Rina Kawaguchi
Rina Kawaguchi is a Japanese voice actress from Saitama Prefecture, affiliated with Aoni Production. She is known for starring as Luca Ikaruga in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, Quan in Kizuna no Allele, Ai Kamiyo in Dark Gathering, and Nico Wakatsuki in Witch Watch.
Biography
Rina Kawaguchi, a native of Saitama Prefecture, was born on 24 November. During her early career, she voiced characters in Rifle Is Beautiful, Chibi Maruko-chan, GeGeGe no Kitarō, One Piece, Digimon Ghost Game, and Sailor Moon Eternal.She voiced Reginleif in Record of Ragnarok and Celty Srowa in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?. In 2023, she starred as Quan in Kizuna no Allele and as Ai Kamiyo in Dark Gathering; she also performed both opening theme songs of the former as part of the tie-in unit PathTLive. In August 2024, it was announced that she would star as Nico Wakatsuki, the main protagonist of Witch Watch.
In July 2023, it was announced that she would voice Luca Ikaruga, one of the three members of the unit Cometik, in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, a spinoff of The Idolmaster franchise. After unsuccessfully auditioning for the Shiny Colors unit Noctchill, she successfully auditioned to play Luca. She recalled sounding differently from her normal self for her audition, as well as wearing platform shoes to compensate for the height difference between her and her character.
She was already a fan of The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage by the time she joined Shiny Colors, and she considers Eve Santaclaus and Ranko Kanzaki among her favorite idols in the game.
K-pop is one of Kawaguchi's favorite genres.