Kakita Riku

Please note: This article is about the bushi. For other uses of the term, please see Riku (disambiguation).
Kakita Riku was a bushi of the Crane Clan. She studied in the Kakita Dueling Academy and used to dye half her hair white. In 1123 she was selected as contestant in the Topaz Tournament. Riku was the front-runner in the culture contest, which was judged by Shosuro Tomoe, Doji Murashige, and Ikoma Ikehata. She was also the front-runner in the weaponry contest, judged by Akodo Eiko and Kakita Toshimoko. Riku made through the iaijutsu dueling competition, but she badly injured Hitoshi, because Riku inadvertently was wielding a real Blade instead of a blunted one. She was saved from committing seppuku when Bayushi Sugai, the runner-up of the previous Topaz Tournament, was found guilty of replacing Riku's training sword. The Topaz Championship (Beginner Game adventure) Notice of these events reached the ear of Doji Hotaru, the Crane Clan Champion, who moved to the Castle of the Emerald Champion to meet the samurai who preserved Riku's life and honor. In the Palace of the Emerald Champion
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