Rikka Takanashi

Rikka Takanashi is the main heroine of the light novel and Kyoto Animation-adapted TV series Love, Chuunibyou, and Other Delusions!. She is a high school student who suffers from the titular "Chuunibyou disease", a term loosely translated as "eighth-grader syndrome" and is characterized by delusions of grandeur. Rikka possesses the powerful "Tyrant's Eye" ("Wicked Eye" in some translations), which is in reality her right eye worn in yellow contact lenses and covered with an eyepatch for "sealing its power". She becomes attached to the protagonist Yuuta Togashi after she becomes his classmate in high school, much to his frustration.

Season 1 spoilers It's later revealed that Rikka's chuunibyou persona is actually a coping mechanism for her father's untimely death while she was younger. She was inspired to take her own personality after she was inspired by Yuuta's "Dark Flame Master" persona.

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History
A proud member of the KyoAni faction, Rikka is a powerhouse contestant in the International Saimoe League, where she won the Fall 2012 seasonal diadem and two necklace awards, as well as reaching the quarter-finals twice (2018 and 2019).

She has appeared in the contest's playoffs in all editions except 2016. Rikka secured her place as a powerhouse contestant at the wake of the Chuunibyou movie's release in 2018, establishing a reputation as a "sniper" due to her tendency to score upsets against tiara contenders in the playoffs, most notably scoring the first-ever #16 vs #1 victory in the playoffs against Yukino in 2019. Since then she has won one more necklace in 2020.

Main Tournament
Overall record (as of ISML 2021 regular season)

Match history

{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="height: 1px; border: 2px solid #a80212; border-collapse:collapse" width="600px" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" ! colspan="20" scope="row" style="background-color: #19236b;" | ISML 2014
 * colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |Nominations:
 * colspan="4" |
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! style="text-align:center;" | Rd ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Opponent ! style="text-align:center;" |Score ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |VF%
 * colspan="4" style=" background-color: #3b3b3b; color: #ffffff; text-align:center;" |2014 Nova Regular season
 * colspan="4" style=" background-color: #3b3b3b; color: #ffffff; text-align:center;" |2014 Nova Regular season
 * style="background-color: #6bfede; color: #000000;" |Aqua 1
 * Yukino Yukinoshita
 * 4559 - 3119
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |59.38%
 * style="background-color: #6bfede; color: #000000;" |Aqua 2
 * Origami Tobiichi
 * 4997 - 2887
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |63.38%
 * style="background-color: #6bfede; color: #000000;" |Aqua 3
 * Furano Yukihira
 * 5371 - 2463
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |68.56%
 * style="background-color: #6bfede; color: #000000;" |Aqua 4
 * Charlotte Belew
 * 3579 - 2080
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |63.24%
 * style="background-color: #6bfede; color: #000000;" |Aqua 5
 * Misaki Shokuhou
 * 3912 - 2396
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |62.02%
 * style="background-color: #6bfede; color: #000000;" |Aqua 6
 * Tohka Yatogami
 * 3185 - 2799
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |53.23%
 * style="background-color: #6bfede; color: #000000;" |Aqua 7
 * Kuroyukihime
 * 3493 - 3304
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |51.39%
 * style=" background-color: #9942f0; color: #ffffff;" |Amet 1
 * Yaya
 * 3287 - 2768
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |54.29%
 * style=" background-color: #9942f0; color: #ffffff;" |Amet 2
 * Yui (SAO)
 * 3771 - 1864
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |66.92%
 * style=" background-color: #9942f0; color: #ffffff;" |Amet 3
 * Kudryavka Noumi
 * 3539 - 1643
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |68.29%
 * style=" background-color: #9942f0; color: #ffffff;" |Amet 4
 * Karuta Roromiya
 * 3571 - 1637
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |68.57%
 * style=" background-color: #9942f0; color: #ffffff;" |Amet 5
 * Azusa Azuki
 * 3262 - 2395
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |57.66%
 * style=" background-color: #9942f0; color: #ffffff;" |Amet 6
 * Nanami Aoyama
 * 3055 - 2883
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |51.45%
 * style=" background-color: #9942f0; color: #ffffff;" |Amet 7
 * Yoshino
 * 3208 - 4213
 * style="color: #cc1c0c; " | 43.23%
 * style="background-color: #9b111e; color: #ffffff;" |Ruby 1
 * Mirai Kuriyama
 * 3115 - 1551
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |66.76%
 * style="background-color: #9b111e; color: #ffffff;" |Ruby 2
 * Haqua du Lot Herminium
 * 2804 - 1863
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |60.08%
 * style="background-color: #9b111e; color: #ffffff;" |Ruby 3
 * Rin Natsume
 * 2772 - 1582
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |63.67%
 * style="background-color: #9b111e; color: #ffffff;" |Ruby 4
 * Shiori Shiomiya
 * 3184 - 1481
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |68.25%
 * style="background-color: #9b111e; color: #ffffff;" |Ruby 5
 * Nyaruko
 * 2571 - 1531
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |62.68%
 * style="background-color: #9b111e; color: #ffffff;" |Ruby 6
 * Shinka Nibutani
 * 2818 - 2207
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |56.08%
 * style="background-color: #9b111e; color: #ffffff;" |Ruby 7
 * Kurumi Tokisaki
 * 2596 - 3574
 * style="color: #cc1c0c; " |42.07%
 * style="background-color: #046307; color: #ffffff;" |Eme 1
 * Mikan Yuuki
 * 2997 - 1867
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |61.62%
 * style="background-color: #046307; color: #ffffff;" |Eme 2
 * Leafa
 * 3348 - 1752
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |65.65%
 * style="background-color: #046307; color: #ffffff;" |Eme 3
 * Ririchiyo Shirakiin
 * 2579 - 1657
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |60.88%
 * style="background-color: #046307; color: #ffffff;" |Eme 4
 * Laura Bodewig
 * 2731 - 1623
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |62.72%
 * style="background-color: #046307; color: #ffffff;" |Eme 5
 * Momo Belia Deviluke
 * 2482 - 1684
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |59.58%
 * style="background-color: #046307; color: #ffffff;" |Eme 6
 * Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi
 * 2238 - 2297
 * style="color: #cc1c0c; " |49.35%
 * style="background-color: #046307; color: #ffffff;" |Eme 7
 * Asuna Yuuki
 * 3008 - 3777
 * style="color: #cc1c0c; " |44.33%
 * style=" background-color: #ffd268; color: #000000;" |Tpz 1
 * Black Rabbit
 * 2666 - 2345
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |53.20%
 * style=" background-color: #ffd268; color: #000000;" |Tpz 2
 * Touka Takanashi
 * 3159 - 1885
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |62.63%
 * style=" background-color: #ffd268; color: #000000;" |Tpz 3
 * Yukina Himeragi
 * 2541 - 1597
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |61.41%
 * style=" background-color: #ffd268; color: #000000;" |Tpz 4
 * Chocolat
 * 2686 - 1629
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |62.25%
 * style=" background-color: #ffd268; color: #000000;" |Tpz 5
 * Sanae Dekomori
 * 2945 - 1071
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |73.33%
 * style=" background-color: #ffd268; color: #000000;" |Tpz 6
 * Eru Chitanda
 * 2445 - 2079
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |54.05%
 * style=" background-color: #ffd268; color: #000000;" |Tpz 7
 * Kotori Itsuka
 * 3799 - 3843
 * style="color: #cc1c0c; " |49.71%
 * colspan="4" style=" background-color: #3b3b3b; color: #ffffff; text-align:center;" | RS Record: 30W 5L (Stella 6th) Average VF: 4597, Average VA: 3545, Average VF%: 56.13%,  Average VA%: 43.87%
 * style=" background-color: #0f52ba; color: #ffffff;" |Nova 1
 * Black Rabbit
 * 3168 - 2644
 * style="color: #cc1c0c; " | 54.51%
 * style=" background-color: #0f52ba; color: #ffffff;" |Nova 2
 * Kurumi Tokisaki
 * 2989 - 3228
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |48.08%
 * style=" background-color: #0f52ba; color: #ffffff;" |Nova 3
 * Shinka Nibutani
 * 3316 - 2388
 * style="color: #cc1c0c; " |58.13%
 * style=" background-color: #0f52ba; color: #ffffff;" |Nova 4
 * Kuroyukihime
 * 3229 - 3573
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |47.47%
 * colspan="4" style=" background-color: #0f52ba; color: #ffffff; text-align:center;" |Result: 2W 2L (Nova 8th), RS Rank: 6th
 * style="background-color: #550a8a; color: #ffc7eb;" |Ro16
 * (S1) Kanade Tachibana
 * 2532 - 4145
 * style="color: #cc1c0c; " |37.92%
 * style="background-color: #550a8a; color: #ffc7eb;" |PO 3
 * Kuroyukihime (x3, consolation)
 * 3930 - 4118
 * style="color: #cc1c0c; " |48.83%
 * style="background-color: #550a8a; color: #ffc7eb;" |PO 4
 * Eucliwood Hellscythe (consolation)
 * 2915 - 3090
 * style="color: #cc1c0c; " |48.54%
 * style="background-color: #550a8a; color: #ffc7eb;" |PO 5
 * Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi (x2, consolation)
 * 3966 - 4413
 * style="color: #cc1c0c; " |47.33%
 * colspan="4" style="background-color: #550a8a; color: #ffc7eb;" |Final position: 16th
 * }
 * colspan="4" style=" background-color: #3b3b3b; color: #ffffff; text-align:center;" | RS Record: 30W 5L (Stella 6th) Average VF: 4597, Average VA: 3545, Average VF%: 56.13%,  Average VA%: 43.87%
 * style=" background-color: #0f52ba; color: #ffffff;" |Nova 1
 * Black Rabbit
 * 3168 - 2644
 * style="color: #cc1c0c; " | 54.51%
 * style=" background-color: #0f52ba; color: #ffffff;" |Nova 2
 * Kurumi Tokisaki
 * 2989 - 3228
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |48.08%
 * style=" background-color: #0f52ba; color: #ffffff;" |Nova 3
 * Shinka Nibutani
 * 3316 - 2388
 * style="color: #cc1c0c; " |58.13%
 * style=" background-color: #0f52ba; color: #ffffff;" |Nova 4
 * Kuroyukihime
 * 3229 - 3573
 * style="color: #1e7026; " |47.47%
 * colspan="4" style=" background-color: #0f52ba; color: #ffffff; text-align:center;" |Result: 2W 2L (Nova 8th), RS Rank: 6th
 * style="background-color: #550a8a; color: #ffc7eb;" |Ro16
 * (S1) Kanade Tachibana
 * 2532 - 4145
 * style="color: #cc1c0c; " |37.92%
 * style="background-color: #550a8a; color: #ffc7eb;" |PO 3
 * Kuroyukihime (x3, consolation)
 * 3930 - 4118
 * style="color: #cc1c0c; " |48.83%
 * style="background-color: #550a8a; color: #ffc7eb;" |PO 4
 * Eucliwood Hellscythe (consolation)
 * 2915 - 3090
 * style="color: #cc1c0c; " |48.54%
 * style="background-color: #550a8a; color: #ffc7eb;" |PO 5
 * Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi (x2, consolation)
 * 3966 - 4413
 * style="color: #cc1c0c; " |47.33%
 * colspan="4" style="background-color: #550a8a; color: #ffc7eb;" |Final position: 16th
 * }
 * 2915 - 3090
 * style="color: #cc1c0c; " |48.54%
 * style="background-color: #550a8a; color: #ffc7eb;" |PO 5
 * Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi (x2, consolation)
 * 3966 - 4413
 * style="color: #cc1c0c; " |47.33%
 * colspan="4" style="background-color: #550a8a; color: #ffc7eb;" |Final position: 16th
 * }
 * colspan="4" style="background-color: #550a8a; color: #ffc7eb;" |Final position: 16th
 * }
 * }

Gem Record (as of ISML 2021)
 * Wins: 3
 * Appearances: 21
 * 2013: Amethyst (7th), Emerald (4th), Emerald (Winner), Sapphire (Nova 2nd)
 * 2014: Aquamarine (4th), Topaz (3rd), Sapphire (Nova 8th)
 * 2015: Diamond (Stella 14th)
 * 2016: Topaz (7th)
 * 2017: N/A
 * 2018: Aquamarine (7th), Ruby (7th), Diamond (3rd)
 * 2019: Ruby (4th)
 * 2020: Amethyst (4th), Sapphire (8th), Emerald (4th), Ruby (3rd), Diamond (Winner)
 * 2021: Sapphire (6th), Emerald (4th), Ruby (Winner)

r/anime record
On the other hand, Rikka is a relatively weaker contestant in r/anime's Best Girl Contest, where she appeared in the round of 64 in its first two editions. She made history in Best Girl 7 by becoming the first girl to eliminate a Top 8-seeded girl in Round 3 after she defeated #7 Kei Shirogane as a #135 seed. Rikka secured a tournament-best #32 seed in Best Girl 8, but was eliminated yet again in the fourth round, this time by Konosuba's Yunyun.

Best Girl
Best Girl 1 - seed 69


 * (444) Lain Iwakura @ Serial Experiments Lain, 2381 - 652
 * (199) Akari @ Chaika, 2963 - 1484
 * (60) Kyouko Sakura @ Madoka Magica, 3182 - 2905
 * (5) Taiga Aisaka @ Toradora!, 2448 - 4739

Best Girl 2 - seed 75


 * (438) Tsubaki Andou @ Shirobako, 5254 - 2183
 * (182) Lieselotte Sherlock @ Trinity Seven, 4236 - 2233
 * (54) Mine @ Akame ga Kill!, 5034 - 4444
 * (11) Winry Rockbell @ Fullmetal Alchemist, 4920 - 6218

Best Girl 3 - seed 126


 * (387) Rea Sanka @ Sankarea, 3140 - 1380
 * (131) Lisbeth @ Sword Art Online, 4392 - 2243
 * (3) Rin Tohsaka @ Fate/stay night, 2348 - 4525

Best Girl 4 - seed 62


 * (451) Kobeni Yonomori @ Engaged to the Unidentified, 6753 - 2616
 * (195) Konata Izumi @ Lucky Star, 6601 - 2994
 * (67) Kaori Miyazono @ Your Lie in April, 5160 - 5925

Best Girl 5 - seed 161


 * (352) Kouko Kaga @ Golden Time, 4664 - 2172
 * (96) Fubuki @ One Punch Man, 4920 - 3794
 * (33) Jibril @ No Game No Life, 4958 - 6501

Best Girl 6 - seed 79


 * (434) Shiro @ Deadman Wonderland, 3974 - 1217
 * (178) Kosaki Onodera @ Nisekoi, 2985 - 1978
 * (50) Krista Lenz @ Attack on Titan, 3071 - 4124

Best Girl 7 - seed 135


 * (378) Nico Yazawa @ Love Live! SIP, 1860 - 642
 * (122) LLENN @ Sword Art Online, 2332 - 1329
 * (7) Kei Shirogane @ Kaguya-sama, 2292 - 2252
 * (58) Mitsuha Miyamizu @ Your Name, 2818 - 3224

Best Girl 8 - seed 32


 * (481) Saki Hanajima @ Fruits Basket, 3173 - 1023
 * (288) Rushia Uruha @ Hololive, 2342 - 1994
 * (97) Nadeko Sengoku @ Monogatari, 1951 - 1615
 * (33) Yunyun @ Konosuba, 2026 - 2217

Best Character
Best Character 1 - seed 73


 * (440) Hideyoshi Kinoshita @ Baka and Test, 2455 - 959
 * (184) Marika Tachibana @ Nisekoi, 1951 - 1340
 * (56) Stephanie Dola @ No Game No Life, 2082 - 1917
 * (9) Saber @ Fate/stay night, 1396 - 3039

Best Character 2 - seed 220


 * (293) Yuzuru Otonashi @ Angel Beats!, 986 - 590
 * (37) Koyomi Araragi @ Monogatari, 505 - 1225

Best Character 3 - seed 147


 * (366) Lalaco Godspeed @ Space Patrol Luluco, 1178 - 455
 * (110) Faye Valentine @ Cowboy Bebop, 1036 - 1497

Best Character 4 - seed 63


 * (450) Nobuchika Ginoza @ Psycho-Pass, 1292 - 509
 * (194) Aoi Miyamori @ Shirobako, 1175 - 820
 * (66) Jibril @ No Game No Life, 1142 - 959
 * (2) Kazuma Satou @ Konosuba, 750 - 1800

Best Character 5 - seed 128


 * (385) Yuzuru Otonashi @ Angel Beats!, 563 - 231
 * (129) Thorfinn @ Vinland Saga, 549 - 616

Anime Saimoe Tournament
Saimoe 2013


 * 3-way: (You)  >  Konatsu Miyamoto  >  Tsukushi Tsutsukakushi (245 - 104 - 51)
 * 3-way: (You) >   Kuuko  >   Tamako Kitashirakawa (376 - 232 - 60 )
 * Kyouko Sakura 298 - 429
 * Koneko Toujou 150 - 59
 * Miho Nishizumi 120 - 180

Saimoe 2014


 * 🇺🇲 Umi Sonoda > (You) >  Yuu Naruse (167 - 138 - 25)

The Great Awwnime Bracket
Girls 2012


 * Shirley Fennette 247 - 50
 * Rin Kagamine 630 - 306
 * Fuuko Ibuki 928 - 517
 * Mio Akiyama 926 - 704
 * Kanade Tachibana 843 - 611
 * Yui Hirasawa 819 - 577
 * Squid Girl 1163 - 457
 * Taiga Aisaka 931 - 778
 * Yui Hirasawa 881 - 636

SenpuuSociety European Saimoe
2013


 * 3-way: (You)  >   Moeka Kiryu >  Saki Maruyama (32 - 12 - 2)
 * 3-way: (You)  >   Anna Kushina >  Satsuki Momoi (36 - 19 - 7)
 * Yukino Yukinoshita 37 - 33
 * Black Rabbit 37 - 31
 * Aika Fuwa 32 - 35

2014


 * 4-way: (You) >   Tensai Ikyuu >  Mihoko Fukuji >  Elise Toudou (17 - 16 - 10 - 7)
 * 3-way: Myucel Foaran > Tsubaki Nakatsukasa > (You) (31 - 15 - 12)

Contest Wins
Total wins: 8


 * 1) ISML 2012 Autumn Diadem
 * 2) The Great Awwnime Bracket 2012
 * 3) Baidu Nova Moe 2013
 * 4) FACEBOOK wumianzhiwang(= uncrowned king from chinese game AURA STAR) Moe 2013
 * 5) 1st Instagram Chinese Moe 2013
 * 6) 1st Baidu Tieba ZhenZheng(真正) Moe 2015
 * 7) 2015 Baidu Kyoani forum ACG Moe
 * 8) Baidu Firenze Moe 2014

Runner-up list
List of runner-up finishes = 15 + 3 = 18 
 * 1) Facebook Jpanime88 Saimoe Contest 2012 Dead Link
 * 2) 2012 Gamersky Autumn Saimoe
 * 3) Animefans Saimoe Tournament 2013
 * 4) Anitown Moe Tournament 2012 Autumn/2013 Challengers Cup/2014 Winter/2016 Summer
 * 5) Baidu AST 2013
 * 6) Facebook 2012 Summer/Fall Saimoe
 * 7) Aminoapps @solstice Waifu Tourney 2017
 * 8) Anime Trending Decade Awards Couple/Ships (with Yuuta Togashi)
 * 9) Anime Re:S Torneo de waifus 2019
 * 10) FB @I made this page to post cute anime girls - Favorite Short Haired Female 2020
 * 11) Krdnz Senpai Torneo de waifus S2 2021
 * 12) Facebook Vote Waifu 2021
 * 13) Waifus y las lolis del anime y más 2021
 * 14) FB WaifusPOQNA TdW 2022
 * 15) @Tien-Kurosa : Vung Dat Waifu 2022