Riko Koike

Riko Koike
小池理子
Born (1991-01-01) 1 January 1991
Occupation
  • Voice actress
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 from Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, affiliated with Millennium Pro.[1] Inspired by the 1994 film Mobile Fighter G Gundam, her voice acting career 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).[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.
2016Dream Festival![1]
2016Magic-kyun! Renaissance[1]
2018Harukana ReceiveMai Sunagawa[12]
2020The Genie Family 2020high school girl[1]
2021Waccha PriMagi!Myamu[10]
2022Rusted Armors: Daybreakyoung Lucio Cortes[1]
2023Sore Shikanai Wake Nai DeshōProtagonist[13]

Video games

Year Title Role Ref.
2015Chain ChronicleParu[1]
2015Chaos Dragon Sakuyamimana[1]
2019Duel Masters PlacePolegun[1]
2020Kemono Friends 2Caracal[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "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. 1 2 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. 1 2 Hodgkins, Crystalyn (23 June 2018). "Harukana Receive Anime Reveals Cast, Visual for New Pair". Anime News Network. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  13. 1 2 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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