Juice=Juice's Blogspot: [Translate] Sasaki Rikako's Interview

         She’s always dreamed of being an idol or being on TV, and she thinks it’s important for idols to have actual skill. H!P idols can all sing and dance well to any given song and have a lot of ability, she thought they were all so cool and that’s when she decided she wanted to join H!P. She does everything with seriousness.
         She’s bad at singing. She has a small range and can’t get any high notes out, so she wants to be able to do that and above all be able to say she has confidence in her singing.
         She does have confidence in dancing. However, she’s quick to start sweating and all of her make-up comes off, so she wants to work on her metabolism to fix that (she has trouble with the word ‘metabolism,’ ‘shinchintaisha’).
          Her grades are “below the middle of the middle.”
          Her rival is Murota Mizuki. Murota is good at singing and dancing and is very energetic and emotional during MCs, and she thinks that’s amazing so she wants to be like her and someday exceed that.

Tsunku’s comments: Your dancing has gotten better. Because of that, I want your singing to get better, too. Within that, the details in feeling the rhythm, like we always say, and the feeling of conscientiously putting your heart into it. That feeling might be the part you’re lacking the most. Your expressions are big, like “look at me!” and that’s a good thing.
Her dream is to become the top idol in the universe. She wants her name to be spoken whenever someone mentions “Hello!Project” or “idol.” She wants to gain a lot of experiences.