Ririka Hirai

**Ririka Hirai** (Japanese: **平井 (ひらい)  りりか**, *Hirai Ririka*) is a third year student in Shiratorizawa Academy and is the captain of Shiratorizawa Girls' Volleyball Club. As of 2016, she played in the Female V.League Division 1 as a wing spiker for WJSN Japan.

## Appearance

Ririka is a young woman who was considered to be very odd and mostly stands out in a crowd of people. She is noticeably pale, and fairly tall with a rather mature physique. She has quite long, bubblegum-like pink hair that fades to neon green half point that is tied up to a high ponytail with a small braid hanging. She has short clumps of hair that falls over her face, acting like bangs. This trait of hers made her earn the nickname of "*sakuramochi*" which was given by Eita Semi. Ririka has very dark blue, galaxy-like small and pointy eyes with long eyelashes.

Additionally, as of early 2016, her hair was kept down and dyed black, in attempt of making herself look more *normal*. Though, she had dyed it back to its original state after surprisingly getting convinced by Wakatoshi Ushijima.

## Personality

Ririka is a very hardworking and passionate individual who keeps a gentle expression with a smile on her face. She barely talks, and would only do so if desired, or allowed to. Her inability to make decisions by herself was prevented by Eita, who had given her a coin to decide for her. Although, the only time she's able to make her own decisions and speak is during volleyball, often putting her passions in front of her own desires and feelings.

Despite her reserved, yet gentle demeanor, Ririka is quite unapproachable, due to her quiet nature, causing her to release an intimidating aura despite keeping a smile on her face as no one can easily tell what she's thinking, or what she's about to do - in short, she's unpredictable. Additionally, she somewhat still gets along with her team, though is never seen talking to them outside of volleyball, not even during break times and will keep everything all to herself, despite the constant pestering of her teammates.

Ririka is only ever seen interacting with Eita, whom she often eats large portions of food with. This concludes her obsession with meals and snacks, especially *sakuramochi*, which she had grown to love and had even said how her meals would feel incomplete with a side of homemade sakuramochi.

As of 2016, as she started playing for WJSN Japan, Ririka had started to open up quite more and allows herself to hang out and talk with the others, slowly coming out of her shell that she had hid in for years.

## Statistics

 Stamina
 Game Sense
 Technique
 Speed

Ririka was known for applying an immense level of pressure and power on her serves and spikes. She also possesses a high level of speed, though lacks technique and game sense, giving her some disadvantages. Being a very quiet individual, her teammates, at first wasn't able to tell what she's thinking but had learned due to Ririka's body language and movements. She is considered to be the female counterpart of "*Ushiwaka*", Ririka is considered to be an excellent player in such great shape and condition.

Overall, Ririka's skills and talent in playing volleyball is considered to be eye-catching and impressive, especially when it comes to her unpredictable and unstoppable brute strength she applies in order to blow off her opponents.

**Jumping Reach**:

* **Pre Time-skip**: 240 cm
* **Post Time-skip**: 300 cm

### **Skills**

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