Rise Kujikawa

Rise Kujikawa
Other Name(s)	Risette The Scandalous Superstar IdolPersona 4 Arena Ultimax
Date of Birth	June 1, 1995
Age	15-16Persona 4 Persona 4 Golden 17Persona 4 Arena Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Persona 4: Dancing All Night Persona x Detective Naoto
Height	155cm (5'1")
Weight	41kg
School(s)	Yasogami High School
Occupation(s)	Pop idol Student
Affiliation(s)	Investigation Team
Arcana	Lovers
Persona(s)	Himiko Kanzeon KouzeonPersona 4 Golden (Ultimate Persona)
Voice Actor(s)	Rie Kugimiya (JA) Laura BaileyPersona 4 Persona 4 Golden Persona 4 Arena Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Persona 4 The Animation (EN) Ashly BurchPersona 4: Dancing All Night (EN)

Rise Kujikawa is a character in Persona 4. She is a pop idol and member of the Investigation Team, as well as a first year student at Yasogami High School.

Profile

Rise is a famous idol who is first seen in the game's opening movie as part of an advertisement for Quelorie Magic. To her fans, she's also known as Risette. She becomes a major part of the story starting in June when she moves to Inaba to live with her grandma out of disillusionment with her career. She works part-time at her grandma's shop, Marukyu Tofu in the Central Shopping District, and attends Yasogami High School as a 1st year student. While being rescued from the TV World, Rise gains a Persona and later joins the Investigation Team. She takes over as their new navigator while Teddie gains a Persona that he can use for combat. Rise has a bubbly and personable personality. With the Protagonist, she becomes playful and flirty, and is insistent on trying to romance him.

Rise is seen with a Yasogami High School uniform that she accessorizes with pink earrings and thigh high stockings. Inside the TV World, she also wears pink and white glasses that Teddie made for her. In the Persona 4 Official Design Works, art director and character designer Shigenori Soejima mentions how Rise was originally going to be a small town bully-type character, wearing a long skirt and wielding a bamboo shinai sword like the sukeban archetype. However, after Kanji Tatsumi was designated as the team's delinquent party member, Rise was moved to a more supportive role. Soejima redesigned her as an idol with an inner conflict and gave her pigtails with a lot of volume to contribute to her manufactured idol image, thinking that pigtails were something he only ever saw on television. He was also tempted to give her heterochromia, but he had set a rule for himself not to be too far-fetched with the designs in Persona 4.

Gameplay

For complete gameplay information, see Gameplay:Rise Kujikawa.

Rise is the Lovers Social Link. She takes Teddie's place as the team's navigator starting in July with her Persona, Himiko. In Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Himiko gains combat capabilities which Rise uses to fight in the P-1 Climax.

Manual

Manual Descriptions
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax	The high-school idol Risette, who is preparing to make her comeback to the entertainment industry. She was originally a supporting member in the Investigation Team, but her Persona Himiko evolved, allowing her to stand on the front line. She'll take the stage with a storm of sound!
Persona 4: Dancing All Night	An extremely popular idol managed by the showbiz agency "Takura Productions", striving to reach the top of her industry. She plans on returning to her idol career this summer after her hiatus. She's been doing well for herself after leaving Inaba for the city.

Game Appearances

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Persona 5

In Persona 5, Rise's posters can be seen in the subway.

Anime Appearances

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Stage Play Appearances

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Other Appearances

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CR Persona 4 The Pachinko

Rise is one of the selectable avatars for the pachinko machine. When selected, her mini-portrait will appears on the player's stat screen and he does the voice over for the machine's functions. She is the subject of some probability events, such as one where she must retrieve a One More from a tree branch while standing on Kanji's back.

Trivia

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• Rise placed #6 in a Japanese popularity poll of female party members with 137 votes.

Nomenclature

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Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	久慈川 りせ りせちー	Kujikawa Rise. The family name means "old merciful river." Risechī

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