Erika Ichinose

Erika Ichinose (一之瀬 絵梨佳 Ichinose Erika) is a minor character in the Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi series. She is a popular mangaka working for the shoujo manga department Emerald at Marukawa Publishing.
==Appearance ==
Erika is described as a pretty young woman (by Yuu Yanase) with chest-length light-brown hair that she styles in loose curls at the tips and bangs swept to the right. She was shown with blue eyes. 
At the New Years Party, she dresses in a long blue dress with a white shawl. When she meets up with Masamune Takano to discuss work, she wears a white top with a blue cardigan. 
==Personality==
Erika is a woman who's friendly with her editors and seems to be dedicated to her job. She meets up with her editors over dinner or drinks in order to discuss work, which lead to some misunderstandings.
Yuu Yanase claims he's heard that she's trying to hook up with one of the Emerald editors, Yoshiyuki Hatori. Although Yanase might have been exaggerating her work relations to make Chiaki Yoshino lose interest in Hatori.
Another editor she meets up with for dinner is Masamune Takano (just to discuss work).
==Plot==
===The Case of Chiaki Yoshino===
Erika attends the New Year's Party where she has a conversation with Yoshiyuki Hatori. The conversation seems pleasant, with them both smiling and laughing, and at one point she places a hand on his shoulder. Chiaki Yoshino later describes this as Erika being "all over him," although Hatori insists it's just work.
When Yuu Yanase and Chiaki see them talking together, Yuu says that she's been trying to hook up with Hatori by inviting him out to eat and taking him out to bars to discuss work. Chiaki gets jealous and decides to leave the party, accompanied by Yuu. Upon seeing Chiaki leaving, Hatori abruptly excuses himself from his conversation with Erika to go after Chiaki. Erika also steps out a moment later to see what's going on, and Yuu points this out to Hatori. Hatori ends up staying at the party, and he apparently continues his conversation with Erika.
Erika wore perfume at the party which's scent rubs off on Hatori enough for Chiaki to notice when he sees him later. Upset by this, Chiaki confronts Hatori about what's going on with them, but Hatori reassures him it's just work.
===The Case of Ritsu Onodera===
Erika meet with Masamune Takano at a restaurant for a work meeting. On the way to her table he passed by Ritsu Onodera, who was catching up with Saeki (Ritsu's former coworker). This lead to a misunderstanding from both sides: Ritsu thinking that Takano and Erika were on a date. While Takano thought that Ritsu and Saeki were on a date. This was later cleared when Takano explains to Ritsu that Erika is one of their authors and that their meeting was specifically work related. 
==Etymology==
* The name Erika means "picture, painting" (絵) (e), "pear" (梨) (ri) and "good, beautiful" (佳) (ka).
*Erika's surname Ichinose means "one" (一) (ichi), "this" (之) (no) and "swift current, rapids" (瀬) (se).
==Trivia==
*Being a star author, Erika is probably wealthy.
==Gallery==
Erika Ichinose laughing with Hatori.jpg|Erika laughing with Yoshiyuki Hatori at the party
Erika Ichinose as Hatori leaves.jpg|Hatori abruptly leaving their conversation
Erika Ichinose stepping out.jpg|Erika stepping out from the party
Erika Ichinose waving.jpg|Erika waving at Masamune Takano over to a table
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