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| location = Just outside the [[Hakurei Shrine]], ???
| location = Just outside the [[Hakurei Shrine]], ???

Revision as of 08:02, 26 December 2011

Note: This article contains 4 characters.


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Rika
RikaEX Rika
Engineer
More Character Titles
Species

Human

Occupation

Engineer

Location

Just outside the Hakurei Shrine, ???

Music Themes
Appearances
Official Games

Rika (里香) is an engineer that appears in Stage 1 and the Extra Stage of Story of Eastern Wonderland, where she creates a large number of monsters and starts hanging around the Hakurei Shrine while Reimu Hakurei is away. The reason for and method of creating all of these monsters and ghosts isn't clear at all.

Concept

Name

The kanji in her name can mean "village incense". "Rika" also means Science in Japanese.

Appearance

In Story of Eastern Wonderland's official art, Rika has brown eyes, long brown hair in two braids, wears a white shirt with a purple bow beneath its collar and she holds a piece of chalk in her left hand. In the Extra Stage, she has purple (brown?) eyes, long purple (brown?) hair in two braids, has white horns, wears a strange red hat. Wears a purple shirt with a red ribbon in front.

Story

Story of Eastern Wonderland

During Stage 1 of Story of Eastern Wonderland, she attacks Reimu with tanks that she has created, but is defeated quickly. Later, during the Extra Stage, she attempts to lure Reimu into a trap reveals that she was the one who created the monsters in the first place, and attacks the shrine maiden with a flying tank called Evil Eye Sigma.

Relationships

Stage 1 Midboss of Touhou 2 (Tank)
Flower Tank (Tank)
Evil Eye Sigma (Tank)
Ghost (Creation)

Additional Information

Flower Tank
Evil Eye Sigma

Trivia

  • Rika was the first boss ever in a Touhou shooting game, as well as the first Extra Stage boss.
  • Rika is the only character in the series to pilot a vehicle during a boss fight - tanks that she herself constructed.
  • It's known that Rika created all of the ghosts in Story of Eastern Wonderland, but it's unknown if the ghosts in other games were also created by her.

Fandom

  • Although her sprite appears vaguely in Stage 1, some fans who draw her depict her wearing pants.
  • Rika looks similar and has a similar name to Rikako Asakura. These two are speculated be the same character, or related.

Tanks

These are tanks that Rika has created and piloted two or more during Story of Eastern Wonderland.

Stage 1 Boss

ふらわ~戦車 (Flower Tank)

Description: Has red caterpillar tracks with a grey turret. The turret is round with a yin-yang mark painted on the top. Many leaves hang (grow?) out from the back of the turret. Vines hang (grow?) around the main cannon.

Extra Stage Boss

イビルアイ∑ (Evil Eye Sigma)

Description: One big eye with a red iris and black eyelids. Has two large purple wings, a halo, and two large tentacles. Below there is something green (leaves?). On the lower eyelid there is a red Sigma (∑) mark, the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet.

Other Information
Fandom

  • It is considered by many to be the most difficult extra boss in the series.
  • Some fans tend to see the Evil Eye Sigma as the "king" of all the Evil Eyes.

Official Profiles

Story of Eastern Wonderland

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