<Dd> Issei is the Student Body President of Shirō's school, and another close friend of Shirō . Issei often asks Shirō to fix broken equipment for the Student Body to save money on school expenses . Issei and Shirō often have lunch together in the Student Body office where they talk about what ever comes to mind . His father is the head priest of Ryūdōji Temple, and his brother was a classmate of Taiga and Neko - san . He dislikes Rin, thinking that she has cursed Shirō, but he seems to be unusually at ease around Saber . Issei mentions to Shirō that a mysterious but beautiful woman (Caster) has been staying in his temple . A running gag in supplementary literature is that Issei has a crush on Shirō, a joke partly based on Issei's cold attitude to women and the fact that his favorite food is Shirō's cooking . </Dd> <Dl> <Dt> Shinji Matō (間 桐 慎二, Matō Shinji, Shinji Matou in anime) </Dt> <Dd> Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya (Japanese); Doug Erholtz (Deen), Kyle McCarley (Ufotable) (English) </Dd> <Dd> Sakura Matō's older brother, and a long - time friend of Shirō until Shirō discovered Shinji beating Sakura, at which point Shirō beat Shinji within an inch of his life . Shinji is very popular as vice-captain of the archery dojo despite being chauvinistic and a narcissist . Like Rin Tōsaka, he is of a distinguished lineage of Japanese sorcerers (though his family is originally from Russia), though the Matō blood has thinned and no longer produces heirs naturally capable of sorcery . Shinji feels uncomfortable with his sister's daily visits to Shirō's home . He has an open crush on Rin, but she does not return his feelings . </Dd> <Dd> In all three routes of Fate / stay night and the anime, he participates in the fifth Holy Grail War as a Master, with Rider as his Servant, although he does not have Magus abilities . He initially tries to get Shirō to ally with him against Rin, and later tries to team up with Rin, but they both decline and is eventually beaten and humiliated by Shirō, who (in an act of uncharacteristic bloodlust) almost crushes Shinji's throat for using the school as a power source . He acts as a sort of dramatic foil for Shirō: both are young male Masters who are considered failures as magi who have powerful female servants but whereas Shirō is kind, brave, and truthful, Shinji is cruel, sadistic, and cowardly; this juxtaposition becomes even more clear in the Unlimited Blade Works route, where Shinji runs scared after being slightly injured by a dying Lancer while Shirō is battling Archer to the death in a one - on - one fight . His Command Seals are on a book that he carries around, revealed in the Heaven's Feel route to be the Book of False Attendant, a false Command Seal created by his younger sister, who is Rider's true Master . In the Fate route and the anime, Shinji is the main antagonist of the first half of the plot . After Rider loses to Saber, his book burns up; he flees but is killed by Berserker . In the Unlimited Blade Works route, he is a supporting antagonist in the latter half of the route and is implanted with the heart of Illya, the seed of the Holy Grail by Gilgamesh, but is later rescued by Rin Tōsaka and ultimately survives, realizes the horror of what he had done, and begins to seek redemption . In the Heaven's Feel route, he is ousted as a false Master as Rider returns to her true Master, Sakura . It is revealed that he had been raping Sakura for many years and when attempting to once again rape Sakura in a fit of jealous insanity, he threatens to tell Shirou of this and is subsequently murdered by her in a fit of fright, which would become the direct trigger for her transformation into Dark Sakura . </Dd> </Dl> <Dt> Shinji Matō (間 桐 慎二, Matō Shinji, Shinji Matou in anime) </Dt> <Dd> Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya (Japanese); Doug Erholtz (Deen), Kyle McCarley (Ufotable) (English) </Dd>

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