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'''Kiku Kamishirakawa''' ({{Ruby|上|かみ}}{{Ruby|白|しら}}{{Ruby|河|かわ}} {{Ruby|綺|き}}{{Ruby|久|く}}, ''Kamishirakawa Kiku'') is a character in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]'' anime. She is [[Takeru HomuraTheodore]]'s childhood friend, and consistently worried for him during his youth.

Kiku is shown to be incredibly concerned for TakeruTheodore's well-being, constantly urging him to come to school instead of skipping. She noted that she was pleased to see him acting livelier before he transferred to [[Den City High School]].

===History===Kiku was a friend of [[Takeru Theodore Homura]]. She tracked him down to chide him for continually skipping school, but Takeru Theodore claimed he never saw a point in it. After another fruitless attempt, they were walking through the market area when they saw [[Ryujiro Mizunuma|Ryujiro]] and [[Kotaro Mizunuma]]'s gang harassing another boy, and Takeru Theodore scared them away. The boy tried to thank them, but Takeru Theodore left without a word, and Kiku apologized to the boy, admitting that Takeru Theodore wasn't too friendly. Takeru Theodore then claimed to have heard [[Flame (character)|a voice]], though Kiku didn't hear anything. The next day, he asked to use her tablet, and they read about [[Yusaku Fujiki|Playmaker]], [[Skye Zaizen|Blue Angel]] and [[George Gore|The Gore]], the heroes of [[LINK VRAINS]]. As Kiku got a call from [[Hana]], Takeru Theodore had a trauma attacked and nearly dropped Kiku's tablet, much to her fear given its cost. Kiku was later kidnapped by Ryujiro and Kotaro, and the delinquents took her cellphone and told Hana to fetch TakeruTheodore. Takeru Theodore eventually showed up with his Duel Disk, and despite her pleas not to let Ryujiro provoke her, he accepted Ryujiro's challenge to Duel and told Kiku to leave and meet up with Hana.<ref name="ep61">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|61|ref}}</ref>

Later, Kiku asked at the fish stall where Takeru Theodore was, and she found him at the harbor reading the articles on the heroes of LINK VRAINS again. She asked him if he was going to come to school again, but Takeru Theodore informed her he was leaving the city to pursue his own fate and asked that she look after [[TakeruTheodore's grandmother|his]] [[TakeruTheodore's grandfather|grandparents]] while he was gone. Kiku agreed, and she commented that Takeru Theodore seemed much more full of life than usual. <ref name="ep52">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|52|ref}}</ref> ===Ai's Rebellion===[[Theodore]] eventually returned home, and three months after his return he took Kiku to [[LINK VRAINS]], logging in as Soulburner with her. He showed Kiku around, impressing her, though Soulburner claimed that there was [[Yusaku Fujiki|someone]] cooler than he was. Kiku wanted to meet him, but Soulburner explained that person was on a journey to find himself.<ref name="ep120">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|120|ref}}</ref>