Shirou Emiya
| Shirou Emiya | |
|---|---|
| Fate/stay night and Fate/Zero character | |
| First appearance | Fate/stay night |
| Created by | Kinoko Nasu |
| Voiced by |
Japanese Noriaki Sugiyama Junko Noda (young) English Sam Riegel (Fate/stay night) Bryce Papenbrook (UBW TV) Mona Marshall (young) |
| Profile | |
| Gender | Male |
| Relatives |
Kiritsugu Emiya (adopted father; deceased) Illyasviel von Einzbern (adopted sister) |
| Information | |
| Servant | Saber |
| Abilities | Projection Magic, Tracing and Reinforcement |
Shirou Emiya (衛宮 士郎 Emiya Shirō?) is a fictional character from the Japanese visual novel and anime series Fate/stay night by Type-Moon.
In Fate/stay night, he is the main protagonist and the master of Saber during the Fifth Holy Grail War. He is an honest and good-hearted teenager, who always enjoys helping others and aspires to become a "hero of justice". In Fate/stay night, two incarnations of him appear: his original self from the present timeline, and an alternative version of him from a possible future, called EMIYA, who becomes a Counter Guardian and eventually a Servant in the Holy Grail War.
Ten years before the start of Fate/stay night, Shirou was an ordinary boy living with his parents in Shinto. A great fire caused by the contents of the Holy Grail spilling out at the end of the Fourth Holy Grail War killed both his parents and left him mortally wounded within the blaze. He was rescued by Kiritsugu Emiya, who was dejected after indirectly causing the fire and, wishing to actually "save" someone for the first time in his life, rescued Shirou by embedding Avalon in his body. He then later asked the recovering Shirou if he would like to become his adopted son, fully disclosing his identity as a magus. Shirou agreed and eventually learned magic during the rest of his childhood. He was advised by Kiritsugu to apply it in secret, where it could only benefit people and not attract confusion or suspicion. The magic Shirou uses was very basic and incomplete, leading him down a dangerous path with little results. Furthermore, and perhaps inadvertently, Kiritsugu passed on to Shirou his philosophy of wishing to be a hero of justice capable of saving anyone.
Five years prior to the Fifth Holy Grail War, Kiritsugu suddenly died, leaving Shirou alone. He was subsequently watched over by Taiga Fujimura, Shirou's longtime neighbor and his English teacher, and his living expenses were managed by her grandfather. He later went to a middle school where he encountered Shinji Matou. Shirou also got closer to Shinji's adopted sister Sakura, as she started to visit his household frequently during a period while he was injured in order to help him cook and clean up the house. Even after he was healed, she continued to come as a member of his surrogate family.
...
Wikipedia