17 Facts About Reiko Nagase

Reiko Nagase is a virtual idol fictional character in Namco's Ridge Racer series of racing video games who is its most prominent race queen and one of Namco's mascot characters.

Reiko Nagase has first appeared in Rave Racer in 1995, before her official introduction in Rage Racer in 1996.

Reiko Nagase's has gained an iconic status and an enduring high popularity among the fans of the long-running series, resulting in her being brought back by Namco after an attempt to substitute her was met with fan backlash, appearing in many other games and other creations, and the creation of a series of characters named Kei Nagase in the Ace Combat series, one of whom is her younger sister.

Reiko Nagase is a fictional race queen from Tokyo who is the digital mascot and host of the Ridge Racer series.

Reiko Nagase's is a playable character in Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis, and appears as a baseball player in the Namco Stars sports team in three entries in the Super World Stadium series and in Professional Baseball Famisuta 2011.

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Reiko Nagase's is playable in Namco Wonder Classic and in Pac-Man Fever .

Reiko Nagase's costume is available in the role-playing video game Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon, a poster of Reiko Nagase has been made available in Sony's Mainichi Issho in 2007.

Reiko Nagase appears on the covers of Ridge Racer soundtracks, including Ridge Racers Direct Audio and Ridge Racer 20th Anniversary Remix .

Reiko Nagase's is prominently featured in a Ridge Racer-themed pachislot, along with a PlayStation 2 port of that machine, and has been featured in other products licensed by Namco, including the first and sixth wave of Namco Gals gashapon and other figurines and garage kits by various manufacturers.

Promotional models dressed as Reiko Nagase have advertised for Namco at gaming industry events such as E3 and Nintendo World.

Kei Reiko Nagase is a name of several pilot characters featured in Namco's Ace Combat series of combat flight simulators.

Reiko Nagase's serves as the series' "image girl" mascot and in all her incarnations is always bearing resemblance of Reiko Nagase.

One of them, a selectable wingman in Ace Combat 2, was actually officially identified as Reiko Nagase's younger sister born in 1977.

One Kei Reiko Nagase, callsign "Edge", is a major character in Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War and appears in Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown .

Reiko Nagase has been very well received by gamers and journalists alike.

Reiko has quickly achieved a great popularity and dedicated following, whose discontent Namco felt when Ai Fukami took her role in Ridge Racer V According to Australian Station in 2000, "hordes of Reiko Nagase fans were up in arms over the decision to replace her, and even casual gamers have been heard to comment they 'liked the old one better'".

Reiko Nagase was brought back to the series due to the upset fans' requests, including an "outraged" petition.