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
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
Pokémon Puzzle League
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
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
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