Makino Ruki

Makino Ruki
Kanji/Kana	牧野 留姫
Dub Name	Rika Nonaka
Title	Digimon Queen (デジモンクイーン)
Age	10 (Dub: 13)
Partner Digimon	Renamon
Digivice	Blue D-Ark
Family	Makino Rumiko (Mother), Hata Seiko (Grandmother), Father (Unnamed)
Voice Actor	Orikasa Fumiko (折笠 富美子)
	Melissa Fahn

Makino Ruki is one of the main protagonists of Digimon Tamers. She is the partner of Renamon.

Profile

At the start, Ruki was cold and oftentimes competitive. Her initial goal was for Renamon to defeat as many Digimon as possible so that she can load their data and evolve. Unfriendly toward Matsuda Takato and Lee Jianliang in the beginning, she gradually opened up to them and her partner, softening her stance on them while retaining the confidence she held at the beginning. Eventually, she became a close ally to the group.

Evolution

• Sakuyamon (with Renamon)

Card Game Evolution

• Any Digimon that also Evolves from non-White Tamers from the Digimon Card Game
• Blitzmon
• Bolgmon
• Fairimon
• Garummon
• Kaiser Greymon
• Kaiser Leomon
• Löwemon
• Magna Garurumon
• Raihimon
• Rhino Kabuterimon
• Shutumon
• Susanoomon
• Wolfmon

Appearances

Anime

Background

Ruki was born to her mother and father when her mother was only 18 years old. However, after several years, her parents divorced, and Ruki seldom saw her father from that point onward.

A year before the series started, Ruki participated in the Digimon Grand Prix and got to the final round, but was defeated by Akiyama Ryo, who disappeared shortly afterwards. In the next Grand Prix, where he failed to appear, she was the winner, and was given the title of "the Digimon Queen".

Following her victory, Ruki was confronted by a multitude of Digimon, who all wanted her to tame them. Ruki declared that she only wanted a powerful Digimon partner, causing a Blue Card to appear. The Card, upon being slashed through her Card Reader, caused the Card Reader to transform into a D-Ark and allow her partner, Renamon, to enter the Real World. Ruki began to locate Digital Fields and destroy the Digimon that emerged in them, believing that their data would give Renamon the power to Evolve.

Digimon Tamers: The Runaway Digimon Express

Ruki being controlled by Parasimon.

Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time

Ruki, Renamon, Mimi, and Palmon in DigiQuartz.

Manga

Digimon Xros Wars

During "BONUS TRACK", Wizarmon saw other universes. In one of them, he saw Matsuda Takato travelling through the Digital World alongside Guilmon, Ruki and Shioda Hirokazu.

Wizarmon's vision in "BONUS TRACK".

Video Games

Digimon Tamers: Battle Evolution

Ruki serves as Renamon's Tamer. As such, she appears in the character select menu alongside her Partner Digimon and when Renamon evolves into Sakuyamon.

Digimon Masters

Ruki is available as a Tamer starting from August 25, 2020.

TCG

Battle Spirits	CB07-CP03 BT17-085 (DCG) BT19-083 (DCG) EX2-060 (DCG) BT17-085 BT19-083 EX2-060
Digimon Card Game

Image Gallery

Artwork

Digimon Tamers	Digimon Tamers Limited Base Acrylic Keychain	Digimon Tamers (with Renamon)	Digimon Tamers (Ruki's Sunglasses)
Digimon Tamers (Character Design Prototype)

Video Games

Digimon Masters

Miscellaneous

Digimon Tamers (Opening)	Illustration by As'maria	Digimon Partners	Digimon Partners Project - Let's Make Digimon Line Stamps Together!
Digimon Tamers Otedama Plush

Trivia

A character similar to Ruki wearing her D-1 Grand Prix winning outfit from Digimon Tamers makes a cameo in the first chapter of Digimon Liberator.

Additional Information

References	Notes