is a Japanese voice actress and singer from

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. She is affiliated with Office Osawa. She is known for voicing Mei Tōmi in ''

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'', Madoka Higuchi in '' The Idolmaster Shiny Colors'', Tanya in '' My One-Hit Kill Sister'', and Hinano Hoshikita in '' Pole Princess!!''.

Biography

Rio Tsuchiya, a native of

, was born on 19 August 1997. In 2016, she starred in the public audition for the voice acting stage performance ''Genji Monogatari: Yōkō no Hime, Yūyami no Kimi''. In December 2020, she was cast as Ranka in ''

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''. In April 2022, she was cast as Shakuyaku in '' In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki''. In October 2022, she was cast as Tanya in '' My One-Hit Kill Sister''. In November 2022, she was cast as Hinano Hoshikita in Tatsunoko Production's '' Pole Princess!!'' anime project. In March 2023, she was cast as Yukari Tsubaki in '' My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999''. In August 2023, she was cast as Hezera and Grea in ''

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''. In October 2019, she was cast as Mei Tōmi in the video game ''

''. She performed in two singles for her in-franchise musical unit AiRBLUE Moon, "MiRAGE! MiRAGE!!" (which charted at #23 in the

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) and "Reach For The World!" (which charted at #24 in the Oricon Singles Chart). She reprised her role as Mei Tōmi in the game's 2022 anime adaptation. She voices Madoka Higuchi, one of the four members of the unit Noctchill, in '' The Idolmaster Shiny Colors'', a spinoff of ''

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'' franchise. Tsuchiya was solely interested in starring in the franchise in general and had also auditioned for Koito and Hinana. She performed in two Noctchill singles: ''Gradate Wing 07'' (which charted at #4 in the Oricon Singles Chart) and ''Layered Wing 07'' (which charted at #6 in the Oricon Singles Chart).

Filmography

Anime television

;2021 *''

'', Ranka ;2022 *''

'', Mei Tōmi *'' In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki'', Shakuyaku ;2023 *'' My One-Hit Kill Sister'', Tanya *'' My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999'', Yukari Tsubaki *''

'', Hazella and Greya ;2024 *'' My Deer Friend Nokotan'', Kinu Tanukikōji *'' Negative Positive Angler'', Kozue Nishimori *'' The Dangers in My Heart'', Nico Kouda *'' The Idolmaster Shiny Colors 2nd Season'', Madoka Higuchi 2025 * ''Himitsu no AiPri: Ring-hen'', Julia Igarashi

Original net animation

;2023 *'' Pole Princess!!'', Hinano Hoshikita *''Gundam Build Metaverse'', Seria Urutsuki

Video games

;2019 *''

'', Mei Tōmi ;2020 *'' The Idolmaster Shiny Colors'', Madoka Higuchi ;2021 *''

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'', Misaki Imashino

Live-action film

;2025 *'' My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999'', Tsubaki (voice)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tsuchiya, Rio 1997 births Living people Japanese women pop singers Japanese video game actresses Singers from Kanagawa Prefecture Voice actresses from Kanagawa Prefecture 21st-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers