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Riki (りき?) is the the second most recurring character in the Kunio-kun franchise. Riki is a third year student and the banchō[2] of Hanazono High School. He is Kunio's rival and best friend, and like him he takes the role of helper in various sport clubs at his school, which grants him praise from his peers and juniors at the school. He is known as "Mach Punch Riki", and just like Kunio, is a righteous delinquent who fights for justice. However, when his anger reaches the boiling point, he snaps and goes berserk.

His first appearance in the franchise is in Nekketsu Renegade Kunio-kun as the first stage boss. In Downtown Nekketsu Story, Riki and Kunio join forces for the first time and become best friends. In his subsequent appearances in the franchise he would face Kunio in different sport competitions or become his ally.

Before becoming the banchō of Hanazono High School, Riki was the ace of his school's soccer club. The biker gang Mushamonzen attacked members of the club, and Riki built his legend as "Mach Punch Riki" by destroying the biker gang in revenge and taking the position of banchō from Sakata. However, this came at the cost that he was not only removed from his school's soccer club, but he was forced to repeat his senior year. Soon after, he had his first encounter with Kunio and was defeated.

In the Downtown Nekketsu series his full name is Samejima Riki (鮫島力, さめじま りき Samejima Riki).

Appearances[]

Nekketsu Renegade Kunio-kun[]

Riki serves as the boss of the first round of the game. He is known as "Mach Punch Riki" because he's one of the fastest punchers in Japan and in the game.

In this game, he is named 雲雀力, Hibari Riki (ひばり りき, Hibari Riki). After this game, he was simply known as Riki until the release of Downtown Nekketsu Story, where he is named Samejima Riki.

In Renegade, Riki is changed into a character named Jack. The character bears a resemblance to Luther from the seventies film The Warriors.

Nekketsu High School Dodgeball Club[]

Riki serves as the team captain of the Hanazono High School dodgeball team. His team serves as the first opponent for Nekketsu High School, lead by Kunio in the World Tour mode.

In the arcade version of Super Dodge Ball, Riki is replaced by an unnamed captain representing a dodge ball team in Chicago. In the NES version, the team is changed to the Pro All-Stars and Riki is renamed Jack (the same name he was given in Renegade).

According to Kishimoto[3], Riki formed a dodgeball club in Hanazono High School the instant he heard that Kunio had joined such a club.

Downtown Nekketsu Story[]

When Ryūichi and Ryūji Hattori start taking over the local high schools, Riki initially has no interest in the matter. One day however, his girlfriend Mami was kidnapped and he received a letter from Reihō Academy. Enraged, he prepares to storm Reihō Academy and rescue his girlfriend, but he has an unexpected encounter with Kunio just as he leaves the high school. Kunio having heard Riki is off to the school offers to accompany him. Riki just tells him to do whatever he wants.

Riki and Kunio manage to fight their way across the city to Reihō Academy, defeating the students of the many high schools under Reihō's control that try to stop them. They defeat Ryūichi and Ryūji and successfully rescue Mami. However, it's revealed that the true mastermind behind the whole thing is Kunio's former schoolmate, Yamada. Riki and Kunio manage to defeat Yamada and break Reihō Academy's hold over the other schools.

Kunio and Riki are identical in gameplay in this game, they are only distinguishable by their appearances. This was done to make the game similar to Double Dragon.

Downtown Nekketsu March Super-Awesome Field Day![]

Riki has the highest punch stat of all characters and the second highest Stamina (250) in the game (likely to reference the fact that he is the oldest character in the game). However, of the four captains in the game, Riki is the slowest. He uses his trademark technique, the Mach Punch in Battle Royal. Out of the Mach techniques, this one has the most frames, making it the slowest. Riki is best used in the Obstacle Course and has no equal in the Ball Breaking game. He is obviously the team's first choice for Battle Royal.

Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun: Bangai Rantō Hen[]

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Riki and Kunio force Yūji to apologize to Hiroshi in Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun: Bangai Rantō Hen.

Hanazono Town is being threatened by the recent arrival of Munataka Industries. The chairman's only son, Yūji Munakata has taken control of various schools and has been terrorizing the neighboring areas, including the local high school. As the school's banchō, Riki has had enough. When Hiroshi is beaten up by Yūji's men, Kunio decides to put a stop to Yūji, thus Kunio and Riki join forces once again. They proceed through the town and reach the top floor of the industries, beat Yūji in a fight and then drag him to the hospital to apologize to Hiroshi.

In the international release, the game was originally going to be released as The Renegades. Instead, the game was released as Double Dragon II. Riki was thus replaced with Jimmy Lee.

Gameplay-wise, Riki plays identically to Kunio. He can only be used by the second player.

Downtown Special Kunio-kun's Historical Period Drama![]

Riki makes an appearance in the period play as Rikigorō.

To recruit Rikigorō, players first need to encounter and defeat Yonosuke. Following that, they need to be playing a single player game (if two players are playing together, they simply need to revert the game to single player mode during their playthrough) and the CPU controlled ally must be knocked out. Rikigorō will then come to aid of the player and remain in their group at Bunzō's.

Rikigorō has a high punch stat and has access to the Mach Punch technique by default.

Go-Go! Nekketsu Hockey Club Slip-and-Slide Madness[]

Riki is the captain of Hanazono High School's American football club, and agrees to a hockey game against Kunio to help the Nekketsu team train for their game against Shirogane High School.

Riki's team has a series of powerful attacks which includes headbutts, backdrops and kicks. All members on this team use his trademark super shot, the Upper Shot. Riki's team is playable in the game's Battle Mode.

Surprise! Nekketsu New Records! The Distant Gold Medal[]

In the Famicom version of the game, the Hanazono High School team is the lowest ranked team. They struggle in events that require speed, especially 400m Hurdles, and the team's defense is below average. The Game Boy version of the game made balance changes to the team.

Riki has a new signature move in the game used in the Judo event: the Gorgeous Punch.

In Crash 'n the Boys: Street Challenge, Riki's face is used on Raphael's character and he is renamed to Crusher, the vice-captain of Team Thornley. He makes an appearance along with Rocky in the game's ending. In River City: Tokyo Rumble, Raphael is named Crush.

Shodai Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun[]

In the two player mode of the game, Kunio runs into Riki in Umeda when Nekketsu High School takes a class trip to Osaka. Hanazono High School also happened to take a class trip to Osaka and were staying in the same hotel, which allowed Kunio and Riki to work together.

Riki only appears in the game's two player mode, just like in Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun: Bangai Rantō Hen. He will fill in for dialog if Kunio is knocked out when playing in co-op, otherwise he is completely absent from singleplayer.

Nekketsu Fighting Legend[]

Riki is looking for Kunio at Nekketsu High School and wondering why he's been ignoring him lately to then stumble upon Kunio's invitation to the martial arts tournament that was dropped onto the floor. Riki has also received an invitation and decides to join the tournament now knowing that Kunio has also entered. Riki can be selected as a partner in the story mode or controlled in the battle mode. Completing the story with Kunio as your partner will unlock the hidden ending where Riki can briefly be seen in the post-credits scene after Kunio has already left. Riki questions who the masked guys were and then boasting that he would've been able to take them on himself. The Tiger Bros hear this and feeling insulted challenge Riki to a fight, to where he then runs off tired.

In gameplay, Riki is apart of the "Martial Arts" type with the Spin Attack, Mach Punch, and Tornado Attack being available to him.

Kunio-kun no Dodgeball da yo Zen'in Shūgō[]

Nekketsu! Street Basketball All-Out Dunk Heroes[]

Kunio manages to win a free two week trip to the United States of America alone. Jealous of this, Riki sneaks onto the trip by strapping himself and Godai to Kunio's plane tires with Riki planning on winning a street basketball tournament. Riki, Godai, and Johnny from the Oklahoma High School then play on a team as the Nekketsu team. The team then spend the rest of their trip relaxing after winning the tournament. Johnny arranges Kunio's flight tickets back to Japan, though because Riki and Godai forgot their passports they were forced to fly back by strapping themselves to the plane tires once again.

Downtown Nekketsu Baseball Monogatari: Yakyū de Shōbu da! Kunio-kun[]

Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka[]

Riki and Kunio are imprisoned at a juvenile correction facility in Nerima after the two are framed for a hit and run. Riki and Kunio escape from prison to clear their names and find the culprit at large. Riki is later informed by Takayama that Sabu was the mastermind in an attempt of revenge for his previous defeat against Kunio. Riki and Kunio defeat Sabu and put an end to his plans.

Kunio no Oden[]

Nekketsu! Beach Volley dayo: Kunio-kun[]

Super Dodge Ball[]

Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari EX[]

A remake of the original Famicom game, expanding on the already established story.

In this game, the player can choose to start the game as Riki alone or to have Kunio accompany them. It is also possible to play as Kunio with Riki as his ally. When playing as Kunio, Riki will have his own stats instead of starting with base stats. Regardless, he will always have the Mach Punch from the start, calling back to his first appearance as "Mach Punch Riki".

Choosing to play as Riki on his own allows him to recruit Maeda.

If the player is playing as Kunio, Riki will be waiting for him right outside of Kobayashi Industries, regardless of if Kobayashi himself was defeated. Depending on Kunio's reputation, Riki will challenge Kunio to a fight for old time's sake (the two are not friends yet) or Riki will try to avenge his previous defeats against Kunio. If Riki wants to fight Kunio on friendly terms, the player is free to not fight him. If the player chooses to play as Kunio, Riki cannot be recruited.

Nekketsu Kōkō Online: Yamada no Fukushū[]

Super Dodgeball Brawlers[]

River City Super Sports Challenge[]

Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun Special[]

Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun Special is a remake of the arcade and Famicom original and acts as a franchise reboot, retelling Kunio's first encounter with Riki.

Yuuya and Toshio approach Wataru for help against Kunio. Wataru makes the mistake of going straight to Nekketsu High School to challenge Kunio and when Madoka gets in his way, he strikes her down. This enrages Kunio, who gives chase to Wataru and the Hanazono delinquents. Wataru runs to Riki, who attempts to stop Kunio and is defeated. The two part on friendly terms. At one point, Kunio and Hiroshi are harassed by rogue Hanazono delinquents. Kunio allows them to beat the crap out of him until they are out of the station, at which point Riki appears. Having grown to respect Kunio, Riki decides to allow him and Hiroshi to leave, while he beats the crap of the Hanazono delinquents by himself.

Riki Densetsu[]

A prequel to Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun Special that shows how Riki, an ace of his school's soccer club, became the legendary "Mach Punch Riki".

Riki witnesses a biker gang fighting members of his soccer club. Enraged, Riki fights back and knocks them out, but this is seen by the police and he is taken into custody and returned to his school.

River City: Tokyo Rumble[]

After Wataru and Sakata attack Hiroshi, Kunio gives chase and proceeds to beat the crap out of them. Sakata swears that Riki gave the order to give Hiroshi the business, and although Kunio is skeptical, he is still angry and decides to meet Riki in Shinjuku to confirm this. Riki is spending time with his girlfriend Kyōko and when confronted by Kunio, agrees to settle the matter in Ikebukuro, claiming he had nothing to do with the attack on Hiroshi. The two meet again in a vacant lot there and are ambushed by Ginjishi and the treacherous Wataru and Sakata, who have turned on Riki to join the Kanto Lion Alliance with Ginjishi. Kunio and Riki defeat the three and aware of the threat that the alliance poses, agree to join forces.

Riki can travel together with Kunio as an ally controlled by CPU. He starts the game with the Mach Punch and as he levels up, gains additional moves. On a second run of the game using clear save data, speaking to his girlfriend allows Kunio to switch with Riki. Although the player can control Riki, they cannot teach him any moves purchased in the game's shops, but they can equip him with any of the game's special items.

River City: Knights of Justice[]

In this game, Riki plays the role of Ricky Break.

He is searching for Cooney (Kunio) to fight him. When defeated, Cooney can kill or spare him. If the former, Ricky never appears in the game again. If spared, he will join Cooney as his ally. However, at a crucial moment during the game, Ricky will turn on Cooney and the player will have no choice but to kill him.

Although Riki was Kunio's enemy in the original Nekketsu Renegade Kunio-kun and Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball Bu, this is the only game in the franchise where Riki is a villain from the beginning to the end[4].

River City Super Sports Challenge ~All Stars Special~[]

This remake of Super-Awesome Field Day re-imagines the events of that game. The story takes place after River City: Rival Showdown.

In this game, Riki acts as the captain of the Hanazono High School's athletic team. After the preliminary game, Riki, Saotome, and Goda find Wataru and suspect something is up. After the semi-finals, Riki meets with Kunio, Goda, and Nekketsu's new freshman to talk about the finals and their shared goal in defeating Reihō Academy. An announcement is made that Hanazono and the School Union are set to participate in the finals against Nekketsu High School and Reihō as other teams have dropped out of the competition. Once the tournament has come to an end, Riki accepts defeat against Nekketsu and plans to train the juniors more so they can win against them next time. Riki then takes the team out to get something to eat after all of their hard work.

Kunio-kun no Nekketsu Dodgeball ALLSTARS!![]

Downtown Nekketsu Jidaigeki[]

Riki reprises his role as Rikigorō.

River City: Rival Showdown[]

River City: Rival Showdown is a remake of Downtown Nekketsu Story. The game takes place after River City Super Sports Challenge ~All Stars Special~.

During the first day of the game, Riki is out looking for his girlfriend Mami, meets Kunio in the arcade, and eventually ends up finding Mami later in the day. On the second day, Taira planned to have Hanazono High School and Senridai High School fight each other in an attempt to weaken them and eventually have them knuckle under to Reihō Academy. To do this, Taira initially was going to target Mami, though because Minamoto did not show he instead moved to his backup plan which was attacking Riki directly. Kunio is told of Taira's plans by Minamoto and heads to the café Riki is at right on time to interrupt his fight with Taira. Riki and Kunio then successfully take down Taira and his hired backup. After the brawl in the café, Riki makes his way to Hanazono High School to break up the fight about to happen with Kunio coming in to read Taira's text messages.

On the fourth day, Riki is at Reihō's entrance getting ready to rescue Mami and then sees Kunio, to where they then team up and fight through the school together. Riki and Kunio end their fighting after defeating Ryuichi and Ryuji on the top floor. With Mami being rescued, Riki chooses to wait with her and Hasebe for Kunio to finish his fight against Yamada. When Yamada later attacks all of Kunio's allies outside of Reihō's entrance, Riki takes Mami and Hasebe to safety while Kunio fights Yamada for the last time.

In the story mode, Riki is only able to be controlled by the second player in co-op play. Riki functions the same as Kunio with the only difference being their appearance. When playing in co-op, Riki will be on-screen with Kunio at all times during gameplay though will be completely absent from any cutscenes he's not normally apart of.

River City Melee: Battle Royal Special[]

River City Girls[]

River City Girls takes place in River City, but uses characters from the Kunio-kun franchise. The game is a spin-off and is not part of the continuity that started with Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun Special.

Kunio's rival, closest friend and Kyoko's boyfriend. Much calmer and stoic than Kunio, he lets his legendary stone fists do the talking. Kaiji Tang voices him in the game. In the game's opening intro and in the first cutscene once players begin the game, it is revealed that Riki has been kidnapped along with Kunio. His girlfriend Kyoko and her best friend Misako, Kunio's girlfriend, run around River City beating up local thugs and searching for clues to rescue them.

Misako and Kyoko eventually reach Sanwakai Tower and defeat Sabuko, kicking her out the window of the tower's top floor. Misako and Kyoko crash into the bath house and lose track of Sabuko. While trying to find her, they stumble on Kunio and Riki taking a bath in the sauna. Upon being discovered and scolded, Kunio and Riki proceed to ignore Misako and Kyoko, with Kunio referring to them as "those crazy girls" and Riki not even knowing what their names are. Riki just wants to get out of there, while Kunio wonders what Hasebe and Mami are doing for the night. This leads Misako and Kyoko to uppercut them through the broken roof of the sauna into the stratosphere.

Unlocking the newer 1.1 secret ending via the appropriate tasks instead allows Kyoko and Misako to defeat Hasebe and Mami and upon crashing into the bath house, encounter the boys once more. This time, Riki and Kunio have no apparent feelings towards Hasebe and Mami and instead offer to take Kyoko and Misako out on a burger date. Both are still offended at the idea of having been kidnapped.

Once the game is completed once, Kunio and Riki are unlocked for use in the save file where the game was completed. Both start at level 1 and need to learn all of their moves, just like Misako and Kyoko. The game, however, does not change story-wise and acts as if they are not present in the fighting.

Move Name Input Special Meter? Learned From Level Required Description
Fatal Steps Heavy Attack in midair No Leveling Up 3 Midair knee attack, knocks enemies down.
Bird Kick Heavy Attack while running No Leveling Up 4 Riki throws three kicks in the air while running, the third kick will knock down enemies.
Combing Hair Block and Heavy Attack simultaneously No Leveling Up 5 Riki combs his air, striking the enemy with the comb at the same time. His back attack.
One Inch Punch Directional Pad Left/Right + Heavy Attack No Leveling Up 7 One of Bruce Lee's trademark techniques, knocks enemies forward. Enemies will bounce from a wall if they collide with it after being hit with this move.
Shadow Combo Special Attack Yes Dojo 0 Riki throws his comb forward, then he dashes forward. His shadow trail hits enemies multiple times.
Harder Punch Light Attack No Dojo 0 An extension of Riki's Light Attack combo. Functions as his third attack.
Stone Launcher Directional Pad Up + Heavy Attack No Dojo 0 Riki effortlessly delivers an uppercut, his hand surrounded in stone. Combo ending attack.
Cheap Shot Directional Pad Down + Heavy Attack No Dojo 0 Riki's launcher, he kicks upward after turning around.
Acro Dragon Directional Pad Up + Special Attack Yes Dojo 5 A variant of the Tornado Kick, Riki performs a spin kick, rising upwards.
Acro Flip Special Attack while running Yes Dojo 5 Riki performs a quick Acro Circus.
Sweep Kick Light Attack No Dojo 5 Becomes Riki's fourth Light Combo attack.
Half Moon Kick Directional Pad Left/Right + Special Attack Yes Dojo 8 Riki makes a short hop, then throws a kick downwards, knocking enemies down. Can be performed in midair by pressing the Special Attack button.
Acorn Breaker Heavy Attack after grabbing stunned enemy from behind No Dojo 8 The Massage Special, Riki kicks the enemy multiple times in the crotch.
Table Flip Special Attack after grabbing stunned enemy from the front Yes Dojo 8 Riki launches the enemy away from him.
Stone Hands Directional Pad Down + Special Attack Yes Dojo 12 Riki punches the ground with both hands, knocking down surrounding enemies.
Piledriver Heavy Attack + Special Attack near enemy in midair Yes Dojo 12 The all time classic, Riki also spins while doing it.

River City Melee Mach!![]

River City Saga: Three Kingdoms[]

Riki plays the role of Sun Quan, the first emperor of the Wu.

In the story mode, Riki appears as an ally in the final chapter and sends out his army to assist you during the Battle of Red Cliffs. In the comedy route of the final chapter, Riki gets angry with Guan Yu (Kunio) vowing to knock some sense into him for being unprepared and letting Cao Cao (Yamada) escape. In the China Heroes gamemode, Riki can be unlocked by completing the gamemode once. In this mode, Riki will have the Mach Punch, Gorgeous Punch, Overhead Kick, Table Slam, and the Aura Gatling.

River City Girls 2[]

Riki returns as a playable character and is now available from the start. Kaiji Tang returns as the English voice actor with Chiaki Kobayashi voicing him in the newly added Japanese dub.

Riki and Kunio head off to get lunch with Misako and Kyoko right after the girls found them at the sauna. With the Sanwakai taking control over River City in retaliation for Sabuko's defeat in the previous game, Riki joins the girls to assist them in their battle for bringing the city back to normal.

Other games[]

Bakura no Koshien! Pocket[]

CODE SHIFTER[]

Riki appears as a playable character. A remix of the second theme heard in the Famicom version of Nekketsu Renegade Kunio-kun is played when playing as his him in the Story Mode.

Baseball Superstars 2020[]

Super Smash Bros Ultimate[]

Riki appeared in the "River City Smash" Spirit Board event as one of the spirit battles. Riki's battle was represented by a Little Mac on Saffron City with an increased attack power after a while and neutral attacks being favored.

Mighty Fight Federation[]

Riki appeared as a playable character on November 4th, 2021 as part of the "Kunio & Riki Pack" DLC. He is voiced by Kaiji Tang.

In Riki's Arcade story, he is out on the streets looking for Kunio and is told to look for the new crime boss that showed up in town. Upon reaching Hyperion on a school's rooftop, he comments that Riki truly is an equal to Kunio and offers him the chance to prove that he's better than him. Not interested in playing games, Riki suggests that he can instead knock out Hyperion instead. Hyperion instead takes Riki's comment as confirmation for him to enter the tournament and states that if he does well enough, he'll have the chance to fight him.

When Kunio comes across Riki, he appears confused that he's also participating the tournament. Riki is interested in showing Kunio how strong he really is, to which Kunio laughs off the comment and begins to fight. Upon finding Tunestone, Riki appears disappointed that he has to fight a skeleton and calls him a grandpa, to which Tunestone takes offense and begins to fight. On the final fight, Hyperion taunts Riki by claiming that he's always been the second-best and believes that he has no chance in beating him, though Riki tells him to step forward so he can find out.

During the ending, a portal opens back up to their world and Riki and Kunio head back home. Kunio thanks Riki for helping him out, to which Riki then states the reason why he entered the tournament was that he wanted to win it and prove that he should've been chosen first by Hyperion. Kunio takes this as Riki wanting a rematch and the two begin to fight each other.

Speed Rush Runners[]

Riki appears as a playable character unlocked by completing quests in the "Treasure Hunt" event.

The Battle Cats[]

Other media appearances[]

Ore wa Otoko Da! Kunio-kun[]

He is one of the protagonists of the manga, appearing in almost every chapter. He debuts in the first chapter, taking control of the Nekketsu soccer team.

Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun (4koma Manga Kingdom)[]

Kunio-kun! Nekketsu Battle![]

Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun (TV Series)[]

A, Nekketsu Kantai Gayuku![]

Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-Kun Ranto Enbu-Hen[]

Riki was played by Takeshi Terayama.

Inugami Korone x Kunio-kun[]

Riki and Kunio were featured in a Kunio-kun themed merchandise collaboration between Arc System Works and Hololive's Korone.

Pop Team Epic[]

In Season 2's "Bump-Boo Crusaders", Popuko and Pipimi appear dressed as Kunio and Riki in a parody of an old-school banchō anime.[5]

Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun Gaiden River City Girls[]

Riki was to be played by Haruto Sakuraba, though the play would be cancelled due to one of the cast members testing positive for COVID.[6]

Localized versions[]

  • In Renegade, Riki was changed to a character named Jack, who bears a resemblance to Luther from the seventies film The Warriors.
  • In the NES version of Super Dodge Ball, he is also known as Jack, a captain of Team Pro All-Star.
  • In River City Ransom, Riki was renamed Ryan.
  • In Crash 'n the Boys: Street Challenge, Riki was renamed Crusher (shortened to Crush in-game), a member of Team Thornley, who replaces the character named Raphael in the original game.
  • In River City Ransom: Underground, Ryan's full name is shown as Ryan Samejima in the school's year book on the file select screen.

Trivia[]

  • His nickname is "Mach Punch Riki". The inspiration for the Mach Punch comes from the Speed Racer manga (which was known as Mach GoGoGo in Japan). Animating the Mach Punch in the original arcade game (when Riki grabs Kunio and punches him) reminded Kishimoto of the Mach GoGoGo anime[7].
  • According to Yoshihisa Kishimoto, Riki's name originates from a notorious yakuza in his youth.
  • Riki has had at least two confirmed girlfriends in the games: Mami in Downtown Nekketsu series, and Kyoko in Kunio-tachi no Banka.
  • The character Kazuma Kuwabara from the anime Yu Yu Hakusho bears a close resemblance to him due to his pompadour hairstyle and uniform color.
  • In Nekketsu Renegade Kunio-kun, Riki's surname was Hibari. Samejima was introduced as his surname in Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari. However, according to Yoshihisa Kishimoto, Riki is simply named Riki[8], just like the rest of the characters that debuted in Nekketsu Renegade Kunio-kun (Wataru is one exception). It is unknown if Riki is his surname or given name.
  • Kunio's catchphrase, "Namen'nayo!" (なめんなよ!, roughly translates to "Don't mess with me!"), originated from Riki in the original arcade game as well as in the Famicom version. He originally said "Namen'nayo kono yarou!" (なめんなよ この やろう!, roughly translates to "Don't mess with me, punk!").
  • Riki shares many traits with Kunio, such as his roughed up appearance and his deep sense of honor. Unlike his rival, however, he has a more serious, quiet and down-to-business personality, as noticed in Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka where he's the character that speaks the least.

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Main characters KunioRiki
Nekketsu Renegade Kunio-kun HiroshiTōruAkiraShinjiNoboruTakeshiMisuzuKumikoKayoSabuGray Bodyguard
Renegade Mr. KJackJoelKimLucasLucy
Nekketsu High School Dodgeball Club ShinichiKōjiMitsuhiroIchirōAkishiJamesRahmanHeilmanLao ChenMordovNjomoWilliam
Downtown Nekketsu Story Kazumi HasebeTaiki YamadaMami ShimadaRyūichi HattoriRyūji HattoriTsuyoshi GōdaSusumu GodaiTakashi OnizukaMasao KobayashiShun MochizukiKiyofumi TairaTadashi KinoshitaNaritaka NishimuraYasuo SawaguchiKaoru SonokawaTsuneo KamijōNoriyuki Yamamoto
River City Ransom AlexRyanRoxyCyndiSlickRandyAndyIvanTexOtisThorTurkMojoBladeRockoMooseBennyClyde
Nekketsu High School Dodgeball Club – Soccer Story MisakoTakashiMasaGeneiSusumuAtsushiYasuaki KumonNaoya Senkōji‎Shougo SajiMakoto IwakabeTakahiro NiheiKeīchirō KajiRyōji KaizukiTeruaki UgajinMasayuki OnitakeKazuyuki HoribataTakayuki YoritsuneTsuneo Nakatagari
Super-Awesome Field Day Sanjūrō SugataHaruka NanaseSatomi MomozonoHayato IchijōNoboru TakamineKenichi MorimotoTōru MaedaMitsuaki YoshinoHikaru SaotomeShūji WashioKōichi ShimizuMamoru TōdōRyōma HayasakaKyōsuke OtonashiShizuka AiharaJūzō KumadaTakeshi HayamiYūko KirishimaHiroko MorisawaAkane Kōzuki
Bangai Rantō Hen Yūji MunakataMihokoTatsuya TōdōSeiji MurataFutoshi GōdaTameuemon Ōishi
Historical Period Drama Technos-TeiSankichiKatsuyuki NedachiKyōsuke Matsudo
Kyōteki! Dodge Soldier no Maki​ Bakuchi-kunRyūKumagorōFungaBureibaOnidayū
Go-Go! Nekketsu Hockey Club YōichiHidekiTsuyoshiMasashiToyoichiHideKaoriTōruSadaoYōkoYamashitaSakuraiAzumaTobiyama
The Distant Gold Medal Kōnosuke TōdōFlunkyJohnnyRaphaelJimmy LeeSteveAlex
Crash 'n' the Boys CrashCheeseStingDragonNoiseToddMr. ThornleyMr. LeeSkipArtieSpreckCrusherRocky
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