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Marika Yamagata is a character from pop'n music Sunny Park. She originates from BEMANI band project HinaBitter♪ as a member of the Hinatabi Bitter Sweets (日向美ビタースイーツ♪?) unit alongside Ibuki Izumi, Meu Meu, Rin Shimotsuki, and Sakiko Kasuga.
Profile
日向美商店街のレコード屋さんちのゆるふわガール。
超天然だけどキーボードの腕は天才的!?
A slack-fluffy girl from the Hinatabi Shopping Street's record store.
Her super-natural keyboard arm is a genius!?
Marika is the the main heroine of HinaBitter♪ and the Saudade (サウダージ?) music store owner's daughter. She is an upbeat, cheerful girl who functions as the group's keyboardist. She loves sweets, futons, jazz, lounge and guitar pop. She's considers Ibuki her best friend, often calling her "Ibu" for short. Her catchphrase is "I'm fine!".
Appearance
Sweet's Pop
Marika is a girl with dark olive-colored eyes and light brown hair that is hip-length with a cowlick sticking up. Her side bangs are stomach-length and are decorated in orange flower clips in each lower part. Marika wears a school uniform that consists of a beige, long-sleeved top, a red neck tie, and a red plaid skirt. She dons gray socks with thin red sections in the upper part, and dark gray shoes.
In her Great animation, along with Meu Meu, she changes to her magical girl attire; wearing a pink costume with a berry pink bow on her back, light pink boots and gloves, and a berry pink layer that overlaps her plaid skirt. She has a hat where a magenta flower hangs on her left side, and wears light pink, flower-shaped earrings, and a decorative wand. Her animations and appearance were kept intact in many HinaBitter♪ songs.
Cameos
Marika makes a cameo in every character's FEVER! animation. She also makes a brief appearance in Ibuki Izumi, Rin Shimotsuki, and Sakiko Kasuga's LOSE animations.
NET Self
Attack | Woooo! (ふおおおお! Fuoooo!?) |
Damage | Wawawa! (わわわっ! Wawawa!?) |
GOOD Play | Nice atmosphere (雰囲気いいよ Funiki ii yo?) |
BAD Play | ...Huh? (…ふぇっ? ...Fuee??) |
WIN | Ehehehe~ (えへへへ~ Ehehehe~?) |
LOSE | I'm fine! (大丈夫だよっ Daijoubu da yoo?) |
Trivia
- Marika is 16 years old, has a height of 154cm and has blood type B.
- Marika is one of the few characters to have their ages, height and blood types revealed.
- Marika is one of the crossover characters to not have any color palette.
- Marika is also one of the individual characters to not have this too.
- Marika shares the same birthday with COOKIE and BELLE.
References
- One of the characters in the PV of Routing from beatmania IIDX: 23 copula bears a striking resemblance to Marika.
Cameos in Marika Yamagata's Animations
- There are several of HinaBitter♪ characters appearing on Yamagata Marika's animations:
- Rin, Meu, Ibuki, and Sakiko all appear on her FEVER! and Win animations.
- All four of them are in Marika's Lose animation.
- Meu Meu also makes a cameo on her Great animation, as both of them promoting ちくわパフェだよ☆CKP.
Etymology
- Marika's surname, Yamagata (山形?) has the kanjis of 山 ("yama"?), meaning "mountain" in Japanese. 形 ("gata"/"kata"?) translates to "form" or "shape". Marika's name comes from the kanji 花 ("ka"/"hana"?), meaning "flower". It could be that her name literally mean "jasmine flower".
- Marika Yamagata perhaps means "mountain-shaped jasmine flower".
- Tomosuke Funaki the creator of HinaBitter♪ and mainstay in-house musician for BEMANI, said that Marika and the rest of the bandmates from Hinatabi Bitter Sweets are named after the lyrics from 凛として咲く花の如く. The kanji from Marika's name, 花, is present in its lyrics.