Rikako Asakura

朝倉 (あさくら) 　理香子 (りかこ) äsäkɯᵝɺ̠ä ɾikäko̞ Rikako Asakura
Rikako Asakura in Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream Scientist Searching for Dreams More Character Titles
Species	Human
Occupation	Scientist
Music Themes
夢幻遊戯　～ Dream War (Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream)
Appearances
Official Games
Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream (Cover, Playable Character)

"The power seeping from these ruins is definitely not magic. This could be what I've been looking for..."
— Rikako Asakura (Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream)

Rikako Asakura (朝倉　理香子, Asakura Rikako) is a scientist, what makes her among the few people in Gensokyo who values science more than magic, though she can use both. She is also one of the playable characters in Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream.

Official Profiles

Official Profiles

Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream - 夢時空.TXT

★　夢を探す科学　・・・　朝倉　理香子 　　　この世界、科学を信じてる人などほとんどいない。当然、魔法が主である。 　　理香子は、そんなこの世界で本当に珍しい科学信者である。本人は、必ず魔力以外の力が存在してると信じている。 　　　だが、そんな理香子も魔法使いであり、しかもかなり強大な魔力の持ち主である。科学力はともかく、本気で魔法を使うと、手が付けられない位強いはずだが、本人、魔法が嫌いで本気を出せないでいる。 　　　この遺跡は、絶対、科学で作られたと信じてやってきたのだが・・・

★ Scientist that looks for dreams ･･･ Asakura Rikako There aren't a lot of people in this world that believe in science. Magic rules supreme. Rikako is one of those rare believers in science in this world. She herself believes that there must be some power beyond magic. However, she is also a magic user, and a fairly powerful one at that. Setting aside science for a moment, when she gets serious with her magic power, nothing can stop her, but she doesn't really like magic so this doesn't happen often. She believes that these ruins were created by science, but ...

Character Design

Name

Her full name is Rikako Asakura (朝倉　理香子). "Rika" (理香) means Science in Japanese, and "ko" (子) is common at the end of female Japanese names. The fact that "Rika" means Science links to the fact that Rikako is a scientist. The surname "Asakura" (朝倉) is a common Japanese surname.

Design

Rikako appears to wear a white lab coat with a yellow ribbon at the collar, with a white ribbon in her hair and small round glasses. Her hair and eyes appear purple. Her alternate outfit is the same, except her lab coat and ribbon is a peach colour. Her hair and eyes also appear red.

Appearances

PC-98

Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream

Rikako's sprite in PoDD

Main article: Rikako's Scenario

Believing the ruins in Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream were made by science, she ends up in the big battle to enter the Probability Space Hypervessel. There, she finds Chiyuri Kitashirakawa, who she fights with so Yumemi Okazaki could study Rikako's magic. After Chiyuri is defeated, Yumemi fights Rikako to get her home, promising that she will grant her a wish if she is defeated.

After Rikako wins, she asks for something that could help her learn about the science of Yumemi's world. Yumemi grants her wish gifting her a 5th grade science textbook.

Gallery

Covers

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  Cover of Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream, featuring Rikako and others.

Artworks

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  Alternate outfit from Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream

Additional Information

• Rikako appears on the cover of Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream, along with all the other characters in that game.
• Rikako is the first girl with glasses (眼鏡っ娘, meganekko) in the series.
• Rikako has the longest boss theme in the series, with the music not looping until 4:57.
• Rikako's player sprite seems to indicate that she is a normal human and flies by using strap-on rockets. However, her profile indicates that, while she is able to use magic, she refrains from it out of personal dislike.
• Morgan (from the Seihou Project) shares some similarities with Rikako.

Fandom

Main article: Fandom: Rikako Asakura

Official Sources

Official sources

• 1997/12/29 Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream - Dialogue, ending, profile