For the uninitiated, Girls² (pronounced "Girls Girls") is a 9-member performance group born from the hit drama series Girls × Heroine! . Rinka Kanzaki was cast as Momoka Tōyama , a role that required her to not only act but execute high-level action sequences. What made Girls² revolutionary was its "real-life" structure—the drama was fiction, but the group existed live on stage.

Rinka Kanzaki’s trajectory exemplifies the modern Japanese artist: . In a music industry that often compartmentalizes talent, she refuses to be boxed—whether she’s strumming a piano in a dim café, walking the runway, or championing mental‑health initiatives.

Rinka Kanzaki subverts the “cool girl” archetype in three key ways: