Rise Kujikawa

Rise Kujikawa, also known as Risette, Rise-chi, The Scandalous Superstar Idol and Cheerful Girl, is one of the main characters from the Persona series.
== Charactah Account ==
A teenage Idol Singer nicknamed "Risette", she suddenly retires from her work and moves to Inaba to help her grandmother's tofu shop, enrolling in Yasogami as a freshman. Despite being genuinely cheerful and bubbly, Rise is frustrated at her fans seeing her as Risette rather than her true self.
Like the other girls, a romantic relationship can be pursued with Rise in the later stages of her Link, but she very clearly has a crush on Yuu and will flirt with him numerous times regardless of whether a relationship is actually taken with her.
Rise is cheerful, outspoken, naughty, cute and is quite boastful about herself, although very sweet deep down. She is referred to as a "dangerous girl" by Chie Satonaka, due to her boldness in flirting with the protagonist, and her teasing of Yosuke Hanamura and Kanji Tatsumi. Rise is quickly annoyed by the smallest things, which ends up with her crying dramatically, and sometimes producing crocodile tears. She's rather childish and possessive; she once pouted and told the protagonist he mustn't call another girl "cute." She has also shown her competitive side on many occasions, and she’s mocked Yukiko Amagi’s insecurity and her cooking. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Persona 4 the Animation
* Persona 4 the Animation: No One is Alone
* Persona 4 the Golden Animation: Thank you Mr. Accomplice
* Persona 5 the Animation
=== Light Novels ===
* Persona x Detective Naoto
=== Manga ===
* Persona 4
* Persona 4 Arena
* Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
* Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena
* Persona 4: The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold
* Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - Side:P3
* Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - Side:P4
* Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth Roundabout Special
* Persona x Detective Naoto
=== Video Games ===
* BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle
* Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight
* Persona 4
* Persona 4 Arena
* Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
* Persona 4 Golden
* Persona 4: Dancing All Night
* Persona 5
* Persona 5 Royal
* Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight
* Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
* Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth
== Trivia ==
* Rise doesn't see the value in learning English because she can just hire a translator.
* One of Rise's early design concepts resembles Lisa Silverman. Lisa and Rise's names are phonetically similar in Japanese (Risa to Rise) and both have stints as idol singers, in addition to being the most pronounced about their love for the main character, and being of the Lovers Arcana.
* Some of Rise's early design concepts look similar to Ai Ebihara and Saki Konishi.
* Rise's appearance and name resemble those of her Japanese voice actress, Rie Kugimiya.
* During the visit in Port Island's Club Escapade in Persona 4, Rise reveals that she had a secret show two years ago and the power went out in the middle of her performance referencing the power outage before the first SEES Full Moon Operation in September 2009. This comes up again in Persona Q when Shinjiro Aragaki recognizes Rise's name thanks to Club Escapade's owner.
* Rise is a famous idol, but none of her songs are heard in Persona 4, although she does provide vocals on a version of Heaven. The animation’s opening is sung by Rise's VA, and Persona 4 Golden has since added its concert scene featuring the rest of the Investigation Team as an accompanying band.
* Rise is the only member of the main cast who possesses a Persona not based on a figure of native Japanese descent.
* Rise is the only character who does not have a cut-in effect when summoning her Persona in the vanilla version of Persona 4. However, Persona 4 The Animation gives Rise the cut-in effect when she first summons Himiko and in Persona 4 Golden when aiding the All-Out Attack.
* In Persona 4 The Animation, during Shadow Naoto's battle, Rise is the only female character who actually adores aged Yu by complimenting him when he has been hit by Galgalim Eyes.
* Rise is the first information/support character to be involved in the All-Out Attack in Persona 4 Golden, as well as the first to become playable in Persona 4 Arena Ultimax.
* Rise is the only member of the Investigation Team that seems to summon her Persona instantly, whereas the others break cards.
* Rise's stat-icon (the character's side-portrait displaying their HP and SP) without glasses can be viewed in the P4G game manual.
* Rise was originally going to be an offensive character, or at least a character who actively participated in battle; she would wield a chain, but was quickly changed to a supportive role when the role of "the delinquent/bully" was filled in by Kanji Tatsumi. During this design phase, she looked a lot like Ai and Saki. It wasn't until they decided on an "idol," that the Lisa Silverman-esque design was considered.
** Additionally, Rise's All-Out Attack dialogues can be seen in the game's files. However, instead of actual in-game dialogue, they are actually developer notes indicating that the files should not be seen written in Rise's speech patterns.
* In Persona 4 Arena, she may occasionally say "Duel 1, Let's Rock!" or "Rebel 1, Action!" at the beginning of a match if she is chosen as Navigator. This is a reference to the round calls in the Guilty Gear series and BlazBlue series respectively (both also developed by Arc System Works).
* She is the only main female character that reveals her weight in the Persona 4: Official Design Works.
* Her Instant Kill in Persona 4 Arena: Ultimax, True Story, is the song used in Episode 9 of the anime, when she was first introduced in the story.
* Rise is the only character of Persona 4 who has seen her own blurry image on the Midnight Channel.
* Rise is the only Persona character that has an initial persona that can go through multiple mutations: support, battle and stage (though only shown when syncing with others hearts in P4D).
* In Persona 4: Dancing All Night, Rise is the only Investigation member to wear a completely different outfit in which it's not similar to her winter school uniform nor her summer school outfit with the exception of her Yasogami logo.
* In Persona 4: Dancing All Night, she is one of few playable characters where she sings while dancing to her other main theme, True Story (ATLUS Kozuka remix). The second is Hatsune Miku.
** While performing True Story (ATLUS Kozuka remix), the players cannot change Rise's Initial Costume nor pick a dance partner.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Rise Kujikawa at Megami Tensei Wiki
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