Potential-dependent adsorption behavior of meso-substituted water-soluble porphyrins at the polarized water|1,2-dichloroethane (DCE) interface was studied by polarization-modulation total internal reflection fluorescence (PM-TIRF) spectroscopy. In the PM-TIRF experiments, the fluorescence signal from the interfacial region was analyzed as a function of the periodic modulation of linear-polarizations (p and s) of the incident excitation beam. The potential-dependence of PM-TIRF responses for meso-substituted porphyrins, 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(N-methylpyridyl)porphyrin (H 2 TMPyP 4+ ) and 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin (H 2 TPPS 4− ), indicated that both free base porphyrins were adsorbed with relatively lying orientations at the polarized water|DCE interface. The average orientation angles (θ) were estimated as θ = 61 ± 1°for H 2 TMPyP 4+ and θ = 65 ± 1°for H 2 TPPS 4− with respect to the interface normal. The wavelength-dependence of polarization-modulated fluorescence signals (PM-TIRF spectrum), which corresponds to "pure" emission spectrum of interfacial species, clearly indicated that H 2 TMPyP 4+ and H 2 TPPS 4− are adsorbed with a modification of the solvation at the interface. These results demonstrated a high ability of the PM-TIRF spectroscopy for the direct characterization of fluorescent species adsorbed at polarized liquid|liquid interfaces.