Riko Nozomi

is the protagonist of Digimon Rikollection.
==Appearance==
Riko is a girl with fair skin and , having a yellow left eye and a blue right eye. At a young age, she had dark hair worn in short pigtails from the sides of the head, and wore a shirt with long sleeves and a pinafore dress.
By age 17, she has white hair that sticks up at the top, has longer pigtails starting more from the top of the head and braided near the end, and sidelocks that reach the chin. Her pigtails are tied by ornaments shaped like Omnimon's shoulders. She wears round glasses with white rims, a white collared shirt, a red necktie with a pattern, and an Omnimon-themed jacket. The jacket is white with blue stripes, has a blue line and a black cuff on the right sleeve and a black line with DigiCode that reads on the left sleeve. The jacket has the combined symbol of the Crests of Courage and Friendship, and its zipper has the blue jewel that replaces the symbol in some depictions of Omnnimon. Riko also wears a tight black miniskirt, white loose socks, and white sneakers with grey soles.
When livestreaming, Riko wears a Monzaemon costume.
In the cover for Digimon Comic volume 1, her left eye is miscolored as blue.
==Description==
Riko is a fan of Digimon and has many posters and merch in her room. Due to not having friends who collect cards, she never played the Digital Monster Card Game.
==Etymologies==
;Riko Nozomi ( リコ)
Name used in Digimon Rikollection.
*Ja: . Japanese surname that means "hope ocean".
*Ja: . A Japanese feminine name. From .
==Fiction==
Riko lives with her older brother, Mayu Nozomi, and they used to play with Digimon toys as children.
In August 1, 2024, she is livestreaming Royal Memorial when her beeps indicating her Botamon hatched. Mayu becomes annoyed she is still playing with Digimon, warning she would eventually become disillusioned like him, which Riko ignores. After finding Mayu's old toy box and accidentally knocking it over, hatches from a and turns all of Riko's collection into real Digimon. Riko becomes angry when she notices is stealing the toys and leaves the apartment to retrive them, returning with a bunch of Digimon. Realizing Mayu can turn the Digimon back into toys by touching them, Riko goes out once again in order to retrieve her collecton, but is surprised by a Greymon and Parrotmon fighting outside her apartment. Riko rushes to save the Digimon caught up by the fight, but is also attacked by Parrotmon. defends her, while Mayu also prepares to fight. After Mayu and other Digimon save her, Riko and Mayu use the Digivice iC to digivolve Agumon into . Riko, together with a Terriermon and Wendigomon, goes to collect other Digimon while the fight happens. She eventually gets distracted assembling a Magnamon figure and checking her cards, and gets angry at finding rare cards wrapped in a rubber band. Returning to the battle, Riko throws a for Mayu to use in a Digi-Modify, digivolving GeoGreymon into , which impresses her. After the battle ends, Riko takes all the Digimon and products she found to Mayu, and as he stores a in the toy box, Keramon destroys it and digivolves to while threatening the siblings.
==Notes and references==
Category:Humans
Category:Characters in Digimon Rikollection
Category:Protagonists