Rika Abe (阿部 里果, Abe Rika; born 20 September) is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with VIMS. She is known for voicing Mizuki Makabe in The Idolmaster Million Live!, Z23 in Azur Lane, and Hresvelgr in Frame Arms Girl.
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Biography
Rika Abe, a native of Mie Prefecture, was born on 20 September and educated at the Japan Narration Acting Institute. In 2013, she voiced Mizuki Makabe in The Idolmaster Million Live!. In 2014, she made her anime debut in The Pilot's Love Song, voicing a schoolgirl. In 2015, she voiced Yousuke Tateishi's mother in Death Parade.
In March 2017, she was cast as Hresvelgr in Frame Arms Girl. This marked the first time she was cast in a major role in an anime television series. In July 2017, Abe was invited to appear at Anime Festival Asia Indonesia as a guest for the Frame Arms Girl franchise. 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.
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. In 2019, she voiced Kanade Hokaze in Re:Stage! Dream Days. In 2021, she reprised her role as Z23 in Azur Lane: Slow Ahead!.
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).
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. 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.
Filmography
Television animation
2014
The Pilot's Love Song, schoolgirl
Riddle Story of Devil
2015
Death Parade, Yousuke's mother
2017
Frame Arms Girl, Hresvelgr
Sagrada Reset, Haruko Urachi
2018
A Certain Magical Index III, salesperson
Hanebado!, Tomoko Inukai, Chikage Yamoto, Actress, Friend of Athlete
2019
Azur Lane, Z23
Boogiepop Phantom, Yuriko
Domestic Girlfriend, Sanae
Mob Psycho 100 II, parent B
My Roommate Is a Cat, Yasaka's mother
Ojarumaru, Zerotarō
Re:Stage! Dream Days, Kanade Hokaze
2020
Smile Down the Runway, Shōko
2021
Azur Lane: Slow Ahead!, Z23, Washington
Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress, Students
2022
Original net animation
2021
Vlad Love, Rubius
2022
Spriggan, Airport Announcement
Theatrical animation
2018
Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution, Dominic (Assistant)
2019
Ride Your Wave, Woman C
Video games
2013
The Idolmaster Million Live!, Mizuki Makabe
Koepura, Kaho Mochizuki
2015
Quiz RPG: The World of Mystic Wiz, Riana
White Cat Project, Chloe, Luel
2017
Azur Lane, Z23, Washington, Z25
Re:Stage! Prism Step, Kanade Hokaze
Summer Lesson: Allison Snow, Allison Snow
2018
Lost Trigger, Mao
Mary Skelter 2, Otsuu
Tale of the Fragmented Star: Single Fragment Version
2019
Kemono Friends 3, Shirosai
Omega Labyrinth Live, Rinka Kuon
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint, teammate, Alice B., others
2023
Snowbreak: Containment Zone, Nita