PRINCESS RUTO
Database
Characters around Princess Ruto
Her circle is small: family, the Zora around her, the hero who carries her out of the belly, and a few people players mix up with her.
Updated 2026-11-14
The table separates family, allies and characters whose names or appearance cause confusion. Link has a relationship page, while Rutela’s row leads to the Twilight Princess correction. Child and adult Ruto are two stages of the same character. The other entries provide context without duplicating an unrelated character’s full biography.
| Name | Family tie | First appearance | Role in her story | Page | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princess Ruto | Daughter of King Zora; Mipha and Sidon are descendants | Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64, 1998) | Zora princess rescued inside Jabu-Jabu; later Sage of Water | / | 2 publishers · see Sources |
| Link | No named family | The Legend of Zelda (1986); Hero of Time incarnation: Ocarina of Time (1998) | Rescues Ruto; unknowingly her fiancé | Princess Ruto and Link | 2 publishers · see Sources |
| King Zora | Father of Ruto | Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64, 1998) | Grants access to Zora Fountain after reading Ruto's letter | Table only | 1 publisher · see Sources |
| Mipha | Descendant of Ruto; sister of Sidon | Breath of the Wild (2017) | Descendant; piloted Divine Beast Vah Ruta | Table only | 1 publisher · see Sources |
| Sidon | Descendant of Ruto; brother of Mipha | Breath of the Wild (2017) | Recounts Ruto's story on a TotK monument | Table only | 1 publisher · see Sources |
| Lulu | Terminan counterpart of Ruto | Majora's Mask (2000) | Counterpart; shares Ruto's model basis | Table only | 1 publisher · see Sources |
| Rutela | Wife of the late King Zora; mother of Ralis | Twilight Princess (2006) | Twilight Princess Zora queen confused with Ruto | Is Princess Ruto in Twilight Princess? | 1 publisher · see Sources |
| Lord Jabu-Jabu | None | Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64, 1998) | Swallows Ruto; his belly is the third dungeon | How to Rescue Princess Ruto in Jabu-Jabu's Belly | 1 publisher · see Sources |
| Ruto's Mother | Mother of Ruto; wife of King Zora | Ocarina of Time (1998, mentioned) | Gave Ruto the Zora Sapphire and told her it is an engagement ring | Table only | 1 publisher · see Sources |
| Princess Zelda | Daughter of the King of Hyrule | The Legend of Zelda (1986); this incarnation: Ocarina of Time (1998) | Fellow Sage; Link's other royal bond | Table only | 1 publisher · see Sources |
| Child Ruto / Adult Ruto | Daughter of King Zora | Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64, 1998) | Two ages separated by the seven-year timeskip | How Old Is Princess Ruto? | 2 publishers · see Sources |
Descendants
Zelda Wiki’s articles on Mipha and Sidon call them descendants of Ruto. Divine Beast Vah Ruta carries her name. In Tears of the Kingdom, Sidon’s monument tells a piece of her story. I keep those two sentences and I do not retell the Champion plot. The appearances page is where “is she in Breath of the Wild?” gets a direct no.
Names that are not her
Rutela is the Twilight Princess queen. Lulu is the Termina singer who shares a face. Laruto is a Zora sage in The Wind Waker; any family link to Ruto is a community guess, so I do not print a genealogy. Ruto Town is a place in Zelda II. Her mother has no name and no portrait on the pages I read. The table says unnamed on purpose.
Status counts independent publisher groups in the row’s source record, not the number of pages. Zelda Wiki and its Fandom predecessor count once; multiple articles by one publisher also count once. A count describes the row’s documentation and does not mean that every field has been independently confirmed.
Questions people ask
Who is Princess Ruto’s father?
King Zora, also called Zora De Bon XVI on Zelda Wiki. He reads her letter and opens the path to Zora Fountain.
Who is her mother?
The pages never give her a name. She dies before Ocarina of Time and leaves Ruto the Sapphire with the engagement instruction.
Are Mipha and Sidon her children?
The wiki describes them as descendants rather than her children. Sidon’s monument refers to Ruto as an ancestor; the sources do not provide a generation count.
Is Rutela the same person?
No. She has her own article and her own death in Twilight Princess. The correction page is linked from her row.
Sources
- Zelda Wiki — Princess Ruto — checked 2026-11-14
- Zelda Wiki — King Zora — checked 2026-11-14
- Zelda Wiki — Mipha — checked 2026-11-14
- Zelda Wiki — Sidon — checked 2026-11-14
- Zelda Wiki — Rutela — checked 2026-11-14
- Zelda Wiki — Lulu — checked 2026-11-14