Risukuma

Risukuma, also known as Ris, Risu-senpai, Soongshuxiong Xuezhang and Riseukuma Seonbae, is one of the main characters from the Puyo Puyo series.
== Charactah Account ==
Yet another resident of Suzuran, Risukuma is Ringo and Maguro's senior who attends Suzuran Junior High and runs the Suzuran Junior High science club. After an accident in the school's science lab, he apparently became a human-sized squirrel-bear hybrid wearing lab clothes and is now obsessed with love. No, this isn't the weirdest thing about him.
Risukuma has two primary characteristics: The first being that he is a love connoisseur that gives love advice, philosophizes about love, and judges people's compatibility. However, this passion for love can cause him to come off as somewhat creepy. His second trait is that he loves science, but this passion sometimes causes him to become too fired up, leading him to destroy objects and disregard others' safety for the sake of pursuing science. In spite of his quirks, he is not completely oblivious to others and will gladly comfort them, especially his friends Ringo and Maguro.
Risukuma tends to explode objects using his flasks. A bizarre quirk is that his attacks are "I love you" in different languages, including English, Korean, Italian, Chinese, French, and Hawaiian. In English versions of Puyo Puyo Tetris, his spell theme consists of words related to the concept of "love" in increasing intensity, such as Tenderness, Infatuation, Passion, Enchantment, and Devotion. 
== Appearance ==
=== Video Games ===
* Puyo Puyo 7
* Puyo Puyo Champions
* Puyo Puyo Chronicle
* Puyo Puyo eSports
* Puyo Puyo Tetris
* Puyo Puyo Tetris 2: The Ultimate Puzzle Crossover
* Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary
* Puyo Puyo!! Quest
* Puyo Puyo!! Quest Arcade
* Puyo Puyo!! Touch
== Trivia ==
* Risukuma was originally planned to be a yellow magical girl that was the daughter of a florist or a baker, but he was changed to a boy during the planning stages of Puyo Puyo 7 since the designers felt that there were already a large number of female characters in the series.
* Risukuma's name is a play on words. His name is a contraction of risu and kuma, which literally means "squirrel bear". His form in Mini Puyo Fever shows evidence for this, giving him a squirrel tail. His name is also a portmanteau of "risuku" and "kuma", and "risuku" or "risk" may be a nod to his personality.
* Risukuma's voice actor, Kenichi Ono, previously voiced Satan in Puyo Puyo~n.
* Ringo and Maguro often call him "Risu-Senpai". Puyo Puyo 25th Anniversary Book also romanizes his name as "Risu Senpai."
** Ringo often addresses him as "Ris" in the English version of Puyo Puyo Tetris.
* In Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, Risukuma has an unused manzai demo.
* Alternate Voice notes:
** In Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary, he sounds robot-like, similar to Ai's Japanese alt. voice in Puyo Puyo Tetris. The post-match dialogues make him even more robot-like.
** In Puyo Puyo Tetris (both of the Japanese and English versions), he sounds deep and snarl-y like an actual bear.
** In Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Japanese Dub, he sounds suave and very human-like.
*** Most English Alt. Voices are borrowed from Puyo Puyo Tetris.
** In Puyo Puyo Chronicle, the voice pitch is similar to that of Puyo Puyo Tetris but sounds more evil.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Risukuma at Puyo Nexus Wiki
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