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Rito Yuuki
To Love Ru character
First appearance	Manga: To Love Ru chapter 1: "The Girl Who Fell From the Sky" Anime: To Love Ru episode 1: "The Girl Who Fell From the Sky"
Created by	Saki Hasemi Kentaro Yabuki
Voiced by	Akeno Watanabe (Japanese) Ry McKeand (English)
In-universe information
Nickname	Riko Yuusaki (as a girl)
Gender	Male
Family	Mikan Yuuki (younger sister) Saibai Yuuki (father) Ringo Yuuki (mother)
Significant other	Lala Satalin Deviluke (fiancé)

Rito Yuuki (Japanese: 結城 梨斗, Hepburn: Yūki Rito) is a fictional character of the manga series, To Love Ru, created by Saki Hasemi and Kentaro Yabuki. In the series, Rito is an ordinary student who is after the affection of classmate Haruna Sairenji but has his life changed when he accidentally confesses to an alien princess, Lala Satalin Deviluke.

Characterization

Personality

Rito has always been shown to be a very kind and thoughtful person who holds a lot of respect towards women. As a result of this and his general shyness around girls (or a variety of factors out of his control), Rito often finds himself in extremely specific situations that result in him unintentionally groping many of his female classmates. Despite being described as a pervert, he nonetheless shines to other women through his kindness, though his innocence typically gets the best of him as he'll reject opportunities to sexually engage with anyone.

When creating Rito, Hasemi and Yabuki decided not to make him intentionally perverted so he would be more likeable for a male audience.

Relationships

Rito's love triangle with Haruna and Lala is the most persistent throughout the series, but as time went on, more female candidates were introduced turning the relationship into a harem.

Appearances

In To Love Ru

Rito lives with his younger sister Mikan while he attends Sainan High as his father works full time as a mangaka while his mother works overseas. One day in eighth grade, Rito was found at the scene of vandalism of the school garden and was shunned by his classmates. Despite this, Haruna Sairenji took to his side since she knows how much Rito cares for gardening, which started his feelings for her.

In the first chapter, Rito is being teased by his friend Saruyama about stalking Haruna as he tries to find an opportunity to confess to her, but gives up for the day. That night, while taking a bath, a naked girl appears before him in the tub. After trying to show Mikan, who dismisses it as a "wild fantasy," he finds the girl covered with his towel in his room. She introduces herself as Lala, an alien from the planet Deviluke, but as her costume robot Peke shows up, they are chased out of the house by two large men. Rito instinctively tries to defend her before discovering that she had just run away from her home against her father's will, only to be caught up in one of her inventions that proceeds to explode. The following morning, Haruna approaches Rito as she saw him trying to defend Lala, but he uses the opportunity to blindly confess to her. When he opens his eyes, he realizes that Lala had appeared before him right as he confessed and she interprets it as a marriage proposal, much to Rito and Haruna's surprise. While at first Rito is more easily ticked off by Lala's hijinks, he slowly warms up to her throughout the course of the series. At the same time, Rito gets more opportunities to interact and befriend Haruna.

In the 100th chapter, Rito is accidentally transformed into a girl by one of Lala's inventions, and adopts the alter-ego, Yuusaki Riko.

See also

• List of To Love Ru characters