Marika Kōno
Japanese voice actress
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Marika Kohno (高野 麻里佳, Kōno Marika; born February 22, 1994) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo. She was affiliated with the agency Mausu Promotion before becoming affiliated with Aoni Production. Debuting as a voice actress in 2013, her first main role was in the 2015 anime television series Seiyu's Life! as Rin Kohana. She and the other main cast members of Seiyu's Life! are also members of the music group Earphones. She is known for her roles as Yua Nakajima in Hinako Note, Mahiro Oyama in Onimai, Amau Ako in Blue Archive, and Silence Suzuka in Umamusume: Pretty Derby.
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- Voice actress
- singer
Marika Kohno | |
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高野 麻里佳 | |
Kohno at Philippine Game Show 2025 | |
| Born | February 22, 1994 Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 2013–present |
| Agent | Aoni Production |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | J-Pop |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2020–present |
| Label | Nippon Columbia |
| Website | columbia |
Biography
Kohno was born in Tokyo on February 22, 1994.[1] She is the second of three sisters;[2] her older sister Rina is a dancer.[3][4] As a child, she was already fond of reading aloud during elementary school classes.[5] She first became interested in voice acting from watching anime series. After learning that the characters Pikachu from Pokémon and Chopper from One Piece were voiced by the same person, Ikue Ōtani, Kouno began to aspire to pursuing a career in voice acting.[5]
Upon entering high school, Kohno joined her school's voice acting club, where she studied the performances of voice actors. She also participated in other activities such as playing basketball. After her graduation, she enrolled in a training school operated by the Yoyogi Animation Academy.[5][6] She completed her studies in 2014, and became affiliated with the Mausu Promotion agency the same year.[7][6][8]
Kohno began her career playing minor roles in anime series such as Aikatsu!, Log Horizon, and Rail Wars!.[9] She then played the roles of Utako Uta and Pakuko in Chikasugi Idol Akae-chan, which was also the first time she performed a song in an anime.[5] The following year, she was cast in her first main role as Rin Kohana in the anime series Seiyu's Life!.[10] She, together with her Seiyu's Life co-stars Rie Takahashi and Yuki Nagaku, formed the music group Earphones.[10] She also became a member of the idol group Team Ohenro.[11]
In 2017, Kohno played the roles of Yua Nakajima in Hinako Note, and Yumina Urnea Belfast in In Another World With My Smartphone.[12][13] She was also announced to be voicing the character Silence Suzuka in the multimedia franchise Umamusume: Pretty Derby.[14] In 2018, she played the role of Sat-chan in Mitsuboshi Colors,[15] and she reprised the role of Silence Suzuka for the anime series of Umamusume: Pretty Derby.[14]
On October 1, 2020, she transferred to Aoni Production.[7]
On February 24, 2020, Kohno made her solo singer debut under Nippon Columbia with the release of her first single, "Yume Mitai, demo Yume janai" (夢みたい、でも夢じゃない).[16]
On November 1, 2022, it was announced on Kohno's Twitter page that she had been diagnosed with adjustment disorder in mid-October 2022. Due to this, her scheduled activities have been limited per advice from her agency, Aoni Production, in order to prioritize her current treatment.[17]
Filmography
TV anime
Anime films
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Bayonetta: Bloody Fate | ||
| Hinata no Aoshigure | Students | ||
| 2015 | Wake Up, Girls! Beyond the Bottom | Noa Morina | [63] |
| 2016 | Pop in Q | Okku | [64] |
| 2019 | Fight! Space Attendant Aoi | Ray Hua | [65] |
| 2024 | Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram | Miko Yoshinaga | [66] |
OVA
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Digimon Adventure tri.- Chapter 2: Determination | |||
| Digimon Adventure tri.- Chapter 3: Confession | ||||
| 2018 | Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World "Memory Snow" | Petra Leyte | OVA 1 | [67] |
| Uma Musume Pretty Derby "BNW's Oath" | Silence Suzuka | Season 1 Extras (OVA 1-3) | [68] | |
| 2019 | We Never Learn | Mizuki Yuiga | OVA 1 | [69] |
| 2020 | OVA 2 | [70] |
Video games
Live-action
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Anime Supremacy! | Aoi Mureno[250] |
Dubbing
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | All Saints Street | Lily Angel[251] |
Drama CDs
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Onimai: I'm Now Your Sister! | Mahiro Oyama[252] |
Discography
Albums
Singles
Notes
- Known in Japan as Saga of Ishtaria.
- Know in Japan as For Whom the Alchemist Exists.
- Also known as Fantasy Frontier Online (TW & HK), and/or Innocent World ／ Gensō Shin'iki -Cross to Fate- (JP).
- Known in Japan as Armored Girls.
- Known in Japan as War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius: Phantom War.
- Known in Japan as Armored Girls: Crisis By The Mizel's REMNANTS.
- Japanese: 千年の巨神／せんねんのきょしん, Hepburn: Sennen no Ki~yoshin; lit. "Millennium Giant god."
- Japanese: 里見八犬伝 浜路姫之記／さとみはっけんでん はまじひめのき, Hepburn: Satomi Hakken-den Hamaji-Hime no-ki.
- Japanese: 妖怪百姫たん！／ようかいひゃっきたん！, Hepburn: Yōkai Hi~yakki-tan!; lit. "Hundred Apparition Little-Princesses!"