Risa Shirakaba



Risa Shirakaba (白樺リサ) is a character in the Aikatsu on Parade! series and was one of the main characters in the fourth season of the Aikatsu! series. She is a student at Starlight School. Risa is a sexy-type idol whose preferred brand is Dolly Devil.

Appearance
Risa has long, straight black hair and lavender eyes. Her bangs are slightly wavy at the tips. She wears a purple ribbon in her hair.

Personality
Risa is a secure person who is very comfortable in her skin. She's calm, collected, and very level-headed and rational. She is much more mature than Nono and looks into things more deeply than she does. It has been noted by her mother and Nono that Risa is seldom passionate about anything. However, the passion in her eyes became evident and she was determined to succeed in what lit a fire in her as shown with how she feels about Aikatsu.

Background
Risa is from Hokkaido and is the best friend of Nono Daichi, always helping her friend's family farm out and watching over her. When Luminas travels to Hokkaido for the first stop of their tour, the concert gave Risa the ambition to become an idol. Inspired by the flame burning within Risa, Nono follows in her friends' path and joins Starlight's Entrance Audition.

Relationships

 * Nono Daichi
 * Risa's best friend from childhood whom she watches over. The two share the same brand and became idols together.

Etymology
Shirakaba (白樺) Shira (白) means white and combined with Kaba (樺), which means birch, Shirakaba means white birch. It refers to the White Birch Forests in Hokkaido.

Risa (リサ) is a name of Hebrew origins which means "devoted to God".

Trivia

 * Her favorite foods are potato salad and milk.
 * Her specialties are studying and knitting.
 * She and Nono are the first idols to share a brand with another main character at the same time.
 * She shares her singing voice with Rin Kurosawa.
 * She also later shares her singing voice with Tsubasa Kisaragi, Lily Shirogane and Koharu Nanakura from the Aikatsu Stars! series.
 * She, along with Nono, is the first idol to not wear a Starlight school dress for the transfer/entrance exam.
 * She, along with Nono, is the second known idol to do a Special Appeal for the transfer/entrance exam, the first being Ichigo Hoshimiya.
 * In the mobile game, Risa is in a unit with Nono known as Nori Nori Sisters (のリのリ シスターズ), though it is not known if this applies in the DCD/Anime universe.