Yūki Rito



The male protagonist of To Love-Ru, Rito is a 16 (currently 17) year-old high-school student. He is the main character in the series, making contact with nearly every major and minor character in the series. He is the object of many girls' affections (which he is oblivious to) but his major crush is on Haruna Sairenji. He is now, however, starting to have feelings for Lala (and maybe for even more girls).

Family
Rito's father, Saibai Yuuki, is a professional mangaka, or manga artist. He is 36 years old and works at somewhere near where Rito and Mikan lives. He is working on three mangas at the same time, and thus, he is constantly trying to meet his deadlines, making only limited time for his family. Despite this, he loves Rito and Mikan very much and sends Rito a monthly allowance (though that is, if he helps him with his manga duties). Rito is constantly running errands for his dad, getting art supplies for him.

Rito mother, Ringo Yuuki, is a fashion designer and scouter. She normally works overseas, where she is very famous. She takes her work very seriously, to the point where as soon as she sees a pretty girl, she starts to size them up with her hands. She is highly perspective, meaning she can read feelings on people's faces.

Mikan
Rito's little sister, Mikan, lives with him in their house that their parents left them at. She usually does all the chores and cooking, with the exception of when she was sick and had to rely on Rito and Lala to do them.

Despite her sometimes rude behavior towards him, Rito cares for his sister very much, and would go out of his way to help her with anything she needs.

Personality
Despite his clumsy nature, Rito is a very compassionate person. He will go out of his way to help a person in need, especially a friend. This trait, combined with his looks, wins over many girls' hearts, especially Haruna, who has been admiring him since Junior High.

It has been pointed out that since coming too live with Lala he has become more confident both as a perosn and around girls.

Lala Satalin Deviluke
At the beginning of the series, Rito regarded Lala as little more than an annoyance, despite his willingness to help her when she asked for it. Over the course of the story Rito began slowly to soften to Lala even to the point that he had to admit to himself that he felt uneasy when she was not around and found himself more worried about her safety than his own.

Through most of the story it has been obvious that Rito found Lala physically attractive but emotionally it was not an till later that he began to have real feelings for her. His growing affection is obvious but he does not realise it himself an till the Trouble Quest incident when Lala's sister Nana and Momo forced him to admit his feelings for her, though at this point he could only admit that he had come to understand that he thinks he likes her in that way but is not shore if that emotion is love yet.

From this point on Rito is troubled somewhat by his love for Haruna and his growing affection for Lala. This is best shown when he is faced with a chance to tell Haruna how he feels about her, while they were both naked in a basement and she had hinted at her own feelings, but just as he was about to an image of Lala stopped him from speaking long enough for them to be interrupted. It is clear that Rito has developed feeling for Lala similar to those he has for Haruna.

Rito and Lala are however often viewed as being very close and are often seen out and about together. Indeed it is often used as an excuse for his and Lala's absence in a chapter that they are out together in some capacity.

Regardless of his own feelings Rito is fully aware of Lala's love for him but has never lead her on in anyway. It is unknown if that will change soon as in resent chapters Rito has come to understand that he does, in fact, love Lala, truly love, but does not know yet which girl he loves more.

Haruna Sairenji
Rito has had a crush on Haruna for several years, and has a very awkward attitude around her. Neither is aware of the other's feelings for them, but still regard each other as good friends.

Golden Darkness (Yami)
Contrary to her feelings toward him, Rito does not think of Yami as just as an assassin; he thinks of her as a friend. He carries her to Mikado's house when she is weak from using her powers so much. He also tries to save her from another assassin at a festival (which he is unsuccessful at accomplishing). Unbeknownst to him, she may be developing feelings for him. This is supported when he helps her out with chores and makes her coffee when her and Mikan switch bodies for a while (though he did not know that Yami was inside Mikan's body).

Yui Kotegawa
Rito's opinion of Yui is two-sided. On one side, he thinks of her as his friend, especially when she gives him chocolate on Valentine's Day. On the other side, he thinks that she is mad at him all the time because she constantly abuses him for no reason, unware of her feelings for him.

Ren/Run Elise Jewelria
Rito's interaction with Ren and Run is very different. He has very little respect for Ren due to a misunderstanding that caused him to think Ren was pursuing multiple girls. He's also annoyed by Ren's constant pursuit of Lala.

Rito considers Run a friend, and while he finds her somewhat unbearable when she is pursuing him, he is willing to do her favors, such as being her boyfriend for a day.

Kyouko Kirisaki
Rito meets the Magical Kyouko character in the Trouble Quest game, but he finally meets the real Kyouko in Chapter 154, when he pretends to be Run's boyfriend for a day. Rito's opinoin of her is that she's just a normal girl; a normal girl that's the star of her own show. They are good friends, despite the little time that they had to know each other.

Story Role
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