Mao Ichimichi

"M·A·O" redirects here. For other uses, see Mao (disambiguation).

Mao Ichimichi (市道 真央, Ichimichi Mao; born February 1, 1992)^[1][2] is a Japanese actress. She started her career as a Japanese idol member of Horipro's HOP Club under the stage name Rio Minami (南 梨央, Minami Rio) and is a gravure idol. She started an extensive voice acting career under the stage name M・A・O.^[3]

Mao Ichimichi
市道 真央
Born	(1992-02-01) February 1, 1992 (age 33) Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Other names	M·A·O Rio Minami
Occupations	Actress voice actress
Years active	2010–present
Agent	Yellow Cab Next
Height	158 cm (5 ft 2 in)

Biography

Ichimichi worked with Horipro's idol group HOP Club with the stage name Rio Minami (南 梨央, Minami Rio).^[4][5][6] She appeared in the variety show Enter! 371. After releasing the idol DVD Ike Ike Go! Go! HOP Club, she left the group. She joined Yellow Cab Next and became a co-host in the Weekly Shōnen Jump variety show Sakiyomi Jum-Bang!. She played Luka Millfy/Gokai Yellow in the Super Sentai series Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, following the footsteps of her former HOP Club batch mate Suzuka Morita. She released her first solo gravure idol DVD A Distant Shore, along with a companion photo book of the same title. She promoted her second idol video Apartment and photo book Afternoon Tea in December. She released modeling calendars for Try-X.^[7][8][9]

Filmography

Live-action

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[2]
2010–2014	Sakiyomi Jum-Bang!	Informational Corner segments	Variety show	Resume
2011–2012	Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger	Luka Millfy / Gokai Yellow	Main role	Resume
2016	Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger	Luka Millfy / Gokai Yellow	Eps. 28-29
2017–2018	Uchu Sentai Kyuranger	Raptor 283 / Washi Pink	Voice role	[10]
2019	Super Sentai Strongest Battle	Luka Millfy / Gokai Yellow	eps. 1,3,4
2019 –2020	Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger	Kishiryu Chibigaroo	Voice role, eps. 27-28	[citation needed]
	Kamen Rider Zero-One	Ai-chan	Voice role, eps. 36-38, 44	[citation needed]
2021	Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga	Alien Metron "Marluru"	Voice role	[11][12]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[2]
2011	Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs. Shinkenger: Epic on Ginmaku	Gokai Yellow	Cameo
2011	Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle	Luka Millfy / Gokai Yellow
2011	Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger the Movie: The Flying Ghost Ship	Luka Millfy / Gokai Yellow
2012	Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie	Luka Millfy / Gokai Yellow
2012	Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen	Luka Millfy / Gokai Yellow
2013	Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters vs. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: The Movie	Luka Millfy / Gokai Yellow
2013	009-1: The End of the Beginning	Sharon		[13]
2014	Gothic Lolita Battle Bear	Kyoko Aikawa		[14]
2014	Ressha Sentai ToQger the Movie: Galaxy Line S.O.S.	Passko (voice)	Cameo	[15][16]
2017	Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Ultra Super Hero Taisen	Raptor 283 / Washi Pink
2018	Uchu Sentai Kyuranger vs. Space Squad	Raptor 283 / Washi Pink Luka Millfy
2021	Kaizoku Sentai: Ten Gokaiger	Luka Millfy / Gokai Yellow

Idol videos

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[2]
2006–2010	Hop Club videos	Herself		[17][18]
2011	A Distant Shore	Herself	First solo gravure idol video	[19]
2011	Apartment	Herself		[20]

Anime

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[2]
2009	Cooking Idol Ai! Mai! Main! [ja]	Kirakira	part anime, part live-action	[21]
2013	DD Fist of the North Star	Lin		[21]
2013	Chronicles of the Going Home Club	Azarashi		[21]
2013	Teekyu 2	Kindergartener, Clerk		[21]
2013	Silver Spoon	Chidori Ikeda		[21]
2013	Wanna Be the Strongest in the World	MC		[21]
2013	Samurai Flamenco	Mizuki Misawa		[21][22]
2014	Noragami	Yui Ayumu		[21]
2014	Z/X Ignition	Fierte		[21]
2014	Magical Warfare	Ena Kisaki		[21]
2014	World Conquest Zvezda Plot	Renge Komadori		[21][23]
2014	Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha	Imadegawa, Schoolgirl		[21]
2014	Brynhildr in the Darkness	Kazumi Schlierenzauer		[21][24]
2014	Locodol	Tomoko Usami		[21]
2014	Sword Art Online II	Girl, Girl student		[21]
2014	Magic Kaito 1412	Aoko Nakamori		[21][25]
2014	Ai Tenchi Muyo!	Nana Saruha		[21]
2014	Hi-sCoool! SeHa Girls	Dreamcast		[21][26][27]
2014	Gonna be the Twin-Tail!!	Mikoto Sakuragawa		[21][28][29]
2015	Death Parade	Mai Takada		[21]
2015–16	Durarara!!x2 series	Vorona		[21][30][31]
2015	World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman	Kyoko Takanashi 高梨恭子		[21]
2015	Isuca	Suseri Shimazu		[21][32]
2015	Re-Kan!	Kyōko Esumi		[21][33]
2015	Ultimate Otaku Teacher	Madoka Kuramachi		[21][28][34]
2015	Triage X	Yoko Komine 小峯蓉子		[21]
2015	Chaos Dragon: Sekiryū Sen'eki	Izun イズン		[21]
2015	Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace	Higashi Koji Chiyako ヒガシコウジチヨコ		[21]
2015	Castle Town Dandelion	White ginkgo 白銀杏		[21]
2015	Wakaba Girl	Mao Kurokawa		[21]
2015	Kurayami Santa [ja]	Kazuyuki Kanegawa 鹿羽一之助		[21]
2015	My Monster Secret	Akane Kōmoto		[21][28][35]
2015	Overlord	Enri Emmot		[21]
2015	School-Live!	Yūri Wakasa		[21][36]
2015	Venus Project Climax	Boss Sho 下司麗		[21]
2015	The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls 2nd Season	Fumika Sagisawa		[21]
2015	Diabolik Lovers: More Blood	Christina クリスティーナ		[21]
2015	Lance N' Masques	Ryu Yuifa		[21][37][38]
2015	Young Black Jack	fan ファン		[21]
2015	Chivalry of a Failed Knight	Renren Tomaru		[21][39]
2015–16	The Asterisk War series	Yosuga Migahara 美ヶ原よすが	2 seasons	[21]
2015	Onsen Yōsei Hakone-chan	Haruna		[21]
2015	Rainy Cocoa	Madam マダム		[21]
2015	Aria the Scarlet Ammo AA	Raika Hino		[21][40]
2015	DD Fist of the North Star 2	Lin		[21]
2015	Dance with Devils	Schoolgirl		[21]
2015	Is the Order a Rabbit?	A customer 客		[21]
2016	Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation	Aika Suzuki		[21]
2016	Rainbow Days	Mori Rina 森リナ		[21]
2016	Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle	Sonia Remist サニア・レミスト		[21]
2016	Space Patrol Luluco	Luluco		[21][41]
2016	Seisen Cerberus	Saraato		[21]
2016	Hundred	Claire Harvey		[21]
2016	Kuromukuro	Yukina Shirakane		[21][42]
2016	And you thought there is never a girl online?	Kyō Goshōin		[21][43]
2016	Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō	Sonoko Hattori		[21][44]
2016	Taboo Tattoo	Aisha アイーシャ		[21]
2016	This Art Club Has a Problem!	Yuka Koeda 小枝木由佳		[21]
2016	Alderamin on the Sky	Ikta Solork (child)		[21]
2016	Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On	Navirou		[21][45]
2016	Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Season 2	Julieta Juris		[21]
2016	Flip Flappers	Papika		[21][46]
2016	Keijo	Sayaka Miyata		[21][47]
2016	ClassicaLoid	Baranowska		[21]
2016–19	The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.	Imu Rifuta	Debuted in 2nd season	[48]
2017	Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga	Mamushi Hojo		[21]
2017–20	One Room	Yui Hanasaka 花坂結衣	3 seasons	[21]
2017–20	Tsugumomo	Taguri Kanayama	2 seasons	[21]
2017	Food Wars! Shokugeki no Souma: The Third Plate	Mea Yanai
2017	Hinako Note	Hinako Sakuragi		[21]
2017	Twin Angel Break	Meguru Amatsuki/Angel Rose		[21]
2017	Kado: The Right Answer	Saraka Tsukai		[21][49]
2017	Aho-Girl	Akane Eimura		[21][50]
2017	Nana Maru San Batsu	Yuki Kōzuki		[21]
2017	Action Heroine Cheer Fruits	Misaki Shirogane		[21]
2017	Classroom of the Elite	Airi Sakura		[21][51]
2017	King's Game The Animation	Chiemi Honda		[52]
2017	Granblue Fantasy The Animation	Narmaya	Episode 12
2018	Katana Maidens ~ Toji No Miko	Suzuka Konohana	also Mini Toji	[53]
2018	Slow Start	Shion Kyōzuka		[54]
2018–22	Teasing Master Takagi-san	Yukari Tenkawa	3 seasons	[55]
2018	The Seven Deadly Sins : Revival of the Commandments	Melascula	season 2 Eps. 2-4, 6 - ,	[56]
2018	A Certain Magical Index III	Stephanie Gorgeouspalace
2018	Black Clover	Fana		[57]
2018	Gurazeni	Yuki		[58]
2018	Magical Girl Site	Sayuki Ringa		[59]
2018	Last Period	Campanella		[60]
2018	Cells at Work!	Eosinophil		[61]
2018	Dropkick on My Devil!	Beth
2018–21	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	Shion		[62]
2018	RErideD: Derrida, who leaps through time	Mage Bilstein		[63]
2018	Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru!	Midori Ukai	Eps. 6-	[64]
2019	Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka	Tamara Volkova		[65]
2019	Mob Psycho 100 II	Minori Asagiri		[66]
2019	Fruits Basket	Motoko Minagawa		[67]
2019	Over Drive Girl 1/6	Subaru Amanohara		[68]
2019	Ultramarine Magmell	Zero		[69]
2019	Are You Lost?	Homare Onishima		[70]
2019	Demon Lord, Retry!	Organ		[71]
2019–20	Fire Force	Iris		[72]
2019	Wasteful Days of High School Girls	Hisui "Majo" Kujō		[73]
2019	Senki Zesshō Symphogear XV	Vanessa		[74]
2019	BEM	Bela		[75]
2019	Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? II	Lena Tally
2019	Hōkago Saikoro Club	Emilia		[76]
2019	Val × Love	Röskva		[77]
2019	Babylon	Hiasa Sekuro		[78]
2019	Kandagawa Jet Girls	Aqua Manjo		[79]
2019	Beastars	Sally		[80]
2019	Rifle Is Beautiful	Rei Asakura		[81]
2020	Id – Invaded	Hondomachi		[82]
2020	Pet	Jin		[83]
2020	Nekopara	Shigure Minaduki		[84]
2020	Hatena Illusion	Emma Sakurai		[85]
2020	Interspecies Reviewers	Meidri		[86]
2020	Magia Record	Nanaka Tokiwa	Episode 6
2020	The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me?	Wilmal		[87]
2020	Arte	Katarina		[88]
2020	My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!	Nicol Ascart (childhood)		[89]
2020	Dropkick on My Devil!! Dash	Beth
2020–22	Princess Connect! Re:Dive	Pecorine/Eustiana von Astraea	2 seasons	[90]
2020	Monster Girl Doctor	Lorna Arte		[91]
2020	Warlords of Sigrdrifa	Azuzu Komagome		[92]
2021	Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town	Choline		[93]
2021	Gekidol	Doll		[94]
2021	WIXOSS Diva(A)Live	Yuki Azami		[95]
2021–23	Horimiya	Remi Ayasaki	Also The Missing Pieces	[96][97]
2021	Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House	Sumire, Momohana		[98]
2021	Dragon Goes House-Hunting	Albert		[99]
2021	The Way of the Househusband	Gin		[100]
2021	How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom	Roroa Amidonia		[101]
2021	Peach Boy Riverside	Frau		[102]
2021	The Dungeon of Black Company	Ranga		[103]
2021	Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut	Lyudmila Halrova		[104]
2021	Platinum End	Saki Hanakago		[105]
2022	Irodorimidori	Naru Hakobe		[106]
2022	Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout	Hinata Tachibana (Female)		[107]
2022	Miss Kuroitsu from the Monster Development Department	Akashic		[108]
2022	Hairpin Double	Red/Azumi Shibukawa		[109]
2022	Shenmue: The Animation	Joy		[110]
2022	Aharen-san Is Indecipherable	Mitsuki Ōshiro		[111]
2022	The Executioner and Her Way of Life	Ashuna		[112]
2022	Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story	Kaoruko Iijima		[113]
2022	Love After World Domination	Hellko		[114]
2022	In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki	Konoha		[115]
2022	Dropkick on My Devil!!! X	Beth
2022	Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer	Anima		[116]
2022	Hanabi-chan Is Often Late	Thunder Rai Nihonbashi		[117]
2022	My Master Has No Tail	Mameda		[118]
2022	Me & Roboco	Madoka		[119]
2022	Beast Tamer	Tina Hollee	Episode 13
2023	Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre	Kaoru Yoshikawa		[120]
2023	Ultraman	Balkyua	Season 3	[121]
2023	Yohane the Parhelion: Sunshine in the Mirror	Kohaku		[122]
2023	The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen	Sefek		[123]
2023	The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today	Rio Nishina		[124]
2023	Synduality: Noir	Schnee		[125]
2023	The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons	Saki Kirishima		[126]
2024	The Fire Hunter 2nd Season	Ruri Matsuri		[127]
2024	A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics	Livia Do Udis		[128]
2024	Go! Go! Loser Ranger!	Pink Keeper		[129]
2024	2.5 Dimensional Seduction	Mayuri Hanyu		[130]
2024	Dungeon People	Fūrin		[131]
2024	VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral After Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream	Eirai Sonokaze		[132]
2024	Trillion Game	Kirika Kokuryu		[133]
2025	Aquarion: Myth of Emotions	Murua Satene		[134]
2025	From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated!	Grace Auvergne		[135]
2025	I Left My A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths!	Jamie		[136]
2025	The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World	Tenri Nikaidō/Kizuna Silver		[137]
2025	A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof	Fumiko Kusagakure		[138]
2025	Secrets of the Silent Witch	Rynzbelfeid		[139]
2025	Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer!	Claire		[140]
2025	Sakamoto Days	Akira Akao		[141]
2025	The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess	Konoha Magnolia		[142]
2025	Alma-chan Wants to Have a Family!	Suzume Yobane		[143]
TBA	Magical Girl Raising Project Restart	Rionetta		[144]
TBA	The Holy Grail of Eris	Lily Orlamunde		[145]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[2]
2013	Persona 3 The Movie: No. 1, Spring of Birth	Female Student A
2014	Yūto-kun ga Iku	Lulu		[21]
2015–18	Digimon Adventure tri.	Hikari Yagami		[146]
2015	Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova- DC	Hiei		[21][147]
2015	Cyborg 009 VS Devilman	Françoise Arnoul/003		[148]
2016	Gantz: O	Anzu Yamasaki	3d anime film	[21][149]
2016	Pop in Q	Tadona		[150]
2017	Trinity Seven the Movie: The Eternal Library and the Alchemist Girl	Anastasia-L		[151]
2019	Promare	Thyma
2020	Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna	Hikari Yagami		[152]
2020	The Island of Giant Insects	Mutsumi Oribe
2020	BEM: Become Human	Bela		[21]
2021	Eureka - Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution	Kira Pometo		[153]
2022	Eien no 831	Nazuna Hashimoto		[154]
2022	Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie	Yukari Tenkawa		[155]
2022	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Movie – Scarlet Bond	Shion		[156]
2023	Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning	Hikari Yagami		[157]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Console	Source[2]
2011	Super Sentai games	Luka Millfy/Gokai Yellow
2014	Bullet Girls	Aya Hinomoto		[21]
2014	Caladrius BLAZE	Noah & Nina Twinning	PS3	[21]
2015	Possession Magenta [ja]	Mimi Masuki 文月美玲	Other	[21]
2015	Aegis of Earth: Protonovus Assault	Towa	PS3, other	[21]
2015	Mighty No. 9	Call		[158]
2015	Nights of Azure	Arnice	PS3, other	[21]
2015	Omega Labyrinth	Saeri Soja	PS Vita	[21]
2015	Superdimension Neptune vs Sega Hard Girls	Dreamcast	PS Vita	[21][159]
2015	Majo Koi Nikki Dragon x Caravan [ja]	Sanada Ryuraku 真田甘楽	Other	[21]
2015	Granblue Fantasy	Narmaya, Pecorine	PC, Android, iOS
2016	Bullet Girls 2	Aya Hinomoto	PS Vita	[21]
2016	Girls' Frontline	ADS, PA-15	iOS, Android	[21]
2016	Genkai Tokki: Seven Pirates	Claret	PS Vita	[21]
2016	Monster Hunter Stories	Navirou ナビルー	3DS	[21]
2016	Recolove [ja]	Oga Nishinaga 御前渚紗	Blue Ocean and Gold Beach	[21]
2016	Idol Death Game TV	Ren Isahaya	PS Vita	[21]
2017	SINoALICE	Alice	iOS, Android
2017	Magia Record	Nanaka Tokiwa	iOS, Android	[160]
2017	Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon	Arnice	PS4, other	[21]
2017	Xenoblade Chronicles 2	Nim	Nintendo Switch
2019	Another Eden	Felmina	iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch
2019	Mahjong Soul	Sara & Nana Shiraishi	PC, iOS, Android
2019	Fate/Grand Order	Europa	iOS, Android
2019	Azur Lane	IJN Fubuki, HMS Howe, USS Nicholas	iOS, Android
2019	Arknights	Viviana	iOS, Android
2019	The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross	Melascula of Faith	iOS, Android
2019	13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim	Tomi Kisaragi	PS4, Nintendo Switch
2020	Kandagawa Jet Girls	Aqua Manjo	PS4, PC	[79]
2020	Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni Mei	Chisame Kurosawa	iOS, Android
2021	Lord of Heroes (Mobile)	Lucilicca	iOS, Android
2021	Birdie Crush	Jenny	iOS, Android
2021	Alchemy Stars	Lilliam	iOS, Android
2022	Xenoblade Chronicles 3	Ashera	Nintendo Switch	[161]
2022	Goddess of Victory: Nikke	Snow White, Snow White: Innocent Days	iOS, Android	[162]
2022	Neural Cloud	Florence, Nascita	iOS, Android	[163]
2023	404 Game Re:set	Xevious	iOS, Android	[164]
2023	Naraka: Bladepoint	Tessa	Xbox Series, PS5, PC
2024	Granblue Fantasy: Relink	Narmaya	PS4, PS5, PC	[165]
2024	Strinova	Celestia 星理恵	PC	[166]
2025	Genshin Impact	Varesa	PS4, PS5, PC, Xbox	[167]

Other dubbing

Title	Role	Voice dub for	Notes	Source
The Edge of Seventeen	Krista	Haley Lu Richardson		[168]
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle	Bethany Walker	Madison Iseman		[169]
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween	Sarah Quinn	Madison Iseman		[170]
Phenomena	Jennifer Corvino	Jennifer Connelly	2020 Blu-ray edition	[171]
The Acolyte	Jecki Lon	Dafne Keen		[172]

Bibliography

• A Distant Shore (2011, companion book to idol video of the same title)
• Afternoon Tea (2012, companion book to Apartment, ISBN 9784896018240)^[173]
• Tooi Nagisa (2011, photo book, ISBN 978-4862058362)^[174]

Discography

• The Idolmaster Cinderella Master 031 – Fumika Sagisawa – Fumika Sasaigawa (M・A・O) – reached number 4 on Oricon charts.^[175]
• Harumachi Clover (春待ちクローバー) – Yui Hanasaka (M・A・O) – reached number 98 on Oricon charts.^[176]

Drama CDs

Title	Role	Notes	Source[2]
Hundred	Claire Harvey		[177]
Gonna be the Twin-Tail!!	Mikoto Sakuragawa		[28]