RanTaku

RanTaku is the slash ship between Kirino Ranmaru and Shindou Takuto from the Inazuma Eleven Go fandom.

Inazuma Eleven Go
Shindou and Kirino first appears as players on Raimon's main soccer team. Shindou is the captain and Kirino is one of the defenders. They have to defend their role to not be replaced by the Black Knights. Unfortunetly, they are losing the match. But Tenma arrives on the field, and tries to keep the ball so no one gets hurt.

After the Black Knights attacked Tenma, Shindou tries to convince the newcomer to give up. But the latter says words that give the captain hope. And to everyone's surprise, he ends up summoning his Keshin. Being furious, he doesn't listen and tries to confront Tsurugi, the SEED that came here to replace them all. But, the Black Knights (including Tsurugi) all retreat. Shindou faints shortly after.

Later, Shindou wakes up in a bed, with Kirino by his side. He asks what happened. Kirino tells him. Shindou tries to go find Tsurugi, but Kirino stops him, telling him that he's worried about him taking too much pressure.

Later, they are both in the soccer club. While most players and all the managers leaves, Shindou has to pretend that he's fine with it.

After the coach Kudou leaves, Shindou decides to not go to training. Kirino comes to visit to tell him what is new. He says that their new coach is the legendary Endou Mamoru.

Inazuma Eleven Go Chrono Stone
Kirino is jealous of Shindou's newfound powers. He doesn't accept not being on the same level anymore. When Daisuke chooses who will be part of the journey to medieval France, Kirino isn't chosen. But Kariya fakes being sick and let him join instead. During their adventure in France, Shindou notices that something is wrong with Kirino while they're talking to Jeanne. Eventually, Kirino decides to go with Jeanne to not confront to Shindou.

Inazuma Eleven Go Galaxy
Kirino is shocked that he isn't part of Inazuma Japan. But he still encourages the three members of Raimon that were selected (and Shindou was one of them). When he realizes that the team isn't exactly on national level, he shows concerns about Shindou's feelings.

When Earth Eleven is send to space, Kirino shows some encouragements from Earth.

Fanon
RanTaku is a very popular ship in the fandom. People ship them at the beginning of Inazuma Eleven Go. Their depiction in fanfiction depends if Ibuki is in said fanfiction.

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Trivia

 * In the dubbed version of Inazuma Eleven, all of the characters are given Western names. Shindou Takuto is named Riccardo Di Rigo, and Kirino Ranmaru is named Gabriel Garcia.
 * Kirino and Shindou have a song called Ashita no Field.
 * Their ship day is March 9th (09/03).