Kikuko Goto

Kikuko Goto (後藤 菊子, Gotō Kikuko) is a character in Hang On! Climbing Girls.

Appearance
Kikuko is a young girl with neck-length white hair.

Plot
While Kikuko plays a game on her phone, Konomi Kasahara recognize it by the sound and Kikuko asks her for a 1v1 game, stating that she never sees anyone better than her. However, Kikuko ends up loosing ten games in a row against Konomi and decides to call her master.

She later meets her again when Konomi and the other Hanamiya girls visit Juzo Goto. Seeing the girls train while attempting to climb the Anti-Monkey Rock, Kikuko realizes that Konomi has great eyes and is able to spot the routes. She asks her if Konomi wants to be a free climber like her and that together they can go climb places and have fun, but Konomi tells her she will think about it. When the Hanamiya girls return again to the Anti-Monkey Rock, Konomi explains that she can't join her as she has her own dream and invites her to watch Konomi at the Kanto Bouldering Championship. Kikuko isn't interested, but Konomi pressures her stating that as her student, she needs to go and watch her master in the competition and Konomi agrees.

Abilities
Having seemingly been trained by her father since young, Kikuko has shown to be an incredibly skilled climber for someone her age, being able to scale the anti-monkey rock with easy. She has also shown a faire deal of analytical skill as well, though not as great as Konomi Kasahara.

Etymology

 * The name Kikuko means "chrysanthemum" (菊) (kiku) and "child" (子) (ko).
 * Kikuko's surname Goto means "rear, remainder, behind, back, later" (後) (go) and "wisteria" (藤) (to).