Japanese Name: Sasaki RikaSeiyuu: Kawakami Tomoko
English Name: Rita
First Appearance: 1. Sakura and the Mysterious Magic Book (Japanese), 1. Sakura's Rival (American), 1. One Fateful Day (British/Canadian)
Description: Rika is a really good friend of Kinomoto Sakura. She can often be seen with Mihara Chiharu and Yanagisawa Naoko. She is very mature for her age and rather shy. She loves her teacher, Terada Yoshiyuki. In the anime, the love is sort of one-sided, but in the manga, Yoshiyuki returns her love and they're very happy together. Rika can often guide Sakura in terms of relationships.