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Rika Hayashi
Japanese voice actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rika Hayashi (Japanese: はやし りか, Hepburn: Hayashi Rika; born 1 June) is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Arts Vision.[1] She starred as Tonbo Ōi in Tonbo! and won the Seiyu Award for Best Rookie Actor at the 19th Seiyu Awards.
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Rika Hayashi, a native of Hashimoto, Wakayama,[2] was born on 1 June.[1] Her mother was a former caddie.[3] While she was a young child, she would visit a driving range her parents took her to every week after getting a golf club as a gift, and at least once she curiously made a ball roll down an uneven surface there.[4] However, Hayashi recalled that she rarely played golf and was unfamiliar with the sport's terminology.[5][6]
Inspired to go into voice acting after being hospitalized as a youth,[6] she was educated at the Japan Narration Acting Institute.[1] She made her voice acting debut during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, later recalling the first few years of her career as "being concurrent with COVID".[a][7] In 2024, she had minor roles in Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian, Magilumiere Co. Ltd., and Terminator Zero.[8]
In 2024, she made her first starring role as Tonbo Ōi in the golf-themed anime Tonbo!;[3] this was the first work she passed through an audition.[9] At the beginning of recording she would bring a golf club to the studio.[9] She also sang the anime's ending theme "Let's Swing" alongside Tokyo Groove Jyoshi.[10] In 2025, she won the Seiyu Award for Best Rookie Actor at the 19th Seiyu Awards.[11]
Hayashi once practiced classical ballet and collected recorded albums, particularly orchestral music.[4]
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- (Felt like) being in the same class with COVID (コロナと同期, Corona to dōki)
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