Rikoha

**Rikoha** (リコ葉 *Rikoha*) is a minor character in the manga series S Rare Soubi no Niau Kanojo. She is a close friend, classmate, and admirer of Haruka Nanao.

## Appearance

Rikoha is a young teenage girl with her done in a ponytail with a ribbon. In contract to the rest of her classmates, she wears an open light-colored jacket over her school uniform.

## Personality

Rikoha is a close friend of Haruka's and, as such, is particularly sycophantic to her. She admires Haruka for her leadership and devotion to the rules and scorns those who disobey her. She also belittles her fellow students who she believes waste their time on "pointless" video games.

## Plot

Rikoha is first seen alongside Haruka and Ami, when the former confiscates Daigo and Ea's smart phones in class. When Daigo defies Haruka's authority, Rikoha and Ami scold him and mock his lack of progress in Grimzelia (though they are reprimanded by Haruka for looking at Daigo's phone). Later, Rikoha belittles Eternal Wind, not knowing that she is actually Haruka.

### A Trip to the Beach

When Rikoha hears that Daigo, Haruka, and Ea are going to the beach together, she decides to tag along so she can "protect" Haruka and meet the hero girl that is living with Daigo. At the beach, Rikoha and Ami approach Daigo and Yurina and comment on the latter's resemblance to the "real" Yurina. Rikoha asks Ami why she is wearing a school swimsuit, to which she replies that guys find it attractive. However, their discussion is interrupted by Ea who informs them that Haruka has collapsed.

While Rikoha the others tend to Haruka, Ami ecstatically draws a picture of her, much to the discomfort of Daigo and Yurina. Daigo then accuses Ami of being a Grimzelia monster and causing Haruka's condition. However, Rikoha and Ea explain that Ami has always worn her school swimsuit and she drew Haruka because she has a fetish for suffering girls. After Daigo, Yurina, and Ea leave to look for Grimzelia monsters, Haruka herself vanishes while Rikoha goes to get sunscreen for her. Unbeknownst to her, Haruka, Daigo, Yurina, and Ea have engaged in battle with a trio of Grimzelia monsters from which they ultimately emerge victorious. Once the four return, Rikoha and Nonoka continue to play in the water with Yurina who is awkwardly dressed in her Aqua Compressor.

### The Festival

After their trip to the beach, Rikoha and the others arrive at Ea's vacation home. In anticipation of an upcoming festival, Rikoha and the other girls (minus Haruka) decide to take a bath where Rikoha and Ami initiate a discussion about Daigo's promiscuity. Although Yurina insists that Daigo is honorable, Rikoha and Ami just tease her in return. Rioha then ask Ea how she feels about the situation, believing that she has a romantic interest in Daigo, but Ea denies it. After the girls finish and get dressed, Ea tries on a yukata, which gives Rikoha the idea to have all the girls go to the festival in yukatas, which they agree to.

At the festival, Rikoha notices a feud is brewing between Yurina and Ea since they both believe that the other is stealing Daigo away from them. Rikoha decides to leave with Haruka, Ami, and Nonoka, leaving the three to work things out.