Shinozaki Rika

Shinozaki Rika (篠崎 里香), known as Lisbeth (リズベット) in «Sword Art Online» (SAO), «ALfheim Online» (ALO), and «Project Alicization», is Asuna's best friend. She is one of the 10,000 players who were trapped in Sword Art Online, where she played as a blacksmith. Her ALfheim Online avatar is a Leprechaun blacksmith.

Sword Art Online
Rika's hair color is brown in the real world and used to be of the same color in the first few days of SAO, but was later customized to fluffy pink with a white hairpin to keep her bangs out of her eyes. In Sword Art Online, Lisbeth's eyes are dark pink. Her blacksmith uniform looks more like the uniform of a waitress: a dark red top with puffed sleeves and a flared skirt of the same color as well as a pure white apron over that and a red ribbon atop her chest.

ALfheim Online


Lisbeth's avatar in ALO is similar to her appearance in SAO: she has pink hair, wears a red and white dress and also has brown boots. The only difference is that she has pointy ears, and her wings appear to be mechanical as she chose the Leprechaun race. In battle, she wields a one-handed spike mace and a small round shield.

Personality
Lisbeth is a very friendly person that can get along with just about everyone she meets. She is hardworking and takes great pride in her abilities as a blacksmith. She will become very defensive and aggressive if someone were to challenge her pride as a blacksmith much like Kirito did after accidentally breaking the best sword she had created. She, also similar to Sinon, has a bad temper and can get somewhat violent, such as when she grabbed Kirito by the collar after he broke one of her best swords.

Lisbeth is very teasing as well, almost always teasing Asuna about her relationship with Kirito despite having feelings for him herself. She cares for Asuna very much, and despite having a chance to tell Kirito how she feels she backed off because she knew that Asuna already had feelings for Kirito, before she met him. She does not hold anything against Asuna, despite being depressed that her friend and Kirito formed a strong relationship.

Warmth of the Heart


Introduced as a self-made blacksmith, Lisbeth built her business from the ground up in Aincrad. On June 24, 2024, she was visited by Asuna to perform maintenance on the latter's Lambent Light. Teasing Asuna about meeting a boy, she listened to her description of him before proceeding to sharpen the blade. Despite teasing the Flash, Lisbeth secretly felt envy due to the fencer finding a potential boyfriend, and wondered if she would ever find someone who would care for her as well.



The next day on June 25, Lisbeth was having a dream of an experience she had during elementary school in the real world when she was visited by Kirito, who came to purchase a custom sword similar to his current one. Though initially skeptical of his appearance and equipment, she became impressed by the high quality of the monster drop weapon. Thus, she offered her best sword, which was designed for speed. Shocked and angered when he accidentally broke her best sword while testing its durability versus the Elucidator, she vowed to create a weapon that would surpass his blade, growing more furious at his casual acceptance of her indignation and demands.

Lisbeth then explained to Kirito a quest on the 55th Floor in which a crystal eating dragon produced a rare metal that she planned to used to craft the commissioned sword, as well as the failed attempts of previous players to attain the item. As the metal was rumored to drop only when a blacksmith was in the party, she insisted on accompanying him on the quest. After gathering her equipment and supplies, she closed her store and followed Kirito to the 55th Floor, all the while wondering how she had gotten herself into her current situation.

When the party arrived on the 55th Floor, Lisbeth found herself unprepared for the cold climate before Kirito handed her a thick cape to keep herself warmth. After finding the quest giver Non-Player Character (NPC) and accepting the quest, they began heading for the frost dragon's lair on the West Mountain. When the pair reached the area by sunset, Lisbeth was entranced by the beauty of their surroundings, but was ordered by Kirito to prepare her items and to hide the moment the dragon appeared. The blacksmith initally protested but acquiesced upon seeing the swordsman's seriousness and genuine concern for her safety. Upon finding a large and deep hole in the ground, Lisbeth quickly hid behind one of the crystal pillars in the area as X'rphan the White Wyrm emerged from the hole, while warning Kirito of the dragon's attack patterns.

As Kirito engaged X'rphan in combat, Lisbeth became astonished at the swordsman's powerful fighting skills and abilities, able to deal immense damage to the dragon with little harm to himself, and pondered over his true identity. When X'rphan's hit points were reduced to critical levels, she stepped from behind the pillar to urge Kirito to finish the battle, but was immediately blown by the boss' blizzard attack to over the hole in the ground. Beginning to fall, she was grabbed by Kirito, who used his skills to slow their descent and shield her from most of the damage from the fall. After several seconds of being stunned at their landing, Lisbeth accepted a potion from Kirito to recover her health before wondering how they could escape from their situation. As they were in both a dungeon and an Anti-Crystal Zone, it was impossible for them to contact their acquaintances with a message or to use a crystal to teleport, and the hole was too deep for them contact any passing players.

Resigning themselves to their predicament for the night, Lisbeth watched as Kirito prepared a simple dinner and sleeping bags for their sleep, and after the meal listened to his stories of his adventures on the front lines. Considering the responsibilities the latter had as a Clearer, she inquired him on why he had risked his life to save her when he could have died failing to do so. Touched by his sincere reply that he would rather die with someone than let them die in front of him due to inaction, the blacksmith was overwhelmed by loneliness and asked to hold his hand. When he accepted her request, she continued to do so as she fell asleep.



After their quest in the West Mountain where they acquired the Crystallite Ingot, she created the «Dark Repulser» for him and, as payment, became Kirito's personal blacksmith. Although she fell in love with Kirito, she stepped aside because Asuna had become interested in him first and because she felt that she was a better companion to Kirito than herself.

Sound of Water, Sound of Hammer
In August, 2024, Lisbeth was visited by Kirito to reinforce his Dark Repulser +39 to +40. Lisbeth wondered to herself why he would go to such effort to upgrade his sword when it would have been considerably easier to find a new weapon that could match his current blade's stats. During the enhancement process, the blacksmith stopped hammering the Dark Repulser and expressed her fear that once the blade's reinforcement attempts were exhausted, Kirito would no longer have a reason to see her anymore. Upon being told of his belief that the Dark Repulser was meant to be used against the last boss of Aincrad, Lisbeth felt encouraged enough to complete the upgrade. After managing to successfully enhance the sword's sharpness, she professed her hope to not undergo such a stressful reinforcement attempt for a while, only to be asked to upgrade his Elucidator +39 to +40 as well.

November, 2024
On November 7, 2024, Lisbeth had finished her quota of orders for the day and was considering what to eat for lunch when Hanna Heinemann, the NPC tending her store, suddenly vanished. Shocked, she left the building and heard the system announcement of the game being cleared. After a few seconds of stunned silence, she realized that only Kirito could have done such a feat despite the front lines being at the 75th Floor and declared her love for him at the top of her lungs, swearing to see him again.

Fairy Dance Arc


After the ALO incident, Rika began attending a school established for the survivors of SAO who were still students and made a pact with Ayano Keiko (Silica) that they would give Kazuto (Kirito) and Asuna one month together without interfering before they make their individual moves on him. However, by May 16, 2025, after seeing how close Asuna had gotten with Kazuto, with the two of them having lunch together, the two girls quickly regretted forming the pact. She also began playing ALO as a Leprechaun Blacksmith, along with Kirito, Asuna, and the company.

Extra Edition
On July 25, 2025, Rika joined Asuna and Keiko at the SAO Survivor School to help in teaching Suguha how to swim. During the training, she teased the girls, especially Keiko and Suguha, and commented on their swimsuits and body image, as well as their relations with Kirito. Later she joined Kirito and friends for the «Deep Sea Plunderers» quest in ALO.

Phantom Bullet Arc
Lisbeth and her friends gathered on the night of December 14, 2025 at Asuna's rented house in the new «Yggdrasil City » to watch the «Bullet of Bullets» tournament in Gun Gale Online in which Kirito was participating. She later joined Kazuto, Asuna, and Andrew at the Dicey Cafe to meet Asada Shino (Sinon), striking up a conversation about the weapons in GGO that can be used or created, before introducing the latter to Oosawa Sachie and Mizue.

Calibur
On December 25, 2025, after aiding Kirito in obtaining Excalibur, Lisbeth was given Mjölnir, Thor's hammer, by Klein, under the condition that she did not reduce it to components.

Mother's Rosario
On January 6, 2026 at the Forest House K4, Lisbeth asked Asuna if the latter had ever heard of Absolute Sword.

Gallery

 * See Shinozaki Rika/Image Gallery

Trivia

 * Lisbeth's "blacksmith uniform" was actually chosen by Asuna, who said that stiff clothes did not suit her baby face. After Lisbeth started wearing the suggested uniform, her sales jumped twofold, which is why she reluctantly kept wearing it. Asuna also advised Lisbeth to dye her hair pink.
 * In the novel, it was said that Lisbeth had blue eyes, instead of pink.
 * Lisbeth's B-W-H measurements in the web version were 86-64-85.
 * In the Blu-ray/DVD package volume 3, the character song CD featured Lisbeth (Takagaki Ayahi) singing "Cheer! Tear? Cheer!!" as the 4th Character Song for this series.
 * Rika's English voice actress also voices Kozuki Yuniko (Scarlet Rain) from Accel World.

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