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Kirino Ranmaru

Kirino Ranmaru (霧野(きりの) 蘭丸(らんまる)) is one of the main supporting protagonists in the Inazuma Eleven GO series. He is the ace defender for Raimon.

In Inazuma Eleven GO Chrono Stone, he is a defender for Raimon, and, later, for Entaku no Kishidan, El Dorado Team 03, and Chrono Storm.

In Inazuma Eleven GO VS Danball Senki W, he is a defender for Shinsei Inazuma Japan.

In Inazuma Eleven GO Galaxy, he is a defender and the temporary captain for Raimon.

In Inazuma Eleven Chou Jigen Dream Match, he is a defender for Inazuma Best Eleven.

Profile

Inazuma Eleven GO
Japanese version
  • "Raimon's beautiful ace defender. He understands Shindou very well."

English version
  • "Raimon's stylish ace defender, who knows Shindou better than anyone."
Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone
Inazuma Eleven GO Galaxy
Inazuma Eleven Strikers
  • "Raimon's good-looking defensive ace. He understands Shindou well."
Inazuma Eleven SD
  • "Raimon's beautiful ace defender. As Shindou's childhood friend, he understands him well."

Appearance

He has rose pink hair tied into two pigtails and sky-blue eyes. He also has a medium height and a fair skin.

His casual clothes consist of a white-collared green T-shirt over gray shirt. This is followed by tan pants and sneakers that are colored dark red, black, and white.

In the France era, he wears a green T-shirt with some golden lines over a black shirt. His trousers are white and he wears black long boots with a golden line under the boots.

In The Three Kingdoms era, he wears a white-blue shirt with white sleeves and with some golden lines. He has a light green cloth around his neck. At the middle of the sleeves and shirt, he has a brown line around it. He wears a white trousers with brown boots with a golden line too.

In the Bakumatsu Era, he was seen wearing a white kimono-like shirt, with red lines on dark green. He wears a yellow band around his wrist and dark red trousers with white ascents.

In the Jurassic Era, he wears a green-brown shirt with gray lines and without sleeves. In the shoes are green-brown with a gray line too.

In King Arthur's Era, he wears a white, brown and black armor. His cape is red and he also has a sword.

Mixi Max

(CS (021)) Kirino Mixi Maxed

Kirino Mixi Maxed with Jeanne d'Arc.

When Kirino is Mixi Maxed with Jeanne, his hair becomes blond and his pigtails and the other part become much longer. His eyes are azure and he wears glasses. His skin also becomes lighter.

Personality

He is a feminine boy who is said to often get mistaken for a girl due to his girlish appearance and graceful movements. He was the fifth member of Raimon to participate in the revolution. He is generally in a good mood and tries to comfort others when needed. He is Shindou's close friend and is shown to be caring and concerned about Shindou, especially after the match against Kuro no Kishidan where Shindou fainted from exhaustion and ended up in infirmary.

In his concern, Kirino spent the entire time in the hospital with the other Raimon members while they waited for the outcome and the result of Shindou's surgery. He seems to have a rivalry relationship with Kariya Masaki. He doesn't seem to like rough-style playing, such as Kariya's style of play soccer.

In episode 18 of Inazuma Eleven GO Chrono Stone, he's also shown to be somewhat jealous of Shindou, stating during a flashback "But I was always the one chasing after you... even now, I still look at you from behind.". He is seen standing in dismay and shock because Endou Daisuke didn't choose him as a member to time travel to France. However, Kariya gave up his place for Kirino by feigning a stomach ache, implying that Kariya and Kirino have gotten much closer.

Plot

Before Inazuma Eleven GO

As seen in Kirino's flashback, both Shindou and Kirino were in the second team before they were members of the first team. Kirino stated that they were practicing with each other a lot but that he was still chasing after Shindou. Sometime later, both Shindou and Kirino moved up to the first team when they were still first year students at Raimon Junior High. Shindou was appointed as captain by Sangoku Taichi, who was then the current captain, and Kirino was present at that time as well, encouraging Shindou to take the captain title.

Inazuma Eleven GO

He was first seen along with the whole Raimon team, that was led by Shindou Takuto to help the second team that got attacked by Tsurugi Kyousuke. Afterwards, Raimon had a match against Kuro no Kishidan but they were badly injured by the team. At one point, Matsukaze Tenma was added to the team temporarily, being switched out with Minamisawa Atsushi. Tenma was shown to be great at dashing fast against opponents. Kirino and the others asked Tenma to pass the ball to them but they were marked so Tenma had to keep on dribbling the ball. Afterwards, Tsurugi used Kensei Lancelot to get the ball from Tenma which worked. After seeing what has befallen to his team, Shindou used his Keshin to get back on Tsurugi. After the clash between their Keshin, Shindou collapsed and he was brought to the infirmary by coach Kudou and Otonashi Haruna, with Kirino by his side.

Kirino watched over Shindou while he was in the infirmary and Shindou woke up eventually, not remembering the events that happened. Kirino told Shindou about what happened, also telling Shindou that it was the first time he had seen him make a scary face like that, and stated that the others were cleaning up the old soccer club room when Shindou asked where the others were. Hearing that, Shindou wanted to get up but Kirino stopped him, saying that he needed some rest. Shindou stated that he was the captain and Kirino said that he was taking too much responsibility on him. Both Shindou and Kirino later went to their soccer club building, where all the members of the second team and two members of the first team, Mizumori Tatsuya and Kosaka Motonari, left the team due to the events that happened in the morning, leaving the team with only nine members. Afterwards, Shindou, Kirino and Sangoku Taichi were passing each other the ball and Kirino asked how many members will be joining the team after what happened. Sangoku replied that it wouldn't be many and Kirino then asked why Shindou said to Tenma and Nishizono Shinsuke to not join the team. Shindou stated that they wouldn't make any difference if they joined and Kirino sighed at Shindou's response. Later, Tsurugi came and joined Raimon, which surprised everyone and after joining the team, Shindou was left no choice to accept him and gave him a Raimon soccer uniform but Tsurugi slapped it away, to which Kirino and the others were angry about.

Because they only had nine members left in the soccer club, Raimon held an entrance exam to find the last two members. Only five students came to the entrance exam and didn't leave much of an impression except for Tenma and Shinsuke. Kirino wondered what was wrong with Shindou as he used some harsh plays on Tenma and Shinsuke. Despite failing the entrance exam, Tenma and Shinsuke still passed the exam and the team congratulated them. The next day, the other members introduced themselves to the newcomers and had a training afterwards. Later, Raimon had to play a practice match against Eito and had to lose with 3-0 since that was instructed to them by Fifth Sector. Though after Tenma seeing the team losing on purpose, he couldn't allow it so he kept on getting the ball and passing it to Shindou but he wouldn't get the ball. Kirino asked Tenma to stop but in the end, he passed the ball once more to Shindou and he made a goal which surprised everyone as it was against Fifth Sector's order.

The day after the match, Endou Mamoru came during Raimon's practice and revealed that he became the new coach for Raimon. When Endou asked if everyone was present, Kirino told him that only the captain was absent. Kirino watched Tenma and Shinsuke practicing at the riverside from the bridge but he didn't join them. He went to visit Shindou's house instead to tell Shindou that the new coach that is none other than Endou Mamoru. After telling him the news, the two friends went back to the same bridge that Kirino used to watch the practice earlier and they were surprised that the whole team, except for Minamisawa, decided to join practice after all. Still watching the practice, they were shocked when Tsurugi decided to use Death Sword but Endou dodged the hissatsu by moving his head a little. When Endou gave a speech after practice was over, Shindou moved his eyes away from the field to which Kirino muttered his name with concern. Shindou did come to school the next day but he decided to quit soccer after everything has happened. Kirino and Sangoku tried to talk Shindou out of it but they did with no success.

Then in episode 11, it is shown that he decided to help out Shindou, Sangoku, Tenma and Shinsuke in winning the match against Mannouzaka.

In episode 12, the continuation of the match against Mannouzaka, he got injured by the attack of one of the members of Mannouzaka and was benched due to the injury on his foot.

In episode 14, he is seen well, without the injury on his foot anymore but still isn't able to play soccer for a few days. Then later, he was seen paying a visit at Shindou's house talking about the team.

In episode 15, he helps Shindou, Hayami, Amagi, Hamano with Ultimate Thunder, but it fails because Shindou's kick power wasn't good enough.

In episode 17, he revealed a hissatsu of his called The Mist against Teikoku. After that, he passed the ball to Tsurugi but Tsurugi didn't get the ball because he wasn't concentrating. At the end, Raimon won with 3-2.

When Kariya Masaki joined Raimon in episode 21, he and Kirino were paired up to practice. During the match against Akizora Challengers, Kariya pretended to accidentally bump into Ranmaru, where in reality, he was making foul play on purpose. He and Kirino appear to detest each other.

At the end of episode 22, Kariya revealed to him he is a SEED, but he was only joking to annoy Kirino.

In episode 23, Kariya made up some lies about Kirino stabbing Amagi in the back that Amagi didn't do well in defense. Amagi believed it, and had a short quarrell with Kirino. When Kirino asked if Kariya said anything, Amagi defended Kariya and said that he had nothing to do with it.

At the end of the first half of the match, Endou called Kurumada and Kirino to stay in the bench, leaving only 10 people on the field. The purpose is to let Kirino watch the opponents' tactics better and find the flaw. When Kirino got back on the field, he could finally cooperate with Kariya and make him steal the ball.

In episode 26, he finds out how to play on the ground of Snowland Stadium, because of Kariya's observation of Yukimura's sliding.

In episode 27, he used The Mist, but failed against Seki because of his vicious tackle. Along with Shinsuke, both of them stopped Seki's shot though failed but it was able to lessen the force that will reach the goal, that is why Tenma was able to catch it. In the end, Raimon won the match.

In episode 29, he fought against Kidokawa Seishuu. Raimon won, with the score being 3-2.

In episode 34, he fought against Genei Gakuen but was shown to be having a hard time with the Pinball Stadium but at the end of the match, Raimon won with the score being 4-3.

In episode 37, he surprised that Shinsuke has a keshin. He is also happy when he saw Minamisawa.

In episode 39, he was worried about Shindou when he was send flying due Taiyou releases his stronger Keshin version. At the end of the match, he is seen talking with Shindou and was about to leave but then Shindou collapsed on the ground, and shocked him.

In episode 40, he and the rest of the team went to the hospital and he was sad about Shindou can't play in finals along with Raimon. Later, he and the rest weren't focused on the training. He was also happy when he saw Coach Endou was back.

In episode 42, he used The Mist to steal the ball to one players of Seidouzan. In the break, he was surprised along with his team to see Dragonlink instead of Seidouzan. In the second half, he caught the missed ball from Dragonlink.

In episode 43, he tried to stop one of Dragonlink's shoots with Kariya's help but failed.

In episode 44, he was seen with all the defenders of Raimon stopping a normal shoot successfully. After that, Kirino passed to Nishiki. At the end of the match, Raimon won the match with the score being 5-4 and was happy about the win and along with the rest of the team, they throw Tenma in the air.

After winning the Holy Road, Raimon was training until Shindou stopped by, fully recovered from his injury. The team, excited to see him, ran towards him and asked him how he was feeling. As Shindou told them that he was doing fine and relieved that real soccer was back, Kirino reminded him to not overdo the training.

Inazuma Eleven GO Chrono Stone

A New Threat

When Tenma came back to Raimon, he searched for his teammates as he wondered where the soccer club was. Kirino was with Ichino Nanasuke in the library and said to Tenma that he wasn't interested in soccer at all, which surprised him.

In episode 3, he appeared alongside with the Raimon soccer team. They had recovered their memories for soccer again but they didn't know who Tsurugi Kyousuke was. He agreed to help Tsurugi Yuuichi, Tenma and Fei Rune to bring back soccer and stop the plans of El Dorado.

In episode 6, he got badly injured by Protocol Omega 2.0. He used Deep Mist but failed against Beta. After the match, the whole Raimon team went back to their timeline. When they arrived, Kirino left the team along with the others who don't have Keshin because they were mind controlled.

France Era

He reappeared in episode 18, along with his teammates, after Protocol Omega 2.0 was defeated by Raimon. During practice, he was surprised about Shindou and tried to stop Shindou in his Mixi Max form, but failed because Shindou was too fast. After practice, he was seen having a flashback about him and Shindou in the Raimon second team. The next morning, Kariya said that Kirino was jealous of Shindou. At first, Kirino was reluctant to answer, but afterward, admitted his feelings. After he wasn't chosen for the eleven members, Kariya offered his place to him, by faking a stomach ache.

In episode 19, he talks to Jeanne d'Arc about her thoughts in the forest, and agrees to help her in the war. He is later seen coordinating the members whose would escort Jeanne.

In episode 20, as they went to Crown Prince Charles's fortress, he tells Jeanne not to worry, as they are with her. Inside the castle, he told to Jeanne be confident, otherwise the soldiers will not believe in her. He is later supported by Fei and Kinako, as they said that, in the original story, Jeanne would save France and that she is a heroine, raising up the girl's mood. As one Charles's servants tells to them that only Jeanne would see Charles, he asks to him to leave he went with her, which the first, after some seconds, accepts. As they meet with the false prince, he saw that Jeanne is in doubt and advises her to what she is thinking. Kirino is later shocked as she tells that the one in their front isn't Charles. He is later seen arguing with La Hire since he and Gilles de Rais aren't following Jeanne's commands as was established by Crown Prince Charles.

In episode 21, he was seen still worrying about Jeanne and was seen blocking Dhanna with Shindou. Then he had a flashback with Shindou Mixi Max. Orca passed him after that. In the second half, Kirino was been putting as forward. When he received the ball from Hamano, he dribbled towards the opponent's goal. Dhanna used Defense Command 03 and Kirino loosed the ball and his leg was injured due to the fall. He tried to stand up because he thought that it was his fault for losing the ball but if failed. Then Shindou stole the ball and Kirino called his name. Shindou said that he shouldn't worry about it and leave the match to the others. Shindou ran after some opponents and Kirino had a flashback of Kariya telling Kirino that he is jealous on Shindou. Kirino said that Kariya was true and stood up and ran to Shindou. He helped Shindou to block Orca and his Keshin aura was revealed.

Orca passed the ball to Bahamus and Kirino and Shindou both make a sliding tackle and the ball went out of the line. After that, he helped Shindou to stand up and called Jeanne. He said that he trusted Jeanne. The match resumes and Kirino called out his Keshin, Senkishi Brynhildr and blocked Leiser's Offense Command 04. He was happy when he realized his Keshin and this motivated Jeanne once more. When Protocol Omega 3.0 kicked off, Wonderbot ran to the other side of the field and pointed the Mixi Max Gun on Kinako but she said that Wonderbot should point on Kirino and then he Mixi Maxed Kirino with Jeanne. He then easily stole the ball from Gamma and passed to Tsurugi who used Keshin Armed and scored the first goal. After that, he says that the match rhythm was under their possession and that Raimon would attack with all their forces. Kirino received the ball from Kinako and passed it to Shindou which broke through the defense of Protocol Omega 3.0. Shindou then used Mixi Trans, used Setsuna Boost and scored the second goal. Kirino and Shindou turned both back to normal. Before Raimon departed, Jeanne gave Kirino a candy, which he ate in the Inazuma TM Caravan.

Three Kingdoms Era

In episode 22, he was selected to be one of the members who would made a time travel to Ryuu Gentoku's era. He was later seen explaining to Taiyou about not rushing into things, as Taiyou was disappointed about not being chosen to participate in a soccer match against Zanark Domain.

In episode 25, after Nishiki was roughly tackled by Zanark, Kirino tried to stop him with Senkishi Brynhildr, but it was easily beaten by Zanark's Makaiou Zodiac. However, the match was later interrupted because Zanark was out of control.

Jurassic Era

In episode 31 during the Jurassic Era, he went along with the other teammates to explore the era and was shocked when he saw Torb chasing away the Tyrannosaurus. He later went to Torb's home and helped searching for Rockstar along with his teammates the next day.

King Arthur's Era

In episode 35, he was turned into one of the Entaku no Kishidan.

Ragnarok Tournament

He was chosen to be a member of El Dorado Team 03. In episode 45, he used his Keshin Armed for the first time.

In episode 46, he got a headache caused by Fei's power. He was also shocked about Kinako being Fei's mother.

In episode 47, he and the rest of the Raimon team, welcomed back Fei to the team.

Inazuma Eleven GO Galaxy

The Raimon team was present in the Holy Road Stadium to hear who was selected for Inazuma Japan but Kirino, along with Shinsuke and Nishiki, were really surprised when they heard that they weren't chosen at all for Inazuma Japan. Despite not being chosen, Kirino decided to watch the match between Inazuma Japan and Teikoku Gakuen and wished Shindou good luck for the match. However, when he saw Inazuma Japan's plays, he wondered why they were chosen for Inazuma Japan instead of him and was sad to see that this was Inazuma Japan when the match ended with Inazuma Japan's lose.

He reappears in episode 19 with the rest of Raimon and they have a practice match with the Earth Eleven and he then waves as the Galaxy Nauts Gou leaves.

Movie

Inazuma Eleven GO the Movie: The Ultimate Bonds Gryphon

He, along with Raimon have a match against Unlimited Shining. He used Deep Mist, but failed against Hakuryuu's shoot. He was badly injured along with the defense.

After being reunited with the coach Endou and his old teammates, Fubuki, Kazemaru, Fudou and Kabeyama, Kirino, alongside with Shindou and Kurumada went training with Kazemaru.

During the match against Zero, he was also easily beaten by Zero's members but during the second half, he along Kariya were able to block Rinne's Tekki Hei Knight B by using Deep Mist and Hunter's Net.

Later, at the end of the match, he shook hands with Rinne Makoto.

Game appearance

Character avatar

Avatar
School uniform (R-SU (GO)) Kirino Ranmaru sprite
Raimon (GO)'s jacket (R-J (GO)) Kirino Ranmaru sprite
Raimon (GO)'s uniform (R (GO)) Kirino Ranmaru sprite(R (CS)) Kirino Ranmaru sprite (MM)
Time Travel clothes Kirino Ranmaru sprite (France)Kirino Ranmaru sprite (knight)
Kirino Ranmaru sprite (China)Kirino Ranmaru sprite (caveman)
Entaku no Kishidan's uniform (EK) Kirino Ranmaru sprite
Shinsei Inazuma Japan's uniform (SIJ) Kirino Ranmaru sprite
Earth Eleven's uniform (EE) Kirino Ranmaru sprite

Strikers avatar

Avatar Sprite
Save icon Kirino Ranmaru save icon (S)
Shinsei Raimon (SR) Kirino Ranmaru sprite (S) (SR) Kirino Ranmaru versus sprite (S) (1)(SR) Kirino Ranmaru versus sprite (S) (2)(SR) Kirino Ranmaru versus sprite (MM) (S) (1)(SR) Kirino Ranmaru versus sprite (MM) (S) (2)

SD avatar

Avatar Sticker
Shinsei Raimon (SR) Kirino Ranmaru sprite (SD) (SR) Kirino Ranmaru sticker (SD)

Character view

Front overview Back overview Front close view Back close view
School uniform (R-SU (GO)) Kirino 3D (1) (R-SU (GO)) Kirino 3D (2) (R-SU (GO)) Kirino 3D (3) (R-SU (GO)) Kirino 3D (4)
Raimon (GO)'s jacket (R-J (GO)) Kirino 3D (1) (R-J (GO)) Kirino 3D (2) (R-J (GO)) Kirino 3D (3) (R-J (GO)) Kirino 3D (4)
Raimon (GO)'s uniform (normal form) (R (GO)) Kirino 3D (1) (R (GO)) Kirino 3D (2) (R (GO)) Kirino 3D (3) (R (GO)) Kirino 3D (4)
Raimon (GO)'s uniform (Mixi Max form) (R (CS)) Kirino 3D (MM) (1) (R (CS)) Kirino 3D (MM) (2) (R (CS)) Kirino 3D (MM) (3) (R (CS)) Kirino 3D (MM) (4)
Entaku no Kishidan's armor (EK) Kirino 3D (1) (EK) Kirino 3D (2) (EK) Kirino 3D (3) (EK) Kirino 3D (4)
Shinsei Inazuma Japan's uniform (SIJ) Kirino 3D (1) (SIJ) Kirino 3D (2) (SIJ) Kirino 3D (3) (SIJ) Kirino 3D (4)
Keshin Armed - Brynhildr (KA) Kirino 3D (1) (KA) Kirino 3D (2) (KA) Kirino 3D (3) (KA) Kirino 3D (4)

SD character view

Front overview
Shinsei Raimon (SR) Kirino 3D (SD)

Voicelines

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English Japanese
"Goal! We'll settle next time!" "ゴール!次も決めるぞ!"
"Goal! That's too bad." "ゴール!悪いな。"
"Goal! What's up, Shindou?" "ゴール!どうした神童?"
"Goal! Still naive!" "ゴール!まだまだ甘い!"
"Goal! This is Raimon!" "ゴール!これが雷門だ!"

Recruitment

Inazuma Eleven GO Galaxy
Normal form

In both versions of the game, Kirino can be recruited by selecting him as one of the players that will join Earth Eleven during the Grand Celesta Galaxy. Otherwise, in order to recruit Kirino, Ixal Fleet has to be defeated first in the story mode.
Also, the following requirements are needed:

After this, he can be scouted.


Mixi Max form

Fei Mixi Maxed with Jeanne can be randomly dropped by a special Gacha Machine in Sandorius that is available after Ixal Fleet has been defeated in the story mode.
Also, the following requirements are needed:

  • Item: Kizuna Galaxy ミニチュアキャラバン Miniature Caravan (ミニチュアキャラバン, randomly dropped from Legend 2 Nensei in Fuyukai Suguru's right taisen route)
  • Item: Kizuna Chrono Stone あこがれのメガネ Glasses of Longing (あこがれのメガネ, randomly dropped from Glasses Masters (メガネマスターズ) around Shindou's mansion)
  • Item: Kizuna Galaxy まさかのオーパーツ Unexpected OOPArts (まさかのオーパーツ, randomly dropped from Grandchildren (グランドチルドレン) at Lost Galaxy)
  • Photo: Photo icon Soccer Goddess Statue (サッカーの女神像の写真, taken at Inazuma Town's Station entrance)

After this, he can be scouted.

Stats

All stats are at level 99 and untrained.

Inazuma Eleven GO
  • GP: 115
  • TP: 204
  • Kick: 69
  • Dribbling: 93
  • Technique: 118
  • Block: 112
  • Speed: 92
  • Stamina: 91
  • Catch: 51
  • Lucky: 89
  • Freedom: 90
Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone
Inazuma Eleven GO Galaxy

All stats are fully upgraded.

Inazuma Eleven Strikers
  • TP: 160
  • Kick: C
  • Guard: B
  • Body: B
  • Speed: B
  • Control: A
  • Catch: C
Inazuma Eleven Strikers 2012 Xtreme
Inazuma Eleven GO Strikers 2013

All stats are at S-rank, level 50, limit break 10, fully upgraded, all skills learned and all kizuna unlocked.

Inazuma Eleven SD
Shinsei Raimon
  • GP: 198
  • TP: 118
  • Kick: 34
  • Dribble: 43
  • Block: 58
  • Catch: 25

Hissatsu

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Keshin

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Keshin Armed

Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone
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Mixi Max

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Best Match Mixi Max
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Game exclusive teams

Trivia

  • The Kanji character for "Kiri", 霧, in his surname, Kirino, means mist, a reference to his hissatsu techniques, The Mist and Deep Mist.
    Incidentally, his forename, Ranmaru, is a reference to Mori Ranmaru, who was an attendant to Oda Nobunaga, correlating to his relationship with Shindou, who, coincidentally, got a Mixi Max with Oda Nobunaga.
    • Kirino's design was also inspired by Mori Ranmaru, they were often depicted as a beautiful person in historical texts so Hino asked for his design to look beautiful. When his design was completed, Hino noted how Kirino resembled Mori Ranmaru despite him not explicitly stating to draw him similarly.[1]
    • His dub name, Gabriel Garcia, is a reference to Gabriel García Márquez, a Colombian novelist who was also referred to as "Gabito", a reference to his dub nickname, Gabi.
  • His character designer, Yuuko Inoue stated that when designing him they did it with the conflicting ideas of him as ‘a boy who’s more beautiful than a girl’ yet ‘still a boy!’.
    • He was going to be given a ponytail to look more masculine, but that made him look too much like a girl.
  • Ironically, Kirino hates the idea of him looking like a girl, but still choses his twin tail hairstyle.
  • After seeing Kirino's completed design Hino considered making him the protagonist, but decided not after considering the outline of the story already.[1]
  • According to InaDan's Drama CD - Kirino's Phone Conversation, he's not good at controlling LBX as evidenced when he made Jin's Triton fall into the lake.
    • It is also revealed that he likes listening to Shindou playing the piano.
  • In Chapter 5 of the Inazuma Eleven GO Anthology manga, it is revealed that he is used to cats because he likes to play with Shindou's cats.
  • He has seven character songs:
Kirino poll

Kirino in a Character Ranking poll.

  • He won the 1st in the Anime Grand Prix award as the best male anime character in 2011 and 2012.
    • The following year, in 2013, he placed the 2nd.
  • In 2012, Kirino was featured in a Famitsu magazine in a Character Ranking poll for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, being in the 18th place.
  • He and Shindou won 1st place in an Animage 2011 poll about which characters are soulmates.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nintendo Dream Magazine, Janurary Issue 2012 - "Is Kirino Ranmaru actually Mori Ranmaru?"

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