Rika Furude

"I shouldn't say we may change fate...We will change it."

//Opening paragraph

Appearance
While working at Angel Mort, Rika wears a fetish outfit combination of the standard Angel Mort uniform and a school swimsuit.

Watanagashi-hen
Rika dies after visiting the Sonozaki residence to ask for soy sauce. Her body is found in a well on June 23, 1983. Curiously, a broken syringe is found in her possession.

Tatarigoroshi-hen
Rika mysteriously dies and ends up disemboweled. Her body is found on June 21, 1983 in front of the Furude shrine.

Meakashi-hen
Rika commits suicide by clawing out her throat after attempting to kill Shion Sonozaki.

Minagoroshi-hen
Rika serves as the protagonist of Minagoroshi-hen wherein she reveals her ability to travel between parallel worlds. At the end of Minagoroshi-hen, Rika discovers that her killer in every fragment is Miyo Takano. In order to ensure that she remembers this information in future fragments, Rika requests that Miyo disembowel her while she is awake instead of knocking her out first.

Trivia

 * Rika's birthday is August 21.
 * Rika is 137 cm (4'6") tall.
 * Rika's appearance and name bear great similarities to Erika Furudo from.
 * It is implied in that Rika has yet to have her first period.
 * Rika has attempted to avoid her fate by running away from Hinamizawa and living in the forest. She managed to live until mid-July before the Mountain Hounds found and killed her.
 * Rika's favorite wine, as seen in the manga, is "Bernkasteler B...". The full name of the wine is probably "Bernkasteler Badstube", a riesling wine produced in Bernkastel-Kues, Germany. Curiously, the label of the wine says "Riesling Spätlese" (late harvest riesling in German), and Riesling wines are always white, however the wine that Rika drinks is red.