Rikitake began his career in the early 1980s, debuting with the self-published photobook Alice Chrome and Friends in 1982. He eventually established the (Studio R) and became a central figure in the production of youth-centric erotic media.
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His work often centered on "shoujo" (young girl) aesthetics, which was a legal and commercially successful niche in Japan until the late 1990s. However, following the 1999 enactment of the in Japan, much of his early bibliography was banned or went out of print. Key Photobooks & Series Rikitake began his career in the early 1980s,