Riho Utsugi

**Riho Utsugi** (空木梨穂 *Utsugi Riho*) is a supporting character in the manga series S Rare Soubi no Niau Kanojo. She is the older sister of Ami Utsugi.

## Appearance

Riho is a young woman with short stringy hair. Like her sister, she wears glasses. She is most often seeing a Grimzelia cosplay outfit adorned with a cape, a skirt, a belt, gloves, and thigh-high boots.

## Personality

Riho has an incredible passion and borderline obsession with with costume design. She made a career of this passion by designing the outfits for the Encircled Grimzelia app. So deep is her passion that she will sometimes fondle and take measurements of girls who cosplay the Grimzelia outfits she designed.

## Plot

Acting as the manager of the Grizel Cafe, Riho hires Yurina as a waitress, apparently not knowing she is the real Yurina brought to life through the Grimzelia app. She admires Yurina's outfit, believing she is simply an excellent cosplayer, and goes so far as to take her measurements while she is working. After Yurina accidentally assaults Danzum, a customer, Riho is forced to fire her, but she rehires her after she proves to be popular among the customers.

Some time later, Riho gives Yurina her first paycheck, explaining it is the fruits of her labor, so she should consider how to best use it. Riho then introduces Yurina to their new employee, Mayu Kurusugawa. During the resulting conversation Yurina has with Mayu, Yurina mentions that she fights real life monsters, which Riho takes notice of.

Later, after Eternal Wind and Daigo defeat Yuki-Onna, Riho mysteriously appears and looms over the weakened Yuki-Onna, commenting on how fortunate it is that she survived.

### Ea's Abduction

After Lamia captures Ea and defeats Yurina and Daigo, Riho and her sister Ami come to their aid. Riho reveals to them that she is a former developer of the Grimzelia app. Riho explains that she was the costume designer for the game, but Daigo angrily demands her to explain why the Grimzelia monsters are coming to life. However, Riho is unable to explain due to her memory loss. After explaining their past, and revealing that Riho is Ami's older sister, Riho and Ami offer to join forces with Daigo and Yurina to rescue Ea and get Riho's memories back. After some initial hesitation, Daigo and Yurina agree. Shortly afterwards, Haruka Nanao joins their group as well.

Later, Riho and Ami show Daigo and Yurina their base of operations, which is located in a bunker under Grizel Cafe. They show them the replica S Rare weapons they have made, but explain that they break after only one use. After explaining that they also plan to recruit more high-ranking players, they are then visited by a girl who has been possessed by Fierce Lord Nametake. The monster reveals itself and Riho and Ami volunteer to fight the monster. However, due to their low levels, they are helpless against the monster and must be saved by Yurina, for which they are chastised afterwards.

### The Rankers

After all the Rankers are gathered, Riho helps with the preparations to save Ea and infiltrate Lamia's base. When most of the Rankers fail to show up for training sessions, Riho informs Daigo and Yurina of their addresses and advises that they go see them.

Some time later, Riho receives word from Ami that she has located Ea and informs everyone that it is time to invade Lamia's hideout.

### Rescuing Ea

On the day of the invasion, Riho rides the train with everyone else and they prepare for the upcoming battle. After some initial difficulty with Daigo's phone reception, Riho and the others enter Lamia's base. However, they are quickly caught offguard by Nightshade and fall through a trap door, which separates them.

Riho ends up with Yurina and, after fighting some monsters, the two encounter the monster Patra who has turned Ami into a zombie, forcing her to fight them. Riho and Yurina fight Patra and her army of zombies, but Yurina is overwhelmed and turned into a zombie as well. Forced to face the monster alone, Riho almost tricks Patra into surrendering by threatening her with a powerful SS Rare weapon (which is actually broken and useless), but Ami gives her away. Riho is then caught by Patra who attempts to zombify her, but she is saved by the fact she is over the age of 25 (something neither she nor Patra were aware of) and her life essence destroys Patra. Ami, Yurina, and the other zombies are freed and Riho, Ami, and Yurina continue on their way.Later, Riho, Ami, and Yurina reunite with Daigo, Haruka, and Saori and they discuss their current predicament and plan of action.

After battling some low-level monsters, Riho and the others finally locate Ea who is unconscious and strapped to a chair in an empty room. Venomous Moon Jelly appears and explains that she has poisoned Ea and she will stay fall asleep forever unless she is given an antidote. Riho is incapacitated as Venomous Moon Jelly unleashes a black ooze that invades her and the others' brains and brings out Yurina's dark side. Fortunately, Riho and the others are freed when Yurina overcomes the black ooze and defeats Venomous Moon Jelly. The group is then met by Lamia who brushes them off as they are not yet ready to face her.
After curing Ea, Riho and the others have a heartfelt reunion with her. The group then battle Medusa who has already petrified Marimo, Honoka, RIn Mei, and Karasu. Yurina defeats Medusa, but the group are then attacked by Yamada Rinko. Yamada injects a fluid into Medusa, turning her into a mindless monster that petrifies Haruka and Saori. Riho and her sister soon follow, as they too are turned to stone.

### The Final Battle

After Yamada is defeated, Riho is revived by Ea who uses a special item to heal her and everyone else who was turned to stone. However, Lamia and several other monster girls have arrived and make clear their intention to mate with Daigo to start a new generation of monsters. Although Riho and others do all they can to fight off the monsters, Daigo is ultimately caught and, to everyone's surprise, devoured by Lamia.

 Lamia transforms and begins to inject eggs into the bodies of the Rankers, including Riho. Although Riho is weakened, she joins the Rankers in invading Lamia's body so they can rescue Daigo. After traversing Lamia's stomach, Riho and the others find themselves transported into a large void inside of Lamia where everyone she has devoured are encased in crystal. They find Daigo who is being held by a seemingly immobile crystal princess. Riho and the others manage to rescue Daigo, but the crystal princess comes to life and encases them in crystal, leaving them trapped inside Lamia who absorbs their powers.

Riho and the others are freed when Yurina finally defeats Lamia. Afterwards, the monsters return to the world of Grimzelia, leaving Riho and the others free to continue their normal lives.

## Gallery

Riho's first appearanceRiho approaches Yuki-OnnaRiho and Ami are sapped by mushrooms

## References

2. ↑ Chapter 8
3. ↑ Chapter 9
4. ↑ Chapter 19
5. ↑ Chapter 20
6. ↑ Chapter 21
7. ↑ Chapter 22
8. ↑ Chapter 26
9. ↑ Chapter 28
10. ↑ Chapter 29
11. ↑ Chapter 30
12. ↑ Chapter 33
13. ↑ Chapter 34
14. ↑ Chapter 40
15. ↑ Chapter 41
16. ↑ Chapter 42
17. ↑ Chapter 43
18. ↑ Chapter 44
19. ↑ Chapter 45
20. ↑ Chapter 50