Riko Koike
{{Short description|Japanese voice actress and singer}}{{Eastern name order|Koike Riko}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| native_name = 小池理子
| native_name_lang = ja
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|1|1|df=y}}
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Voice actress
}}
| years_active = 2015–present
| employer = Millennium Pro
| notable_works = {{Unbulleted list|Caracal in Kemono Friends 2|Myamu in Waccha PriMagi!}}
}}
{{nihongo|Riko Koike|小池 理子|Koike Riko|born 1 January 1991|lead=yes}} is a Japanese voice actress from Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, affiliated with Millennium Pro.{{Cite web |title=小池 理子 |url=https://1000-pro.com/2020/12/01/2802/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=Millennium Pro |language=ja}} 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.{{Cite web |title=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 |url=http://www.joqr.co.jp/chainchronicle_audition/judge/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=Nippon Cultural Broadcasting}}{{Cite tweet |number=693119747357999104 |user=k_rico1_1 |title=わたしは福井県福井市出身です～ |first=Koike |last=Riko |date=2016-01-29 |access-date=2024-03-10}} Inspired to go into voice acting by the 1994 film Mobile Fighter G Gundam,{{Cite web |title=フレッシュ夏フェス隊 ー 小池理子 |url=https://www.at-x.com/at-x_contents/at-x_summerfes2017/fes/043.html |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=AT-X}} She was educated at Tokyo Woman's Christian University and Arcadia Voice Actor Academy.{{Cite tweet |number=1494251395792633858 |user=twcupr |title=【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。 |author=Tokyo Woman's Christian University |date=2022-02-17 |access-date=2024-03-10}}{{Cite web |title=ボイスアクターズスタイル附属 アルカディア声優学院 |url=https://seigura.com/school08_arcadia/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=seigura.com |date=3 July 2019 |language=ja}}
In May 2015, Koike passed the second screening of the Chain Chronicle Character Voice Audition.{{Cite news |date=2015-05-11 |title=「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 |url=https://www.4gamer.net/games/223/G022384/20150511009/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |work=4Gamer.net |language=ja}} She won the Chain Chronicle Developer Award at the final public audition held on Nippon Cultural Broadcasting in July 2015,{{Cite news |date=2015-07-15 |title=審査委員長・緑川光さんが、新人声優に送ったひと言とは!? |url=https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1436506385 |access-date=2024-03-10 |work=Animate Times |language=ja}} and she eventually voiced Paru in the game. In 2016, she voiced characters in Dream Festival! and Magic-kyun! Renaissance.
In 2018, Koike starred as Caracal, a main character in Kemono Friends 2,{{Cite news |date=2018-12-17 |title=『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！」 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2125634/full/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |work=Oricon News}} and she reprised her role in the 2020 video game. In 2021, it was announced that she would star as Myamu, a major character in Waccha PriMagi!; she also sang the second ending theme song "Check One Two" (alongside Rie Hikisaka, and {{ill|Sunao Yoshikawa|ja|吉河順央}}).{{cite web | url=https://www.animatetimes.com/tag/details.php?id=12482 | title=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 }} 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.
Koike's special skills are plastic modeling and railway research.
Filmography
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| 2015 | Chain Chronicle | Paru | |
| 2015 | Chaos Dragon | Sakuyamimana | |
| 2019 | Duel Masters Place | Polegun | |
| 2020 | Kemono Friends 2'' | Caracal |
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Category:Japanese video game actresses
Category:Japanese women pop singers
Category:21st-century Japanese actresses
Category:21st-century Japanese singers
Category:21st-century Japanese women singers
Category:People from Fukui (city)
Category:Voice actresses from Fukui Prefecture