ChikaRikoYou

ChikaRikoYou is the poly ship between You Watanabe, Riko Sakurauchi and Chika Takami from the Love Live! fandom.

Canon
You and Chika are childhood friends. Meanwhile, Riko is a transfer student from Tokyo that Chika met by preventing him from jumping into the sea. When Riko told Chika that she wanted to get involved because she was composing music and wanted to know what the ocean waves sounded like, Chika began to have a lot of interest in her because she was also starting to get interested in music - specifically idols - at that time. Chika told Riko all about idols and how she was so excited to pursue a dream, also motivating Riko to try her best. By chance, it turned out that Rico had enrolled in Chika and You's school. Chika saw that as a miracle because at that time she and You were looking for someone to compose their songs and Riko was a composer. Eventually, Chika and You offered Riko to join them, but she declined.

After that, Chika with You behind her started following Riko everywhere trying to force her to join, while she kept answering "I'm sorry". Riko explained to Chika that lately she was getting worse with the piano and that's why she wanted to "change the environment" listening to the sea. So Chika offered Riko to go diving and listen to the sea with her tomorrow. Thus, Riko, Chika and You dived together until they found what Riko was looking for. Riko finally agreed to compose songs for them, but not to become another idol.

Then Riko asked them to write lyrics for her, but none of them came up with anything. So Chika invited them both to her house to think about something. When Chika was thinking about what lyrics to write, she thought of Snow Halation and believed that since the song was about love then one of the muses must have experienced that before. Then Riko and You came up with the idea of Chika writing a song based on her love for idols. Riko began to become interested in idols and think about how they had inspired Chika so much, but she did not feel able to give up her obsession with the piano. Then Chika saw Riko play Yume no Tobira and realized that Riko wanted to be an idol, but Riko explained that she didn't feel capable of it. Chika told Riko that she could be an idol without giving up the piano, and that being an idol would make her happy. Chika went out of the window trying to touch Riko and managed it. Thus, Riko decided to become an idol along with Chika and You.

The next day, Mari told them that their club would only become official if they filled the pavilion with her concert. Then the three realized that there were not enough students in Uranohoshi and that they would not be able to fill the pavilion, but Chika was not willing to give up. So the three of them began to send pamphlets around the town. They later decided to call the group Aqours after seeing that name written in the sand. They started their first concert, until the light went out. Even so, they continued singing until Chika's sister arrived and everything was settled. Thus they began to be idols, and later they gathered more members.

However, You began to feel envious of Riko and Chika, because she wanted to finally be able to do something that both she and Chika liked and felt that Riko was distancing them. When You was hesitating to tell Chika what she felt, Riko called her and You told her everything. Riko told him that she and Chika had also talked about how You felt that way. However, You understood that this did not mean that Chika preferred Riko over her, and became friends with Riko.

Fanon
Along with most of School Grade trios in Love Live, ChikaRikoYou is very popular. Due to the "love triangle" between ChikaRiko and YouChika in the series, and YouRiko being a popular ship as well, many people view the ship as a solution. it currently has 90+ works on AO3.

Fandom

 * FAN FICTION

Variations

 * ChikaRiko refers to the ship between Chika and Riko
 * YouRiko refers to the ship between You and Riko
 * YouChika Refers to the ship between You and Chika