Rinko Jerrard (鈴子･ジェラード, Rinko Jerādo) is 15-year-old. She comes from a rich family and in the past many people had pretended to be her friend so that she would buy them things. Disillusioned with the seeming cold-heartedness of the world, she succumbs to Robert's hypnotic charisma and joins the Ten. Initially, Rinko has a crush on Robert since he treats her as a real friend, but she eventually sees Robert for what he really is and joins up with Ueki, indeed becoming his guardian and constant caretaker.
Rinko's Celestial King Candidate is a man named Nikay, one of Margaret's followers whom she hasn't seen since the battle began. She loves all animals, taking an immediate liking to Tenko (whom she calls "Tenko-chan"), but her weakness for cute things makes her vulnerable to Ban's power.
Note that it is wise not to insult her no matter what, for she has a side to her that makes her incredibly unhealthy for the person who insults her.
She doesn't seem to realise that she has this "evil" side and fortunately for her that she forgets whatever her "evil" side says or does. This "evil" side seems to be activated whenever someone insults her.
The only example of this is when Ban calls her an 'insect' which causes her to become furious and unlock her "evil" side. This "evil" side has no love for animals,as shown when she remorselessly swats away Ban's cute, living Pick with her special glove, then beats Ban by slapping him with the glove relentlessly. In another instance at the end of the manga series, she confesses her love to Robert, but Robert insults her (although he doesn't really meant to) by calling her "small fry". Robert becomes her second victim and has to be hospitalized for a fortnight.
In the epilogue at the last episode of the anime, Ai says that Rinko and Robert only dated once but Rinko dumped Robert for unknown reasons. She is seen teaming up with Sano in many episodes.
Appearance[]
Rinko has brown eyes, purple hair that she ties into low pigtails, and apricot skin. She wears a pink outer shirt with a yellow tanktop that exposes her belly button, white jeans, platform sandals and glasses.
Abilities[]
Create bombs from beads. The condition is to touch the bead first. They explode on impact, but she can make it explode on her own if it's only 1m away. Her family's company Jerrad corporation technology expertise creates special accessories for her in order to use beads in more constructive ways such as:
- Rinko Rocket – Made of a special alloy and then filled with beads. She uses this to blast herself up into the air
- Beads Cannon – Special metal tubes that are filled with beads and then go over her fingers so that she can detonate one bead and send the rest of them rapidly at her opponents.
- Rinko Glove - special glove with beads hidden inside when used with her power, producing a force impact that claims to be as great as a close-contact weapon.
| Rinko Glove | Rinko Rocket | Beads Cannon |
|---|---|---|
 Rinko Glove |
 Rinko Rocket |
 Beads Cannon |
| Van Decout's pick | Hanon's Kurogane |
|---|---|
  Rinko slap Van Decout's pick |
  Rinko protect AI from Hanon's kurogane |
Manga vs. Anime[]
- In the Japanese manga version her power was to change seeds (not beads) into bombs, but the anime name carried over the English manga edition by VIZ Media.
- She makes her own weapons in the anime, but in the manga they were designed by her and built by her butler.
Trivia[]
- Birth date: 24 December
- Blood type: AB
- Jerrard is an ancient Anglo-Saxon surname, which implies that she is mixed-blood, possibly from her father's side.
- She had a crush on Robert, but she lost interest for unknown reasons after the events of The Law of Ueki.
- According to herself, Robert was the first boy she ever loved.
- She stated that Ueki was the first person that made her realize that friends are worth sacrificing for, that's why she never wanted to leave Ueki's side\team because she had made friends
- When they fought Marilyn team, Rinko was already knocked down.
- When she did not fight she become depressed because she was useless as she stated
- When Rinko and Sano first teamed up she was angry because Sano was stupid and he was so reckless that he doesn't even decide or use his brains.
References[]
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| Team Ueki Navigation | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Kōsuke Ueki |
| Members | Ai Mori • Seiichirō Sano • Rinko Jerrard • Hideyoshi Sōya • Tenko (Celestial Beast) |