Rikka Sera (世良 里津花 Sera Rikka) is an idol under TSUKINO TALENT PRODUCTION. He is a member of the unit SolidS.
Appearance
Rikka is a man of average height, with light pink collar length hair, often worn in a ponytail, and similarly colored eyes.
He is generally considered quite good-looking, with many characters commenting on it when they first meet him; to the point that he apparently makes women jealous with how beautiful he is.[1]
Personality
Gentle and usually calm looking, he cares for the well-being of SolidS. Despite having grown up in the entertainment industry as a model from a young age, he has managed to retain a calm and generally gentle demeanour.
Though he hides it well, Rikka can occasionally be stricken by self-doubt and can have complicated feelings of self-worth. This was especially apparent in the past, prior to him joining SolidS, as he said he felt quite "empty" and akin to a doll; simply existing to look pretty, but ultimately hollow and empty on the inside. Since joining the unit and gaining a more concrete direction for his life that he can be happy with he no longer seems to view himself in such a self-deprecating manner.[1]
History
Rikka is a half-french and half-japanese model who had been modelling since he was a baby who wanted to retire and work as a civil servant. At some point in the past, he and Shiki Takamura crossed paths, presumably due to both working in the entertainment industry, and the two became friends.
While Rikka was still mulling over retiring from modelling, he bumped into Shiki whilst out in the city and the two went for a drink to catch up. During this encounter Shiki, who was recently asked by his boss to produce a new unit, asked Rikka to join this unit since he was quitting modelling anyway.
Rikka was initially quite hesitant as, despite Shiki's assurances, he wasn't convinced he would make a particularly good singer. However, after a chance encounter with Tsubasa Okui & Dai Murase Rikka agreed to join Shiki's new unit, on the condition that Shiki himself was also a member and not just their producer.[1][2]
Plot
2015
- Age: 22/23
- Height: 175 cm
2016
- Age: 24
- Height: 175 cm
2017
- Age: 25
- Height: 175 cm
2018
- Age: 26
- Height: 175 cm
2019
- Age: 27
- Height: 175 cm
2020
- Age: 28
- Height: 175 cm
2021
- Age: 29
- Height: 175 cm
2022
- Age: 30
- Height: 175 cm
Relationships
SolidS
Shiki Takamura - Shiki is the member of SolidS that Rikka has known the longest, and is ultimately the main reason he decided join the unit. Rikka said that when the two first met he felt that Shiki gave off a very cool and intimidating aura, but as he got to know him properly he realized that despite his bluntness, Shiki is actually quite a kind person. He also says that Shiki has a vibrant inner glow about him that draws other people to him.
Like the other members of SolidS, Rikka tends to worry about Shiki when he stays up too late or overworks himself too frequently with his composing and producing. Despite his usual reputation for being gentle, Rikka can be quite severe when scolding Shiki.[1]
Tsubasa Okui - Upon his first meeting with Tsubasa, Rikka commented that he found him to be quite a flashy, charismatic, and flamboyant type of guy. He also noted that Tsubasa was clearly quite self-confident too, something which made Rikka somewhat jealous as he confessed he has a hard time talking to people when meeting them for the first time.[1]
Dai Murase - Dai finds Rikka very cool and he is someone that Dai doesn't want to lose to. They also go on runs every morning.
QUELL
Shu Izumi - In addition to having known Shiki for a long time Shu has also been familiar with Rikka prior to him joining SolidS, presumably due to Rikka's background as a model.[3]
Appellation
| Appellation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | Nickname from Rikka | Nickname for Rikka | |
| SolidS | |||
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Shiki Takamura | Shiki | Rikka Mama Serikka Rikka-sama |
 |
Tsubasa Okui | Tsubasa | Rikka Onii-san |
 |
Rikka Sera | Rikka Ore Onii-san |
/ |
 |
Dai Murase | Dai Dai-kun Dai-chan |
Rikka |
 |
Fumihiko Haiduki | Haiduki-san | Ricchan |
| SOARA | |||
 |
Sora Ohara | Sora | Rikka-san |
 |
Ren Munakata | / | Rikka-san |
| QUELL | |||
 |
Shu Izumi | Shu | Rikka |
 |
Eichi Horimiya | Eichi | Rikka Rikka-san |
 |
Issei Kuga | Issei | Rikka-san |
 |
Ichiru Kuga | Ichiru | Rikka |
| VAZZY | |||
 |
Takaaki Mamiya | Takaaki | Rikka |
 |
Ouka Kira | Ouka | Rikka |
| Six Gravity | |||
 |
Koi Kisaragi | Koi-kun | / |
 |
Kanade Tsukishiro | / | Rikka-kun |
| Procellarum | |||
 |
Iku Kannaduki | Iku | / |
| Other | |||
 |
Keito Takamura | Keito | / |
 |
Mina Okui | Mina-chan | Rikka-san |
| Staff | / | Rikka-chan Rikka-san | |
| Rikka's Father | Tou-san | Rikka | |
Etymology
- Rikka's fanclub name, MICO, is the latin word for "splendor".
Trivia
- His catch phrase for 2021 is "Have a nice day!"
- Rikka is an only child.
- His father is French and his mother is Japanese.[4]
- Rikka seems to know at least some French, though it's unknown how fluent he is.
- His father named him "Rikka" as he thought they would be having a baby girl.[4]
- Rikka was chosen to be in a cosmetic CM, portraying a princess, together with Dai, who was the prince.
- Rikka has recently been into giving massages, including giving massages to Shiki.[5]
- According to Dai, both Rikka and Tsubasa really like shopping.[5]
- Both Shiki and Rikka have problems with missing exits when driving.[5]
- According to Rikka, his driving license photo is pretty bad.[5]
- After meeting Ouka from VAZZY many times in their modeling jobs in the past, they became good friends. Rikka considers him a "little brother".[6]
- He's been thinking about whether he should change his hairstyle for a while, but he still hasn't gotten around to it.[7]
- You Satsuki, the artist for SQ, created a villager modelled after Rikka wearing his PIENO DI COLORE outfit in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Satsuki has also recreated other characters/themes from SQ in the game, including a villager modelled after Keito Takamura.
- He shares his birthday with Hinata Tadokoro, Rei Sukigawa's seiyuu, right down to being born the same year (as of 2021 they're both 29).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 TSUKINO PARADISE SQ main story drama
- ↑ Originally from Ichidokiri no Ketsudan, English translation provided by Akemilena on Tumblr.
- ↑ Originally from TSUKINO PARADISE, English translation provided by Quell-tea-salon on Tumblr.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 TSUKIPRO SS anthology
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Episode 5
- ↑ [1][2] Official SolidS Twitter account
- ↑ Gekkan TSUKIPROINFO Tokubetsu Gou 2018 (translated by Shero on Twitter)