Rika Abe

Rika Abe, a native of Mie Prefecture, was born on 20 September and educated at the Japan Narration Acting Institute.[1] In 2013, she voiced Mizuki Makabe in The Idolmaster Million Live!.[2] In 2014, she made her anime debut in The Pilot's Love Song,[3] voicing a schoolgirl.[2] In 2015, she voiced Yousuke Tateishi's mother in Death Parade.[2]

In March 2017, she was cast as Hresvelgr in Frame Arms Girl.[4] This marked the first time she was cast in a major role in an anime television series.[3] In July 2017, Abe was invited to appear at Anime Festival Asia Indonesia as a guest for the Frame Arms Girl franchise.[3] 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.[5]

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.[6] In 2019, she voiced Kanade Hokaze in Re:Stage! Dream Days.[7] In 2021, she reprised her role as Z23 in Azur Lane: Slow Ahead!.[8]

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).[9]

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.[1] 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.[1]