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Rika Matsumoto (Japanese松本(まつもと) 梨香(りか)HepburnMatsumoto Rika), known as Rica Matsumoto, (born November 30, 1968) is the Japanese voice actress of Satoshi (Ash Ketchum), as well as many other characters.

Outside of Pokémon, Rica has had roles in series such as Outlaw Star, Yu-Gi-Oh, Naruto, and the Super Robot Wars series of games. She's also been a member of the singing group JAM Project, and did work in the Japanese dub of Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! among others. She is also the voice actress for Arthur G6 in her first voice acting role in the Super Sentai Series, Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman.

She specializes in singing anime songs and has performed numerous opening themes for the Japanese version of the Pokémon anime. Furthermore, her singing ability also brings another album outside Pokémon anime, "Alive a Life" (2002), "Go! Now! ~Alive A life neo~" (2019) for a Kamen Rider series opening theme, Kamen Rider Ryuki, and "Kotsu Kotsu PON PON" (2024) for a Super Sentai ending theme, Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger.

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Characters[]

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Non-Pokémon roles[]

  • Megara "Meg" (Kingdom Hearts II & Kingdom Hearts III)
  • Bunnie Rabbot (Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM))
  • Dixie (The Fox and the Hound 2)
  • Chel (The Road to El Dorado)
  • Chiro (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!)
  • Bessy (Barnyard)
  • Bundorio Bunderas (Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger)

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