Rikako Aikawa


Rikako Aikawa is a Japanese actress and Voice [acting in Japan|voice actress] affiliated with Atomic Monkey. She was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She was originally a child actress. Her real name after she married Mitsuo Iwata, a Japanese voice actor, is Nahomi Iwata.
She appears in the Japanese and English-language versions of the Pokémon anime, voicing Ash's Caterpie, Metapod and Butterfree and his Krabby. She had a main role in the List of [Pokémon: Adventures on the Orange Islands episodes|Orange League series] where she voiced Ash's Lapras in both versions. She also appeared in Pokémon: [The Movie 2000|the second Pokémon movie] as the legendary Fire Pokémon, Moltres. She had a recurring role in the List of [Pokémon: The Johto Journeys episodes|Johto series] as Charla, Liza's female Charizard, a Pokémon who lives at the Charicific Valley and who eventually developed a romantic relationship with Ash's Charizard. She also played Madame Muchmoney's Granbull.
She is also known as a specialist of tongue-twisters in the Japanese language.

Filmography

Tokusatsu

Dubbing roles