Rica Matsumoto (æ¾æœ¬ 梨香, Matsumoto Rika, born November 30, 1968) is a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer who 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 Satoshi (called Ash Ketchum in English translations), 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 Pokémon anime.
Matsumoto has had lead or supporting roles in dozens of series. She has also had a radio show in Japan and does some dubbing work for translations of American films and TV series into Japanese. Matsumoto was also a founding member of JAM Project in 2000. She announced in April 2008 she was taking time off from the group and her solo work.
Voice roles
- Ayaka Kisaragi - Phantom Quest Corp (Yuugenkaishya)
- Aoi Futaba - You're Under Arrest!
- April - Sol Bianca: The Legacy
- Asahina Mutsuki - Haunted Junction (PlayStation)
- Bikky - Fake
- Binbou - Obotchama Kun
- Bernardo - Kaiketsu Zorro
- Bakura Ryou (Yami Bakura/Thief King Bakura) - Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime) (Episodes 50-224)
- Chihiro - Pretty Sammy
- Chyoromatsu - Osomatsu-kun
- Fanieta - Vandread
- Fuusuke - Ninku
- Guramu - Shamanic Princess
- Warren Trace, Haro - Gundam V
- Chokkei Hayami - New Cutie Honey
- Hibiki - Boku no Marie
- Hyuga Kojiro (child) - Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002
- Ichimonji Tsukasa - Suchipai Mecha Gentei-Ban (Sega Saturn)
- Intress - Chaotic
- Japoro - Shamanic Princess
- Jidama - Hazukichan
- Jim Hawking - Outlaw Star
- Jin Hyuuga - Matchless Raijin-Oh
- Jinno Hazumi - Bakuen Campus Guardress
- Jounai Reika - My Dream/On Air ga Matenakute (PlayStation, Sega Saturn)
- Kaite - Trigun
- Katayama Aika - Over Rev!
- Kei - Dirty Pair Flash
- Keiko Kuroha - Tonde Buurin
- Kiyohei - Hanada Shounenshi
- Kesley Uruga - Princess Minerva
- Koashura, Kiyoshi Mitarai (Seaman) - Yu Yu Hakusho
- Kuroha Keiko - Tonde Buurin
- Kurusu - Master Mosquiton '99
- Kujou Reiko - Detective Conan
- Lemonpai - Idol Fight Suuchiipai 2
- Moriki - Danasite 999.9
- Misty - Bomberman Jetters
- Mariko - Ganbarist! Shun
- Miki Poyota - Mama ha Poyo Poyo Zaurus ga Osuki
- Mizuki - Shin Samurai Spirits (Neo Geo)
- Mule Moscow - Mahou Shoujo Fancy Coco (PlayStation)
- Matsumoto Youta - Tokumu Sentai Shinesman
- Nataku - X/1999
- Oota Rie - Lemon Angel
- Oozora Nozomu - Moldiver
- Otoi Moriko - Twin Signal
- Opera Vectra - Star Ocean EX
- Ogata Shizuka - Friends Seishin no Kagayaki (Sega Saturn)
- Prettz - Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals
- Piano Man - Anpan Man
- Persian - Pokémon - Mewtwo Returns
- Raishinshi - Hoshin Engi
- Rikki Chadwick - H2O: Just Add Water
- Ricarla Borgnine - Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars
- Rika Sanada - Sokkou Seitokai
- Rahsya - Fam & Irie
- Satoh Tomoe - Roujin Z
- Satoshi (Ash Ketchum) - Pokémon (anime) (Pocket Monsters)
- Shiberia Hazuki - Muka Muka Paradise
- Sinunora - Gun Frontier
- Sonia Field - City Hunter
- Souma Akio - Meguri Aishite (PlayStation)
- Suzumebachi - Naruto
- Tachibana Reika - Su Chi Pai (PlayStation, Sega Saturn)
- Tsukasa - Su-Chi-Pai Adventure Doki Doki Nightmare (PlayStation, Sega Saturn)
- Takizawa - Doki Doki Pretty League (PlayStation)
- Takasugi Seiji - The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn
OVA
- Hunter x Hunter pilot (Gon Freecss)
- Miyuki-chan in Wonderland (Sumire-chan)
Theater animation
- Metropolis (Female customer)
- Perfect Blue (Rumi)
- Piano no Mori (Daigaku Kanehira)
- Pokémon film series (Satoshi)
- Roujin Z (Chie SatÅ)
- Taiho Shichauzo the Movie (Aoi Futaba)
TV Specials
- The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon (Satoshi)
Video games
- Brave Fencer Musashi (Musashi)
- GeGeGe no KitarÅ: GyakushÅ«! YÅma Dai Kessen (KitarÅ)
- GeGeGe no KitarÅ: Ibun YÅkai Kitan (KitarÅ)
- GeGeGe no KitarÅ: Kikiippotsu! YÅkai RettÅ (KitarÅ)
- Kingdom Hearts II (Megara)
- Lunar 2: Eternal Blue (Nall)
- Maria 2: Jutaikokuchi no Nazo (Maria Kunitoma)
- Mario Kart Arcade GP DX (Announcer)
- Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits Bushido Retsuden (Rashojin Mizuki)
- Ricarla Borgnine - Super Robot Wars Alpha (PlayStation), Super Robot Wars Original Generations (PlayStation 2)
Tokusatsu
- Kousoku Sentai Turboranger (Suzunari Boma, Omamori Boma)
- Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman (Arthur G6)
- Choujin Sentai Jetman (Gomi Jigen)
- KyÅryÅ« Sentai Zyuranger (Dora Reiger)
- Engine Sentai Go-onger (Savage Land Barbaric Machine Beast BÅseki Banki)
- Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger (Masako "Miyabi" Yamada)
Dubbing roles
Live-action
- Patricia Arquette
- True Romance (Alabama Whitman)
- Holy Matrimony (Havana)
- Flirting with Disaster (Nancy Coplin)
- Nightwatch (Katherine)
- Bringing Out the Dead (Mary Burke)
- Little Nicky (Valerie Veran)
- Human Nature (Lila Jute)
- Holes (Katherine "Kissin' Kate" Barlow)
- Medium (Allison Dubois)
- Boyhood (Olivia Evans)
- Drew Barrymore
- Bad Girls (1997 TV Asahi edition) (Lily Laronette)
- Ever After (Danielle De Barbarac)
- Never Been Kissed (Josie Geller)
- Charlie's Angels (Dylan Sanders)
- Riding in Cars with Boys (Beverly Ann "Bev" Donofrio)
- Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (Dylan Sanders)
- 50 First Dates (Lucy Whitmore)
- Fever Pitch (Lindsey Meeks)
- Renée Zellweger
- A Price Above Rubies (Sonia Horowitz)
- The Bachelor (Anne Arden)
- Bridget Jones's Diary (Bridget Jones)
- Chicago (Roxanne "Roxie" Hart)
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Bridget Jones)
- Cinderella Man (Mae Braddock)
- Leatherheads (Lexie Littleton)
- Sandra Bullock
- Demolition Man (1997 TV Asahi edition) (Lieutenant Lenina Huxley)
- Speed (1998 TV Asahi edition) (Annie Porter)
- The Net (TV Asahi edition) (Angela Bennett)
- Miss Congeniality (2005 NTV edition) (Gracie Hart)
- Crash (Jean Cabot)
- Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2008 NTV edition) (Gracie Hart)
- Reese Witherspoon
- Pleasantville (Jennifer)
- Little Nicky (Holly)
- Legally Blonde (Elle Woods)
- Sweet Home Alabama (Melanie "Carmichael" Smooter Perry)
- Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (Elle Woods)
- This Means War (Lauren Scott)
- Juliette Lewis
- Cape Fear (Danielle Bowden)
- The Basketball Diaries (Diane Moody)
- From Dusk till Dawn (Kate Fuller)
- The Way of the Gun (Robin)
- All the Right Moves (1991 NTV edition) (Lisa Lietzke (Lea Thompson))
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1995 TV Asahi edition) (Mina Harker (Winona Ryder))
- Father of the Bride (Annie Banks (Kimberly Williams-Paisley))
- Father of the Bride Part II (Annie Banks-Mackenzie (Kimberly Williams-Paisley))
- Selena (Selena (Jennifer Lopez))
- Ted (Norah Jones)
- The Terminator (2003 TV Tokyo edition) (Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton))
Animation
- Angela Anaconda (Angela Anaconda)
- Back at the Barnyard (Bessy the Cow)
- The Fox and the Hound 2 (Dixie)
- Jetsons: The Movie (Judy Jetson)
- The Land Before Time series (Cera)
- Recess (Lawson)
- Stressed Eric (Liz Feeble)
- Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! (Chiro)
Notable songs
- "Get a Dream" (Opening of Sunrise Eiyuutan/Sunrise Eiyuutan R)
- "Alive A life" (Opening for Kamen Rider Ryuki, Remix tracks of Rider Chips' Song Attack Ride Vol.1)
- "Mezase Pokémon Master" (Opening for Pokémon)
- "Pocket ni Fantasy" (Ending for Pokémon), sung with Mayumi Iizuka
- "Rivals!" (Opening for Pokémon)
- "Minna ga Itakara" (Insert song for Pokémon Movie 2: Maboroshi no Pokémon: Lugia Bakutan)
- "OK!" (Opening for Pokémon)
- "OK! 2000" (Opening for Pokémon Movie 3: Kesshou Tou no Teiou: Entei)
- "Mezase Pokémon Master 2001" (Opening for Pokémon Movie 4: Serebii Toki wo Koeta Deai)
- "Mezase Pokémon Master 2002" (Opening for Pokémon Movie 5: Mizu no Miyako no Mamori Gami - Latias to Latios)
- "Challenger!" (Opening for Pokémon: Advanced Generation)
- "SPURT!" (Opening for Pokémon: Advanced Generation)
- "High Touch!" (Opening for Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, sung with Megumi Toyoguchi)
- "Burning Soul" (Hyuga Kojiro image song for the Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002 Song Of Kickers CD)
- "Chiisana Dai Bouken" (Opening for Chi's Sweet Home: Chi's New Address)
- "High Touch! 2009" (Opening song of Gekijouban Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl: Arceus Choukoku no Jikuu e)
- "Best Wishes!" (Opening for Pokémon: Best Wishes!)
- "In Your Heart" (From Ultraman Neos), sung with Project DMM
- "Yajirushi ni Natte!" (Opening for Pokémon: Best Wishes! Season 2)
- "Yajirushi ni Natte! 2013" (Opening for Pokémon: Best Wishes! Season 2 Episode N)
References
- Doi, Hitoshi. "Matsumoto Rica roles". Retrieved October 29, 2013.Â
- Nakagami, Yoshikatsu et al. "You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle". (December 2007) Newtype USA. pp. 48â€"49.
External links
- Rica Matsumoto's Japanese home page
- Rica Matsumoto's English home page
- Profile at Yahoo! Talent
- Jolly Dog blog at Ameba
- Official blog at GREE
- Rica Matsumoto at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Rica Matsumoto at the Internet Movie Database
- Rica Matsumoto on Twitter
