Akisawa Rio

"*I am the Pretty Guardian who Fights for Love and for Happiness. I am Sailor Papaya! And now In the name of the Papayas, I will save you!!*"
— Sailor Papaya's stock introduction

**Akisawa Rio** *(秋澤リオ, Akisawa Rio)* is the civilian identity of the Sailor Guardian of Love and Happiness, **Sailor Papaya**. She joins the inner sailor senshi in later episodes. Her another form was Neo-Queen Harmony as she gets new powers and a wand.

## Nomenclature & Etymology

Her last name means "Autumn swamp" and her name means "Jasmine village" or "Center cherry blossom".

## Appearance

### Civilian

Rio has orange eyes with a short blunt reddish brown bob.

On Ball, she would wear a faux silver pearl necklace with a Multi strand Faux Pearl Bracelet on her left side hand, Faux Diamond Ring on her right side hand on her finger and a peplum autumn orange dress decorated into autumn leaves. She also wears a white heeled boots to match her accessories.

### Sailor Senshi

* Sailor Papaya
* Super Sailor Magical
* Neo-Queen Harmony

As Sailor Papaya, she retains her civilian appearance with a gold tiara on her forehead along with a orange tiara stone on front. She wears a white sailor leotard and the color of her sailor uniform is orange with a single white linings to match up with her orange skirt, back bow and her matching orange slim heels. Her front bow is black with a orange round gem at the center and was accessorized with a orange hoop dangle earrings in each side of her earlobe and white gloves with orange linings.

When she was upgraded by making a huge papaya illusion in the sky and spins them as lines while twirling. She is like the rest of the Senshi who gained sleeves in each sides of her leotard. Her orange hoop dangle earrings have been changed into some black tiny circles on her earrings, the orange gem at the center is now a heart shaped, and her back bow was lengthened. Her orange choker gained a star brooch on front.

## Personality

Rio is a energetic and cheerful girl who is in love with papayas. She appears being bffs with Asaiko Mana, until they get separated from each other. Her dream is to be a Cat Breeder, even though her favorite animals were cats. As a sailor senshi she likely makes the villains get normal to help her out. After starting a new life, Rio got separated from her parents a year ago, because of their work, she peacefully came in a school with dorms, with her suitcase full of her stuff. She was sharing a dorm with Rei, after Rei gotten crazy, Rio moved into Minako's dorm and packed her stuff in her new room in peace. Her appearance shows up in BanG Dream! starting to play a bass and she was a bassist in all of the bands (Poppin'Party, Afterglow, Pastel\*Palettes, Roselia, Hello Happy World! and Morfonica) while switching with Rimi, Himari, Chisato, Lisa, Hagumi and Nanami.

## Sailor Senshi Info

### Items

* Transformation Pen
* Star Power Stick
* Crystal Change Rod

### Phrases

* Papaya Power, Make Up
* Papaya Star Power, Make Up
* Papaya Planet Power, Make Up
* Papaya Cosmic Power, Make Up
* Papaya Crisis Power, Make Up

### Attacks

* Papaya Phoenix Pound
* Papaya Punishing Pound
* Papaya Chaos Pound
* Rescue Hurricane
* Interstellar Laser