Rica Matsumoto

Rica Matsumoto (松本 梨香, born November 30, 1968) is a Japanese actress, voice actress, and J-pop singer. She 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 Ash Ketchum, 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 version of the Pokémon anime.

Anime
Leading roles are in bold
 * Ai to Yūki no Pig Girl Tonde Būrin (TV) – Keiko Kuroha; Pig Session (4 episodes)
 * Astro Boy (2003) – Reno
 * Azuki-chan (movie) – Midori "Jidama" Kodama
 * Azuki-chan (TV) – Midori "Jidama" Kodama
 * Bakuen Campus Guardress (OVA) – Hazumi Jinno
 * Black Jack (OVA) – Yuki Nakajima (Ep. 2)
 * Black Jack (TV) – Jun (Karte 18) & Satoru (Karte 33)
 * Blue Remains (movie) – Sari
 * Bomber Man & Bidaman Bakugaiden V (TV) as Witchy
 * Bomberman Bidaman Bakugaiden (TV) as Shiringe
 * Bomberman Jetters (TV) as Misty
 * (The) Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn (TV) as Takasugi Seiji
 * Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002 (TV) as Hyuga Kojiro (child)
 * Case Closed (TV) as Reiko Kujou (Eps. 297-298); Usui Ritsuko (Ep. 199)
 * City Hunter '91 (TV) as Sonia Field (Eps. 8-9)
 * Dirty Pair Flash (OVA) as Kei
 * DNA Sights 999.9 (movie) as Moriki
 * Dokkiri Doctor (TV) as Tomoko Asaoka
 * Don-Don Domel to Ron (TV) as Blacky
 * Dragon Drive (TV) as Mukai
 * Fake (OVA) as Bikky
 * Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals (OVA) as Plitz
 * Fortune Dogs (TV) as Pochi
 * Futatsu no Kurumi (special) as Shoukichi Taniguchi
 * Ganbarist! Shun (TV) as Mariko
 * Gatchaman (OVA) as Jinpei the Swallow (G-4)
 * Genki Bakuhatsu Ganbaruger (TV) as Jin Hyuuga (Ep. 17)
 * (The) Gokusen (TV) as Shizuka Fujiyama
 * Gravion Zwei (TV) as Professor Barnett
 * Gun Frontier (TV) as Sinunora
 * Hanada Shōnen-shi (TV) as Kiyohei; Madam Catherine (Ep. 9)
 * Heisei Inu Monogatari Bow (TV) – Additional Voice
 * Heisei Tensai Bakabon (TV) – Additional Voice
 * Hidamari no Ki (TV) as Okon
 * Hikarian - Great Railroad Protector (TV) as Hikarian Princess (Eps. 86-87)
 * Humanity Has Declined (TV) as Doc (Ep. 8)
 * Hunter × Hunter (special) as Gon Freecss
 * Idol Fighter Su-Chi-Pai (OVA) as Lemonpai
 * If I See You in My Dreams (OVA) as Namiko Isobe
 * If I See You in My Dreams (TV) as Namiko Isobe
 * Ikenai Boy (OVA) as Natsuko Nakahara
 * Jūgo Shōnen Hyōryūki Kaizokujima DE! Daibōken (movie) as Dorian
 * Kaiketsu Zorro (TV) as Bernardo/Zorro Jr.
 * Karasu Tengu Kabuto (TV) as Hanamaru
 * Kieta Akazukin-chan (movie) – Additional Voice
 * Kinyoru, Abe Reiji - Heikin-teki Salaryman no Ijō na Nichijō (TV) as Female characters
 * Kōgyō Aika Volley Boys (OVA) as Ryō
 * Lil' Red Riding Hood Cha-Cha (OVA) as Poppy
 * Lupin III: Missed by a Dollar (special) as Sandi Fishburne; Sandie
 * Magical Girl Pretty Sammy (OVA) as Chihiro Kawai
 * Magical Project S (TV) as Chihiro/Mrs. Suh (Eps. 16-17)
 * Mahou no Angel Sweet Mint (TV) as Graham
 * Mama wa Poyopoyo-Saurus ga Osuki (TV) as Miki Poyota
 * MapleStory (TV) as Podu
 * Master Keaton (OVA) as Eliah (Ep. 26)
 * Master of Mosquiton '99 (TV) as Kurusu (Ep. 15)
 * Matchless Raijin-Oh (OVA) as Jin Hyuuga
 * Matchless Raijin-Oh (TV) as Aiko Shimada (2nd); Hyuuga Jin
 * MD Geist (OAV) as Vaiya (Director's cut)
 * Metropolis (movie) as Female customer
 * Mewtwo ~Kakusei e no Prologue~ (special) as Ash
 * Miracle Giants Domu-kun (TV) as Hideo
 * Miyuki-chan in Wonderland (OVA) as Sumire
 * MM! (TV) as Girl A (Eps. 1, 5, 8); Girl with Yoshioka (Ep. 3); MFC Member A (Ep. 9); Waitress A (Ep 12); Yūno's Friend A (Ep. 2)
 * Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (TV) as Haro; Renda De Paloma; Warren Trace
 * Moero! Top Striker (TV) as Julian
 * Moldiver (OVA) as Nozomu Ozora
 * Morita-san wa Mukuchi (OVA) as Narration
 * Mukamuka Paradise (TV) as Hazuki Shiberia
 * My Dear Marie (OVA) as Hibiki
 * Naruto (TV) as Suzumebachi Kamizuru
 * Neuro - Supernatural Detective (TV) as Ayumi Kaku
 * New Cutey Honey (OVA) as Chokkei Hayami
 * Ninja Scroll (TV) as Nekobe
 * Ninja Slayer From Animation (ONA) as Laomoto Chiba (Ep. 22)
 * Ninku (TV) as Fusuke Ninku
 * Ninku Knife no Bohyō (movie) as Fūsuke
 * Ninku the Movie as Fusuke Ninku
 * Now and Then, Here and There (TV) as Sis
 * Obocchama-kun (TV) as Taizō Binbo
 * Okusama wa Maho Shojo (TV) as Freya
 * Ore wa Chokkaku (TV) as Nicopin
 * Osomatsu-kun (TV 2) as Choromatsu Matsuno; Ichimatsu Matsuno (1st Voice)
 * Outlaw Star (TV) as James 'Jim' Hawking
 * Paradise Kiss (TV) as young George (Ep. 10)
 * Patlabor the Mobile Police (TV) – Additional Voice
 * Perfect Blue (movie) as Rumi
 * Phantom Quest Corp. (OVA) as Ayaka Kisaragi
 * (The) Piano Forest (movie) as Daigaku Kanehira
 * Pikachu and Pichu (movie) as Ash
 * Pikachu's Rescue Adventure (movie) as Ash
 * Pikachu's Summer Vacation (movie) as Ash
 * Pocket Monster XY Pikachu the Movie 1 Jikan Special as Ash
 * Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl (TV) as Ash
 * Pocket Monsters: Pikachu no Fuyuyasumi (OVA) as Ash
 * Pocket Monsters: Pikachu no Fuyuyasumi 2000 (OVA) as Ash
 * Pokémon (TV) as Ash, Sakaki's Persian & Nyarth (Ep. 70)
 * Pokemon 2000 - The Movie as Ash
 * Pokemon 3 - The Movie as Ash
 * Pokemon 4Ever (movie) as Ash
 * Pokemon Advance (TV) as Sakaki's Persian, Ash
 * Pokémon Chronicles (TV) as Ash
 * Pokemon Heroes - Latias & Latios (movie) as Ash
 * Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (movie) as Ash
 * Pokémon Sun & Moon (TV) as Ash
 * Pokémon Sunday (live-action TV) as Ash
 * Pokémon the Movie: Black - Victini and Reshiram as Ash
 * Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction as Ash
 * Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened as Ash
 * Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages as Ash
 * Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! as Ash
 * Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice as Ash
 * Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel as Ash
 * Pokémon the Movie: White - Victini and Zekrom as Ash
 * Pokémon XY (TV) as Ash
 * Pokémon XY & Z (TV) as Ash
 * Pokémon Zoroark: Master of Illusions (movie) as Ash
 * Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life (movie) as Ash
 * Pokémon: Black and White (TV) as Ash
 * Pokémon: Black and White: Rival Destinies (TV) as Ash
 * Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys (movie) as Ash
 * Pokémon: Giratina & The Sky Warrior (movie) as Ash
 * Pokemon: Jirachi Wish Maker (movie) as Ash
 * Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (movie) as Ash
 * Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns (special) as Persian; Ash
 * Pokemon: The First Movie as Ash
 * Pokemon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokemon (special) as Ash
 * Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai (movie) as Ash
 * (The) Prince of Tennis (TV) as Hannah (Eps. 130-131)
 * Princess Minerva (OVA) as Kesley Uruga
 * Pygmalio (TV) as Leon
 * Ranma ½ (TV) – Additional Voice (Ep. 11)
 * Roujin Z (movie) as Satoh Tomoe
 * Ruin Explorers - Fam & Ihrie (OVA) as Rahsya
 * Sgt. Frog (TV) as Yamato (Ep. 173)
 * Shamanic Princess (OVA) as Graham; Japolo
 * Shinesman (OVA) as Youta Matsumoto
 * Shutsugeki! Machine Robo Rescue (TV) as Charmy Sato (Eps. 10, 27)
 * Sol Bianca: The Legacy (OVA) as April
 * Soreike! Anpanman (TV) as Piano-man; Rakugaki Kozou
 * Soreike! Anpanman: Lyrical Magical Mahō no Gakkō (movie) as Ririka
 * Soul Hunter (TV) as Raishinshi
 * Space Oz no Bōken (TV) as Baby Dinosaur
 * Star Ocean EX (TV) as Opera Vectra
 * Stitch to Suna no Wakusei (special) as Zuruko
 * Stitch!: Itazura Alien no Daibōken (TV) as Zuruko Sasuga
 * Stitch!: Zutto Saikō no Tomodachi (TV) as Zuruko
 * Super Robot Wars OG: The Inspector (TV) as Ricarla “Carla” Borgnine
 * Takarajima Memorial - Yūnagi to Yobareta Otoko (OVA) as Child
 * Trigun (TV) as Kaite
 * Twin Signal (OVA) as Nobuhiko Otoi
 * Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger (live-action TV) as Masako "Miyabi" Yamada (Ep. 5)
 * Vandread (TV) as Fanita (Ep 9)
 * Vandread: The Second Stage (TV) as Fanieta (Ep. 9)
 * Wasimo (TV) as Wasimo
 * Weather Report Girl (OVA) as Keiko Nakadai
 * Wrestler Gundan Ginga-hen Seisenshi Robin Jr. (TV) as Tsuyoshi D
 * X (movie) as Nataku
 * Yona Yona Penguin (movie) as Devil 1
 * Yoshimoto Muchikko Monogatari (TV) as Hanakamakirimomoko
 * You're Under Arrest (TV) as Futaba Aoi
 * You're Under Arrest Second Season (TV) as Futaba Aoi
 * You're Under Arrest Specials as Futaba Aoi
 * You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle (TV) as Futaba Aoi
 * You're Under Arrest: No Mercy! (OVA) as Futaba Aoi
 * You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture as Futaba Aoi
 * Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files (TV) as Kiyoshi Mitarai/Seaman
 * Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie as Koashura
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! as Bakura (Thief) (Part 5: The Pharoah's Memory); Ryo Bakura (second); Yami Bakura
 * Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions (movie 2016) as Ryo Bakura

Video Games

 * Brave Fencer Musashi – Musashi
 * Kingdom Hearts II – Megara
 * Lunar Eternal Blue – Nall
 * Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete – Nall

Knownable Roles

 * Ash Ketchum in Pokémon
 * Ryo Bakura in Yu-Gi-Oh!
 * Yami Bakura in Yu-Gi-Oh!

Trivia

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