Rise Kujikawa

"'placeholder quote'"Rise Kujikawa was a contestant in the first season of Video Game All-Stars as a member of Team Squidbeak Splatoon. She later returned to compete again in the fourth season as a member of Shining Diamonds.

Personality
Rise is an outgoing and cheerful girl with a knack for strategy. Her charming personality helps her gather friends and allies alike as she goes through the game, whereas her Persona, Himiko, helps her entire team make it through challenges which leaves Rise's own challenge game at a low.

Season 1 - Video Game All-Stars Island
Rise spends her time on the boat to the island befriending Lilac and Spyro, having pleasant chats with both in S1E1 - VGAS Kart Arcade GP, though her driving is not great, having a bad start and not being able to catch up. She is chosen by Lilac as the fifth member of Team Squidbeak Splatoon, then while she doesn't take down many enemies, she attempts to help her allies with her Persona, helping them win the challenge. Later on, she has a moment alone with Gundham, Hiroko and Lilac, using it to try and form an alliance. She doesn't realise Falco is in the room as he notifies them that he knows their plans in an attempt to intimidate them. Rise doesn't back down from this, telling him that he's just making himself a target.

In S1E2 - The Legend of VGAS, Rise is unable to get to the top of the mountain, failing to move on to the second part. The team wins anyway so she has more time to think about what her alliance should do.

In S1E3 - Catch Em' Fast!, she uses her Persona to assist the team again by boosting their speed to keep up with Sonic. Despite her efforts, Team Squidbeak Splatoon loses, so she turns to her alliance, debating whether it would be a better idea to vote for Falco or Spyro. Lilac doesn't want to go against her friends and Hiroko is convinced by Falco to flip her vote, so Rise ends up eliminated in a 3-1-1-1 vote. She is initially surprised, but leaves with dignity intact, wishing her friends good luck.

She has the opportunity to return in S1E8 - Star Return, where she manages to get a ship, pushing Mario out to try and win, but she falls behind, not making it. Eventually when Spyro is eliminated, she borrows the phone he was gifted from Lilac to call the final three players, congratulating Hiroko and Lilac and ending up on better terms with Falco. She is chosen to assist Lilac in the finale, helping her win.