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Riko Koike
小池理子
Born (1991-01-01) 1 January 1991 (age 33)
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • singer
Years active2015–present
EmployerMillennium Pro
Notable work

Riko Koike (Japanese: 小池 理子, Hepburn: Koike Riko, born 1 January 1991) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, affiliated with Millennium Pro.[1] Inspired by the 1994 film Mobile Fighter G Gundam, her voice acting acreer began in 2015 when she voiced Paru in Chain Chronicle, and she has also starred as Caracal in Kemono Friends 2 and Myamu in Waccha PriMagi!.

Biography

Riko Koike, a native of Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, was born on 1 January 1991.[2][3] Inspired to go into voice acting by the 1994 film Mobile Fighter G Gundam,[4] She was educated at Tokyo Woman's Christian University and Arcadia Voice Actor Academy.[5][6]

In May 2015, Koike passed the second screening of the Chain Chronicle Character Voice Audition.[7] She won the Chain Chronicle Developer Award at the final public audition held on Nippon Cultural Broadcasting in July 2015,[8] and she eventually voiced Paru in the game.[1] In 2016, she voiced characters in Dream Festival! and Magic-kyun! Renaissance.[1]

In 2018, Koike starred as Caracal, a main character in Kemono Friends 2,[9] and she reprised her role in the 2020 video game.[1] In 2021, it was announced that she would star as Myamu, a major character in Waccha PriMagi!;[10] she also sang the second ending theme song "Check One Two" (alongside Rie Hikisaka, and Sunao Yoshikawa [ja]).[11] She also voiced Mai Sunagawa in Harukana Receive, a young Lucio Cortes in Rusted Armors: Daybreak, and the protagonist in Sore Shikanai Wake Nai Deshō.[12][1][13]

Koike's special skills are plastic modeling and railway research.[1]

Filmography

Animated television

Year Title Role Ref.
2016 Dream Festival! [1]
2016 Magic-kyun! Renaissance [1]
2018 Harukana Receive Mai Sunagawa [12]
2020 The Genie Family 2020 high school girl [1]
2021 Waccha PriMagi! Myamu [10]
2022 Rusted Armors: Daybreak young Lucio Cortes [1]
2023 Sore Shikanai Wake Nai Deshō Protagonist [13]

Video games

Year Title Role Ref.
2015 Chain Chronicle Paru [1]
2015 Chaos Dragon Sakuyamimana [1]
2019 Duel Masters Place Polegun [1]
2020 Kemono Friends 2 Caracal [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "小池 理子". Millennium Pro (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  2. ^ "オーディション合格者丨チェンクロキャラクターボイスオーディション". Nippon Cultural Broadcasting. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  3. ^ Riko, Koike [@k_rico1_1] (29 January 2016). "わたしは福井県福井市出身です～" (Tweet). Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "フレッシュ夏フェス隊 ー 小池理子". AT-X. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  5. ^ Tokyo Woman's Christian University [@twcupr] (17 February 2022). "【卒業生の活躍】田中章浩研究室の研究紹介動画のナレーションは、本学卒業生で田中ゼミ所属だった、声優の小池理子（@K_Rico1_1 ）さんです。" (Tweet). Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "ボイスアクターズスタイル附属 アルカディア声優学院". seigura.com (in Japanese). 3 July 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  7. ^ "「チェインクロニクル」ボイスオーディションの二次審査通過者を発表". 4Gamer.net (in Japanese). 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  8. ^ "審査委員長・緑川光さんが、新人声優に送ったひと言とは!?". Animate Times (in Japanese). 15 July 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  9. ^ "『けもフレ2』頼れる尾崎由香、新メンバーから称賛「"サーバル先輩"ありがとうございます！」". Oricon News. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  10. ^ a b Loo, Egan (24 June 2021). "Pretty Series Franchise Marks 10th Anniversary With Waccha PriMagi! TV Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  11. ^ "ワッチャプリマジ！｜アニメ声優・キャラクター・登場人物・2021秋アニメ最新情報一覧 | アニメイトタイムズ".
  12. ^ a b Hodgkins, Crystalyn (23 June 2018). "Harukana Receive Anime Reveals Cast, Visual for New Pair". Anime News Network. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  13. ^ a b Pineda, Rafael Antonio (2 March 2023). "Sore Shikanai Wake Nai Deshō Picture Book Gets TV Anime on March 22". Anime News Network. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
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