Rika

Rika
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Rōmaji	Rika
Personal Info
Gender	Female
Age	6-7 years old (debut) 8-9 years old (after timeskip)
Species	Human
Birthday	June 18, 1515-1516 (Gemini)
Zodiac	Gemini ♊
Current Status	Alive (Active)
Family	Unnamed Father (deceased) Ririka (mother)
Birthplace	East Blue
Professional Status
Affiliation	Marines
Occupation	Waitress
Base of Operations	Marine 153rd Branch
Voice Actor(s)
Japanese Voice Actor(s)	Emi Uwagawa
English Voice Actor(s)	Lisa Ortiz (4Kids) Kate Oxley (Funimation) Alison Lestor (Odex)
Debut(s)
Manga	One Piece Chapter #3
Anime	One Piece Episode #2

Rika (リカ, Rika) is a little girl who lives in Shells Town, she is also the daughter of Ririka.

Appearance

Rika in the digitally colored manga.

Rika is a little girl with shoulder-lenght dark brown hair, tied in two pigtails, and black eyes. She wore a striped turquoise and purple shirt with a white hood.

After two years, her hair looks longer than before, and she has gotten taller. She wears a dark colored apron with the Marine symbol and a striped dress with a hood. She wears black shoes and a bandanna tied over her head.

Personality

Rika is a sweet, polite, kind and caring little girl, but is angered when her friends are threatened.

History

Past

Rika was born on June 18, 1515 or 1516, from an Unnamed Man and Ririka, at some point of her childhood, her father died.

East Blue Saga

Romance Dawn Arc

Rika first appeared when she tried to thank Zoro by offering him onigiri while he was imprisoned, but he refused and told her to go away. Helmeppo then came in and took them away from her rudely, saying that if she gave them to Zoro it would be as if she were the accomplice of a criminal, but he then spit them out complaining that the onigiri had sugar in them instead of salt. Helmeppo then ordered the naval marine standing behind him to throw her out and he reluctantly does so, but luckily, Rika was caught by Luffy before anything bad could happen.

The reason Zoro was imprisoned by the Marines was because he defended Rika when she was nearly attacked by Helmeppo's pet wolf. Because Helmeppo saw this as a crime towards himself, he ordered Zoro to stay imprisoned for thirty days. Zoro, not wanting to cause any more trouble, accepted.

Diary of Coby-meppo

Rika later becomes friends with both Helmeppo and Coby during their stay in Shells Town, and becomes upset when the two leave with Vice Admiral Garp.

Two Years Later

After the timeskip, she appears to be more mature, and is training at the Marine base in Shells Town to become a waitress. She seems to be much better at cooking, and is popular among the Marines.

Translation and Dub Issues

In Episode 2, Rika is seen bringing food to Zoro which the food in the original anime was Riceballs. However in the 4kids edits, the riceballs were changed to three cookies. Also, when Helmeppo took one and ate it, the third cookie was still in place when she offered them to Zoro.

Trivia

• She later appeared in a filler episode as well as TV Special 4 where she is friends with Ninjin, Piiman and Tamanegi.