Rika Abe (阿部 里果, Abe Rika, born 20 September) is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with VIMS.[1] She is known for voicing Mizuki Makabe in The Idolmaster Million Live!, Z23 in Azur Lane, and Hresvelgr in Frame Arms Girl.
In March 2017, she was cast as Hresvelgr in Frame Arms Girl.[4] This marked the first time she was cast in a major role in an anime television series.[3] In July 2017, Abe was invited to appear at Anime Festival Asia Indonesia as a guest for the Frame Arms Girl franchise.[3] In October 2017, as part of the Frame Arms Girl franchise, she was invited to appear at AFA Singapore as a guest, alongside her co-stars Narumi Kaho and Hibiku Yamamura.[5]
She voices the Azur Lane franchise's anthropomorphic personification of the German destroyer Z23, and her character single (released on 20 November 2019) charted at #33 at the Oricon Single Chart.[6] In 2019, she voiced Kanade Hokaze in Re:Stage! Dream Days.[7] In 2021, she reprised her role as Z23 in Azur Lane: Slow Ahead!.[8]
In June 2022, she was cast in Extreme Hearts as Hazuki Sakurai, one of the five members of May-Bee (one of the series' fictional idol groups).[9]
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