Aida Rikako

is a Japanese voice actress, singer, actress, and former child actress under Ken Production and belongs to DMM music / Astro Voice record label. She is also a member of Aqours, Saint Aqours Snow, and one of their sub-unit Guilty Kiss. She debuted as a solo artist on June 19, 2019, with the EP Principal.

Early life
Aida Rikako was born on August 8, 1992, in Tokyo, Japan. She was raised as an only child in a single-mother family. In the second year of elementary school, she moved to Los Angeles to follow her mother's study abroad and stayed there for four years. She returned to Japan in her fifth year of elementary school. Some time later, she was scouted and started a career as a child model and actress. During that time, she had the opportunity to appear on the stage of a theater company. Her encounter with the TV anime series Gintama be the turning point of her life. After graduating from high school, while doing part-time work without attending higher education, she enrolled as a first year student in the basic department of a training school run by Ken Production. Later, she restarted her way to the entertainment industry under the stage name "Ito Rikako".

2014: Voice actress debut
Rikako made her debut as a voice actress in 2014 and started playing various characters before given the role of Sakurauchi Riko from Love Live! Sunshine!! in 2015, a role that gave her name as a performer.

In July 2016, Rikako opened her own twitter account, followed by an instagram account in October of the same year.

In February 2017, Rikako appeared as a member of the group "Aqours" in a concert held at Yokohama Arena. A month later, she within her group won the Singing Award at the 11th Seiyu Awards held at the JOQR Media Plus Hall in Minato, Tokyo.

2019: Solo artist debut
On March 14, 2019, Rikako announced that she will debut as a solo singer under DMM music, a joint record label newly established by DMM.com and A-Sketch, as their first artist.

On June 19, 2019, Rikako debuted with the EP Principal.

On March 26, 2021, the second performance of Rikako's national tour Aida Rikako 1st Live Tour 2020-2021 "Curtain raise" was held at the Orix Theater in Osaka. This tour is associated with her first album Curtain raise released in March 2020 and was originally scheduled to start in April 2020. However, due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the Osaka performance was postponed to February 2021 and then to March, where it was finally held. With the release event for her second EP Fiction held in the past year, the tour finally reached its conclusion. The audience seats were spaced apart, and they also took measures against infection, such as wearing masks and refraining from cheering. At the end of the performance, Rikako surprised the audience by performing for the first time the song "Dream hopper" from her second EP. The tour was officially ended as she sang the last song "ORDINARY LOVE". Later, it has been decided that the tour will be broadcast and distributed on May 23 at midnight on Fuji TV TWO Drama/Animation/Fuji TV TWO smart.

Albums

 * [2020.03.31] Curtain raise

EPs

 * [2019.06.19] Principal
 * [2021.02.24] Fiction

Singles

 * [2019.11.13] for...

Digital Singles

 * [2020.08.07] Blue Hour

Concerts and tours

 * Aida Rikako 1st Live Tour 2020-2021 "Curtain raise" (2020)

Awards and nominations

 * 11th Seiyu Awards - Singing Award (Aqours)

Photobooks

 * R.A. (Shueisha, ISBN 978-4-08-780845-2) (2018)

Official links

 * Website
 * Ken Production
 * Twitter
 * Instagram