Believing that the Holy Grail could grant his wish for world peace, he left behind his former work as a mercenary. Two years later, Kiritsugu was hired by the Einzbern family to be their representative in the coming conflict. Maiya would later go on to become his mistress. Around eleven years before the Fourth Holy Grail War, he took on a child soldier he had rescued as his apprentice, whom he eventually named Maiya Hisau, training her in much the same way Natalia had trained him. As they continued to eliminate dangerous threats to world peace and stability, Kiritsugu chose to kill Natalia during one such mission, in order to prevent a worst-case scenario. He then came under Natalia Kaminski's wing and assisted her as she hunted down rogue mages. Realizing that his father had intended for the village to be the testing site for his research on immortality, Kiritsugu shot his father to prevent a similar tragedy from unfolding again in the future. Their village was soon overrun by Executors from the Church and Enforcers from the Mages' Association - agents whose respective purpose was to destroy all the vampires and eliminate any trace of civilization and vampirism on the island.
However, Shirley became a vampire after drinking one of Noritaka's potions. He had a crush on a local girl named Shirley. Born in Fuyuki City, Kiritsugu was raised on Alimango Island, where he lived with his father, Norikata, a mage specializing in time magic. He is introduced as the husband of the homunculus Irisviel von Einzbern and the father of a younger Illyasviel. He participates in the Fourth Holy Grail War, a conflict between multiple mages and their Servants, with Kiritsugu's Servant being Saber. Kiritsugu is the main protagonist of the light novel prequel Fate/Zero. Shirou learns Kiritsugu participated in a conflict known as the Fourth Holy Grail War and in its aftermath he passed the child Shirou the scabbard Avalon: The Everdistant Utopia ( 全て遠き理想郷, Subete Tōki Risōkyō) to protect him from danger. Throughout the story, Shirou meets Kiritsugu's daughter Illyasviel von Einzbern. Because of Shirou's young age, Kiritsugu had previously asked a friend, Taiga Fujimura, to look after him after he died. He taught his son basic magecraft and passed on his ideals before his death. Kiritsugu is first mentioned in the visual novel Fate/stay night as the late adoptive father of Shirou Emiya.
The character has been popular within the Type-Moon and Fate fanbases, often appearing on both popularity and general anime polls. His rivalry and fight with Kirei Kotomine has also received praise. Miyu Irino provides his Japanese voice during flashbacks, while Marin Miller voices him in English when he was a child.Ĭritical reception to Kiritsugu's character has been generally positive because of his mix of a dark and a light personality as evidenced by his actions such as his relationship with his family and his violent methods. In the English dub, he was voiced by Matthew Mercer. The character is voiced in Japanese by Rikiya Koyama who first voiced him in the 2006 anime adaptation of Fate/stay night. His design was created by Takashi Takeuchi although he did not draw multiple illustrations of him. Kiritsugu has also appeared in multiple spin-offs based on the Fate franchise.Īs a minor character in the original visual novel, Kiritsugu's characterization in the light novel was mostly handled by writer Gen Urobuchi when he wrote Fate/Zero as a tragic prequel. Kiritsugu participates in the Fourth Holy Grail War a decade before Fate/stay night, supporting his spouse Irisviel von Einzbern and his Servant Saber.
While Shirou and the player know more about Kiritsugu in the story, the light novel reveals him to be a fighter from the Fourth Holy Grail War, a conflict between mages from Fate/Zero. Before he died, Kiritsugu taught the child basic magecraft and divulged his dreams of becoming a hero. Kiritsugu is introduced as the recently deceased adoptive father of a teenager named Shirou Emiya whom he met after he saved him from a fire. Kiritsugu Emiya ( Japanese: 衛宮 切嗣, Hepburn: Emiya Kiritsugu) is a fictional character first introduced in the Fate/stay night visual novel by Type-Moon and further explored later in the light novel prequel Fate/Zero by Gen Urobuchi. Kiritsugu Emiya in Fate/Zero by Takashi Takeuchi
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