Raiko Horikawa

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堀川 (ほりかわ) 　雷鼓 (らいこ) Raiko Horikawa
Spezies	Tsukumogami
Fähigkeiten	Making anything follow a rhythm
Beziehungen	Bekannte Familienmitglieder
Auftritte	Offizielle Spiele: Double Dealing Character (Extra Stage Boss) Impossible Spell Card (5th Day Boss) Literatur: Wild and Horned Hermit (Kapitel 19 Cameo) Forbidden Scrollery (Kapitel 12 Cameo)

Raiko Horikawa (堀川 雷鼓, Horikawa Raiko) ist ein Tsukumogami, der aus einem Taiko-Schlagzeug hervorging. Sie erscheint in Double Dealing Character als Extra Stage Boss.

Allgemeine Informationen

Obwohl sie ursprünglich als Tsukomogami aus einem Taiko-Schlagzeug geboren wurde, bezieht Raiko nun die "magische Energie" moderner Drummer aus der Außenwelt, weswegen sie eine modernes Schlagzeug-Set benutzt.

Persöhnlichkeit

In Raiko´s Dialogen wird ihr Wille nach Freiheit sehr deutlich. Sie scheint sorglos, und denkt nicht viel darüber nach, Energie aus der Außenwelt zu stehlen. Nach der Extra Stage freundet sie sich mit dem Hauptcharakter an, und hat keine bösen Absichten, besteht aber auf ihre Freiheit, laute Konzerte zu geben.

Backstory

Raiko entstand aus einem Taiko-Schlagzeug, welches mit der Zeit zu einem Tsukomogami wurde, aber weil sie oft benutzt wurde und pfleglich behandelt wurde, war sie kein bösartiger Tsukumogami. Während der Ereignisse vin Double Dealing Character, bemerkte Raiko eine merkwürdige Kraft, die ihren Körper erfüllte und ein Verlangen, Rache an denen zu nehmen, die sie benutzt hatten. Trotzdem bemerkte sie, dass sie ihre Kraft durch Shinmyoumaru Sukuna's Miracle Mallet erhielt, und dass es nicht für immer anhalten würde. Aus Angst, ihre neu gewonnene Freiheit verlieren würde, wenn die Kraft zur Neige ging, machte sie sich auf die Suche nach einem.

Unter großen Risiken, verließ sie ihr altes Taiko für ein neueres Schlagzeug, bereinigte sich von der Kraft des Miracle Mallet und konnte so ihre Kraft selbsterhalten. Sie brachte andereen temporär unabhängigen Werkzeugen, wie z.B Benben Tsukumo und Yatsuhashi Tsukumo bei, um sicherzustellen, dass sie ihre Freiheit behalten würden wenn die Kraft des Miracle Mallet nachlassen würde.

Seitdem arbeitet sie zusammen mit ihren gleichgesinnten Tsukomogamis daran, ein Paradies zu erbauen, indem Werkzeuge frei leben können.

Character Design

Name

Her surname Horikawa literally means "moat & river". The theme ZUN implies with this is uncertain. There is "The Drum of the Waves of Horikawa" (堀川波鼓), a joururi play composed by Monzaemon Chikamatsu, the theme of which is the husband's "revenge" against his wife and another man in sexual dalliance. It is also probable that according to Otogi-zoushi's "Issunboushi," Horikawa is the surname of Issunboushi, whose offspring was Shinmyoumaru and enpowered Raiko to first take action.
Her given name, Raiko, is made up of the kanji for "thunder" and "drum". The kanji used for "Japanese percussion" (鼓) is also the second kanji in the word "taiko" (太鼓). "Raiko" is a set of percussions carried by Raijin on the back, it is used for "lightning" or "thunder" — the brutal air pressure and sudden loud noise of thunder might remind people of bass drum.

Design

In Double Dealing Character's official art, Raiko Horikawa is seen with short, wavy red hair, red eyes, and a black shirt with red cross-hatching that is tucked into a short, white skirt. She also wears a small purple tie, and a white sport coat with long sleeves. She has black-purple shoes with red lacing and large drum mallets on the back of them. Raiko is also shown sitting on her magical drums, which are red decorated with white flower patterns. The floor tom is notably detached from the rest of the drum set.

Story

Double Dealing Character

Hauptartikel: Reimu A Arc und Reimu B Arc

When Reimu finds Raiko in the storm, she explains how she was born as a tsukumogami under the Miracle Mallet's power, but managed to change her own power source. She decides to fight Reimu in order to test it out. After being defeated, she explains a little more about the magic behind tsukumogamis (and tools in general), and Reimu, somewhat sympathizing with her plight, says she won't hunt tools and lets her off.

Hauptartikel: Marisa A Arc

Marisa is greatly surprised at the kind of magical expertise Raiko must have to change out her own source of energy. Raiko explains a bit about how it happens, and Marisa lets her go after she promises not to harm humans, and then leaves to fix her own Mini-Hakkero.

Hauptartikel: Marisa B Arc

Marisa attacks Raiko, as her Mini-Hakkero moving on its own has caused her no end of trouble. After Raiko is defeated, Marisa lets her go, insisting that she has no desire for the outside world's magic. Raiko explains that the tool depends on the user: if the user is wicked, then the tool will be, as well. Marisa takes it to heart.

Hauptartikel: Sakuya A Arc

Sakuya approaches Raiko with her blade in hand, to try and get rid of both problems at once. However, Raiko has already changed her power source and is looking to test it out. After being defeated, she notes that the blade seems like its "suffering", and offers to show Sakuya how to imbue it with more magic power. The maid refuses, though, as she is worried that if the blade became a tsukumogami, it would be far too strong.

Hauptartikel: Sakuya B Arc

When Sakuya meets Raiko in the middle of the storm, the maid offers to remove the magic power and revert her to being a tool. Raiko has other plans, and does battle with Sakuya in order to test her new energy source. After noting that while mere tools can float in and out between Gensokyo and the real world all the time, a tsukumogami might not follow the same rules, Sakuya offers again, and Raiko turns her down.

Impossible Spell Card

Hauptartikel: Impossible Spell Card: Story

Raiko appeared once again in Impossible Spell Card to confront the on-the-run amanojaku, Seija Kijin. Her goal was to stop Seija from abusing the power of the Miracle Mallet as well as abusing the many tools and items she was using to cheat her way through spell cards.

Relationships

Benben and Yatsuhashi Tsukumo

Raiko was the one who told the Tsukumo sisters how to convert their energy source away from the Mallet's power. Not much is said about their relationship otherwise, though, aside from Raiko looking out for people that were the same as her.

Minor Relationships

Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, and Sakuya Izayoi

After battling the heroine, Raiko almost invariably becomes friendly with her. They promise not to exterminate her and generally to let her be, even when she puts on a live concert.

Additional Information

• The symbol on the smaller drums is Mitsudomoe. Mitsudomoe are believed to represent the three primary divisions in Shinto, which are "man", "Earth", and "sky", and they are also associated with the lightning god Raijin.
• The hexagonal drum pads are reminiscient of the Simmons SDS-V, the first commercially available electronic drum kit, and popular in the 1980s.

Spell Cards

  Spellcards

{{#lsth:List_of Spell Cards/Touhou_Project_3|Raiko Horikawa}}

Official Profiles

  Double Dealing Character - omake.txt

	○EX面ボス　夢幻のパーカッショニスト 　　堀川 雷鼓（ほりかわ　らいこ） 　　Horikawa Raiko 　　種族：付喪神 　　能力：何でもリズムに乗らせる程度の能力 　　彼女は和太鼓の付喪神であった。 　　人に叩かれることに喜びを感じ、生きていた。 　　しかし、身体に強い魔力を感じ始めた。 　　それと同時に凶暴な心も沸き上がってきた。 　　今こそ、道具達の復讐の時だと。 　　しかし聡明な彼女は、どうやらこれは鬼の魔力（打ち出の小槌の魔力）であると 　　直ぐに見抜いた。 　　このままでは乗っ取られてしまう、そう感じた。 　　彼女は大ばくちに出る。 　　自分の身体である和太鼓と魔力である和太鼓奏者を捨て、 　　新しい魔力を求めたのだ。それも禁断の外の世界に。 　　そして、新しいドラムと奏者を手に入れた。 　　紛れもない、外の世界の魔力だった。 　　もう鬼の魔力は身体には残っていない。 　　これで打ち出の小槌が魔力の回収期に入っても、元の道具に戻る事は無いだろう。 　　彼女は周りの付喪神にこの方法を教えてまわる事にした。 　　道具だって自分の意思で楽しみたい！ 　　そう、道具の楽園を築こうじゃないか！	EX Stage Boss - Phantasmal Percussionist Horikawa Raiko Species: Tsukumogami Ability: Capable of making anything follow a rhythm She's a tsukumogami created from a Japanese taiko drum. She lived for a while, feeling joy when struck by people. However, she began to feel a strong, new magical power within her. At the same time, ferocity flared up in her mind. "Now is the time for the tools to take revenge," she thought. She was wise, though, and quickly realized that this power was that of an oni (i.e. that of the Miracle Mallet). She felt that at this rate, she'd be completely taken over by it. She took a big gamble. She threw away the taiko drums that made up her body, and the drummer that held the magic power, and sought a new magic power of her own. This was in the forbidden outside world, as well. Thus, she obtained a new drum kit, and a new drummer as well. Thanks to the outside world's magic power, obviously. None of the oni's power is left in her body any more. Even if the Miracle Mallet enters its re-absorption period, she won't turn back into a regular tool. She taught this method to the other tsukumogami around her. Even if we're tools, we want to have fun of our own will! Now, shall we go build a paradise for tools?

Official Sources

  Official sources

• 2013/08/12 Double Dealing Character - Extra Stage dialogue; omake.txt (official profile)