Ruriko Aoki
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Ruriko Aoki | |
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青木 瑠璃子 | |
| Born | March 24, 1990 Saitama Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation | Voice actress |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Agent | Asleben |
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] |
Ruriko Aoki (青木瑠璃子, Aoki Ruriko; born March 24, 1990) is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Asleben.[2] She voiced Riina Tada in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, for which she received a top-ten charting single. She also voiced Ranra in The World Is Still Beautiful, Yucho La in Idol Memories, Katrina in RoboMasters: The Animated Series, and Marin in Hyrule Warriors Legends.
Ruriko Aoki was born on 24 March 1990 in Saitama Prefecture.[3][4] In junior high school, Aoki became conscious of the profession of voice actors for the first time. She was a member of the high school broadcasting club, where she worked in production, advertising, and announcer work.[5] Aoki went to university aiming at broadcasting relations because there were a wide range of possibilities.[6]
In 2014, she was cast as Ranra in The World Is Still Beautiful.[7] In 2017, she was cast as Katrina in RoboMasters: The Animated Series.[8] She voices Ayu in the second episode of Hakata Mentai! Pirikarako-chan, which aired in 2019.[9]
She voiced Riina Tada in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls.[10] Riina Tana's single, released on 23 January 2013, charted at #7 in the Oricon Singles Chart on 4 February 2013.[11] She reprised her Idolmaster role in the Cinderella Girls Theater,[12] and also appears in several albums and singles made for Cinderella Girls.[13] She later said in an interview that she called the producers' voices the best part of the Cinderella Girls' first live concert in April 2014.[6] She also voices the Chinese-born Yucho La in Idol Memories.[14]
She voices Marin in Hyrule Warriors Legends,[3] for which she also appeared in a gameplay video released in January 2016.[15] Aoki said in an interview with Famitsu that, as a kid, she was a fan of the Legend of Zelda video game franchise.[16] Aoki appeared in NHK's Symphonic Gamers concert in October 2016.[17] She also makes an appearance in a March 2016 magazine/book for Splatoon.[18]
Personal life
Aoki has a younger brother.[16]
