Rika Inoue

Rika Inoue 「井上 利香, Inoue Rika」 is a member of the Japanese Imperial Demon Army and Makoto Narumi's squad in the Moon Demon Company.

Appearance
Rika has long blonde hair pulled into two fluffy ponytails with long reddish-rose ribbons holding them in place. She has bangs that are longer on the sides. She wears a hair clip in her bangs, and she wears a reddish-rose choker with a pink butterfly accessory. She has blue eyes.

Her JIDA uniform long-sleeved black coat with light green details including the shoulder epaulettes and two rows of gold buttons on the front; she has her sleeves rolled up. She leave the top of the jack unbuttoned which shows some of her cleavage. Along with that, she wears a white web belt with a gold waist-plate. She wears a an extra-short uniform skirt and knee-high black boots. She wears a pink bracelet on her left wrist.

Personality
Rika has a free-spirited personality which can be seen from her gal-ish tone and how she wears her uniform.

She takes initiative to be a mood maker like exchanging high-five with others, and is contributing to improve the linkage of the squad.

History
At some point of her life, she joined the Japanese Imperial Demon Army then later, the Moon Demon Company.

Story
Narumi Squad pairs up with Shinoa Squad to exterminate vampire nobles in Nagoya. Sergeant Makoto Narumi introduces himself to Special Private Yūichirō Hyakuya, and Yū tricks Narumi into believing he is twenty years old.

When Shinoa Squad faces off against Lieutenant Colonel Guren Ichinose, Colonel Mito Jūjō, and Major General Shinya Hīragi, and Guren announces their real ages after trouncing them.

Many discipline problems later, Sergeant Shinoa Hīragi apologizes for Yū.

In Fifteenth Progenitor Lucal Wesker's ward, their team waits for mission start. Narumi briefs the team and scolds Shinoa Squad for not coming prepared. When Tarō Kagiyama and Rika get sick of Yū's behavior, Yayoi tries to calm them down. Rika says she does not trust those kids to watch her back. Narumi becomes their team leader for this mission with Shinoa second-in-command. Narumi scolds Yū again for not remembering the name of their target, but Yū surprises him by listing the names of all of the humans on their team.

The battle starts. When Lucal tries to attack Shihō Kimizuki from behind, Yayoi, Kagiyama, and Rika stab Lucal from behind instead. They eventually succeed in exterminating him.

Their team regroups at the meeting spot. Sergeant Aiko Aihara arrives with only seven surviving team members; although they killed their target, they suffered eight casualties. Guren arrives, and Narumi reports that the rookies did very well. Guren orders Shinoa Squad and Narumi Squad to join his team to hunt down Thirteenth Progenitor Crowley Eusford, Seventeenth Progenitor Chess Belle, and Seventeenth Progenitor Horn Skuld and to rescue hostages. Guren orders Aiko to wait half an hour for any more survivors and send them to Nagoya Airport.

They reach Nagoya City Hall, and after Crowley catches Gekkōin, Guren and his squad discuss what to do. After careful planning, Guren decides that his squad will take his squad to attack Crowley while Shinoa and Narumi Squads free the hostages. He gives them five minutes to rescue as many hostages as they can and act as a proper diversion for the main force in Shinjuku. As soon as the five minutes are up everyone has orders to retreat to the Nagoya Airport immediately.

Narumi Squad reappears after Kimizuki captures Yū, having already rescued the hostages. Shinoa Squad joins up with them and many injured soldiers. They flee, and Rika reports seeing a single vampire straight ahead. Shinya says they can handle one noble and orders them to keep pushing forward.

As Mika engages the Moon Demon Company, Rika and Tarō block one of his attacks.

Cursed Gear

 * A demon weapon in the form of a sword.

Trivia

 * Rika 「利香」 is a Japanese girl name meaning "Fragrance of the Countryside."
 * Inoue 「井上」 is a Japanese surname meaning "Above the Well".

Quotes

 * "What good does an apology do us, anyway? Sergeant Narumi, I'm not letting these children watch my back."--Rika Inoue in response to Yūichirō Hyakuya's rudeness, Chapter 27, "Vampire Noble Lucal"
 * "YOU!! What the hell are you doing still alive?!  This is your fault...!  Since you betrayed us and protected that bloodsucker, Yayoi died!  Kagiyama died!  All the others died, too!  All because of you!  And now you slink back here alive and healthy?!  It's your fault!  All yours!"--Rika to Shinoa, Chapter 38, "The Namanari Awakens"
 * "Don't give me that crap! Your apology isn't going to bring Yayoi or Kagiyama back!  If you're gonna apologize, do it with your life, you stupid little....  If you're... gonna apologize...  If it's so easy for you to say you're sorry, then give them back.  Give me my friends back!"--Rika to Shinoa, Chapter 38, "The Namanari Awakens"