Rio Tsuchiya

Rio Tsuchiya, a native of Kanagawa Prefecture, was born on 19 August 1997.[1][2] In 2016, she starred in the public audition for the voice acting stage performance Genji Monogatari: Yōkō no Hime, Yūyami no Kimi.[3]

In December 2020, she was cast as Ranka in SSSS.Dynazenon.[4] In April 2022, she was cast as Shakuyaku in In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki.[5] In October 2022, she was cast as Tanya in My One-Hit Kill Sister.[6] In November 2022, she was cast as Hinano Hoshikita in Tatsunoko Production's Pole Princess!! anime project.[7] In March 2023, she was cast as Yukari Tsubaki in My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999.[8] In August 2023, she was cast as Hezera and Grea in Ragna Crimson.[9]

In October 2019, she was cast as Mei Tōmi in the video game Cue!.[10] She performed in two singles for her in-franchise musical unit AiRBLUE Moon, "MiRAGE! MiRAGE!!" (which charted at #23 in the Oricon Singles Chart) and "Reach For The World!" (which charted at #24 in the Oricon Singles Chart).[11][12] She reprised her role as Mei Tōmi in the game's 2022 anime adaptation.[13]

She voices Madoka Higuchi, one of the four members of the unit Noctchill, in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, a spinoff of The Idolmaster franchise.[14] Tsuchiya was solely interested in starring in the franchise in general and had also auditioned for Koito and Hinana.[14] She performed in two Noctchill singles: Gradate Wing 07 (which charted at #4 in the Oricon Singles Chart) and Layered Wing 07 (which charted at #6 in the Oricon Singles Chart).[15][16]