Riko Kohara

Riko Kohara (小原 莉子, Kohara Riko, born February 3, 1990) is a Japanese voice actress and guitarist from Gifu Prefecture. She is currently affiliated with Object.[1]

Riko Kohara
小原 莉子
Born (1990-02-03) February 3, 1990[1]
Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Other namesRikopin (りこぴん)
Occupation
Years active2014–present
AgentObject
Notable work
Height156 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentsGuitarist
Years active2011–present
Associated actsRaise A Suilen
Websiteobject-co.jp/talent/riko_kohara/

History

Kohara graduated from ESP College of Entertainment, a vocational school that specializes in electric guitar and basses.[2] According to her friend in high school, Kohara switched from vocals to guitar when her guitarist band mate asked to switch their position. While she was in vocational school, she studied under BURNY's guitarist Masanori Kusakabe, who is also from Gifu Prefecture. Therefore, Kohara inherited Kusakabe's guitar playstyle.[3]

In July 2011, Kohara became a member The Sketchbook, a real band based on a fictional band in Sket Dance universe along with Hiroshi Tada (vocal & bass) and Yuu Watanabe (drum), in which three of them performed opening, endings, and insert songs for the anime. The band disbanded on March 25 as the personnel wanted to focus on their own dreams.[4]

In 2014, Kohara debuted as voice actress with her first role as a vegetable-hater boy in Soreyuke! Anpanman.[5]

In 2018, Kohara joined The Third (TBD), a backup band in the mixed-media franchise BanG Dream!. She joined the band as its guitarist during its first live on March 25, 2018 at Shimokitazawa Garden.[6] The band was later renamed to Raise A Suilen and its members received their own in-universe characters, with Kohara voicing the guitarist Rokka Asahi.[7] Kohara used to perform with a Gibson Les Paul, but switched to Strandberg after joining RAS.[8]

Filmography

Television anime series

Video games
gollark: I'm using a MPU6050 module for a project (at school, we're doing robotics stuff) but that has nice breadboardable pins.
gollark: I can probably convince my parents to get me random electronic components as it's Christmas soon, and also probably should maybe.
gollark: Well, it's Christmas, so have all your friends buy you 10 ESP32s for Christmas.
gollark: I mean, an ESP32 is dirt-cheap.
gollark: Microcontrollers are the easy part surely?

References
  1. "小原莉子｜アニメキャラ・プロフィール・出演情報・最新情報まとめ". animate Times. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  2. "活躍するESP学園出身生". 音楽・芸能と楽器の専門学校 ESPエンタテインメント東京. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  3. ANIME Bros.♯3 (TOKYO NEWS MOOK 770号). 23 January 2019. pp. 19, 35.
  4. "Sket Dance-Inspired Band The Sketchbook to Break Up". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  5. "The Sketchbook tweet". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  6. "『THE THIRD(仮)1st ライブ』にて新情報解禁！" [New information has been released at "THE THIRD (TBD) 1st Live"!]. Bushiroad (Press release) (in Japanese). PR Times. March 26, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  7. Komatsu, Mikikazu (July 18, 2018). "BanG Dream! Franchise's 3rd Girls Band Reveals Their Official Name "RAISE A SUILEN"". Crunchyroll. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  8. "Riko Kohara's statement on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  9. "アートコードサマナーオフィシャルサイト". artcodesummoner.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  10. "星空鉄道とシロの旅公式サイト - サークルしらたまこ". shiratamaco.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-06-27.
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