Rikka Takarada

Rikka Takarada is a high school student and central member of the Gridman Alliance in SSSS.GRIDMAN. She provides shelter and emotional support while her friends fight kaiju appearing around their altered city.

Rikka Takarada's role in SSSS.GRIDMAN

Rikka is calm, observant, compassionate, and more willing than others to question easy explanations. She has no combat transformation, but her empathy, practical judgment, and connection to the city are essential to the group.

Rikka Takarada's career and collaborations

Her friendship with Akane Shinjo reaches beneath Akane's role as the world's creator and antagonist. Rikka's refusal to abandon her helps Akane confront isolation and choose to leave the artificial world.