First Koharu Rikka Illustration Contest Results
The first Koharu Rikka illustration contest took place on Twitter from May 19th to July 30th. With both its #小春六花イラコン hashtag and the original ＃六花ギャラリー hashtag used for Rikka fan art, Twitter was seeing another flood of illustrations for the still-in-development VOICEROID and Synthesizer V voice bank!
Now the results of the illustration contest have been announced by TOKYO6 ENTERTAINMENT! The organizers expressed how pleased and grateful they are to see so much participation in the contest, and see so many different interpretations of Rikka even before the release of her products. No doubt choosing winners was a tough job for the judges, each one choosing their own favorites.
You can see all the winning entries in this Note post, or keep reading below!
※ All translations and transliterations of artist names and judges comments are unofficial
Judges’ Picks
These winners will receive 1 VOICEROID product of their choice, as well as a towel bearing the icon for Lakiston, Rikka’s teddy bear.
手島nari / Teshima nari Prize Winner
Artist: 新玉ねぎR / Shin Tamanegi R
Judge’s comments:
I chose this entry because I play games all the time and really like pixel character art, and was really captivated by this piece. Her idol outfit sure is cute!!
Yoshino Aoyama Prize Winner
Artist: 月代憂 / Sakayaki Yuu
Judge’s comments:
Seeing everyone’s diverse takes on Rikka-chan, I kept finding myself feeling ‘Such youth… ooh… gotta send this!
Among such entries, I chose this one for how ‘alive’ it makes Rikka feel.
I hope she eats a lot and takes on life full of energy!
AHS Ogata Prize Winner
Artist: オザマ / Ozama
Judge’s comments:
All entries have been very cute, but this especially so. I was really captivated by her eyes!
I chose this entry while also half wishing that by next year, she’ll be wearing that mask because of a cold or hay fever.
TOKYO6 Prize Winners
These winners will receive a Lakiston icon towel, and a Lakiston icon mini can badge set
※ Originally, only 3 entries would be picked by TOKYO6 staff to win this prize, but there were so many good entries that they decided to pick 5 winners
Artist: microa
Judge’s comments:
This may be a still image depicting Rikka having fun with a friend after working up a good sweat from after-school club activities. But despite that, it has the spectacle of an animated video, allowing you to imagine up a whole story for before and after this moment took place!
Artist: 山田桜 / Yamada Sakura
Judge’s comments:
I can practically feel the heartbeat of the person sitting across from Rikka as she innocently goes ‘Say ahh.’ I seriously worry for their HP. Oh, to be young again…
Artist: 鞍馬坂 / Kuramazaka
Judge’s comments:
The entry from Kuramazaka-sama – who lives by the seaside – gets me wondering what kind of day Rikka just had. Was it a fun-filled day? Or could she perhaps be riding her bike while bogged down by friendship troubles? I find myself imagining that while gazing at beautiful sunset in this piece.
Artist: 揚げたわし / Agetawashi
Judge’s comments:
This piece carries an amazing sense of dynamism, like you can practically feel Rikka saying ‘School is finally over! Time to have fun!’ It makes we wonder what kind of fun stuff she’s been eagerly awaiting. She’s probably rushing out to do them right after hearing the end-of-school bell toll.
Artist: そして / Soshite
Judge’s comments:
This piece gets me imagining that Rikka went off the beaten path in order to gaze at a scene that she’s been wanting to find. I personally imagine her thinking ‘I’ve arrived at this place I’ve been wanting to see before taking on brand new challenges from here on out.
TOKYO6 ENTERTAINMENT promises that they will be holding more illustration contests for Rikka in the future! This statement was also echoed by Akasakov, the company founder:
We would absolutely love to hold a 2nd illustration contest, and in the future, enable winning works to lead to official Rikka content.
One artist even expressed how happy they are about this contest due to how there are so few events nowadays due to Coronavirus. Therefore, we plan to hold 1 or 2 more contests before Rikka’s release.
Look forward to details on the next contest when it is announced!
