Rina Tōin

Rina Tōin is one of the central characters in the anime and manga Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch and its second anime season Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure. She is the mermaid princess of the North Atlantic Ocean. She is the keeper of the Green Pearl. Rina is a person who dwells on the past. She seemed to be cold and distant at first glance; but as the series progress, she begins to open up and shows a more friendly and gentle side of her.

Rina is the third mermaid princess to appear in both the anime and the manga. Her idol form is Green Pearl Voice. She has two image songs from both seasons of the anime: Star Jewel and Piece of Love.

Aspects and forms

A mermaid, Rina has to transform into a human in order to stay on land. When she is facing a sea monster, she transforms into her idol form, Green Pearl Voice, and uses her voice as an offense. Her two songs are Star Jewel and Piece of Love, and in the manga, she uses 'Cool Shine Pitch' instead of the 'Love Shower Pitch' she uses in the anime, along with the rest of the mermaids.

Mermaid FormRina was born on a Saturday, thus making her a green mermaid.[7] Her outfit is the same as the rest of the mermaid princesses. She wears the similar shell bra, shell locket, a bracelet around one of her upper arms, and double pearl bracelets around one of her wrists and her tail.

Rina’s princess outfit was first seen in Chapter 14 of the manga. Her outfit is very similar to her regular mermaid outfit. However, some changes are a headband of small, yellow roses, two strings of pearls looped around the base of her tail, and a dress with a cleft and three bows on the side of her tail. Rina appeared in her princess form a second time in Chapter 19; this time her dress is identical to everyone else's - with both bows and the cleft in her skirts aligned in the center of her front side.[8]

Idol Form
When facing enemies, Rina transforms into her idol form, Green Pearl Voice. In her idol form, she sings with the rest of the mermaid princesses and uses her voice as an offense.

Her first outfit consists of a long light green dress, long gloves to her upper arm, and high heeled sandals. Rina, along with Hanon and Lucia, gained her second outfit in episode 28 when the trio was upgraded by the goddess Aqua Regina. Her second outfit is noticeably different from her first one. Her long dress now is complete with double layers and a seaweed green bow on her right side. Her gloves now have a second layer, and the sandals are fancier. She also gains accessories such as a headpiece, a watch, and more fluffs alongside the top of her dress. Rina’s second form is more powerful than the first one; it enables her to defeat the Black Beauty Sisters with her new songs.

Special powers and items

Like the rest of the mermaid princesses, Rina needs her pearl in order to transform into her idol form. Her pearl is also needed in order to summon Aqua Regina. When in her idol form, her voice was transmitted by a microphone like object called the e-pitch, in order to defeat the enemies. She says "love shower pitch" in the anime, but in the manga she says "cool shine pitch."