Kirin Takamiya

Kirin Takamiya is a supporting key character of the Clones Arc. She is the genetic template and "sister" of Rika Takamiya and the original creator of the "Silver Shine" Tail Gear, which enables Rika to transform into Tailsilver. Kirin is also an Imperial project developer and an expert in advanced technologies, creating and facilitating future projects that would benefit the Empire.

Kirin enjoyed a sisterly bond with her clone Rika, but at the same time maintained a mutual friendship with ARC-0555 "Fives", a former Clone ARC trooper captain now made an Imperial Sentinel. She helped Rika escape after Tailred ordered an execution of the clone after she was entrusted with the new "Silver Shine" Tail Gear, which Tailred feared would be too grave a threat if Rika fully obtains its power. As the clone escapes, Kirin was mistaken by a squad of clone troopers and was shot and presumed dead.

Kirin returns later in the season, having fully recovered from her injuries, and reunites with Rika during one of her missions as Tailsilver, only to be revealed to have been a major antagonist. Kirin then revealed that she had planned to give Rika the Tail Gear from the beginning and deliberately allowed her to escape in order to allow her to transform into Tailsilver and test out the capabilities of her artificial Tail Gear. In other words, Kirin was just using Rika as another experiment for the creation of her newest and most advanced Tail Gear, which she can use to hunt down the Twintail resistance.

When Fives was crowned Emperor of the Solar Empire, Kirin ruled along his side as Imperial Grand Vizier.

Kirin's Twintail armor exactly resembles that of Tailsilver, she has the same twin-tail hair style as her, and the only notable difference between the two of them is Kirin's black hair. It is also revealed that Kirin is supurb in lightsaber combat, and wields two lightsabers, one blue and the other purple. She is also evenly matched with Rika in hand-to-hand combat.