Akiyama Rinko

* TY2
* TY1
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**Rinko** Akiyama (秋山 **凜子**) is one of the main characters in Taimanin Yukikaze and Taimanin Yukikaze 2.

She is a Taimanin that attends Gosha Academy, as a senior with her best friend, Yukikaze, and younger brother, Tatsuro. On top of being the substitute head of the Akiyama clan, she also teaches the "Itto Style" in the Dojo to multiple students and is known as Gosha's strongest sword user.

## Personality

Rinko is a **mostly mature**, **strict**, very **honorable** and **professional** person and talks in a **polite** tone. Respected for her strong composure, she can be very **stubborn**. Her **desire for responsibility**, when talking to Yukikaze and her brother, sometimes can be a problem if people start to become fully dependent on her. She can still lose her cool, when insulted over her huge chest or called a destructive meathead, which puts her into a blind rage. Rinko has a feminine side to her, she's happy about the cuteness of her maid costume in TY2 but she can become jealous of others and pout.

Rinko follows a strict warrior code and values training, when forced to kill she's fast and merciful but also is competitive and gets sometimes lost in battle. She can suppress her emotions and put on a fake smile for undercover missions easier than Yukikaze, who easily blows up at any provocation or freely displays her frustration. Overall, she is very patient and gentle with her friends, which often start to rely on her. Regardless, Rinko finds it difficult to ask for help or advice, as the respected senior with a reputation to be perfect, and often tries to solve things on her own, which has caused issues. When troubled this makes her often come across as secretive but also gives other the impression she is fully self reliant, and can deal with anything, which is not true at all.

She is considered an elite honor student, in the context of battle she has great instincts and finds joy in the challenge. However, Rinko can be at times **very naive**, as she **lacks street smarts**. She is often fooled, even by obvious lies or misunderstandings, tends to take advice the wrong way, or doesn't fully grasp certain aspects of modern slang, as she is **old-fashioned** and **out of touch** from modern culture. As a result, when asking her teacher, Igawa Sakura, about "battle underwear", Sakura misunderstood the question, thinking about it as a "competition in the bedroom" and recommended certain erotic underwear, which Rinko then proceeded to wear. Her trusting nature is above the level of people like Yukikaze, which tends to be more doubtful, but will in turn blindly trusts Rinko's judgment, which can be a dangerous combination.

Rinko shows very little interest in dating and most men, keeping her personal interest on the matter hidden. As a result, other Gosha students assume that she is interested in girls and made a female fan club but this seems to be just a misunderstanding. RInko does not have hobbies outside of training and sword fighting. Rinko in her pursuit for perfection in her fighting style, also suppresses to let lose but this killing instinct still exists.

Rinko is a **hidden brocon**, in the main canon towards her brother but feels deeply embarrassed on the matter. Though shy at times, she can be very blunt and clumsy about erotic matters. Acting as an **older sister** to Yukikaze, both seem to have a great relationship, Rinko being her wing-woman in a way, that puts Yukikaze first. Though Rinko will push Yukikaze to be more active towards her brother, she also wouldn't reject a threesome or going second if needed. Overall, she is really **protective** of Yukikaze and Tatsurou, except when her mind is broken.

### Relationships

 Shido Rinka | They are friends and have worked together on missions. They are also known as "*The Double Rin of the Taimanin*".

## Appearance

Rinko has very long blue hair that goes to her ankles. She also has purple eyes and a giant bust. Her Taimanin suit is a purple bodysuit with gold accents on the clothes' edges, golden pasties on the tips of her breasts, an opening in the center of her bust, silver armored gauntlets and leggings.

During her mission at Under Eden, she wore a semi-transparent white, two-piece micro bikini with thin long black gloves and black stockings, as well as black high heels.

At Seishu Academy, she wore a maid uniform.

## History

### Background

Rinko was born, around the year **2059**, into the Akiyama clan, that founded in their long past the "Itto Sword Style". She and her brother, Akiyama Tatsuro, were the children of the clan chief, and trained also in the style, but only Rinko could fully grasp the style and became a very impressive fighter thanks to her father's training. Rinko, played with Mizuki Yukikaze and her brother since childhood and would get sometimes get jealous if the two did something without her. As such, when she saw Yukikaze and Tatsuro test kissing, she joined and kissed both. She also was trained by Yukikaze's mother Mizuki Shiranui and taught to support each other.

When Rinko enrolled first into Gosha Academy, Rinko became known as an elite and when Yukikaze joined her a year later both became an amazing team even if Tatsuro lacked behind. Both Rinko and Yukikaze applied and graduated from a special camp, in the year **2073**, at the same time, an elite training course separated from normal Academy curriculum, around the age of 14 and 13 in Yukikaze's case. Around that time, Mizuki Shiranui the mother of Yukikaze disappeared and Rinko took even more care of Yukikaze, even after her own father had passed away.

Thanks to her skill and the lack of skill of Tatsuro, Rinko was put in charge of the Akiyama Estate Dojo and trained other Taimanin in the Itto Style and other members of the Akiyama clan pushed for her to become the first matriarch, as she became known as the best sword fighter in Gosha. As surrogate head of the Akiyama clan, she now is viewed as the next generation of Taimanin, which can rival Asagi.

In Gosha Academy, she became an idol and many suitors tried their luck, but she rejected them all. Thanks to that, there is a rumor going around that Rinko is lesbian, and some girls formed fan clubs around her to imitate her. Through, her interest in man was always just for her own brother, which she kept a secret.

### Visual Novels

In TY1 prologue, five years after the disappearance of Shiranui, year **2078**, Rinko is seen on a mission with Yukikaze and Tatsurou. Tasked to kill the Old Beastman, a criminal demon dealing with politicians. She used her Void Art to first observe from a safe distance and later teleport to Mishima Tower. Yukikaze and Rinko fought multiple Beastman demons, which guarded both the old beastman and Yazaki Muneichi, a corrupt politician. Killing the main target but not allowed to attack the politician, Yazaki felt confident, they threatened and insulted Yukikaze and Rinko. Rinko tried to calm Yukikaze, until she was called flat and spin-kicked his face in anger, breaking his jaw. Yazaki Muneichi swore his revenge and Rinko knocked him out, though she corrected Yukikaze, she was also very displeased by him.

After this successful mission, Rinko returns to Gosha Village and is allowed to go on a solo mission with Yukikaze, the "Put-on Mission". The goal was to find either intel or Shiranui herself, who has been missing for 5 years. The mission would take place in Yomihara's whorehouse, Under Eden and both would be required to act as prostitutes while undercover. She does this knowing the personal risk involved, just to support her best friend but with a degree of naivete as she like Yukikaze is a virgin. Rinko tells Yukikaze to finally explain to Tatsuro what the mission required, as he still is fully not in the know and Yukikaze and Tatsuro are "more than friends but less than lovers" that have not kissed since childhood.

Observing Yukikaze and Tatsuro the next days, Rinko thinks they both had sex as they are very happy. Concluding that she didn't want to lose her own virginity to a stranger, while on the mission and thinking it would be okay going second. Rinko asked Tatsuro, in a very matter of fact way, to have sex with her, after convincing herself in the talk that "he did it with Yukikaze". However, this very direct approach confused Tatsuro, who took it more as a joke. As soon as Rinko learns that both had only shared a kiss, she was dumbfounded and became very embarrassed. Backpedaling the conversation, but she still asks if, theoretically, "he would sleep with her" if she kept asking. Put on the spot, Tatsuro agrees, which leaves Rinko happy as she leaves.

When Rinko and Yukikaze went to Under Eden the next day. Things didn't go as planned, their contact Zokt secretly worked for Under Eden and neglected important information. When they arrived in front of Real (Under Eden's boss), they were informed that once captured they couldn't become a normal prostitute and instead became a "slave" prostitute, the difference being a Magical Contract, which made fleeing impossible and disobeying painful, involving Body Modification and some minor brainwashing. Forced to either abandon the mission or sign the contract, both Rinko and Yukikaze are convinced their skills are strong enough and signed it without fully knowing the next two steps.

However, the plan they worked out failed immediately, as their contact Zokt deceived them, in the form of neglected information such as: captured women don't have that "privilege" of normal prostitutes, and need to become slaves prostitutes instead. As they reach Yomihara in chains, Real the owner of Under Eden explains, that such slaves receive special training but is being vague about details. Pressured to either end the mission in disgrace, running away (not finding her mother), or becoming a slave (maybe turning things around later), Yukikaze and Rinko, decide to sign the magical contract. The contact creates pain and makes it impossible to disobey or run away without losing explosively once limbs if it is broken but both Yukikaze and Rinko are still confident in turning things around. Further training begins, as both are let to the laboratory basement of Under Eden. Both are suspended and regularly rubbed with a demonic drug oil, by Demonologists, as part of the Body Modification. As the first week passes Zokt, shows himself again still playing the role of an ally asking if the mission should be abandoned mockingly which both deny. Zokt, laughes as they start to desperately remain in control of their mind, as he left to inform Asagi that everything was going great without issue. Zokt repeated these visits, the next few weeks. Yukikaze and Rinko, suffed through full on body modification, which increased the sensitivity and turned pain into additional pleassure. Furthermore, a combination of drugs and Virtual Reality training, resulted in a light brainwashing which hammered phrases and behaviors into their mind, though they lost themselves during the training they were able to somewhat recover and not go fully insane at this point. Unbeknownst to them, an EVE chip was also installed into their brain without them knowing. After, three weeks of hellish training without rest both were released, and introduced to the upper floors to Under Eden.

In the bad ending routes, Yukikaze and Rinko both become slave prostitutes for real, almost broken by pleasure, as they remain in Under Eden for almost a year. Yukikaze and Rinko lose their virginity to Real, and it is revealed that Real and Yazaki Muneichi are brothers, with the mission being nothing but a trap from the beginning. Tatsurou attempts to rescue them but is stopped by Yukikaze's brainwashed mother Shiranui, which otherwise does not appear in Taimanin Yukikaze. Rinko can also assist in the defeat of Tasturou depending on the route, with Yukikaze mentally breaking fully as she sees her own mother as a loyal slave of Muneichi. Shiranui had been broken within the few months the game took place in, even though she resisted strongly for many years. In the case of a betrayal of Rinko, she had been broken much ealier than Yukikaze can in the story, and had encountered Shiranui around that time, now making sure Yukikaze would fall as well.

Depending on the type of bad ending, different events can occur playing out one year and seven month after the mission start. In the character, specific routes, Tatsuro loses his mind as he watches the recordings of the training and further exploits with only Asagi still trying to rescue them. Yukikaze is unmentioned in Rinko-route ending and possibly dead. In the Yukikaze-Route she becomes a slave of Yazaki with her mother and both get pregnant, it is stated that seeing her mother like that was to much for her with her dropping her resistance after that point. Yukikaze and Yazaki deliver Rinko limbless but alive body back to Gosha one year after the last encounter they had, with Yukikaze being loyal to Yazaki which still sees success and is untouchable. In the third route, in which both Yukikaze and Rinko resisted enough, both go missing, with Tatsurou and Asagi both actually trying to find a way to rescue them but only recordings reach Gosha. At Tatsuro's birthday, he sees to suitcases before leaving to meet Asagi. She called him to show him a recording labeled as "the final punishment". Though he fears that both will be killed in the video in truth, Asagi informs him that the video states "the apology of both had been accepted", and" they would be sent back to Gosha alive" but in regards with the Magical Contract without their limbs. As Tatsuro, realises what is in the suitcases, he runs back to his room.

In the true ending, Tatsuro worries and wishes to double-check on the situation early, after training the past weeks on his Wind Art. Resulting in the rescue crew of Asagi and Sakura, saving both Yukikaze and Rinko, after 3 weeks of "training" and body modification, but before any penetration had started. Real is taken hostage by Asagi and Sakura, and forced to negate the contract but reminds them that their bodies remain changed. While Yukikaze and Rinko are chastised for their action, as Asagi never allowed any slave contract or body modification. Rinko pushes again that they will finish the mission, something that is harshly denied by Asagi, as they are not willing to risk such promising Taimanin again before giving them back their weapons, telling them to escape on their own and not fall behind. Real threatens Yukikaze, which fires a low level electric attack against his face. Before leaving the burned Real behind, screaming in pain for his men to capture the escaping Taimanin with no chance of success.

After the events of TY1, Rinko's body remains modified, fighting her strong aroused urge with medication, while Tatsuro did not take part in the rescue mission he was happy to have Rinko back. While the VR Brainwashing training could be reversed, Kiryu Sabato discovered on top of that inside her brain a microchip, something that would be later called an EVE chip, and removed it as it broke. Kick-starting the investigation into the Washizu Group and Seishu Academy of TY2, as they are most likely manufacturer. Rinko's body, however, remained changed, and she requires medication and "release" often from this point, with the help of tools. Though, she also had learned that both Sakura and Asagi, had gone though something similar.

Inbetween games, Yukikaze and Rinko took some recovery time and later assisted to uncover Yazaki Muneichi connection to Real, and learned that the last mission had been a trap by Muneichi. As Muneichi started now a political war, the last year, against the Taimanin, trying to cut funding or get rid of them any other way he could, the Gosha Taimanin answered with multiple investigations. Some information which was deemed as declassified, was shared with the public and multiple corruption scandals came to light, which resulted in him losing public popularity, and re-election as his party head. Muneichi blamed Yukikaze and Rinko once more for his lost which had been active in his pursuit, however, could also no longer use Yukikaze's mother as bait, as Mizuki Shiranui had been transported to his brother Real real client because of the brothers failure.

In the prologue of TY2, roughly one year after TY1, in the year **2079**. Yukikaze and Rinko hunt down Yazaki Muneichi, that tried to flee Japan as his crimes were revealed and the legal system started to come after him. Muneichi had lost any political immunity, and used his connection to the more unscrupulous part of the UFS, to escape. Two cyborg agents Master Sergeant and Major, acted as his guards. However, as he was meant to stay low, he tried to move money before he could run, which resulted in the Taimanin being able to track him down faster. As the group, reached the empty Haneda International Airport at night, Yukikaze and Rinko arrived to stop him. Rinko kills her opponent with a new technique, which creates spacial bubbles and cuts him in half without much trouble. However, insulted once more about her chest size, Yukikaze on the other hand, overcharges her Limiter and burns half of Haneda International Airport down, in a lighting explosion to kill one of the agents, with Rinko chastising her for overreacting. Yazaki tries to fool the Taimanin once more and baits Yukikaze with further information about her mother, to stay alive. However, his death is decided by law and Yukikaze is not deceived, stating that if there is a way she will find it herself, before shooting him. As Yukikaze and Rinko return, they both are reprimanded for the destruction of the airport, with the coverstory of a terrorist UFS group using a bomb being spread offically and within the Taimanin, with Asagi still covering damages. Yukikaze had also broken her limiter, which made lying to Asagi about the truth of the matter impossible.

In the bad ending routes, Rinko or Yukikaze are called for support by Shizuru, as the investigation has not produced new clear evidence. Rinko joins undercover as part of the maid courses and is assigned to 3rd year student Kuroi Ryuuji, somebody that Rinko assumes has family ties to Washizu Shigeru but otherwise is just an arrogant student. However, this is far from the truth. When Shizuru lead Rinko to the Washizu Material research facility, Rinko was attacked by a rubber woman. Unknowingly, infected by the EVE chip, she returns to Seishu Academy suffering from the strong aphrodisiac poison, that covered up the chip. Rinko has sex with Tatsuro, the only way not to die from the poison, as they think.
However, Rinko also is now often forced to interact with Kuroi as she is his assigned maid. Kuroi that made it clear that, he views her as a slave from the beginning, pulls Rinko in lewd situations. The eve chip acting on Rinko's mind makes her justify these, as Tatsuro walks in, and she needs to "hide" or can't blow her cover, with things going further and further. Kuroi in the end, proves even on his own, too much on her mind and Rinko breaks. Now loyal to the true mastermind, she kills multiple Taimanin and disappears. Recordings of her are later watched by Akiyama Tatsuro and she becomes basically a breeder for the King and his subjects, willingly. Shizuru also pushes for Rinko, as she also had been brainwashed by the Eve chip. Rinko is seen later, kill a number of Wind Art Taimanins that had been trained by her, making sure that they are not captured by the enemy. In exchange for her betrayal, Tatsuro is kept alive and sent back home.

As part of the true ending of TY2, Tatsuro will not require backup, discover the connection and remove an EVE chip from his mission partner Kousaka Shizuru, which was attacked by a disguised woman in rubber. This results in a raid of the Washizu Material research facility, lead by Yukikaze, Rinko, Shizuru, and Tatsuro. As they all confront the mastermind, the hidden mastermind, the "Incubus King" or Kuroi Ryuuji. While Tatsuro and Shizuru take care of the king's guards Inui Hideo and Washizu Shigeru. Both Rinko and Yukikaze fight the King but were unable at first to touch him, he becomes impressed as the fight goes on and transforms into a large cthulhu-like creature, that is able to block all of their attacks with powerful shields. Yukikaze charges up her attack once more ready to destroy her Limiters and Rinko teleports her lighting attack with her void arts behind the monster's shield, the King that was charging his own attack, is now hit by recoil and the full concentrated attack. Seemingly, this combo, vaporizes the Incubus King's body for now.

Rejoicing, Yukikaze kisses Tatsuro in the heat of the moment, with Rinko on the sideline. In some light banter in which Shizuru, reveals **Rinko**'s love for Tatsuro, which she panics over. Yukikaze, swears she will not lose to her senior but also is kinda amazed by how naughty Rinko can be even if love is love. However, their celebrations are cut short with the voice of the king returning. Without any damage, he stood next to the rubber woman, which reveals herself as, Yukikaze's mother Shiranui. Now after 5–6 years, she had been fully brainwashed and was loyal to the Incubus King, having even suggested turning Yukikaze and Rinko into slaves/soldiers. The King viewing this whole fight just as a test, to prove their worth to him as slaves, which he now does. Both Shizuru and the Incubus King disappear, as Yukikaze cries out to her mother in shock. As this all is part of the Canon Universe, it remains still unsolved in that world.

Yukikaze and Rinko are later mentioned in Taimanin Asagi 3, in the year **2082**, in which it is said that they are currently on an undercover mission. Seen in silhouettem, when mentioned in other dialoge about the Taimanin. Tatsuro himself, protects an escape route for the student Taimanin until he is captured with an unknown fate. A sword woman, the best in the village is later mentioned to have been captured as well, presumingly Rinko trying to save her brother. Asuka is able to free her and a number of Taimanin, in her first attack, and the unnamed swordwoman understands and connects over Koukawa Asuka's love for her adoped brother Sawaki Kosuke, which she tried to save. This "likely Rinko" later escapes, and is not mentioned again, even when Fürst is sent after her to capture them alive again.

In the true ending of the Asuka-route, they should still all be alive, having been not present for the Raid of the Kanda Brigade.

### Timeline TABA

Parts of Taimanin Yukikaze and Taimanin Yukikaze 2 have played out. However, exist in some form of mix between True and Bad Ending. TA3 does not take place. TABA plays between the year 2082 until around 2086.

Rinko is sent to Karutebara Beach's black market casino to destroy it, leading to some conflict with Fuuma Kotaro that tries at the same time to take it over and out of the hands of the UFS. In this event she is not seen giving any dialogue and just fought and defeated.

A version of Rinko appears later on from the Magical Girl Yukikaze Universe, after Kotaro is transported by Brain Flayers, her harsh training and test fight put Kotaro on the spot, and he spends most of the time fleeing from her. Kotaro is able to return to his own world, leaving this extremely odd world and aggressive Rinko behind.

In another "what if" event, which is not canon, after Rinko was attacked by Fuuma Kotaro, she unleashed her powers to get away to the safe house. However, with the extensive use of her powers, her body transformed into a demon and it affected her mind. Jumping the unnamed Taimanin partner, in the safe house as her sexual urges exploded, she sleeps with him. Explaining that she took in too many Taima Particles for her warping ability. As the man now actively participates, Rinko now makes an oath to kill anybody that would stop their happiness, as her transformation into a demon continues.

The normal TABA canon version of Rinko appears in a later event like other Taimanin, she is transformed into a plush by Guignol Faust, in the year **2084** and turned back after Fuuma Kotaro (TABA) defeats the witch golem. In year **2085**, Rinko is seen once more, this time on a mission against Nomad member Valentia. However, first encounters Hell Knight, Carmela that for other reasons is in the Human World. Both are about to cross blades, but an emerging Lina ruins the mood of the fight with her enthusiasm. Rinko later on gets in a fight with the alternative Universe versions of Igawa Sakura (ZERO) and Yatsu Murasaki (ZERO) that work for the Fuuma Organization. Thinking at first that they are clones, she is later convinced by their skills they somehow must be the originals and leaves with apologizes.

In some of her "What If" events, Rinko works undercover for the UFS as "Sky Edge", wearing a white uniform.

### Timeline RPGX

Universe created after the TABA reset, the events of TY1 to TY2 did not take place. Like all other characters with their origin in the Taimanin Yukikaze series, born later in this universe, around **2062-2063** and is Fuuma Kotaro's and Yukikaze's senior.

Introduced here as a third year student, and is the senior of both Fuuma Kotaro and Mizuki Yukikaze, which are first years in this continuity. Over next few years, she remains as a Taimanin in Gosha Academy. Her brother Akiyama Tatsuro is almost never mentioned outside of her biography. Her "brocon" affection is never mentioned.

Rinko appears the first time in year **2083**, in which she had disappeared from Gosha Academy for a while, moved to another world by a brain flayer. Living with her younger self, most of the other students, seemed to be aware of her bad lies of being a family member but thought of her as harmless otherwise. As Fuuma Kotaro was also moved by the Brain Flayer, Arsal they could find traces of his power and were able to return back home. Rinko sliced Arsal into two but it survived the encounter and healed to return at a later point. When Fuuma Kotaro went to Amidahara Prison for a mission, disguised as Onisaki Kirara, Rinko was sent in with him as support to get out of the location with her teleporting skill. As a fight broke out with the warden Tekkain Kaworu, Rinko's blade was slightly damaged by the chains of Kaworu's ninja art but the group was able to escape after the encounter.

Rinko afterward in the year **2084**, tries to get her blade fixed by a blacksmith which works on the blades used by Itto Style users. However, her blade and that of the ex-student of the "Itto Style" Gennosuke Murakumo get switched, and they enter a dual, before he escapes for more power knowing his life also is getting short. Wishing to stop Murakumo, that in his quest to stay alive and become stronger sought out Barde Barde in Amidahara, she goes after him, even leaving Gosha on her own without informing them. While some suggest to give Rinko a Rogue Taimanin status Asagi, suggests to wait, believing Rinko had left for a good reason. Getting helped by Neu Eazlane, once more she faught Murakumo and the now transformed blade master is killed in their fair dual.

Rinko appears in the year **2085**, defending Gosha Village, when it is attacked by a large raid of a new Igawa Revolt Group and demons of Nomad. Rinko fights one of Fürst, Four Heavenly Kings, the former leader of "Samurais". Though legendary in his strength, Rinko stays in victories and kills him in 1 on 1 honorable combat.

Befriended the Onmyoji Kiichi Azusa over her stay at Gosha Village, the last years and trained with her multiple times. As Azusa disappeared without a trace in year **2086**, Rinko tried to find her on her own and found other Onmyoji, Kurahashi Hokuto and Kamimura Azuma teaming up with them on their search. Rinko was able to defeat the strange Daidarabotchi golem, which guarded an unknown (Brain Flayer) ruin and recover Azuma but noticed the Brain Flayer tech in the ruin. Azusa talked the situation down, how she got into the ruin or what any of this meant, and Rinko let the matter go. Unknown to Rinko, Azusa had been changed and had become an cyborg at this point.

In the year **2087**, on a sunny May day, Azusa and Rinko face off in a serious match with other Itto-ryo users watching. Rinko uses a "strong" sword style where she overwhelms opponents with a barrage while Azusa uses a "soft" sword style where she looks for an opening to strike. As the dual ends in a draw, even though Rinko considers Azusa the winner. Azusa says that they have work to do as Taimanin, Omyoji, swordsmen, and human beings and are unable to fight how they both desire. Rinko repeats "as human beings" with a somber tone. Azusa states that she has a mission, they thank eachother and she leaves. Rinko wonders if the next time they meet they'll be enemies or not, and is shaken by this. Koro, Yukikaze, Sana, and Jisai notice this. Sana asks whats wrong and Rinko says nothing and leaves Yukikaze says that Rinkos the type to keep things to herself, Koro says that's why she's worried. Rinko follows Azula worried the next time they might be enemies when fighting. Observing Azula in secret, as she kills members of Task Force G, she follows her to an island. On this island, Azula makes her way to a Brain Flayer altar and interacts with their technology. This location was an abandoned hideout of Marjaana, which regardless of its abandoned state sent one of her servants to investigate about the intruders. Azusa, still viewed as human by the automatic defenses, was attacked but defeated the Pazuzu and Sakyla units in the base. Arriving at high-tech shrine, **Akiyama Rinko** stepped out of the shadows to confront Azusa about what she was doing, having seen her red eyes and now mechanical changes. Explaining what had happened, in the ruin a few months ago, their talk was interrupted by Marjaana's servant Suzuka, a sword fighter to be feared. Azusa, stating that they could not win for now, asked Rinko to give her some time, as she interacted with the strange machines on the side and became enshrouded by its light. As Rinko fought Suzuku, she could only make a small dent against her barriers and was wounded, with Suzuku unwilling to kill her. Azusa stepped out of the light of the machine and was changed, as Suzuku was shocked by something she had done. Transcending the limitation of both human and machine, she had become something new, breaking the shield and defeating Suzuka without effort. Rinko commenting on her speed which rivaled now Igawa Asagi. Allowing Suzuku to leave as thanks for not killing Rinko, she healed Rinko's wounds before setting out to her true revenge, willing to become an enemy of mankind and a destroyer.

Rinko, was troubled since that day and often stared into the distance, thinking how she could not reach Kichi Azusa and worried that she herself could be blind in her pursuid of more strength. Igawa Asagi, ordered her to take a short vacation, with Fuuma Kotaro and Kannagi Kaede coming to the beach, though Rinko still was still rather absent minded. The group of Taimainin was called for help by Sally Roberts, an UFS agent, which looked for help with an escaped demonic beast the Enbarr. The beast, had been experimented on by Fürst before the Demonologists death and now had escaped with other creatures. As the Taimanin and assisting demons fought but where unable to calm the creature. Rinko noticed the foreign soul of an Taimanin swordfighter in the creature, which drove the beast insane as the two souls were in conflict. Rinko challanged the beast to a dual one-on-one and as the skills of the swordfighter awoke, it calmed its heart as the talked with their blades. With its defeat by Rinko's hand, the soul could find rest, and the beast returned to its normal peaceful state. Rinko afterward thanked the creature, for the dual as it helped her to overcome her own troubled mind.

Rinko still struggling somewhat with Azusa, knows she needs strength to reach her, and seeks help from the still alive Shinganji Gen-an, Azusa's and Shinganji Kurenai's grandfather. In a dual, Rinko impresses him with her strength, even though she could not hit him and only dodged thanks to her void art. She is told to visit, one of Gen-ans son's Shinganji Sakyo in the UFS, to learn a technique that might help to reach Azusa in a fight and about the death of Shinganji Kaede, though she is warned that an Itto style user might not benefit from it. Rinko agrees but Gen-an also noticed something in her heart, with his mind eye which he did not reveal. Rinko, asked Mizuki Yukikaze with help on that mission and after seeing a mock battle between Yukikaze and Shishimura Koro in the Itto Style also takes her with them. Combining her personal mission with a quest given by Mirabell Bell, which wanted to test her army forces in a mock battle against Taimanin. The group meets Mirabell Bell in the UFS's Fort Clark and later Shinganji Sakyo in the nearby town of Allenton, to learn a technique and the truth about the death of Shinganji Kaede, as a way to save Kichi Azusa. In the Holographic Training Room they fought the entire forces under Mirabell Bell, Yukikaze and Rinko using new techniques and they are able to win against the small army and Exoskeletons. Afterward, they celebrate and play around, as some soldiers noticed the simularities between Yukikaze and some Japense idol, much to Yukikaze's dislike. The group, takes a long trip to Allenton, and arrive at one of the bases of Zero Nations Group, a front of Nomad. They are lead in by Makishima Niemon and are suprised to be treated very well as guests. Thanks to Koro's ability the group is allowed to view Sakyo, which is the CEO of Zero Nations, memories. While at first sceptical about the Nomad Executive, as they learn about the founding of Nomad, and how Edwin Black formed his relationship with Shinganji Sakyo, they start to understand. They learn about Black and how he dated Shinganji Kaede in this timeline in secret, and about Kaede's death by Teutates, as she was pregnant with Black's second child after Shinganji Kurenai, Felicia. Learning, that the body of Kaede with Felica was taken, and also seeing Kaede's techniques, the group returns to the present.

A "**what if**" event of a dual unit of Yukikaze and Rinko, features a callback to Taimanin Yukikaze 1, in which both become slaves of Real and Yazaki Muneichi for one month in order to gain intel about Mizuki Shiranui. After two weeks, they are close to broken, with the ending being kept vague if they would renew the contract. The use of a Magical Contract binding them and a Lewd Crest and many other elements are different in detail.

Some of her "What If" events featured her working for a dairy product brand, as a part-time job in which she wore cow clothes. These events seem to be somewhat canon, as it is referenced later, in story events, that she still has been somewhat fooled to stay at that embarrassing job.

### Timeline Action

Neither Taimanin Yukikaze nor Taimanin Yukikaze 2 happened in that timeline.

Her brother Akiyama Tatsuro is almost never mentioned outside of her biography, and her "brocon" affection is never mentioned.

Rinko joins for the first time, assigned to the Taimanin Task Force, together with Yatsu Murasaki, during the recovery of Momochi Toyo body, in which the group finds both Emily Simmons and Noah Brown. She specially helps out after Oboro's escape after being captured. The intimacy event of Rinko, makes Yukikaze's intimacy event, a date on the pool with Kotaro canon. While Yukikaze kept the date a secret and was hiding away, when Sakura and Fuuma Tokiko arrived, she happly informed her close friend Rinko about it. Rinko herself seemed to be slightly jealous, when she confronted Kotaro about it, in her own intimacy event.

Rinko and Yukikaze appear in a mission, in which both struggle to hold back as they had been ordered to, when insulted, as they are supposed to be "fake defeated". Making sure that the group of terrorists does not just run away but use their whole weaponry. While, Yukikaze breathed in some knockout gas, she is hit a bit stronger than intended, with Shiranui chastising her suggesting more training with her when the mission is over, something that makes Yukikaze nervous. Rinko herself, faces of against Koukawa Asuka, which cooperated with the Taimanin acting as a fake leader of the operation. While Rinko and Asuka "fake" fought, they started to get more into it, with Rinko almost unable to stop until told to do so.

In a summer event, Yukikaze, Rinko, Uehara Shikanosuke, Fuuma Kotaro, Fuuma Kotaro, Noah Brown and Su Jinglei, go on a relaxing camping trip. While Yukikaze and Rinko struggle not to break international law as they hunt for food, they also connect closer to the others. As Su prepared fish, Rinko felt challanged, and told Yukikaze to hunt a boar, with Yukikaze running around the forest until she got the food for Rinko to prepare.

### Timeline GOGO!

Unknown if TY and TY2 took place in any way.

Rinko is an upper classmate of Oma Shinobu, she is very active and a loyal follower of Igawa Sakura, she deeply respects. Like, Yukikaze her character is very different to other timelines. In this one, she is sometimes called "Rose Gorilla", because of her typically deceived and relying on her physical strength. Nobody trusts her judgement, as she often takes the most dangerious routes for training and fails any undercover work. Gambles with her own life or cheats and threatens other students with excessive violence, like dynamite during a gymnastic festival, year **2082**, to make the fighting more impactful. Survives, and is immune to almost all damage, considered to be to crazy even for Mizuki Yukikaze, which keeps her distance in this timeline. She is self proclaimed intelligent and at times poses in front of a mirror.

Pilled Oma Shinobu's group into a personal matter, which Rinko disguised as official business, a Nomad casino she had lost money in. Suggesting foul play, though it was more likely the case that Rinko was terrible when it came to risk assessment. Causing a fight in the Kasino, Rinko decided they cheated anyway.

## Additional Material

* A lot of Rinko scenes were cut from the OVA. Most of her scenes are on the second episode. These have a noticeable quality drop with the animation, as the scenes come from extra diary entries from the game. Unlike in the game, Rinko will change her hairstyle for the last episode, symbolizing her transformation to a slave. Since the final confrontation with Mizuki Shiranui doesn't happen in the OVA, it is closer overall to the Fallen Yukikaze bad end route, where Mizuki Shiranui is not mentioned. Her fate within the game stays unclear, as Yukikaze doesn't bring a suitcase to Tatsurou, like in the game. This implies that she didn't break the contract afterward and might be physically unharmed.
* Appears in manga adaption, follows Rinko's bad ending. Both her and Shiranui try to give Yukikaze the last push into insanity at the end. Additional erotic scenes are also part of this.
* In the light novel, both Rinko and Yukikaze are not fully corrupted. Near the end of the Route, Rinko acts like she has been broken and gets close to Yukikaze and Tatsuro to teleport them away in exchange for her life, as the magical contract will take her limbs. Shiranui appears and knocks out Rinko before she can do so, Shiranui afterward has her way with Tatsuro while Yukikaze is forced to watch. At some point, she injects Tatsuro with an experimental drug, this turns him almost primal, and he impregnates Yukikaze, Rinko and Shiranui over hours. All three start to become broken by Tatsuro, but Real mentions that he will perform an autopsy after he dies, to research that new drug. Yukikaze hears this and, in her daze, awakens to a power which could also be connected to the new life growing inside her. Lighting floods a large area of Yomihara, leading to a blackout, with the lighting destroying the nanobots of the Magical Contract in the body of everybody and kills targeted Zokt and Real. A report is later given to Asagi, which confirms that Shiranui, Yukikaze, Rinko and Tatsuro have disappeared, but a sighting of lighting suggest they are still alive but have become Rogue Taimanin but also free.
* In some of the Drama CDs, Shiranui teams up with her in training as a follow-up of the Bad Ending of her route in TY2.

## Powers/Abilities

**Main Weapon**: Katana "Ishikiri Kanemitsu"

* **Ninja Arts**: **"Void Arts"**: Her ninja ability allows her to manipulate space in the form of "leaps" in multiple different ways, such as teleport herself, others, objects or cutting space itself ignoring enemy armor. It can also distort the air, with creates vacuum slash attacks.
	+ **Butterfly Guillotine**: Combines her Itto Style with Void Art. Covers the blade in "leaping bubble", and forces whatever part the blade touches to leap. This makes even the hardest armor useless, cutting through, shields, armor or other blades
	+ **Shift/Leap/Teleportation**: Is able to create teleportation portals with wide range. Able to "leap" herself or leap other objects to her if she prepared beforehand. This is very exhausting, and can not be done multiple times over a wide distance without a danger to herself.
	+ **Ability Boost**: Can use space manipulation to increase senses like eyesight, see through walls or corners as well as X-ray.
	+ **Phantasmic Bubble**: Creates multiple light bubbles if these touch objects, it teleports them away. Rinko is able to use them defensively, creating multiple around herself to protect herself from bullets. Also called Kuuton bullets.
* **Master Swordsmanship**: She uses the family way of sword fighting called "Ittou-ryuu style" or just "Itto Style", being one of the strongest sword users next to Asagi.
* **Particle Control**: Taimanin are able to manipulate Taima Particles to enhance their physical strength, speed and defense. The particles are also used to counter demonic influences and strengthen damage to demons.
* **Slave/Toy**: She and Yukikaze were modified to be perfect slave/toys after the events of Under Eden. As their bodies are 3000 times more sensitive.
* **Demon Transformation**: A "what If" none canon form in the Online Universes. Like an Inner Demon, increases her strength overall might be closer to a Demonization. As part of her demon form, her face cheeks now also have scale-like areas. Another form which is closer to a Inner Demon might be the "killing instinct", which Rinko can talk to in the Post-Apocalyptic Future Universe and denies.

**More about this form**:

* **Multiplier on all**: Her abilities are all far upgraded.
* **Regeneration**
* **Changed Personality**: Her lust has taken her over, Rinko now is unable to control her sexual urges jumping colleges for the chance of sex, even if they don't wish it. Though she feels guilty, ignoring the will of others, she still can't control it. She also will kill anybody stopping her new-found happiness. The RPGX, "Shadow" or Killing instinct is a voice the future version is able to hear, which acts calm and collected, is driven by the desire to win and kill.

Concept ArtRPGX Rinko's Shadow

## Media

* Taimanin Yukikaze
	+ OVA
	+ Manga
* Taimanin Yukikaze 2
* Taimanin Asagi 3 (mentioned)
* Taimanin Asagi Battle Arena
* Taimanin RPGX
* Action Taimanin

### Crossover and Cameos

* Taimanin GOGO!
* Otogi Frontier
* Mist Train Girls
* Millennium War Aigis

## Trivia

* She is an incredible cook, being as skilled as an acclaimed chef.
* The "Itto Style" can also be translated as "Stray Blade Style".
* She is often referred to as the Slashing Taimanin due to her skills of swordsmanship with her katana, which is apparently a family heirloom.
* Yukikaze is her best friend, despite being considered rivals in love.
* While Rinko is often viewed as a perfect Taimanin by people like Yukikaze or other classmates, this reputation has done more harm than good, as Rinko is unable to ask for help, and others just assume everything is alright.
* While, Yukikaze is often called a pig when being insulted Rinko is called often a cow. This isn't helped by one of her costumes in RPGX, which puts her into a thick cow costume for advertising, as she misunderstood a part time job.
* She is the current substitute head of her clan and with that her brother's boss in a way.
* She learned her way of fighting from her father.
* Most of her scenes don't show up in the normal route, but extra diary pages.
* Rinko is training all 32 other users of the family fighting style.
* She is mentioned to be on an infiltration mission while Taimanin Asagi 3 happens.
* In Taimanin Yukikaze she is simply a sidekick character (Deuteragonists) but becomes a Protagonists, with her own route with choices, in Taimanin Yukikaze 2.
* As the result of a production error, Rinko appears instead of her brother in Taimanin Asagi 3
* She is extremely popular with the female students, to the point that there is a secret Rinko-sama fan club that is growing strongly.
* Her feelings for her brother are revealed in the true ending of TY2, though Yukikaze takes it as a sportsmanship challenge.
* The age distance between Yukikaze and Rinko is either 1 or 2 years. This can be taken from the "elite training course", which both took at the same time. Yukikaze was 13 at the time and Rinko (though not mentioned in age) is still mentioned as a record holder. 14 being considered the impressive limit of characters in AT. In timelines like RPGX, Yukikaze is a first year, while Rinko is a third year at the beginning before increasing in their classes over the years.
* Though her "Void Art" is an undisclosed element, given the teleportation and spacetime cutting, seems to be connected to this. However, Rinko also is often linked to "Wind", with TABA card names using "Air Evasion" or "Air Blade", but this might not mean anything. TY2 also makes her face off against the Wind Squad of Taimanin, from which she trained one of the members.
* Rinko stated that for some reason she is a slower swimmer than Yukikaze.

### Etymology

* The name **Rinko** means "cold, strict, severe" (凜) (**rin**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).

## Quotes

"*I respect you for openly challenging one of my reputation. Come, then! Witness my skill and taste Ishikiri Kanemitsu edge!*"
— Rinko text on her TABA Savage Hunter card[src]

**Rinko**: "*I see. So something did happen... Great, well done!*"
**Tatsuro**: "*Eh!? No, that's...*"
**Rinko**: "*I see, I see! I was a bit worried, since I couldn't find a suitable partner. Well, to be exact I did think of one at once, but obviously I couldn't get in Yukikaze's way. But, you guys went and did it right? Alright, good!!*"
**Tatsuro**: "*Rinko-ane, what are you talking about?*"
**Rinko**: "*I'm sure Yukikaze will allow it if I'm going second. Tatsurou, I'm sorry, but could you take my virginity now?*"
— Rinko, misunderstanding the situation between Yukikaze and Rinko before the undercover mission, stops herself right after.

"*Well, still, it's a rare occasion, after all. Besides, it's only me here. Yeah, there's no problem. Everything's an experience. Okay, one, two (Twirls with maid dress) Wow♪ Kuuuuu~♪ Th-this is nice. Tatsurou will be delighted. (twirls again) I feel pretty cute, if I do say so myself. Yeah, definitely cute♪*"
— Playing with her undercover maid clothes.[src]

**Yukikaze**: "*I don't really care about that!! I'm Tatsurou's childhood friend, but siblings have been together for far longer than that. And what's more, it's Rinko-senpai. She is strong, pretty and cool, and her breasts are big, too! It's too hard to compete for Tatsurou with such a good-looking person!*"
**Rinko**: "*Hold on, Yukikaze!! I'm not especially thinking of competing with you over Tatsurou!! Don't get the wrong idea!!*"
**Yukikaze**: "*But, you do like him, don't you? You're brother and sister, but you like Tatsurou, right? Uwaaaaah!!*"
**Rinko**: "*Well, as for that... Hey, Yukikaze, listen to what I'm saying!! This is a misunderstanding!*"
— After Rinko is teased by Shizuru for having serious feelings for Tatsurou, Rinko reacts shy. This results in a comedic outburst of Yukikaze.[src]

**Criminal Grunts**: "*I remember!!! That titty monster is called the Demon Cutting Taimanin! The other one with the two guns! That tan flat-chested brat is the Lighting Strike Taimanin, no doubt about it!*"
**Rinko**: "*Who's a titty monster??*"
**Yukikaze**: "*Let's hear you calling me flat-chested again!!*"
— Yukikaze and Rinko, fighting against a group of demon criminals.[src]

## Gallery

Vs Beastman (TY)Kuro and Kozuki Sana observing the duel of Akiyama Rinko and NielsenNext to Akiyama Tatsuro and Incubus KingGosha UniformUse of Void ArtOVA, hair after corruptionMaid uniformCasual winter wearIn TY2RPGX and Action uniform.Alternative joke worldSky Edge disguiseSlave Body ModificationVR BrainwashingMizuki Yukikaze and RinkoRelaxingAsuka and Yukikaze playing Kotaro and Rinko watchingPart time jobSky Edge conceptAs maid with Incubus KingRinko and Kousaka ShizuruUsing Art to look far and through objectsWith YukikazeMaskedInsultedUsing Void Art with the bladeMaid OutfitDay offSky EdgeDojo MasterTY1 designIn Under Eden with Mizuki YukikazeMist Train GirlsSally Roberts, Kannagi Kaede, **Akiyama Rinko** and MerriamBad Ending in Manga, broken **Akiyama Rinko** and Mizuki Shiranui convince Yukikaze to be Real's slaveMangaPlaying a game.Casual (RPGX)TABARinko and Oma Shinobu
## Notes and references

1. ↑ https://masaki-sss.hatenablog.com/entry/2019/12/17/090417

1. Lilith-soft Profile Page
2. Action Taimanin Profile