Igarashi Rika

Igarashi Rika (五十嵐梨花) is a Japanese Virtual YouTuber affiliated with NIJISANJI, debuting as part of the unit "Idios" (いでぃおす) alongside Koshimizu Toru, Ishigami Nozomi, Sophia Valentine, Kuramochi Meruto, Kaburaki Roco, and Shishido Akari.

Profile
Rika is a gyaru and always energetic. She often walks outside to find something fun. Mesh highlights in her hair are innate.

Lore
Rika is a salesgirl of beers at a certain ballpark who loves subcultures. She used to enjoy watching anime and playing video games at home during her free time, but one day she started to feel unsatisfied at her life being a repeat of those. As she started searching for some videos on internet, she found "The First VTuber Girls' Lotion Sumo Wrestling Tournament" by Honma Himawari, introducing her to NIJISANJI and making her decide to become a Virtual Liver.

Personality
Rika likes to talk so much that she sometimes talks uncontrollably, especially when playing games that develops in a moment like Mario Kart, but instead of her speech becoming out-of-context or uttering nonsensical figures of speech like Fuwa Minato and Yamagami Karuta, she simply starts to talk in a knee-jerk way.

Aside from anime and video games as previously stated, Rika also loves to watch a baseball game, which was influenced by her grandfather who used to take her to baseball games when she was younger; she has stated that is her favorite baseball team.

When a stream is starting she greets with "play ball", and when ending a stream she gives a farewell with "game set" (Japanese term for concluding a baseball game, equivalent to "that's a game" in English).

Background
On 16 January, NIJISANJI announced the debut of 7 new female Livers on 19 and 20 January 2023.

Rika's YouTube channel was created on 24 October 2022, and her Twitter in January 2023. Her first tweet was made on 16 January 2023.

Debut
Rika made her debut on 19 March 2023 and the first of the group to debut. However, a day after her debut, she accidentally deleted her debut stream archive.

2023
On 19 January, Rika reached 20,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 20 January, Rika reached 30,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 23 January, Rika announced on Twitter that the VOD of debut stream has been restored.

On 3 February, Rika reached 50,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

On 5 February, Rika's YouTube channel became open for monetization.

On 13 February, Rika's YouTube channel became open for channel membership.

Fans

 * Rika's fanbase is officially called "coaches" (監督 kantoku).

Trivia

 * Color: #FF8C3C
 * Rika shared her character designer with Petra Gurin of NIJISANJI EN and Hakui Koyori of hololive. Coincidentally, Rika's voice even bears a striking resemblance to Koyori's.
 * Rika has dubbed textless superchats as "Kanta superchats" after a scene from the Studio Ghibli film My Neighbor Totoro where Kanta forcefully offers Satsuki and Mei his umbrella, accompanied by Rika and chat saying "ん！"; the phrase also appears in one of membership emotes.

Media

 * Igarashi Rika's corporate profile on NIJISANJI website
 * 五十嵐梨花 / Igarashi Rika 【にじさんじ】 - YouTube Channel
 * @1garashi_Rika - Twitter Account

Twitter Hashtags

 * #りかしぃキャッチして - General egosurfing
 * #五十嵐試合開始 - Stream talk
 * #絵画らしぃ - Fan art
 * #りかしぃ聞いたらしぃ - Commentary on released voice dramas