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火焔猫 (かえんびょう)   (りん)
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Rin Kaenbyou
Rin Kaenbyou
Rin Kaenbyou in Subterranean Animism
地獄の輪禍
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Nickname

Orin ( (りん) )

Species

Kasha

Abilities

Power to carry away corpses

Occupation

Controller of spirits in the remnants of the Hell of Blazing Fires

Location

Hell of Blazing Fires, Palace of the Earth Spirits

Music Themes
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Official Games
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Rin Kaenbyou (火焔猫 燐 Kaenbyou Rin) is one of Satori's pets, and her job is to carry corpses to the former Hell of Blazing Fires to regulate its heat.

Concept

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Kasha are a type of youkai that appear amidst stormy weather to bear the bodies of sinners to Hell. They are said to be cats that have turned into youkai (e.g. through long life). Sometimes temples near places where kasha are said to live will hold two funerals for the dead: in the first, the coffin is filled with rocks so that the kasha won't disrupt the funeral to carry off the deceased.

Name

The characters for Kaenbyou literally mean "blazing cat". The one for Rin means "phosphorus". Rin is shown pushing a wheelbarrow, which is also known in Japanese as a Nekoguruma (猫車) (Literally, "cat cart").

Appearance

Rin has black cat ears and dark red eyes, with fiery red hair styled into twin braids and adorned by black ribbons at the top and bottom of the braids. She wears a black decorated dress with green frills. She's pushing a wheelbarrow in one hand and holding a bluish spirit in the other. Surrounding her are several more of these spirits.

Species

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In Buddhism, a kasha is a fiery chariot which carries dead sinners to hell.

Story

Subterranean Animism

Before the events of Subterranean Animism, Rin learned of her old friend Utsuho Reiuji's newly acquired power and of her plans to conquer the above ground. She became terrified at the thought of her friend's future and of the cruel punishment that her mistress, Satori Komeiji, would surely impart on Utsuho (though the latter was simply Rin's fear; Satori would not have been cold-hearted). Rin decided to drive the evil spirits to above ground to lure the youkai in and get them to help her, but instead a human appeared before her.

Rin tried to defeat the heroine so she could take the heroine's corpse, but Rin ended up losing. Upon seeing that the heroine was unexpectedly strong, Orin asked her to go deeper into the Hell of Blazing Fires to help Utsuho.

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Relationships

Satori Komeiji

Rin is one of Satori's pets. In order to keep the Hell of Blazing Fires and the Palace of Earth Spirits in proper working order, Satori appointed various jobs to her pets. Rin's job is to control the spirits in the Hell of Blazing Fires and to feed the flames with corpses.

Utsuho Reiuji

Rin and Utsuho have a longstanding friendship, having known each other from before the Underground separated from Hell and before Satori started taking care of them.

Additional Information

Trivia

Orin's sigil from the Grimoire of Marisa
  • Some of her attacks resemble attacks used by the second boss of Samidare, Anareta.
  • Rin may be the most persistent Touhou boss, appearing as a midboss in three stages, a beginning-of-stage boss in one stage, and a stage boss all in one game.
  • Rin is the only Windows Stage 6 midboss that, when defeated, doesn't directly lead to the final boss. A generic "death fairy" leads to Utsuho instead, similar to Mountain of Faith's Stage 6, except than in MoF there isn't a midboss.
  • In ancient Aztec culture, each household had a small red dog called the Techihi who was said to guide lost souls to the underworld, and would often be sacrificed along with its master. Strangely, Rin has both red hair and performs a similar duty.
  • In Double Spoiler, when taking a picture of Rin in her cat form, the player is awarded the "Cat bonus", which gives a bonus of 666 points, the mark of the beast. This is somewhat fitting considering that Rin is located in Hell.
  • She is the only character in any Touhou game to have her theme start before her character title appears.

Fanon

  • Rin is commonly referred to as just "Orin" instead of her full name because that's what shows as her boss title in SA. The name 「おりんりん」 or "OrinRin," has also been a standard fanon way of referring to her.
  • Careful observers will notice that Rin has both human ears and cat ears. This has led to some fanart where she takes her cat ears off. Or in a few rare cases, the other way around.
  • A Zombie Fairy can usually be seen with Rin in fanart.
  • She is paired very often with Chen for obvious reasons.

Spell Cards

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Total: 14
猫符「キャッツウォーク」 Cat Sign "Cat's Walk" SA
GoM
St. 5: E/N
猫符「怨霊猫乱歩」 Cat Sign "Vengeful Cat Spirit's Erratic Step" SA St. 5: H/L
呪精「ゾンビフェアリー」 Cursed Sprite "Zombie Fairy" SA
GoM
St. 5: E/N
呪精「怨霊憑依妖精」 Cursed Sprite "Fairies Possessed by Vengeful Spirits" SA St. 5: H/L
恨霊「スプリーンイーター」 Malicious Spirit "Spleen Eater" SA
GoM
St. 5: E/N
屍霊「食人怨霊」 Corpse Spirit "Vengeful Cannibal Spirit" SA St. 5: H/L
贖罪「旧地獄の針山」 Atonement "Needle Mountain of a Former Hell" SA
GoM
St. 5: E/N
贖罪「昔時の針と痛がる怨霊」 Atonement "The Needles of Yore and the Vengeful Spirits in Pain" SA St. 5: H/L
「死灰復燃」 "Rekindling of Dead Ashes" SA St. 5: E/N
「小悪霊復活せし」 "Small Demon's Revival" SA St. 5: H/L
妖怪「火焔の車輪」 Youkai "Blazing Wheel" SA St. 6: E/N/H/L
死符「ゴーストタウン」 Death Sign "Ghost Town" DS St. 8
「死体繁華街」 "Corpse Shopping District" DS
GoU
St. 8
酔歩「キャットランダムウォーク」 Drunkard's Walk "Cat Random Walk" DS St. 8

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Official Profiles

Subterranean Animism - おまけ.txt

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Rin Kaenbyou SA ○5面ボス 地獄の輪禍

  火焔猫 燐(かえんびょう りん)(通称:お燐)
  Kaenbyou Rin

  種族:火車
  能力:死体を持ち去る程度の能力

  本当の名前は火焔猫 燐(かえんびょう りん)
  本人は長い名前が嫌いで、誰にでもお燐と呼ばせている。

  火の中に棲む猫で、さとりのペットである。口が上手く、死体や霊と自由に会話が出来る為、灼熱地獄跡で怨霊の管理を任されている。

  彼女の古い友人に霊烏路空が居る。彼女とはさとりに飼われ始めた頃、則ち地底が地獄でなくなった頃以来の親友である。

  ある日、彼女は灼熱地獄跡に異変を感じ取った。
  いつもよりも火力が強かったのだ。

  火力の管理は空の管轄である。お燐はすぐに空の元を訪ねて驚いた。
  誰から貰ったのか、恐ろしいまでの強力な力を手に入れていたのだ。

  それ以来、空は増長し始め、力を見せつけるようになっていった。
  終いには地上を灼熱地獄にして支配するとまで言い始めた。

  そんなこと出来る筈もない。さとり様が許す筈もない。
  その企みを地底の誰かに知られてしまえば、空は鬼達に始末されてしまうかも知れないのに。
  お燐は友人の変貌に呆れ、彼女は禁断の技を使う。

  それは怨霊を地上に送り込む事。それにより地上の妖怪達に異変を知らしめる事が出来れば、何かが変わる筈だと。
  彼女は地上の妖怪達に助けを求めたのだが、彼女の前の現れたのは地上の人間だった。

  その人間は思いの外強く、妖怪退治の専門家といううってつけの人間だったのである。
  その人間の腕が確かなら、増長した空を懲らしめる事が出来るかも知れない、そう考えた。

  最初からさとり様に相談すれば良かったのだが、お燐は何となく空の異変を隠した方がいいと思っていた。もし空の異変に気付けば、さとり様は容赦なく空を始末するだろう、そう考えていた。
  勿論そんな筈も無いのだが、子供が親に秘密がばれるのを恐れる様に、お燐も秘密がばれる事を恐れていた。
  お燐は彼女に畏怖の念を抱いていたのである。

Stage 5 Boss Hell's Traffic Accident

Rin Kaenbyou (nickname: Orin)

Species: kasha
Ability: power to carry off corpses

Her real name is Rin Kaenbyou.
She doesn't like long names, though, so she has everyone call her Orin.

A cat that lives among the flames, and Satori's pet. Since she's well-spoken and can converse freely with corpses and spirits, she was left in charge of controlling the spirits in what was once the Hell of Blazing Fires.

She has an old friend named Reiuji Utsuho. They've been close friends since before the time Satori began taking care of her, that is, the time when the underground separated from Hell.


One day, she felt a disturbance in what was left of the Hell of Blazing Fires.
The flames were much stronger than usual.

Regulating the flames was Utsuho's job. Orin went to visit Utsuho and was surprised by what she found.
She had discovered a frighteningly strong power, or had been given it by someone.

Since then, Utsuho began to grow stronger, and to seek out power.
Eventually, she started talking about conquering the above ground and turning it into a scorching hell.

There's no way she should have been able to do that. There's no way Satori would allow it.
If anybody underground found out about this plan, the oni would probably take care of Utsuho.
Amazed by the transformation her friend had undergone, Orin began to delve into a forbidden art.


That forbidden art was how to drive the evil spirits above ground. If she could force some sort of incident with the youkai above ground, something would surely change.
She was trying to get the youkai above ground to help her, but what finally appeared before her was a human from above ground.

That human was unexpectedly strong, and what is more, she specialized in youkai extermination.
If she's really that strong, Orin thought, she might be able to deal with Utsuho.


Everything would have turned out fine if Orin had just gone to Satori in the first place, but she thought it would be better if she tried to hide what Utsuho was doing. If Satori had found out about Utsuho's plan, she thought, she'd waste no time dealing with Utsuho in a ruthless fashion. Of course, that wasn't true, but just as children are afraid of their parents finding out their secrets, Orin was afraid of Satori finding out about hers. Orin was somewhat in awe of Satori.

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Official Sources

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