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 hair she pulls into two fluffy ponytails with long 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 choker with a matching accessory.

Her JIDA uniform which consists of a long-sleeved black coat with folded sleeves and and two rows of buttons on the front. 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 waist-plate. She wears a an extra-short uniform skirt and knee-high black boots. She wears bracelets on her left wrist.

Personality
A bit negative as she has doubts about Shinoa Squad, given their utter lack of discipline. She always says what she thinks. Vampire nobles creep her out.

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 is a Japanese name meaning "Fragrance of the Countryside."
 * Inoue 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"