Licca Kayama

Licca Kayama is a human and/or doll from [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Licca-chan|{{#if:||Licca-chan}}]].

If Barbie was hiding nunchucks in her knickers.

Licca Kayama (香山リカ Kayama Rika), better known as Licca-chan (リカちゃん), is a bright, energetic fifth-grader. She is half-French and half-Japanese, and is a skilled ballet dancer. More sinister, however, is her ability to perform the "Licca Turn" technique, which allows her to drain the life from others into herself. Licca can even perform this move while holding an opponent, thereby hugging the life out of them.

She also apparently sells ice cream.

Games

DreamMix TV World Fighters

Voice actor: Miwa Matsumoto (Japanese){{#if: |, {{{2}}}}}

As part of DreamMix TV's attempt to pull in more ratings, Licca was invited to battle bunches of other beings, including Optimus Prime and Megatron on the television show World Fighters. Some of the battles even took place inside her home. DreamMix TV World Fighters

Merchandise

TakaraTomy shareholder sets

• 2007 Shareholders Complimentary Limited Plan Set (September 2007)

Available exclusively to TakaraTomy shareholders with more than 1000 shares in the company, this set included a Licca-chan doll in a fetching white jacket with blue ribbon and a travel suitcase. The set also included Tomica vehicles ("Tomica (Nissan Diesel Quon) Transformers Version", "Mitsubishi Fuso Super Great Truck ([[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Pirates of the Caribbean|{{#if:||Pirates of the Caribbean}}]])", and a TakaraTomy-branded Toyota Estima Hybrid), as well as a [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Pokémon|{{#if:||Pokémon}}]]-themed Choro-Q bus.

• 2011 Shareholders Complimentary Limited Plan Set (September 2011)

The 2011 TakaraTomy shareholder set includes a Licca-chan doll in a Baskin Robbins uniform. Yes, really. The set also included the Tomica Racing Transporter Ver. Transformer and a Choro-Q Pikachu Car; as with the 2007 set, the version with Licca-chan was exclusive to those with more than 1000 shares.

Notes

• The Licca-chan line of fashion dolls began in 1967 and is one of Takara's longest-running and most successful franchises, though it would take almost 60 years for the toyline to reach North America in 2026. Licca's in-game appearance in DreamMix TV is specifically based on the toy's fourth-generation design, which has been active since 1987; all of Licca's alternate costumes are also based on real fourth-generation Licca-chan dolls.
• Licca's Library profile image in DreamMix TV World Fighters is a photograph of the original fourth-generation doll.
• Licca does not technically "fight" in DreamMix TV World Fighters, per a mandate from Takara's higher-ups that she not be allowed to engage in direct violence, so her moves are all dance techniques that just happen to damage opponents instead.<ref name="TurnAttack">Hudson Digital Express Vol. 7</ref>
• Licca became somewhat infamous among DreamMix TV World Fighters players for being rather overpowered, particularly her "Licca Turn" attack. Even members of the development staff have admitted she was a bit imbalanced compared to the rest of the cast.<ref name="TurnAttack"/>
• A short animated film based on the concurrent Super Doll Licca-chan toyline was packaged alongside a Microman short film and the Beast Wars episode "Cutting Edge" for the 1999 Summer Toei Anime Fair.
• Pierre and Olie, Misha Miramond's deceased parents in the Energon cartoon, are named after Licca's parents, Pierre (ピエール) and Orie (織江).
• Surprisingly, DreamMix TV World Fighters was not Licca's first fighting game appearance. She appeared as a guest character in the Takara-published [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Battle Arena Nitoshinden|{{#if:||Battle Arena Nitoshinden}}]], under the name "Rika".

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