Rika Matsumoto

Rica Matsumoto earns my deep respect as one of the great multi-hyphenate voices of Japanese entertainment. Voice actress, singer, stage actor, radio personality, and a founding member of the anison powerhouse JAM Project, she does it all with real fire. What I love is that her stage training bleeds into everything: she does not merely voice characters or sing songs, she performs them with a husky, full-throated conviction that rallies listeners young and old. In an industry where many chase cuteness, her decision to sing from the gut feels brave and unmistakably her own. That authenticity is exactly why she has endured across generations.

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Name (English)

Rika Matsumoto

Name (Japanese)

松本梨香

Reading

まつもと りか

Born

November 30, 1968 (age 57)

Origin

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Height

160 cm

Occupation

singer / seiyū / actor / radio personality

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Monkey

Blood type

O

Agency

Sun Music Production

Works summary

Appearances

684 (1988–2025)

By year (titles with a known year)

1988: 3, 1989: 5, 1990: 4, 1991: 9, 1992: 6, 1993: 6, 1994: 5, 1995: 12, 1996: 7, 1997: 1, 1998: 11, 1999: 9, 2000: 7, 2001: 4, 2002: 4, 2003: 1, 2004: 1, 2005: 4, 2006: 7, 2007: 3, 2008: 3, 2009: 6, 2010: 5, 2011: 4, 2012: 6, 2013: 6, 2014: 2, 2015: 6, 2016: 4, 2017: 5, 2018: 5, 2019: 4, 2020: 2, 2021: 3, 2022: 5, 2023: 6, 2024: 3, 2025: 4, year unknown: 496

Debut work

おそ松くん

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttp://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~amg-pro/rica/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/rica.matsumoto/
• Xhttps://x.com/rica_matsumoto3
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rica%20Matsumoto
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E6%9C%AC%E6%A2%A8%E9%A6%99
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q943714

Tags

• Kanagawa Prefecture
• singer
• seiyū
• actor

Last updated

September 29, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Works and profile fields sourced from Wikipedia reflect content as of 2026-08-26. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.