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. 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. 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
Minor
- Various guest characters (EP015, EP017, EP024, EP027, EP028, EP042, EP043, EP052, EP053, EP056, EP070, EP071, EP090, EP102, EP106, EP124, EP129, EP130, EP146, EP157, EP166, EP176, EP197, EP201, EP216, EP226, EP272, SS002)
Pokémon
Major
- Ash's Squirtle
- Ash's Caterpie, Metapod and Butterfree
- Ash's Lapras
- Ash's Krabby
- Ash's Poipole
- Misty's Psyduck
- May's Combusken (AG138, AG141)
- Brock's Vulpix
- Tracey's Venonat
- Lana's Popplio
- Jessie's Dustox (AG138)
- James's Weepinbell/Victreebel (EP095-EP261)
- Cameron's Riolu and Lucario
- Tapu Koko
- Charla
- Snubbull and Granbull
- Moltres (The Power of One)
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)
- Gladion's Umbreon
- Profesor Burnet's Munchlax
- 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)
* 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
Pokémon Puzzle League
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Other non-Pokémon roles
TV anime
- 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.)
Animated 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
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