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Rikako Aikawa

Rikako Aikawa (Japanese: 愛河里花子 Aikawa Rikako) is a Japanese seiyū for the Pokémon anime.

Biography

Aikawa was born on October 7, 1967, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and became a seiyū as an adult. In the anime, Aikawa provided dozens of voices, mostly of Pokémon, up until the end of Advanced Generation series where she went on a long hiatus. She eventually returned in BW055, providing the voice of Katharine's Gothita, and went on to voice a number of other notables in the anime ever since. Her real name is Nahomi Iwata (Japanese: 岩田菜穂美, née 川添 Kawazoe). She also used the name Nao Kannazuki (Japanese: 神無月なお Kannazuki Nao).

Pokémon roles

Anime

Humans

Major

• Zackie
• Joe
• Anne
• Ralph
• Mason
• Mrs. Bellows
• Soren
• Radley
• Tamao
• Anela

Minor

• Arnold's mother
• Various guest characters

Pokémon

Major

• Ash's Squirtle
• Ash's Caterpie, Metapod, and Butterfree
• Ash's Lapras
• Ash's Krabby
• Ash's Poipole and Naganadel
• Misty's Psyduck
• May's Combusken (AG138, AG141)
• Brock's Vulpix
• Tracey's Venonat
• Lana's Popplio
• Jessie's Dustox (AG138)
• James's Weepinbell and Victreebel (EP095-EP261)
• Cameron's Riolu and Lucario
• Tapu Koko (anime)
• Gladion's Umbreon
• Charla
• Madame Muchmoney's Snubbull and Granbull
• Moltres (M02)

Minor

• Sabrina's Abra
• Aya's Venonat
• A.J.'s Butterfree
• Gentleman's Squirtle
• Gary's Krabby
• Ritchie's Butterfree (Happy)
• Bucky's Caterpie
• Cissy's Seadra
• Fergus's Seadra
• Fergus's Golduck
• Madison and Alexa's Kecleon
• Harrison's Kecleon
• Stephan's Liepard*
• Rhoda's Sneasel
• Katharine's Gothita
• Golduck
• Mikey's Eevee
• Rainer's Vaporeon
• Marcellus's Remoraid and Octillery
• Arielle's Ledyba (×6)
• Benji's Ledian
• Zachary Evans's Yanma
• Dayton's Chinchou
• Trinity's Chinchou
• Trinity's Golduck
• Bugsy's Metapod
• Cherry's Girafarig
• Georgio's Delcatty
• DJ Leo's Dugtrio (Jessica; Alolan Dugtrio)
• Profesor Burnet's Munchlax
• Matori's Meowth
• Harriet's Smoochum
• Silver's Chikorita
• Shellder (Slowking's Day)
• Beedrill (EP004)
• Tyranitar (EP263, EP264)
• Weedle (EP004)
• Grimer (EP030)
• Electrode (EP114)
• Ninetales (EP232)
• Arcanine (AG139)
• Caterpie (BW130)
• Butterfree (BW130)
• Scatterbug (XY012)
• Spewpa (XY012)
• Quilladin (XY095)
• Oricorio (Sensu Style; SM109)
• Caterpie (SS001)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Musical appearances

• Exciting Pokémon Relay (Japanese: ポケモンはらはらリレー)
• Exciting² Pokémon Relay (hard version) (Japanese: ポケモンはらはら²リレー (難しいばん))

Video games

Pokémon Snap

• Metapod
• Butterfree
• Psyduck
• Victreebel
• Eevee

Pokémon Puzzle League

• Gary's Krabby
• Happy

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

• Squirtle
• Gulpin

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

• Squirtle
• Abra
• Tapu Koko

Other non-Pokémon roles

Anime series

• Moto Asagi (Brigadoon)
• Nahato (El Hazard)
• Gen Tanaka (Black Heaven)
• Faina S. Shinozaki (Infinite Ryvius)
• Koushi (Oxnard) (Hamtaro)
• Moto Asagi, Sumire Hanazono (Brigadoon)
• Shishi (Hiwou War Chronicles)
• Haré (Haré+Guu)
• Mika (Wan Wan Celeb Soreyuke! Tetsunoshin)
• Stella (To Love-Ru) (ep. 10)
• Charlotte Takahashi (A Penguin's Troubles)
• Toriko (PriPara)
• Kurumi Saiki (The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.)

Anime films

• Onabe (Doraemon: Nobita in the Robot Kingdom)
• Temjin (Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters)
• Sky (Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles—Animal Adventure)
• Poppon (Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum)
• Gureru (Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2: Kokoro no Tomodachi, Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 3: Eien no Tomodachi)

External links

• Atomic Monkey profile

This article is part of Project VA, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each voice actor of the Pokémon anime.