Rika Tachibana

What I love about Rika Tachibana is that she doesn't bother polishing herself into the usual sparkly idol-voice-actor mold. Her Instagram handle literally translates to something like "boozy uncle," and honestly, that self-deprecating, beer-in-hand honesty is so refreshing in a world that's all carefully curated cuteness. She's a Hiroshima native born in '87, so she's grown into that comfortable, no-nonsense adult phase, and voice work rewards that kind of seasoning anyway, less about youth, more about reps and instinct. I picture her pouring her whole self into a character at the mic, then cracking open a cold one the second the booth light goes off. That mix of craft and zero pretense just makes her easy to root for, and I quietly do.

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Rika Tachibana is a Japanese voice actress and talent born on February 27, 1987, in Hiroshima Prefecture. She works in voice acting and entertainment, and is active on social media under the Instagram handle @alcoholojisan. She is represented by EARLY WING, has been active since 2009, and is married to the baseball player Kenya Wakatsuki.

Name (English)

Rika Tachibana

Name (Japanese)

立花理香

Reading

たちばな りか

Born

February 27, 1987 (age 39)

Origin

Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Height

155 cm

Occupation

Voice actress / Talent

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rabbit

Blood type

AB

Measurements

72 / 60 / 83

Agency

EARLY WING

Active years

2009 -

Spouse

Kenya Wakatsuki

Works summary

Appearances

271

By year (titles with a known year)

2011: 1, 2012: 4, 2013: 4, 2014: 7, 2015: 7, 2016: 16, 2017: 20, 2018: 14, 2019: 16, 2020: 13, 2021: 7, 2022: 4, 2023: 7, 2024: 7, 2025: 2, 2026: 1, year unknown: 141

Filmography / notable works

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/alcoholojisan/
• Xhttps://x.com/RiccaTachibana
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AB%8B%E8%8A%B1%E7%90%86%E9%A6%99
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9046310

Tags

• From Hiroshima Prefecture
• Voice actress
• Talent

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. 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.