Tokiomi Tohsaka (遠坂時臣, Tōsaka Tokiomi?) is the Master of Archer in the Fourth Fuyuki Holy Grail War of Fate/Zero. Head of the Tohsaka family in the 1990s, he is the father of Rin Tohsaka and Sakura Matou.
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Background[]
Two centuries ago, the Tohsaka House, in collaboration with the estates of Makiri and von Einzbern, helped found the Fuyuki Holy Grail Wars. Although the other noble families forgotten their original intention. Tokiomi still follows his ancestor's desire to reach Akasha, or the root of all knowledge. He is the fifth generation head of the Tohsaka family,[4] and studied at the Clock Tower for five years.[5]
He and Risei Kotomine are close acquaintances; through Risei, Tokiomi meets the young Kirei Kotomine, Risei's son, whose command spells have appeared three years prior to the start of the Fourth Holy Grail War. The two men arrange for Kirei to be transferred from the Church into the Magi's Association as Tokiomi's pupil while leaving Kirei uninformed as to the true nature of the marks on his hand. They both intend to use Kirei to make sure that Tokiomi will obtain the Grail and that Kirei's role is to provide Tokiomi with additional Command Spells and another Servant. Like Risei, Tokiomi holds Kirei in high regard in terms of ability and character but has little understanding of how empty the young man feels.[6]
He is married to Aoi Tohsaka, the childhood friend of Kariya Matou. Tokiomi leaves his estate in the hands of Rin, whom he intends to be his successor. Though Tokiomi originally hoped to give his daughters a choice as to whether or not to become magi, just as his own father had given him, both Rin and Sakura had unusual amounts of innate ability for magi. Without the protection of a magus family and the training to control their abilities, this potential could cause dangerous supernatural events to befall the girls, or lead to their capture by the Association to use as specimens. As the Tohsaka family's protection and magecraft could only be bestowed upon one child, Tokiomi allowed Zouken Matou to adopt Sakura, as the Matou family had a need for an heir.[7] His sudden decision to give Sakura away comes as a shock to Aoi, though she does not openly oppose his decision.
Appearance[]
Tokiomi is a well-dressed man clad in a white, long sleeve shirt with a crimson tuxedo over it that has black buttons, a blue ribbon, and brown shoes. He has elegant black hair, a goatee, and blue eyes.
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Personality[]
Tokiomi is an archetypal magus who, as all magi strive to do, wishes to reach Akasha. Although he loves his wife and cares for his daughters, he bases everything on his and their lives as magi, foregoing their happiness as regular people and only thinking of their future lives as magi. He has a "perfect and coldhearted" aspect to him that can be called a negative trait to his otherwise seemingly outstanding self-image. It is such a strong trait that it would have guided Rin's life if she were to ever understand that aspect of him.[8] His "charm point" is his goatee, and he spends a long time grooming it daily.[1]
Much to Tokiomi's displeasure, his arrogant and materialistic Servant Gilgamesh has difficulty acting covertly and obediently. In turn, Gilgamesh dislikes his Master, whom he considers boring, and is intrigued by his apprentice Kirei Kotomine's participation in the war.
Development[]
The design turned out completely different from Takashi Takeuchi's original image of the character, but he feels that he cannot picture Tokiomi any other way. Urobuchi was hesitant about killing him off because Rin inherits her kindness from him, so he sought to put Tokiomi in a villainous position. When Rin eventually receives the Azoth knife that killed him, Takeuchi feels that only those who can watch the story like gods can feel something akin to the sense of inconstancy in life.[1]
Role[]
Fate/Zero[]
Tokiomi's death.
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« Both Rin and Sakura displayed uncommon promise as mages. Therefore, both required the protection that only an established mage family could offer. How could I, their father, sentence one of my daughters to failure, to ensure the other's chances? » |
| (Tokiomi explaining to Kariya why he sent Sakura with the Matous - Fate/Zero, Episode 14) |
When Kariya confronts Tokiomi regarding Sakura's adoption, Tokiomi only declares that he can think of nothing greater than for one daughter to be renowned as a legendary victor and her sister to be known as her formidable opponent. Towards the end of the war, during Tokiomi's visit to Rin, his true intention behind adopting away Sakura becomes apparent: Aware that both his daughters possessed exceeding rare sorcery traits, Rin possessed all five elements while Sakura, though lacking all five, possessed Imaginary Numbers. The magical nature makes those who surpass the rules of reason attract equally extraordinary experiences. Tokiomi knew that the daughter he did not chose as his heir must be doomed to a life of disasters, and eventually would become a guinea pig on hands of the Mage's Association. In that matter, the adoption request of the Matou's family would come like a truly blessing, so that Sakura could fulfill her innate potential to become a powerful mage, and would be able to protect herself from others wishing to use her as a result of her lineage.
Near the end of the war, Tokiomi attempts to form an alliance with Irisviel von Einzbern and Saber in order to better dispose of Rider. While they are unwilling to form an alliance with him, a truce is called between them until Rider and Berserker are destroyed. This truce was contingent upon Kirei being exiled from Japan, much to Tokiomi's shock. While reluctant, he agrees to do so with Kirei's consent upon hearing of Irisviel's reasons for disliking Kirei.
Considering him to be a loyal apprentice, Tokiomi gives Kirei an Azoth Sword as a parting gift, only for Kirei to murder him by stabbing him in the back. This is the same knife that is passed onto his daughter, Rin. Because of his untimely death, he was unable to tell Rin about the original goal of the Holy Grail War to open a “hole” beyond the World.[9]
Fate/stay night[]
Rin seeing Tokiomi for the last time
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« Put the Association in your debt by the time you mature. I'll let you decide what to do after that. You should be able to take care of yourself. » |
| (Tokiomi giving advice to Rin before leaving - Fate/Stay Night, Prologue) |
In the Prologue, the clocks were set one hour fast by Tokiomi when Rin woke up, but she only remembered them being 30 minutes fast. Rin suspected it to be some trick of her late father’s, a bit of playfulness on his part, seeming to say “if she can’t even notice a slip-up as trivial and close to home as this, it’s too soon for her to fight in the Holy Grail War.”[10] The jewel pendant memento he gave to his daughter to Rin becomes a catalyst to summon Archer because it was the same pendant that saved Shirou Emiya when he was stabbed in the heart by Lancer.
Fate[]
Rin gives the Azoth knife to Shirou, which he later uses to fatally stab Kirei. Upon noticing, Kirei laughs at the irony of it before dying.
Unlimited Blade Works[]
Kirei reveals to a captured Rin that he betrayed and murdered Tokiomi, mocking her about how easy it was to stab him from behind. Rin loses control and says that Kirei will pay for what he did, but he doesn't care about her warnings.
Capsule Servant[]
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« One cannot survive on elegance alone! The courage to slowly descend into savagery is necessary for an aristocrat, Rin! » |
| (Tokiomi as he's about to fight Rin) |
Tokiomi is an overseer for Capsule Servant, taking away the servants that are too powerful for children to have. In Shirou's scenario, Tokiomi claims he's been using his servants recklessly and tries to confiscate them. In Rin's route, she's calls him too old to be playing such games, but he offers to give her advice. His personality is comically exaggerated, being obsessed with elegance and a bumbling father to Rin.
In G-SAKURA story "ULTIMATE WEAPON S NUMBER ONE" (超兵器S壱号, Chō Heiki S Ichigō?), there's an alternate version of him named Professor Tokiomi, who works for the MATO Empire. He betrays them by turning Sakura into a mecha, the G-SAKURA. Sakura isn't too happy about being turned into a robot against her will and glares at him, causing an horrified Tokiomi to ask Shirou and Rin for help.
Abilities[]
Tokiomi, as the head of the Tohsaka family, has mastered the principles behind their jewel based magecraft in conjunction with his own fire attribute to become an effective battle mage. Using a staff topped with a jewel into which he has stored magical energy for many years, he can summon elemental spells in combat instead of the more simple jewel detonation used by Rin. He is also shown to be capable of manipulating air currents to land from a great height and despite the elemental difference, performed an ice based magecraft whilst teaching his daughter, Rin, how to use jewel magic.
He is an expert in Flame magecraft (炎の魔術, Honō no majutsu?), he can manipulate his flames into barrier and by chanting "Intensive Einäscherung", it creates a flame thrower attack on the opponent.
In addition to this, his apprentice Kirei Kotomine was taught the basics of Reinforcement, Familiar usage, Divination, Spiritual Evocation, Alchemy, Summoning, Necromancy, and mastered Spiritual Healing, indicating that Tokiomi had a working knowledge of those skills.
Tokiomi does not seem to believe himself a man of particular talent, but at the same time has the pride of a magus and follows an unerring path of elegance in all things. To this end he rarely shows anything but a calm demeanour, showing no hint of worry when faced in battle by another magus.
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10
[] Fate/Zero material - Characters: Tohsaka Tokiomi, p.038-039 Tokiomi Tohsaka
Height: 177cm
Weight: 68kg
Blood type: O
Birthday: June 16
Image color: Deep crimson
Talents: Chess
Things he likes: Tea time
Things he hates: Attacks that are against the rules, unforeseen events
Worst enemy: Irisviel
Urobuchi's Comment
The goatee is the charm point. He surely spends a long time grooming it every day. [Gen Urobuchi]
Comment for Tokiomi
Takeuchi: He was a character whose image changed 180 degrees from what I hat thought in the early stages. However, now he has become a character who can't be pictured any other way
Urobuchi: Since Rin inherited her kindness from her father, I was given some hesitation about killing off his character, and so I ventured to put him in the position of the bad guy. However, by personal standard, he's a traditional person without a single thing wrong about him.
Takeuchi: The Azoth Dagger that took Tokiomi's life. During the episode when Rin received that, only the people who view the story from a position like that of a god can feel something akin to the sense of inconsistency in life.
Urobuchi: As he watched over Rin pour magic into it as it were valuable, Kirei was most likely coldly smirking.遠坂時臣
Urobuchi's Comment
Comment for Tokiomi
武内：
虚淵：
武内：
虚淵：' - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Fate/Zero Anime Visual Guide I - Character: Tokiomi Tohsaka entry, p.010
- ↑ Fate/stay night - Heaven's Feel route - Normal End: Cherry Blossoms' Dream
- ↑
[] Fate/Zero material - Encyclopedia: Tohsaka Tokiomi [Person's name], p.101 Tokiomi Tohsaka [Person's name]
The fifth Tohsaka family head. Had everything gone according to plan, he would have been the man to finish the Holy Grail War once and for all.
He started making preparations for the Fourth Holy Grail War long before it ever began. But although he had set up everything perfectly in his favor, he was tragically killed by his trusted ally, Kotomine Kirei. Well, seeing as how the one who tempted Kirei into defecting in the first place was Gilgamesh, in a sense you could say Tokiomi died due to a lack of compatibility with his Servant.
Tokiomi and his predecessor made a conscious effort to commercialize their spiritual lands, and the unnatural economic success of every business situated there naturally led to exorbitant rental fees, which were collected by the Tohsaka. Of course, as far as Tokiomi was concerned, the fact that the "harvests of all the tenant farmers tilling the Tohsaka land" were protected from bad luck and natural disasters by the Tohsaka's careful management of the ley lines, meant that taxing them like this was his natural right. Truly, it was a 20th century feudal system made possible through sorcery.
Although, even among the Second Owners of other lands, very few have ever seen monetary returns like those made by the Tohsaka.
After Tokiomi's death, these assets were passed on to Aoi, and after Aoi's death they were passed on once more to Rin. Or at least, they should have been, but thanks to her legal guardian Kirei's naïve honesty and crude management, most of the valuable property was lost to other people. Then again, as a priest who values honest poverty, he probably thought it would be good for her from an educational standpoint. Just another thing for Rin to wallop him for, I guess.遠坂時臣【人名】
遠坂家五代目頭首。全てが順当であったなら聖杯戦争を終結させたであろう男。
第四次聖杯戦争より以前のかなり早い段階から下準備を費やし、万全の態勢で事に及んだものの、腹心と恃んだ言峰綺礼の造反によってあえなく脱落。ただし綺礼を唆した大元は時臣の契約したアーチャーであるだはに、結局はサーヴァントとの相性問題が敗因と言えるのかもしれない。
時臣とその先代は、霊脈上の要所として権利を押さえてあった地所を、積極的に商業用地として転用させたため、そのことごとくが「なぜか金運に恵まれて事業を成功させ、遠坂家に莫大なテナント料をもたらした。もちろん時臣としては、彼ら「遠坂の土地を耕す小作人たち」の収穫は、行き届いた霊脈管理によって悪運や災難、霊障の類から保護されていればこその恵みであり、当然の権利として租税を徴収していたにすぎない。まさに魔術あってこそ成立する二○世紀末の封建制度であり、他の土地のセカンドオーナーでも、ここまで金銭的な利潤を生み出した者はそう多くない。
それらの権益は、時臣の死後葵に相続され、さらに葵の死後に凛へと相続される段になって、後見人である綺礼が実に愚直かつ大雑把な管理をしてくれたため、実入りのいい物件は大方が他人の手に渡ってしまった。たぶん清貧を旨とする神父としては教育上宜しくないとでも思ったのだろう。凛は二重の意味で言峰神父に報復ぽんちをしていいと思う。 - ↑ Fate/stay night - Unlimited Blade Works route - True End: Brilliant Years
- ↑ Fate/Zero Volume 1: The Untold Story of the Fourth Holy Grail War - Prologue II: 3 years ago
- ↑ Fate/Zero Volume 3: The Scattered Ones - Act 12 Part 3 -62:48:35
- ↑
[] Fate/Zero material - Encyclopedia: Tohsaka Rin [Person's name], p.101-102 Rin Tohsaka [Person's name]
The eldest daughter of Tohsaka Tokiomi. The younger years of one of the heroines of Fate.
10 years ago, Rin’s understanding of the Holy Grail War was about equal to that of Shirou’s during the Fifth War. That is, it seemed like she understood but she really did not.
In the eyes of young Rin, her father Tokiomi was a great magus who must be respected and loved, but as for the coldheartedness that accompanied the ideal, that was a negative aspect of his personality that she failed to understand.
If Tokiomi had survived until the time when Rin could have really understood her father’s personality, it would certainly have deeply affected the development of her own personality. Whether she would oppose that inhumanity and leave the path of thaumaturgy, or whether she would become a “perfect and coldhearted” witch like her father – no matter which one, this parallel world, for Rin, would certainly be one far away from happiness.遠坂凛【人名】
遠坂時臣の長女。Fate本編のヒロインの幼き日の姿である。
10年前における凛の『聖杯戦争』に対する理解度は、第五次における士郎の認識とはば同程度。つまり解っているようでいて解っていない。
幼い凛にとって父、時臣は敬愛すべき偉大なる魔術師であり、その理念からくる冷酷さといった、彼の人格の負の側面を理解するまでには至っていない。
もし、彼女が本当に父親の人間性を理解できる頃になるまで時臣が存命であったなら、凛の人格形成にはさぞかし深刻な影響を及ぼしただろう。その非人間性に反発して魔道そのものに背を向けていたか、あるいは父と同じ『完璧にして酷薄』な魔女として完成していたか――いずれにせよ、凛にとって幸福とは程遠い平行世界には違いない。 - ↑
[] Fate/complete material III: World material - FAQ with Nasu: Holy Grail War, p.131
Q: Why is it that Tohsaka Rin didn’t know about the original goal of the Holy Grail War to open a “hole” beyond the World?
Q: Why is it that Tohsaka Rin, as the legitimate heir to the legacy of the Three Houses, didn’t know about the original goal of the Holy Grail War to open a “hole” beyond the World? I would have thought that the Tohsaka family would have kept some records regarding the true nature of the Holy Grail War. ...Could it be that Rin just never saw those records?
A: It was because of her Papa’s untimely, careless death. - ↑
[] Fate/complete material III: World material - FAQ with Nasu: General Questions about Fate, p.130
Q: In the Prologue, the clocks were an hour early when Rin woke up, but she only remembered them being 30 minutes fast... why is that?
Q: In the Prologue, the clocks were an hour early when Rin woke up, but she only remembered them being 30 minutes fast... why is that? She did suspect some trick of her late father’s, though (laugh). Could it be that Rin, being the idiot she is, forgot about the first time and set her clock 30 minutes fast twice?
A: The clocks being one hour fast was a scheme of her late father Tokiomi. A bit of playfulness on his part, seeming to say “if she can’t even notice a slip-up as trivial and close to home as this, it’s too soon for her to fight in the Holy Grail War.” I have to admit, it’s a little different from the perfect gentleman Tokiomi was portrayed as in Fate/Zero (laugh)Ｑ：プロローグでは凛の目覚まし時計が1時間早くなっていましたが、 彼女は30分しか早めた覚えがない……その原因は？凛は、亡父のイタズラを疑っていましたが（笑）。 やはり大ボケを噛ます凛が、一度目を忘れて“2回”時計を30分早めただけでしょうか？
Ａ：1時間のズレは亡き父、時臣の仕掛けです。「この程度の身近な狂いに気づかないようなら聖杯戦争に参加するのはまだ早い」みたいな、ちょっとした茶目っ気だったんですね。『Zero』で描かれたパーフェクトジェントリ・時臣からはちょいかけ離れたものですね（笑）。