Ribitta

Ribitta (spelt Ribbita in MegaMan NT Warrior), known as Kero Midorikawa (緑川ケロ) in Japan, is an announcer of the DNN station and the operator of ToadMan in the Mega Man Battle Network series.

Mega Man Battle Network 2
Ribitta is first introduced operating a news van outside the Official Center. Her NetNavi, ToadMan, is an optional boss in that game that can be fought by talking to her.

Mega Man Battle Network 3
Ribitta appeared announcing the N1 Grand Prix.

Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team Colonel
Ribitta wants to do a report on the Undernet and has her NetNavi go to End Area, but their interference results in Colonel's deletion. Feeling remorse, Ribitta tries to join Team Colonel and sends ToadMan to the UnderNet to battle MegaMan to prove it. Even though ToadMan loses, the battle was enough to convince the team to allow them to join and the two participates in their missions until Nebula's destruction.

Anime History
In the anime, Ribitta, spelled as Ribbita, is the commentator or reporter of many events in the series, often revealing information to the audience. She has a substantial role during the N1 Grand Prix and the second half of the first season, but in Axess and beyond only has minor roles or makes cameos.

Trivia

 * Ribitta has a cameo appearance in the Mega Man Gigamix story "Burning Wheel".


 * Ribitta's name is based on the word ribbit - onomatopoeia for the sounds frogs and toads make. Her Japanese name, Kero, is the Japanese version of the onomatopoeia.
 * Her Japanese surname may be translated as "Green River"