Rintaro Chiwa

Rintaro Chiwa千羽 輪太郎
Rintaro Chiwa千羽 輪太郎
Romanized	Chiwa Rintarou
Profile
Gender	Male
Occupation	FSC Assistant Coach
Skating Information
FS Club	Meijo Crown FSC
Student	Sana Niwatori Hina Niwatori Main Kobuta
General Information
Manga Debut	18 — My Cards

Rintaro Chiwa (Japanese: 千羽 輪太郎 Chiwa Rintarou) is an assistant coach from Meijo Crown FSC. He is first introduced during the Chubu Block Tournament.

Profile

The youngest assistant coach in Meijo; also the only male one. Growing up with three older sisters, he's always been in clubs with nothing but girls, giving him experience with bold, confident women. Has a penchant for sarcasm and recklessness, even though he's also easily startled. Inexperienced as a coach, but he's the best on staff with helping students pick outfits and choreography. Had lots of trouble dealing with Mario Nachi (they used to be in the same club); he's constantly trying to avoid her during practice sessions.

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Volume 6 Character Cards

Media Appearances

Manga

Volume 1	1 2 3 SP1 SP2
Volume 2	4 5 6 SP3 7 SP4
Volume 3	8 9 10 11
Volume 4	12 13 14 15
Volume 5	16 17 18 19 EX1
Volume 6	20 21 22 23
Volume 7	24 25 26 27 28Cameo
Volume 8	29 30 31 32
Volume 9	33 34 35 36
Volume 10	37 38 39 40 SP5
Volume 11	41 42 43 44 45 SP6
Volume 12	46 47 48 EX2
Volume 13	49 50 51 52 53 SP8
Fanbook	FBSP1 FBSP2 FBSP3 FBSP4
Uncollected	UCSP1

Story

Rintaro has been friends with Shoya Kijita and Atsushi Wani since their skating days. Now, all three have moved into the coaching field, with Rintaro working as an assistant coach at Meijo Crown FSC.

Rintaro first appears in the story during the Chubu Block Tournament. After witnessing the newly rising skater Inori Yuitsuka take the gold, Rintaro invites her coach, Tsukasa Akeuraji, to dinner along with Shoya and Atsushi. He initially intends to pry Tsukasa's coaching secrets out of him until they are interrupted by Shinichiro Sonidori and Seiji Gori's arrival. When Seiji asks Shinichiro how he got Yuna Yagi to land her 3Lz3LzTriple Lutz + 3Lo3LoTriple Loop, Rintaro accuses him of trying to take a younger coach's secrets, despite doing the same a moment ago.

Later, just before the All-Japan Novice, Rintaro is among the first to witness Inori's Quadruple Salchow at Nagoya Sports Center. The following year, he appears again the at a training camp in Osaka.

Trivia

Etymology

• The surname "Chiwa" consists of the kanji 千 ("thousand") and 羽 ("feather"/"wing").
• The given name "Rintaro" consists of the kanji 輪 ("wheel"/"ring"/"circle") and 太郎 ("eldest son").
• The reading of the name can contain chiwawa (チワワ, "chihuahua"), an animal reference, if 輪 is read with its alternate reading wa.