History Characters / FateStayNightHumans

! Main Characters

* EvilIsNotAToy: His plan for obtaining the Grail involves [[spoiler:corrupting Sakura, who he has been torturing for over a decade, with [[DemonicPossession an entity representing all the evils of the world]], which also happens to give her almost godlike power and super-regeneration abilities, and then expecting her to follow his orders until she breaks down entirely, at which point he will possess her body. All this whilst the main worm containing his soul is buried within her heart. [[WhatAnIdiot Three guesses at what happens]]...]]

* SmugSnake: While '''FAR''' more formidable an adversary than Shinji Matou, he in many ways comes across as a highly competent version of [[InadequateInheritor his magically inept grandson]] given that both of their characters are utterly saturated by [[EvilIsPetty pettiness]] and [[SmugSnake hubris]]. [[spoiler:Despite becoming dangerously close to [[GrandTheftMe taking over Sakura's body]] and ultimately [[HijackingCthulhu seizing control over Aŋra Mainiiu]], he overlooks the fact that his entire plan depends on Sakura remaining an ExtremeDoormat right up until her mind breaks down. Consequently, he never bothers to consider that [[DespairGambit plotting to give his "granddaughter" a glimpse of a better life only to tear it away]] might backfire and goes out of his way to make her long-sought romance with Shirou a living nightmare [[ForTheEvulz for his own twisted amusement]]. The extent of his hubris becomes most glaringly apparent when he not only [[BullyingADragon cackles sadistically at Sakura as she writhes in pain while becoming one with All the World's Evil,]] [[EvilGloating but gloats how he "trained" her and worked behind the scenes to destroy her sanity]]. Ultimately, after becoming [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity corrupted by Aŋra Mainiiu's power]], Sakura finally [[TheDogBitesBack rebels against him in retaliation for all the suffering he caused her]].]]

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FumieMizusawa (JP), Jennie Kwan [[note]] credited as Minx Lee [[/note]] (EN 2006 Anime, EN 2010 Movie), Creator/BrinaPalencia (EN 2015 Anime, 2018 Movie)

* MadeOfIron: [[spoiler:Whatever Caster did to him in ''Unlimited Blade Works'' was apparently very painful and involved a lot of blood, yet he's back and kicking not even 3 days later. [[UpToEleven In ''Heaven's Feel'' he survives without a heart]] for 24 hours, seemingly held together by his sheer badassery.]]

* BarehandedBladeBlock: The very first demonstration of his BadassNormal status came when he caught [[spoiler:Saber's [[UpToEleven invisible sword]]]] between his elbow and knee.

* LargeHam: Very much in the story, and taken UpToEleven (if possible) in the [[HaveANiceDeath Tiger Dojo]], which she usually opens [[IncomingHam with a ridiculous description of the section]].

* SmugSnake: While '''FAR''' more formidable an adversary than Shinji Matou, he in many ways comes across as a highly competent version of [[InadequateInheritor his magically inept grandson]] seeing how both their plans are undermined by their own [[{{Pride}} overconfidence]] and [[EvilIsPetty pettiness]]. [[spoiler:Despite becoming dangerously close to [[GrandTheftMe taking over Sakura's body]] and ultimately [[HijackingCthulhu seizing control over Aŋra Mainiiu]], he overlooks the fact that his entire plan depends on Sakura remaining an ExtremeDoormat right up until her mind breaks down. Consequently, he never bothers to consider that [[DespairGambit plotting to give his "granddaughter" a glimpse of a better life only to tear it away]] might backfire and goes out of his way to make her long-sought romance with Shirou a living nightmare [[ForTheEvulz for his own twisted amusement]]. The extent of his hubris becomes most glaringly apparent when he not only [[BullyingADragon cackles sadistically at Sakura as she writhes in pain while becoming one with All the World's Evil,]] [[EvilGloating but gloats how he "trained" her and worked behind the scenes to destroy her sanity]]. Ultimately, after becoming [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity corrupted by Aŋra Mainiiu's power]], Sakura finally [[TheDogBitesBack rebels against him in retaliation for all the suffering he caused her]].]]

* {{Expy}}: He's based on Souren Araya from ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners''. Both are involved in a religious group, have similar [[BareFistedMonk fighting]] and [[HarmfulHealing healing]] abilities, are ManipulativeBastards then later revealed to be TragicVillains, have identical appearances, and even have the same [[Creator/JojiNakata voice actor]]. The only thing missing is Araya's immortality by transferring his soul to different bodies, which is transferred to Zouken Matou instead.

* {{Expy}}: He's based on Souren Araya from ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners''. They share similar looks, personalities, fighting abilities, and even having the same [[Creator/JojiNakata voice actor]]. The only thing missing is Araya's immortality, which is transferred into Zouken Matou instead.
* FallenHero: He once dedicated his life to defending humanity from various supernatural evils as an Executioner. He didn't find it fulfilling, but he did it. In the modern day he's fallen pretty hard and ''become'' a supernatural evil.

* DeathByAdaptation: Implied to be his fate in the ''[[Anime/FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorks Unlimited Blade Works]]'' anime (and possibly the eponymous route) after [[spoiler:Shinji becomes the Master of Gilgamesh and allows him to enter the Matou Mansion; considering how much Kirei hated Zouken, Shinji's own frustrations and Gilgamesh's personality, it is likely that Zouken died before they went for Ilya.]]

* KarmaHoudini: He doesn't show up outside of ''Heaven's Feel'', though his schemes fail even more utterly in ''Fate'' and ''UBW''. The only difference in those routes is that he isn't shown to have died, and even then, he always considered his chances of succeeding to be very slim and was prepared to just sit back and observe the war.
** It might have been {{averted}} in ''UBW'', as a scene in the Matou Mansion implies that [[spoiler:Gilgamesh killed him prior to executing his and Kirei's plan.]]

** [[spoiler:He only wins against True Assassin '''specifically because of''' Assassin's Noble Phantasm, which targets the heart with a curse. Sadly, you cannot curse a living mass of curses with another curse. This gets Assassin nailed to a tree for his trouble.]]

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: In ''Heaven's Feel'', Kotomine comes off as WAY better than Zouken, despite being technically worse for the world. Unlike Zouken, he stays true and consequent to his motives and beliefs and helps the heroes out in an EnemyMine.

* ContinuityNod: Has a very small but notable one in the OVA ''Fate/Grand Order: First Order'', verging on an IronicEcho. Whilst Medusa (this time as a Lancer, rather than a Rider) is walking through the crowd of people she has petrified, she starts stroking the cheek of the nearest one, who looks an awful lot like Shinji. She then rips his head off.

* TheChewToy: Borderlands on him being a KarmicButtMonkey as Shinji is introduced as an extremely ineffectual little slime ball. He is smacked around in confrontations with Shirou and other Servants, cannot get Rin's attention at all, [[spoiler:is bloodily killed in two of the routes, and the sole remaining route spends a good deal of time]] [[BreakTheHaughty convincing him]] that yes, Shinji, it ''really'' is not all fun and games being a magus/Master/the Holy Grail. Considering that he is a conceited little git at best [[spoiler:and a sociopathic rapist at worst]], he doesn't get too much sympathy about this.
* ChickMagnet: The main cast of girls don't like Shinji much, but he's very popular with girls at school. [[SubvertedTrope However,]] character material reveals that [[GoldDigger the girls from the school only like him because he has the looks and the money]].

* BrilliantButLazy: Suprisingly Shinji is quite gifted for a normal human, unfortunately he grew up in a house where magic was the only thing that mattered. As a result he focused his efforts on a field he could never win in, and wasted his intellect on a hopeless goal.

* {{Expy}}: Both his design and large parts of his backstory are lifted from Soujuurou Shizuki in an older Nasu work -VisualNovel/MahouTsukaiNoYoru but twisted to be an antagonist instead of protagonist. The similarity of their names is an obvious nod.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the original visual novel, Caster killed her Master because she considered him a fool and a coward. In the ''Unlimited Blade Works'' anime he is still those things, but he's also an arrogant bastard who abuses everyone who works for him (including his highly dangerous Servant) and kills innocent captives to make mana crystals in a process that is both evil and inefficient. Caster kills him largely out of ''disgust''.
* AxCrazy: The fact that he continues with his highly inefficient plan of killing young girls to make crystals despite Caster showing him much more fruitful and bloodless methods of doing so shows him as little more than a violent psycho killing for the sheer hell of it.
* AdaptationExpansion: The ''Unlimited Blade Works'' anime actually gives him ''an appearance''; he was a total background character in the original visual novel and never even appeared on camera.

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: While he's certainly not a good person, in the ''Fate'' manga, he's the one who adopts Sakura instead of Zouken and instead of forcing her on the worm pit right away, he waited until she was much older.

* WillNotTellALie: For shits and giggles. It's much more fun to trick people without lying. He does occasionally lie or at least only tell a half-truth.

* LateArrivalSpoiler: There is one aspect of her character that the game tries to treat as a big reveal, but these days is going to be spoiled by anyone capable of doing math if they've seen certain other works. [[spoiler:Illya is eight when Kerry & Iri leave for the events of ''LightNovel/FateZero''. So, logically, Illya must be 18 during ''F/sn''.]]

* NotBloodSiblings: [[spoiler:She's attracted to Shirou, whom she also acknowledges as her long-lost brother. This is mostly one-sided from Illya in all routes except "Heaven's Feel", where Shirou gets much closer to her (platonically) and discovers that she is Kiritsugu's biological daughter (Shirou would've reciprocated her romantic feelings in [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the Illya route]]). Before her HeelFaceTurn, however, it's mostly disturbing in that [[OlderThanSheLooks she's physically a young child]], she's crazy, and she'll turn Shirou into her tortured {{sex slave}} if he ever gets caught vulnerable by her (and [[WhatCouldHaveBeen there was almost a sex scene where she raped Shirou]]).]]

* ProperLady: She likes to act like one; curtsying when thanking someone or saying something like "the lady of the mansion has to entertain her guests". [[spoiler:She knows perfectly well how to be one, being eighteen, and it actually ''would'' be her social role in most normal situations. She abandons the concept in "Fate" and "Heaven's Feel", though.]]

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: "Why do you not want to die?", asked to Zouken Matou at the end of the "Heaven's Feel" route.

* ShipperOnDeck: Taiga seems to be actively trying to hook Shirou up with Sakura, which may explain her immediate disapproval of allowing other females into the Kiritsugu household even when she has no problem with Sakura staying the night.

* TeamMom: Of a sort for the Emiya household. While she may not be the most ''[[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} responsible]]'' member of the FamilyOfChoice, she's the closest thing to an actual mother Sakura or Shirou have ever had, and as goofy as she may be she clearly cares deeply about both of them.

** Sakura was [[spoiler: adopted into the Matou family explicitly because of Shinji's terrible potential as a Magus. Shinji was initially kind to Sakura when he first met her as a child but once the realization of excatly why she was adopted kicked in, he started treating her vilely.]]

* DespairEventHorizon: The ''Heaven's Feel'' route hints at it, but the manga and the Character Material come right out and openly state that Shinji's came when he discovered the Matou were a clan of magi and began putting all of his heart and effort into becoming one himself... only to later find they were a ''fallen'' clan who no longer had magical power, [[spoiler:and that if anyone in his family was going to end up fulfilling ''his'' lifelong dream, it was going to be Sakura whether she liked it or not]]. Basically, he JumpedAtTheCall only to discover that there was no call - or, specifically, it is one he physically cannot answer and there is nothing he can do about it - and upon learning this reacted... poorly. The final nail in the coffin was [[spoiler:Sakura's pity.]]

** In ''Unlimited Blade Works'', [[spoiler:Her rejection caused him to attempt to rape her during her capture, but he is scared off by Lancer.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: Can easily be seen as the most unsympathetic of the characters, sans Zouken, not because his deed is the worst, but because he doesn't have a single redeeming quality. While all of the others have some kind of FreudianExcuse, PetTheDog moments, and/or show some remorse over what they've done, Shinji is a dick all the way and refuses to even acknowledge it.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: If Shirou and Sakura are to be believed, Shinji wasn't always so bad, though he's never been good at getting along with other people. According to the Character Material and the manga backstory, he was an arrogant yet decent kid until things went to hell and he became a sadistic JerkWithAHeartOfJerk. He retains a bit of deep-buried decency in the ''Fate'' manga.

* PrecisionFStrike: [[spoiler: Present only in the English dub of the ''Lost Butterfly'' chapter of the ''Heaven's Feel'' movies.]]
-->'''Shinji''': [[spoiler: Yeah... I have to tell Emiya about this. About how you begged and pleaded with me over and over! I'll tell him about everything! About every single time we fucked!!]]

* SlasherSmile: Tends to give a lot of these - he easily has the most [[AxCrazy deranged]] expressions when he gets pissed off.

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:It can appear that way - at the climax of ''Zero'', he ''should'' have died from being shot through the heart by Kiritsugu. However, the Grail (or specifically, Aŋra Mainiiu) used its power to prevent him from dying by keeping his body alive - although this means he still doesn't actually have ''a functioning heart''. Kotomine himself rather thinks the trope applies. It is worth noting, though, that he was '''not''' truly resurrected from the dead; there are very, very specific and special rules about how such a thing can happen in the Nasuverse, and this isn't a case of it. The Grail simply prevented him from dying due to him getting drenched in Grail mud just in time.]]

* DirtyOldMan: In the 2014 ''Unlimited Blade Works'' anime, he runs his fingers between Rin's breasts when about to tear out her heart. His doing so - coupled with his smug attitude - makes her even more pissed-off than she already was.

* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: After the deaths of her parents, Kirei Kotomine, as Rin's legal guardian, became the caretaker of their vast family fortune. By the time of the game, he's managed to squander it all through naive honesty and crude management. [[spoiler: In light of what's revealed about his character later on in the story (as well as in [[LightNovel/FateZero Fate Zero]]), it's [[ImpliedTrope strongly implied]] such mismanagement was actually a deliberate act of sadism on his part designed to make Rin's life miserable. Ultimately, however, it's never confirmed whether such actions are merely another example of him [[{{Troll}} deriving gratification from Rin's misfortune]] or in fact reflect [[HiddenDepths a rarely seen foolish side to him]]]].

** [[spoiler:In ''UBW'', it's implied that Shinji allowed - or even asked - Gilgamesh to kill Zouken after he treated Shinji like crap for so long.]]

* HeManWomanHater: Issei dislikes women in a general way, and especially can't stand Rin. Saber is an exception for the reason mentioned above. Caster is another--possibly because he likes her, or possibly something to do with the spell she put on the temple residents.

* BrutalHonesty: When Kiritsugu visits Shirou in the hospital, he offers him a choice- be adopted by a man he's just met or go to an orphanage. Shirou chooses the former.

* SmugSnake: While '''FAR''' more formidable an adversary than Shinji Matou, he in many ways comes across as a highly competent version of [[InadequateInheritor his magically inept grandson]] seeing how both their plans are undermined by their own [[{{Pride}} overconfidence]] and [[EvilIsPetty pettiness]]. [[spoiler:Despite becoming dangerously close to [[GrandTheftMe taking over Sakura's body]] and ultimately [[HijackingCthulhu seizing control over Aŋra Mainiiu]], he overlooks the fact that his entire plan depends on Sakura remaining an ExtremeDoormat right up until her mind breaks down. Consequently, he never bothers to consider that [[DespairGambit plotting to give his "granddaughter" a glimpse of a better life only to tear it away]] might backfire and goes out of his way to make her long-sought romance with Shirou a living nightmare [[ForTheEvulz for his own twisted amusement]]. The extent of his hubris becomes most glaringly apparent when he not only [[BullyingADragon cackles sadistically at Sakura as she writhes in pain while becoming one with All the World's Evil,]] [[EvilGloating but gloats how he "trained" her and worked behind the scenes to destroy her sanity.]] Ultimately, after becoming [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity corrupted by Aŋra Mainiiu's power]], Sakura finally [[TheDogBitesBack rebels against him in retaliation for all the suffering he caused her]].]]

* SmugSnake: While '''FAR''' more formidable an adversary than Shinji Matou, he in many ways comes across as a highly competent version of [[InadequateInheritor his magically inept grandson]] seeing how both their plans are undermined by their own [[{{Pride}} overconfidence]] and [[EvilIsPetty pettiness]]. [[spoiler:Despite becoming dangerously close to [[GrandTheftMe taking over Sakura's body]] and ultimately [[HijackingCthulhu seizing control over Aŋra Mainiiu]], he overlooks the fact that his entire plan depends on Sakura remaining an ExtremeDoormat right up until her mind breaks down. Consequently, he never bothers to consider that [[DespairGambit plotting to give his "granddaughter" a glimpse of a better life only to tear it away]] might backfire and goes out of his way to make her long-sought romance with Shirou a living nightmare [[ForTheEvulz for his own twisted amusement]]. The extent of his hubris becomes most glaringly apparent when he not only [[BullyingADragon cackles sadistically at Sakura as she writhes in pain while becoming one with All the World's Evil,]] [[EvilGloating but gloats how he "trained" her and worked behind the scenes to destroy her sanity]]). Ultimately, after becoming [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity corrupted by Aŋra Mainiiu's power]], Sakura finally [[TheDogBitesBack rebels against him in retaliation for all the suffering he caused her]].]]

* SmugSnake: While '''FAR''' more formidable an adversary than Shinji Matou, he in many ways comes across as a highly competent version of [[InadequateInheritor his magically inept grandson]] seeing how both their plans are undermined by their own [[{{Pride}} overconfidence]] and [[EvilIsPetty pettiness]]. [[spoiler:Despite becoming dangerously close to [[GrandTheftMe taking over Sakura's body]] and ultimately [[HijackingCthulhu seizing control over Aŋra Mainiiu]], he overlooks the fact that his entire plan depends on Sakura remaining an ExtremeDoormat right up until her mind breaks down. Consequently, he never bothers to consider that [[DespairGambit plotting to give his "granddaughter" a glimpse of a better life only to tear it away]] might backfire and goes out of his way to make her long-sought romance with Shirou a living nightmare [[ForTheEvulz for his own twisted amusement]]. The extent of his hubris becomes most glaringly apparent when he not only [[BullyingADragon cackles sadistically at Sakura as she writhes in pain while becoming one with All the World's Evil but]] ([[EvilGloating gloats how he "trained" her and worked behind the scenes to destroy her sanity]]). Ultimately, after becoming [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity corrupted by Aŋra Mainiiu's power]], Sakura finally [[TheDogBitesBack rebels against him in retaliation for all the suffering he caused her]].]]

* SmugSnake: While '''FAR''' more formidable an adversary than Shinji Matou, he in many ways comes across as a highly competent version of [[InadequateInheritor his magically inept grandson]] seeing how both their plans are undermined by their own [[{{Pride}} overconfidence]] and [[EvilIsPetty pettiness]]. [[spoiler:Despite becoming dangerously close to [[GrandTheftMe taking over Sakura's body]] and ultimately [[HijackingCthulhu seizing control over Aŋra Mainiiu]], he overlooks the fact that his entire plan depends on Sakura remaining an ExtremeDoormat right up until her mind breaks down. Consequently, he never bothers to consider that [[DespairGambit plotting to give his "granddaughter" a glimpse of a better life only to tear it away]] might backfire and goes out of his way to make her long-sought romance with Shirou a living nightmare [[ForTheEvulz for his own twisted amusement]]. The extent of his hubris becomes most glaringly apparent when he not only [[BullyingADragon cackles sadistically at Sakura as she writhes in pain while becoming one with All the World's Evil but [[EvilGloating gloats how he "trained" her and worked behind the scenes to destroy her sanity]]). Ultimately, after becoming [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity corrupted by Aŋra Mainiiu's power]], Sakura finally [[TheDogBitesBack rebels against him in retaliation for all the suffering he caused her]].]]

* BadassNormal: He actually manages to defeat [[spoiler:''Saber'' during their first encounter with only magical enhancements from Caster toughening up his hands and his own unconventional martial arts style. It's stated that had they figured out his assassin-like fighting style, any Servant could easily beat him, but that kind of invalidates the point of an assassin like technique.]]

* ConfusionFu: Kuzuki uses a self-made and fictional martial art called Snake (most likely based on, guessing from his stance and choices of moves, the real-life martial art [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunlun_Mountain_Fist Kunlunquan]]) which involves throwing an otherwise ordinary punch, but then twisting his forearm by the elbow so he can hit at the opponent's shoulders and neck. The reason the strikes are so absurdly effective is that through extreme training Kuzuki has learned to bend his arms mid-swing in ways that ''should'' be impossible, making it a lot easier to hit people from angles they don't see coming this way.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Has intense blue hair inherited from [[LightNovel/FateZero his father]] and grandfather (though the latter has long since gone spear bald).

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Well, back when he had ''any'' hair. See IWasQuiteALooker, above.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: His hair is a dark, dull blue that could almost be mistaken for black.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: He has blue hair, like his son.

[[folder:Shirou Emiya]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NoriakiSugiyama (JP), Creator/JunkoNoda (JP, young), Creator/SamRiegel (EN, 2006 Anime, 2010 Movie), Creator/BrycePapenbrook (EN, 2015 Anime, 2018 Movie)
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"If you walk down the path that you believe is right, you cannot be wrong."'']]

->''"I don't want to regret anything. I want to make all the tragedies that happened into meaningful things by believing that my path is right."''

The protagonist of the series, Shirou is a rather untalented Magus whose only skill is basic Tracing and Reinforcement magic, which allows him to analyze the physical make-up of an object and then strengthen it. His dream is to become a "Hero of Justice", someone who can selflessly protect the lives of everyone from disaster. He inherited this dream from his adoptive father Kiritsugu Emiya, who had given up on it. He is not really sure what it takes to reach that ideal.

At the beginning of the story, he possesses a HealingFactor that makes him practically immortal, though the source of this is unknown and he did not have it before. Shirou is also an accomplished archer as a side effect of his mage training and, following some training from Saber, is mildly proficient in swordplay.

He is Saber's Master.
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->See his [[Characters/FateStayNightShirouEmiya page]] for tropes relating to Shirou.
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[[folder:Rin Tohsaka]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KanaUeda (JP), Creator/MelaLee (EN)
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->''"The world is just another word for the things you value around you, right? That's something I've had since I was born. If you tell me to rule such a world, I already rule it."''

Rin is one of the main Magi of the series. She is known in the {{fandom}} for her {{Tsundere}} traits and helping popularize the twin tail tsundere with ZettaiRyouiki look. Rin is an honor student in Shirou's school, and the talented heir of the prestigious Tohsaka magus family, one of the founders of the Holy Grail Wars. She enters the Fifth Holy Grail Wars out of a sense of responsibility as the Tohsaka heir and her own competitive desire to win. She tries to summon a Saber-class Servant, which is widely considered to be the best Servant class. Thus, it is a point of much irritation when she summons Archer instead. Eventually, she grows accustomed to him, and they are partners in every route of the game.

Rin is a complex person, using a honor student facade to hide her fairly abrasive nature, but this is [[{{Tsundere}} also]] a disguise for her rather good nature and the strong morals she tries to ignore. More than anything, Rin seems driven by her sense of duty to the Tohsaka lineage, though her moral values save her from being the cruel, emotionless magus her brain tells her she's supposed to be.

While she is mostly an adviser to Shirou in ''Fate'', she becomes the main heroine in ''Unlimited Blade Works'' and plays a major role in ''Heaven's Feel''.

->See her [[Characters/FateStayNightRinTohsaka page]] for tropes relating to Rin.
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[[folder:Sakura Matou]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NorikoShitaya (JP), Creator/SherryLynn (EN 2006 Anime), Creator/CristinaValenzuela (EN, 2015 Anime, 2018 Movie)
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->''"No, you are strong, Senpai. It's not because of your Magic Circuit or your talent, but because your mind is pure... I knew that from the first time I met you. I knew you would never betray anyone."''

Sakura is Shirou's timid underclassman and the third and final heroine of the story. She has been friends with him since the previous summer when he was injured in an accident and she began visiting him with the excuse of taking care of him while he couldn't care for himself. Even after he recovered, she continued to visit him and attempts to do all the chores at his house due to her massive crush on him, which he attempts to ignore. Despite coming from the Matou family, Shinji claims she has been kept in the dark regarding magic as in a traditional magus household only the successor will be taught any magecraft. Though she is respectful of her brother and defends his misconduct, he is in turn an abusive ass towards her. Further, despite her upbeat attitude with Shirou, she is actually nearly silent and much gloomier when away from the Emiya household or Taiga and has no real friends apart from those two.

In ''Heaven's Feel'', Sakura becomes the love interest of the story and secrets about her life and the Matou family are slowly revealed.
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->See her [[Characters/FateStayNightSakuraMatou page]] for tropes relating to Sakura.
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! Major Characters

[[folder:Illyasviel "Illya" von Einzbern]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaiKadowaki (JP), Creator/StephanieSheh (EN)
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->''"I don't intend to kill you, Shirou. You're mine. I'll kill the other Masters, but you're special. That's why I locked you up here, so there won't be any interruptions... "''

The little noble girl Illyasviel, usually called Illya for short, was sent by the Einzbern Clan to be their champion the Holy Grail War. She is in fact a homunculus and the Master of Berserker. Due to being a homunculus, her great affinity for magic allows her to effortlessly control the otherwise rampaging Berserker class with ease. She lives in a mansion in the middle of a forest with her Servant and two maids.\\
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Though she is indeed very innocent, this is [[AmbiguousInnocence not necessarily a good thing]]. She's cruel and occasionally vindictive in her naivety and has an odd obsession and attachment to Shirou.\\
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She's also one half of the comedic duo of the Tiger Dojo alongside Fujimura Taiga, and usually plays the Boke in their BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine.
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* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Suffers a brutal version of this in ''Unlimited Blade Works'' when Gilgamesh cuts her across the face in a manner that leaves anything but her now-cut-on-the-middle eyes unharmed. [[KickTheDog Before he tears her heart out with his bare hands]]..]]

* HatesTheirParent: She once resented her father, Kiritsugu Emiya, because he seemingly abandoned her and took it out on Shirou Emiya. Once she learn the truth, that being Kiritsugu didn't know she was alive and that her caretakers kept him from seeing her, Illya softens up and becomes more amicable.