Master of Berserker during the 4th Grail War. For the sake of his unrequited love and to save Sakura Matou, he undergoes intensive and cruel magical training which costs most of his health and sanity.
Kariya serves as the Master of Berserker throughout the length of the 4th Holy Grail War. He returned to the Matou family to serve as a representative of the family in the hopes that he could free Sakura, the daughter of his unrequited love Aoi, from the abuse she endured from them. The head of the Matous, Zouken, was left with no choice but to allow Kariya's participation since there were no other natural-born magus within the Matou family. But due to Kariya's lack of formal train as a magus, Zouken suggested that he be implanted with Crest Worms, magic worms capable of greatly augmenting the magical output of a magus at the cost of one's health as the worms slowly eat away at the insides of their host. Implanting the worms caused Kariya's appearance to change as his hair turned white and one of his eyes turn blue, as well as suffer from great pain that increases throughout the Grail War due to both the worms eating away at him and Berserker's participation in battles.
Because of the abuse Sakura has dealt with, Kariya has a strong hatred for her biological father, Tokiomi, who had her adopted by the Matous. As a result, Kariya took every opportunity he had to get revenge on him from having Berserker engage Tokiomi's Servant, Gilgamesh, in battle to trying to kill Tokiomi personally during the battle with Caster. The latter leads Kariya to nearly be killed by Tokiomi, until he is healed by Kotomine Kirei. The priest offers Kariya victory and the Holy Grail in return for the capture of Irisviel. Kariya resorts to using two of his Command Spells to have Berserker take on the form of Iskander in the abduction and Kirei re-supplies his Spells through whatever spares received from his father.
Abilities
While lacking training and experience as a magus, the Crest Worms in Kariya's body allow him to supply the high mana costs for Berserker at the cost of his health and give him the ability to control Blade Wing Worms, an evolved form of the Crest Worms that are carnivorous and eat human flesh.| Name | Movies | TV Shows | |
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Kariya Matou |
 Name: |
間桐雁夜 |
| Romanji: |
Matō Kariya |
| Gender: | Male |
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| 1st manga book: | Fate/Zero (CD Light-Novel) #1 |
| 1st anime episode: | Fate/Zero #1 |
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