Rika Hayashi

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The native form of this personal name is Hayashi Rika. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Rika Hayashi
はやし りか
Born1 June
OccupationVoice actress
EmployerArts Vision
Notable workTonbo! as Tonbo Ōi
AwardsSeiyu Award for Best Rookie Actor (2025)

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.