Rainbow Mika (レインボー・ミカ, Reinbō Mika), or simply R. Mika (アール・ミカ, Āru Mika), is a character from Street Fighter Alpha 3. Her real name is Mika Nanakawa (七川 美華, Nanakawa Mika), and she is a professional wrestler trained by the big, domineering, shinai-sporting, golf cart-riding, Yoko Harmegeddon.
Story
Rainbow Mika's goal is to be "Star of the Ring." To try to accomplish this, Mika decided she would travel abroad and battle famous street fighters even before she made her official debut. During that time, she met Zangief, a wrestler she is a huge fan of. Zangief, impressed by her fighting ability, inspired her as a pro wrestler to train hard for the next time they meet.
Trivia
- Like Dan, some of Mika's special attacks are rather comical. In her Flying Peach and Shooting Peach specials, she flings herself into her opponent, buttocks-first and mostly falls on it and has to rub it due to recoil. For her opening taunt and Beach Special super combo, she uses the top turnbuckle of a wrestling ring that appears from the side of the screen. The sudden appearance of a turnbuckle is amusingly redundant, when Mika is fighting on her own stage at a beachside wrestling ring.
- Karin Kanzuki, a rich girl and street fighter, is Mika's sponsor; she became impressed with her fighting skills.
- On the cover of the Capcom Secret File from the arcade version of Alpha 3, Mika is teamed up with a black haired female wrestler named Yamato Nadeshiko (a phrase which actually means the Japanese concept of the "perfect" woman), who works for the same wrestling organization as Mika. She is sometimes her tag team partner (see image below).
- El Fuerte is one of her biggest fans.
- The All About Street Fighter Zero 3 guidebook states that R. Mika's special skill is gluttony.
