Rika Nonaka

Rika Nonaka
Digimon character
First appearance	Episode 1, "Guilmon Comes Alive"
Voiced by	Fumiko Orikasa (Japanese) Melissa Fahn (English)
Japanese name	Ruki Makino
Digimon	Renamon IceDevimon (Digimon

Rika Nonaka, known in Japan as Ruki Makino (牧野 留姫, Makino Ruki^?), is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Digimon Tamers. She is voiced by Fumiko Orikasa (Japanese), Pansy Tsang (Cantonese) & Melissa Fahn (English).

Appearances

At the beginning of the series Rika sees Digimon as nothing more than data built for fighting. She wants her partner, Renamon to be the strongest Digimon in the world. She strengthens Renamon by downloading data after fighting and she wants to have evil Digimon destroyed just to get stronger.

Digimon Tamers: The Adventurers' Battle

With Takato, Henry and their partners on vacation in Okinawa, it was up to Rika and Renamon to keep the peace in Shinjuku as Digimon continued to appear at a rapid pace. When Digimon started appearing all over the world, Omnimon appeared to transport Rika and Kyubimon, along with Henry and Gargomon, to the battle site where Takato and Growlmon were fighting the true enemy: Mephistomon. Rika was present when the battle continued into an alternate dimension where the Tamers' Digimon combined their attacks to create the "Trinity Burst" attack to defeat Gulfmon and put a halt to the chaos in the Real World.

Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon

Rika's family and friends were planning a party for her and she was less than enthusiastic when Takato spilled the beans to her, after suggesting they go cherry blossom watching together when they actually happened "later" as Rika describes. The appearance of Locomon called her into action, along with Renamon, jumping onto one of Locomon's carriages with Takato. Taken over by a Parasimon which tricked her into attacking Takato and Renamon with memories of her father, Rika was freed when Guilmon destroyed the Parasimon controlling her. She Bio-Merged with Renamon to Sakuyamon to help defeat the Parasimon invasion in Tokyo. Following their defeat, Rika attended her birthday party thrown by her friends, only to leave just after blowing the candles out and being asked to sing karaoke. Takato found her watching the sunset but Renamon stopped him from going to her, letting Rika be alone with the memories of her father.

External links

• digimontamers resources on Rika production notes on Digimon Tamers by head writer Chiaki J. Konaka (Japanese version)