Rikako Aikawa

Who is Rikako Aikawa?

Rikako Aikawa is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Atomic Monkey. She was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She was originally a child actor.

She is also known as a specialist of tongue-twister in the Japanese language.

Her real name after she married Mitsuo Iwata, a Japanese voice actor, is Nahomi Iwata. She also appears in the Japanese and English-language versions of the Pokémon anime, voicing Ash's Caterpie, Metapod and Butterfree and his Krabby.

She had a main role in the Orange League series where she voiced Ash's Lapras in both versions. She also appeared in the second Pokémon movie as the legendary Fire Pokémon, Moltres.

She had a recurring role in the Johto series as Charla, Liza's Charizard, a Pokémon who lives at the Charicific Valley and who eventually developed a romantic relationship with Ash's Charizard. She also played Madame Muchmoney's Granbull.