Age: 15-16
Date of Birth: June 1, 1995
Zodiac: Gemini
Height: 155 cm (5'1")
Weight: 41 kg
Blood Type: AB
Initial Persona: Himiko
Ultimate Persona: Kanzeon
Rise is a cheerful girl with bright-red pigtails who was one of Japan's most popular idols before suddenly stepping away from it all. She transferred to Yasogami High School as a freshman specifically to escape the pressure and live a normal life, at least for a while. Back in her hometown of Inaba, she helps out at her grandmother's tofu shop, Marukyu, which keeps her grounded—though the reminders of her old life keep creeping back in.
Her design carries echoes of Yuka Ayase from the original Persona, and her role in the group shifts once her story kicks in. She essentially becomes the party's information hub, providing intel on enemies and helping strategize both in and out of battle—a job Teddie eventually hands off to her.
Rise's Persona is Himiko, from The Lovers Arcana. It's an odd-looking thing: a figure in white with a satellite dish for a head and a visor that calls back to the historical Himiko. Maxing out her Social Link with the protagonist causes Himiko to evolve into Kanzeon.
Her Shadow reveals a lot about what she was really struggling with. It appears as a pole dancer in a rainbow bodysuit, and her dungeon is styled like a strip club—all stages and poles and suggestive imagery. The Shadow embodies her resentment at being reduced to a sexualized, ditzy pop star stereotype. But underneath that anger was her real crisis: not knowing who she actually was beyond the "Risette" act.
Through her Social Link, the protagonist helps her work through leaving the industry. Initially she's relieved to drop the "Risette" mask, but old habits resurface—her manager bothers her, a replacement idol shows up, fans send letters. She starts second-guessing herself. Eventually the protagonist helps her see that Risette wasn't fake or something to reject completely; it was just one part of her, and she needs to accept all of it—the public persona and the private person—as equally real. By spring, she's decided to return to idol work on her own terms.
She's also a romance option for the protagonist.
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