Rin Matsuoka Husbando

Rin Matsuoka is a main character in the anime series Free!, beginning with Free!, and the light novel High☆Speed！ written by Kouji Ohji. He is a freestyle and butterfly swimmer for the Samezuka Swimming Club. He is made team captain after Seijuro Mikoshiba graduates from Samezuka Academy. He is currently training with professional coach, Mikhail Makarovich Nitori and qualified to compete on the global level during the All-Japan Invitational. He hopes to become an Olympic swimmer and is currently pursuing professional competition on the global stage. Rin is a muscular young man with semi-long, maroon hair, red eyes and shark-like teeth. His fall and winter high school uniform consists of white trousers, a black t-shirt, a buttoned up white jacket and black shoes. During the spring and summer, his uniform consists of white trousers, a black polo with a pink collar, and black shoes. When swimming in competition, he wears black, long-legged swimskins with a red pattern or brown, black and white pattern. His school bag is a red messenger bag with the word "shark" printed on the outside. He is often seen wearing a baseball cap. He displays great passion and competitiveness for swimming, as well as teamwork. As years pass, his ideals about swimming drastically change and he doesn't care much about the relay trophy he won during elementary school. Instead, he becomes obsessed with competing and winning against Haruka Nanase. As a student at Samezuka Academy, he observes the Iwatobi High School Swim Club practicing and having fun together, and is notably morose when he sees how happy they are together while he stands alone. His isolation, however, is self-imposed due to his taking on the goal of meeting his deceased father's dream of becoming an Olympic swimmer. At times, Rin displays a softer side, showing concern for his friends' well-being and acting as a mentor towards his younger sister Gou Matsuoka and teammate Aiichiro Nitori. Following graduation and beginning his training with Mikhail Makarovich Nitori in Australia, Rin seems more relaxed and playful, bringing his friends souvenirs and sharing jokes with best friend, Sosuke Yamazaki.