The native form of this personal name is Hayashi Rika. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

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.

Biography

Rika Hayashi, a native of Hashimoto, Wakayama,[2] was born on 1 June.[1] Her mother was a former caddy.[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]

Filmography

Television animation

Year Title Role Ref.
2024 Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Soccer team manager [8]
2024 Magilumiere Co. Ltd. Miyakodo employee [8]
2024 Terminator Zero Children at playground [8]
2024 Tonbo! Tonbo Ōi [3]

Notes

  1. ^ (Felt like) being in the same class with COVID (コロナと同期, Corona to dōki)

References

  1. ^ a b c "はやし りか". Arts Vision (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  2. ^ "「お気に入りはSW。ドライバーはまだ触っていません!」[My favorite is a SW. I have not hit with a driver yet!] 【「とんぼ」の声優・はやしりかさんインタビュー #1】 [Interview with Rika Hayashi, the voice actor for Tonbo #1]". Min'na no Golf Digest (in Japanese). 16 August 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "とんぼ役声優・はやしりか「母親は元キャディ」親孝行の初主演！テレビアニメ「オーイ！とんぼ」放送開始！ さらに！5月・６月はゴルフメジャー３大会を生中継 [Rika Hayashi, the voice actor for the role Tonbo, says, "Mom was a caddy". The first starring role proofs her filial piety! TV anime "Oh! To Bo" starts broadcast! Further more! Will live broadcast 3 major golf tournaments in May and June]". Newscast (in Japanese). 30 April 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  4. ^ a b "声優・はやしりか、デビュー4年目で掴んだ「オーイ！とんぼ」での初主演　「素敵な原作をより良くできる声優になりたい」 [Rika Hayashi, a voice actor into her fourth year after debut, grabbed her first starring role with "Oh! Tonbo"; Hayashi says, I wish I will be a voice actor who can only better the wonderful original work]". Web The Television (in Japanese). 4 May 2024. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  5. ^ Eisenbeis, Richard (27 March 2025). "Interview: Voice Actors Rika Hayashi and Hiroki Tōchi Talk About Their New Golf Anime, Tonbo!". Anime News Network. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  6. ^ a b Lazic, Tamara (16 May 2024). "Interview: Rika Hayashi Talks First Major Role and Bringing Tonbo to Life". Anime Corner. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  7. ^ "「原作が面白すぎて、気づいたら最新話まで……」["The original work was so interesting that I read all episodes at once..."]【「とんぼ」の声優・はやしりかさんインタビュー #2】 [Interview with Rika Hayashi, the voice actor for Tombo #2]". Min'na no Golf Digest (in Japanese). 17 August 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  8. ^ a b c d "Rika Hayashi (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  9. ^ a b "アフレコ現場にクラブを持参「せっかく母からもらったので……」[Brought a club to the after-effect recording studio: "I cherish it as a gift from my mum..."]【「とんぼ」の声優・はやしりかさんインタビュー #3】 [Interview with Rika Hayashi, the voice actor for Tonbo #3]". Min'na no Golf Digest (in Japanese). 18 August 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  10. ^ Cambosa, Teddy (23 February 2024). "Oi Tonbo Golf Anime Reveals April 6 Premiere in New Trailer". Anime Corner. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  11. ^ Pueyo, Ken (15 March 2025). "19th Seiyu Awards Announce the Winners". Anime Corner. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
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