Rika Abe
阿部 里果
Born20 September
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • singer
Years active2014–present
Notable workMizuki Makabe in The Idolmaster Million Live!
Hresvelgr in Frame Arms Girl
Z23 in Azur Lane

Rika Abe (阿部 里果, Abe Rika, born 20 September) is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with VIMS.[1] She is known for voicing Mizuki Makabe in The Idolmaster Million Live!, Z23 in Azur Lane, and Hresvelgr in Frame Arms Girl.

Biography

Rika Abe, a native of Mie Prefecture, was born on 20 September and educated at the Japan Narration Acting Institute.[1] In 2013, she voiced Mizuki Makabe in The Idolmaster Million Live!.[2] In 2014, she made her anime debut in The Pilot's Love Song,[3] voicing a schoolgirl.[2] In 2015, she voiced Yousuke Tateishi's mother in Death Parade.[2]

In March 2017, she was cast as Hresvelgr in Frame Arms Girl.[4] This marked the first time she was cast in a major role in an anime television series.[3] In July 2017, Abe was invited to appear at Anime Festival Asia Indonesia as a guest for the Frame Arms Girl franchise.[3] In October 2017, as part of the Frame Arms Girl franchise, she was invited to appear at AFA Singapore as a guest, alongside her co-stars Narumi Kaho and Hibiku Yamamura.[5]

She voices the Azur Lane franchise's anthropomorphic personification of the German destroyer Z23, and her character single (released on 20 November 2019) charted at #33 at the Oricon Single Chart.[6] In 2019, she voiced Kanade Hokaze in Re:Stage! Dream Days.[7] In 2021, she reprised her role as Z23 in Azur Lane: Slow Ahead!.[8]

In June 2022, she was cast in Extreme Hearts as Hazuki Sakurai, one of the five members of May-Bee (one of the series' fictional idol groups).[9]

In anime, she has also voiced Haruko Urachi in Sagrada Reset, Tomoko Inukai in Hanebado!, Yuriko in Boogiepop Phantom, Zerotarō in Ojarumaru, Shōko in Smile Down the Runway, Rubius in Vlad Love, and Sara in Rusted Armors.[1] In video games, she has also voiced Riana in Quiz RPG: The World of Mystic Wiz, Chloe and Luel in White Cat Project, Otsuu in Mary Skelter 2, Shirosai in Kemono Friends 3, and Rinka Kuon in Omega Labyrinth Live.[1]

Filmography

Anime

2014
2015
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

Video games

2013
2015
2017
2018
2019
2023
  • Snowbreak: Containment Zone, Nita[1]

Discography

Title Year Details Peak chart positions Sales
JPN JPN
Hot
"Azur Lane Character Song Single: Vol. 5 Z23" 2019
  • Released: 20 November 2019
  • Label: Stray Cats
  • Formats: CD
 33[6] — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 "阿部里果". VIMS. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "阿部里果". GamePlaza Haruka. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Pineda, Rafael Antonio (12 July 2017). "C3 AFA Indonesia Hosts Voice Actress Rika Abe". Anime News Network. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  4. 1 2 Chapman, Paul (9 March 2017). "Rika Abe Suits Up and Joins the Cast of "Frame Arms Girl"". Crunchyroll News. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  5. ↑ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (19 October 2017). "C3 AFA Singapore to Host Voice Actresses Narumi Kaho, Hibiku Yamamura, Rika Abe". Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  6. 1 2 "TVアニメーション『アズールレーン』キャラクターソングシングル Vol.5 Z23". Oricon News. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Re:ステージ！ ドリームデイズ♪ - アニメ詳細データ". TV Drama Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  8. 1 2 "アズールレーン びそくぜんしんっ！ - アニメ詳細データ". TV Drama Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  9. 1 2 Hodgkins, Crystalyn (17 June 2022). "Extreme Hearts Anime Streams Reveals 5 More Cast Members in Video". Retrieved 6 July 2023.
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