Shinozaki Rika, known as Lisbeth in Sword Art Online, ALfheim Online, and Project Alicization, is a main character in the Girls Ops spin-off and a reoccurring character in the entire series. A blacksmith in SAO and ALO.

Bio

Japanese Name	篠崎 里香
Real Life Description	Has dark-blue eyes (brown in the anime), brown hair, and freckles. By the webnovel, her three sizes are 86-64-85.
SAO Description	Changed her hair color to pink, and eyes to red-golden. Has a white hairpin. Her blacksmith uniform is maid-styled with a red top with puffed sleeves and a white breast detail and a red ribbon, red skirt, a white apron, and leather boots.
ALO Description	Tried to recreate her SAO appearance. Has pointy ears and clockwork wings. In battle, uses a one-handed mace and a small buckler.
GGO Description	Wears a short-sleeve pink digital bottom layer and socks, a white bulletproof vest and gloves, a light brown-red vest, red digital short-pants, and white longboots. Uses an oversized shotgun.
Birthdate	May 18, 2007
Age	15 (↑Aincrad Arc); 17 (↓Aincrad Arc, Fairy Dance Arc); 18 (Phantom Bullet Arc); 19 (Alicization Arc, Unital Ring Arc)
Gender	Female
System Name	Lisbeth (リズベット rizubetto)
In-game Race	Leprechaun
VR/AR	Sword Art Online, ALfheim Online, Ordinal Scale, Project Alicization
Occupation	Student; Blacksmith (SAO, ALO)
Voice Actor	JP: Takagaki Ayahi; EN: Sarah Anne Williams
First Appearance	Novel: Volume 2, Warmth of the Heart, Chapter 1; Manga: Girls Ops Stage.001, Fairy Dance Manga Stage.014; Anime: Episode 1 (cameo), Episode 07 (actual); Game: Infinity Moment

Personality

Very friendly and hardworking, prides herself as a good blacksmith. Sometimes gets lonely.

Background

Aincrad Arc

Warmth of the Heart

On June 24, 2024, Asuna visits her for maintenance of the Lambent Light. Lisbeth teases Asuna about going on a date, but feels envious at the same time.

On June 25, Kirito came by to pick a sword on par with his Elucidator. Lisbeth's skepticism of his low-profile looks leads Kirito to breaking her best blade with his. She is offended as a craftswoman and emotionally decides to personally take care of making a better blade for him. Kirito goes to hunt for the ingredients a crystal-eating dragon on Floor 55 produces, and Lisbeth goes with him because the loot will not drop without a blacksmith in the party. The gravity of her dragon-slaying predicament sinks in halfway through.

In the following battle, Lisbeth is impressed by Kirito's actual skill, and makes a mistake that leads to them both falling down the dragon's den in the beautiful mountain sunset. Kirito saves her, and they spend a night there since it is an Anti-Crystal Zone in a dungeon. They find the materials right in the den soon after, and trick the dragon to escape.

Lisbeth creates Kirito the Dark Repulser, demanding to be his personal blacksmith in exchange. She falls in love with him during the mission, but realizes he was the guy Asuna had gone out to meet earlier, and decides to step aside.

Sound of Water, Sound of Hammer

In August, 2024, Lisbeth is reluctant to upgrade Kirito's swords for fear he would have no reason to come visit.

On November 7, Lisbeth's store-tending NPC Hanna Heinemann disappeared. She went outside and hears the system announcement saying the game was cleared. She realizes it was Kirito and happily yells that she loves him.

Fairy Dance Arc

In May 2025, in the SAO survivors school, Rika and Ayano Keiko agree to give Kirito and Asuna one month without making love triangles. Things go too well for the couple for their taste.

Extra Edition

On July 25, 2025, Rika, Asuna, and Keiko help teach Suguha swimming, while having a friendly needle match. Later, Lisbeth joins Kirito on the Deep Sea Plunderers quest in ALO.

Phantom Bullet Arc

Episodic.

Calibur

On January 6, 2026, Lisbeth helps complete a quest and receives the Mjölnir from Klein.

Avatar Properties

Sword Art Online

Uses a Blacksmith's Metal Hammer "Zoringen Hammer".

Stats as per Material Edition 02 (2008), out of 1000:

|One-handed War Hammer | Light Metal Equipment | Slash Weapon Forging | Thrust Weapon Forging | Blunt Weapon Forging | Light Metal Armor Forging | Heavy Metal Armor Forging | Metal Equipment Repairing | Metal Refining|
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|615 | 529 | 923 | 912 | 830 | 846 | 784 | 909 | 877|

End-game level: 79

Trivia

• Asuna chose her style in SAO saying stiff clothes were a mismatch with her rounded features. Lisbeth decided to keep it when her sales skyrocketed.

References

Shinozaki Rika - Fan Wiki