Sabato Rokudo

Sabato Rokudo is Rinne's unscrupulous father. After Rinne was sent to live with his grandmother, Sabato would often sneak into his son's room to steal money from his piggybank. Over the course of Rinne's life he would often take out IOUs in his son's name, and continue to burden him under mountains of debt.

Sabato also tries in vain to force his son to take over the Damashigami Company, an illegal business Sabato runs where renegade shinigami steal the souls of people who are not yet ready to die in order to pad their quotas and increase the amount of money they can earn. Rinne finds this practice disgusting, but his money loving father has no such qualms.

In addition to his wastefulness with other people's money, Sabato also has a great love of women. At times he seems to have dozens of different women interested in him, yet he holds a special place in his heart for Ageha's mysterious sister, who also works as his secretary. Sabato encourages Rinne's interest in Sakura, and hopes that he will marry and take over the family business so that he can retire one day.

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The Meaning Behind the Name - 六道鯖人

Sabato (鯖人) is written with the kanji for "mackerel" and "man". This is because his father, a human, died and was eventually reincarnated as a mackerel. His last name, Rokudo (六道), is the word for the six realms of existence in the Buddhist religion.

Voice:
Kappei Yamaguchi

Kappei Yamaguchi made his voice acting debut in the role of male Ranma from Ranma 1/2 and played the title role in InuYasha as well. He has also portrayed Shinichi Kudo in Detective Conan, Tombo in Kiki's Delivery Service and Usopp in One Piece.