Rio Tsuchiya (土屋 李央, Tsuchiya Rio; born 19 August 1997) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Kanagawa Prefecture. She is affiliated with Office Osawa. She is known for voicing Mei Tōmi in Cue!, Madoka Higuchi in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, Tanya in My One-Hit Kill Sister, Hinano Hoshikita in Pole Princess!! and Juria Igarashi in Himitsu no AiPri.
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Biography
Rio Tsuchiya, a native of Kanagawa Prefecture, was born on 19 August 1997. In 2016, she starred in the public audition for the voice acting stage performance Genji Monogatari: Yōkō no Hime, Yūyami no Kimi.
In December 2020, she was cast as Ranka in SSSS.Dynazenon. In April 2022, she was cast as Shakuyaku in In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki. In October 2022, she was cast as Tanya in My One-Hit Kill Sister. In November 2022, she was cast as Hinano Hoshikita in Tatsunoko Production's Pole Princess!! anime project. In March 2023, she was cast as Yukari Tsubaki in My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999. In August 2023, she was cast as Hezera and Grea in Ragna Crimson.
In October 2019, she was cast as Mei Tōmi in the video game Cue!. She performed in two singles for her in-franchise musical unit AiRBLUE Moon, "MiRAGE! MiRAGE!!" (which charted at #23 in the Oricon Singles Chart) and "Reach For The World!" (which charted at #24 in the Oricon Singles Chart). She reprised her role as Mei Tōmi in the game's 2022 anime adaptation.
She voices Madoka Higuchi, one of the four members of the unit Noctchill, in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, a spinoff of The Idolmaster franchise. Tsuchiya was solely interested in starring in the franchise in general and had also auditioned for Koito and Hinana. She performed in two Noctchill singles:
Gradate Wing 07 (which charted at #4 in the Oricon Singles Chart) and Layered Wing 07 (which charted at #6 in the Oricon Singles Chart).
Filmography
Anime television
2021
SSSS.Dynazenon, Ranka
2022
Cue!, Mei Tōmi
In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki, Shakuyaku
2023
My One-Hit Kill Sister, Tanya
My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999, Yukari Tsubaki
Ragna Crimson, Hazella and Greya
2024
My Deer Friend Nokotan, Kinu Tanukikōji
Negative Positive Angler, Kozue Nishimori
The Dangers in My Heart, Nico Kouda
The Idolmaster Shiny Colors 2nd Season, Madoka Higuchi
2025
Himitsu no AiPri: Ring-hen, Julia Igarashi
2026
Rich Girl Caretaker, Narika Miyakojima
Original net animation
2023
Pole Princess!!, Hinano Hoshikita
Gundam Build Metaverse, Seria Urutsuki
Video games
2019
Cue!, Mei Tōmi
2020
The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, Madoka Higuchi
2021
Blue Archive, Misaki Imashino
2025
Zenless Zone Zero, Lucia Elowen
Live-action film
2025
My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999, Tsubaki (voice)