Rica Matsumoto
Voice Actor, Musical Artist
1968 –
Who is Rica Matsumoto?
Rica Matsumoto is a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer who was born in Yokohama, Japan. Her name is also sometimes romanized as Rika Matsumoto. She was a founding member of vocal supergroup JAM Project.
After early stage work, she began both voice acting and singing careers. The most popular role by Rica is Satoshi, the main character of the anime series Pokémon. She also had a role in the "Yu-Gi-Oh" series as Ryo Bakura and Yami Bakura. As such, Matsumoto has taken on roles for young boys. Matsumoto also performs the songs for many of the openings for the Japanese Pokémon anime.
Matsumoto has had lead or supporting roles in dozens of series. She has also had a radio show in Japan and does some dubbing work for translations of American films and TV series into Japanese. Matsumoto was also a founding member of JAM Project in 2000. She announced in April 2008 she was taking time off from the group and her solo work.
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- Born
- Nov 30, 1968
Yokohama - Also known as
- Rika Matsumoto
- Matsumoto Rika
- Nationality
- Japan
- Profession
- Lived in
- Yokohama
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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