Body Transfer	Yoshitaka Fujimoto	Arms	No	No	No	Yes
2004	Kawarazaki-ke no Ichizoku 2 The Animation	Yousei Morino	Arms	No	No	No	No	Original character designer
	Immoral Sisters: Blossoming	Yousei Morino	Arms	Yes	No	No	No
2005	Hininden: Gauss	Kan Fukumoto	Arms	Yes	No	Yes	No	Original creator
	I"s Pure	Mamoru Kanbe	Arms Studio Pierrot	Yes	No	Yes	No
2008	Kite Liberator	Yasuomi Umetsu	Arms	No	No	No	Yes
2010	Queen's Blade: Beautiful Warriors	Kinji Yoshimoto	Arms	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2011	Queen's Blade	Yousei Morino	Arms	Yes	Yes	No	No
	Ikki Tousen: Shuugaku Epic Battle	Masashi Kudoh	Arms	Yes	No	No	No
2014	Vanquished Queens	Shin Itagaki	Hoods Entertainment	Yes	No	No	No
	Ikki Tousen: Extravaganza Epoch	Masashi Kudoh	Arms	Yes	No	No	No
2016	Queen's Blade: Grimoire	Kinji Yoshimoto	Fortes	Yes	No	No	No

External links

• Rin Shin at Anime News Network's encyclopedia