Sister and coach of [Ryuuji Takane](https://anilist.co/character/8869/Ryuuji-Takane).

In order to fulfill their dead father's wish, the siblings, Kiku Takane and Ryuuji Takane aim for the champion title of the boxing arena. The sister, Kiku, will act as the trainer while her brother, Ryuuji, will concentrate on the role of the boxer and learn the Boomerang Hook technique. His battle with many rivals has led to the growth and maturity of Ryuuji. The junior high boxing tournament has began and Ryuuji will be fighting his arch-rival, Jun Kenzaki. The battle begins.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

__Height:__ 162 cm

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- She has starred in several anime series with [Megumi Toyoguchi](https://anilist.co/staff/95144/) in which their characters are part of the same teams.
- Rie's widely known favourite greeting sign is the V sign whenever she stands in front of a camera.
- She is a member of the Steel Angels, a singing trio composed of the three lead seiyuu of Steel Angel Kurumi--[Atsuko Enomoto](https://anilist.co/staff/95411/) and [Masayo Kurata](https://anilist.co/staff/95616/) included, and is responsible for its opening and end themes.
- Married to fellow voice actor [Koichi Yamadera](https://anilist.co/staff/95011) from 2012 to 2018.

**Non anime roles:**
- [Himeko Murata](https://anilist.co/character/142944/Himeko-Murata) - Honkai Impact (Video Game), Honkai: Star Rail (VG)
- [Lisa](https://anilist.co/character/190867/Lisa/) - Genshin Impact (VG)
- Valeriede - Memento Mori (VG)
- Kan-E-Senna - Final Fantasy XIV (VG)
- Isabel - Goddess of Victory: Nikke (VG)
- Queen Dahlia - Tevi (VG)
- Queen Tahlia - Tevi (VG)
- Sweetheart - Reverse: 1999 (VG)
- Joanna Calendula - Metaphor: ReFantazio (VG)

Immediately after Ryuuji Takane won the Champion Carnival, the U.S. Junior Champion Black Shaft appeared, and challenged the best Japan has to offer, just before the World Tournament is about to happen. Now Ryuuji, Takeshi Kawai, Kazuki Shinatora, Ishimatsu Katori, and Superstar Jun Kenzaki have to prove to not only Black Shaft, but the world, that they are truly world-class boxers before the World Tournament starts. But Shaft is not recruiting boxers for his challenge, but instead gets a life-timer criminal from Death Row, the leader of the Great Angels, one of the toughest gangs in America, a mysterious woman, and the "Dark Emperor of the South". Also, Shaft negotiates with Don Giuliano, the Italian Junior Champion, just in case...
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

After defeating Black Shaft's makeshift Team USA and proving their worth to the Shadow Clan, Team Golden Japan Jr. will finally enter the World Jr. Boxing Tournament. In order to fulfill their goal of a perfect victory they'll have to take on teams from countries like Mexico, Italy, France, Germany, and the mysterious and godlike Team Greece.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

After defeating Black Shaft's makeshift Team America, the Golden Japan Jr. team returns to training for the World Tournament that will be held in Tokyo. But during training the Shadow Clan, which uses boxing as an assasination technique, kidnaps Kiku in order to lure Ryuuji and the others into a fight to see who's truly the better representatives of Japan's junior boxers.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

Takane Kiku and Takane Ryuji are the children of a legendary world contender boxer. Kiku, the daughter seems to have inherited her father's boxing sense and tries to teach Ryuji to become a world contender. However, Ryuji hates boxing and gets picked on. After Kiku and Ryuji leave their hometown for Tokyo, Ryuji eventually learns to discover a passion for boxing after an encounter with a boxing prodigy, Kenzaki Jun. This will eventually lead him to learn crazy moves and out of this world opponents to become one of Japan's top junior boxers. 
(Source: Anime News Network)

At the end of Ring ni Kakero 1, Ryuuji Takane went up against Superstar Jun Kenzaki for the World Title. Now, 17 years later, Rindo Kenzaki, the son of Jun Kenzaki and nephew of Ryuuji Takane, lives with Ishimatsu Katori, the "Kenka Champion" from Ryuuji and Jun's time. Rindo will meet up with a new generation of boxers to create a new Golden Japan Jr. to take on the world. 
(Source: Anime News Network)

A collection of short sequences taken from the Ring ni Kakero manga, made during the production of the fifth Saint Seiya movie by the same team, available via a mail order form included with an issue of the Super Jump magazine in 2004. It was included in the Kurumada 30th Anniversary DVD.

The Mythology is the plan of the gods. A perfect story created by them, that should never be changed in any way. However, there where mortals who altered the Mythology with their own hands. Pegasus Seiya, Ryuji Takane, Kojiro of the Fuuma, and many others were brought to this prison, where they're going to be erased to restore the Mythology to its original course... But they're not going to disappear without fighting for their existence.