In 2012, Kayane entered Guinness World Records in the categories "First Female Super Street Fighter IV World Champion"[21][22][23] (EVO 2010, playing as Chun-Li, regarded by Kayane as a personal role model[8])[24][25] and "Most Podium Placements in a Fighting-Game Tournament for a Female (2001-2011)".[26] According to Guinness, she has been ranked top three in 42 fighting games tournaments by 2011. Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition also awarded her the title of "Most Successful Female SoulCalibur Player" for her 48 Soulcalibur series podium placements between 2002 and 2012.[27][28]

In 2009, Namco created a tribute AI named "Kayane" for the character Xianghua (Kayane's favourite Soulcalibur character[7]) in Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny, imitating Kayane's playing style.[1][29] A character named "Kayane" appeared in 2012's Soulcalibur V. In 2012, Forbes called Kayane "the most consistently successful female fighting game competitor of the 21st century,"[30] and French magazine Le Point called her the "queen of fighters";[8] in 2013, Complex included her beating members of the audience without looking at the screen[31] among the "most incredible performances in video games".[32]