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is a Japanese voice actress and narrator. Born in Kyoto Prefecture and raised in Chichibu, Saitama, she was originally a competitor at the while studying at , before joining and debuting as a voice actress in Tokimeki Tonight. Since then, she has voiced Minako Aino/Sailor Venus in the Sailor Moon series, as well as Fran in Final Fantasy XII, Carmen la Bailaora in Ashita no Nadja, Schaffe in Ninja Senshi Tobikage and Daiko Hayami in New Cutie Honey.

Biography

Early life and career

Rika Fukami was born on August 8, 1963, in Kyoto Prefecture, and she was raised in Chichibu, Saitama, where she was a member of the chorus club in elementary school. She was originally self-conscious and quiet during her childhood, but in high school she was inspired by how spirited the older students were, so she joined the broadcasting club and subsequently won the top prize at a prefectural tournament of the and participated in the national tournament for two consecutive years.

After graduating from , she decided to become a freelance announcer, and spent one year at the Department of Broadcasting and Voice Acting to gather information on such things as auditions. Among her part-time work included in-store announcements at department stores and hosted concerts and amusement park .

After graduating from the school, she passed the audition for and joined the company, making her debut as a voice actress in the anime series Tokimeki Tonight. but it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kansas.

In 2020, she won the Kazue Takahashi Award at the 14th Seiyu Awards. She then voiced Grace O'Malley in Fena: Pirate Princess, She has also worked as a narrator for factual programming on TBS, NTV, Fuji TV, NHK among others, as well as on commercials for companies and brands such as Fujifilm, KFC, Nippon Kodo, NTT Communications, Shueisha, the Subaru Exiga, and Tokyo Electric Power Company.

Personal life

Fukami was affiliated with and Vi-vo, before going freelance on July 1, 2019.

Fukami's voice type is alto. She once had level three kendama certification. She once hosted the wedding of a close associate while on an overseas tour.

She shares the same birth date as her late Sailor Moon co-star Emi Shinohara, and they even had a joint birthday concert together, performing as the duo Funky Twins on their 33rd birthday in 1996.

By 2014, she became obsessed with the Funabashi mascot Funassyi, with her husband and fellow actor discussing this to the afternoon talk show as an issue on their October 14, 2014, episode.

Filmography

Television animation

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! Work

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| 1982 || Tokimeki Tonight || Michael ||

| 1984 || Futari Daka || Akina ||

| 1984 || Persia, the Magic Fairy || Fuyuta Fuyuki ||

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| 1983 || Igano Kabamaru || Receptionist, Schoolgirl A, Schoolgirl B, Schoolgirl C, Peasant, Valet ||

| 1984 || Dr. Slump: Arale-chan - The Penguin Village Fire Brigade || Butako-chan ||

| 1988 || F || ||

| 1988 || Transformers: Super-God Masterforce || Stewardess ||

| 1991 || High School Mystery: Gakuen Nanafushigi || Ayako Ōizumi, Kawasaki-sensei ||

| 1992 || Magical Princess Minky Momo || Ruby ||

| 1993 || Nekketsu Saikyō Go-Saurer || Yoji Hiyama's mother ||

| 1997 || Cutey Honey Flash || Daiko Hayami ||

| 2014 || God Eater || Aisha Gauche ||

| 2016 || Dimension W || Claire Skyheart ||

| 2018 || Banana Fish || Jessica ||

| 2021 || Lupin the 3rd Part 6 || Tomoe ||

| 2022 || Vampire in the Garden || Nobara ||

| || Lucky Star || Blonde shop girl

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ONA

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| 2023 || Lupin the 3rd vs. Cat's Eye || Rui Kisugi ||

| 2024 || Monogatari Off & Monster Season || Deathtopia Virtuoso Suicide-Master) ||

OVA

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| 1984 || Creamy Mami: Eien no Once More || Prince Tonkari ||

Video games

Armored Core: Last Raven – Sheila Caldwell
Dead Island – Puruna Jackson (Japanese dub)
Super Robot Wars
Tengai Makyō: Daiyon no Mokushiroku – Jenny Mead
Entrapment (Virginia "Gin" Baker)
Death Defying Acts (Mary McGarvie)
Red 2 (Katya Petrokovich)
Side Effects (Dr. Victoria Siebert)
Wednesday (Morticia Addams)
Angelina Jolie
Playing by Heart (Joan)
Gone in 60 Seconds (Sara "Sway" Wayland)
Original Sin  (Julia Russell/Bonny Castle)
Beowulf (Grendel's Mother)
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (Maleficent)
Eternals (Thena)
Sharon Stone
Sliver  (Carly Norris)
Simpatico (Rosie Carter)
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (Fran)
Searching for Debra Winger (Sharon Stone)
Catwoman  (Laurel Hedare)
Mirror Mirror (Queen Clementianna)
Wonder (Isabel Minel Pullman)
Ticket to Paradise (Georgia Cotton)
Sandra Bullock
The Thing Called Love (Linda Lue Linden)
Gravity (Dr. Ryan Stone)
Our Brand Is Crisis ('Calamity' Jane Bodine)
Halle Berry
Boomerang – Angela Lewis
Executive Decision  – Jean
Chloe (Dr. Catherine Stewart)

Famke Janssen
Hide and Seek  (Dr. Katherine Carson)
Taken 2 (Lenore Mills)
Taken 3 (Lenore Mills)
Jodie Foster
The Accused  (Sarah Tobias)
Carnage (Penelope Longstreet)
Anna Magdalena – Assistant Editor (Anita Yuen)
Any Given Sunday – Christina Pagniacci (Cameron Diaz)
The Bank Job – Martine Love (Saffron Burrows)
Basquiat – Gina Cardinale (Claire Forlani)
Batman Forever  – Dr. Chase Meridian (Nicole Kidman)
Blade Runner 2049 – Lt. Joshi (Robin Wright)
Collateral Damage – Selena Perrini (Francesca Neri)
Color of Night – Rose/Richie/Bonnie (Jane March)
Coming 2 America – Queen Lisa Joffer (Shari Headley)
Confessions of a Shopaholic – Jane Bloomwood (Joan Cusack)
Courage Under Fire  – Captain Karen Emma Walden (Meg Ryan)
The Crow (1997 TV Tokyo edition) – Sarah Mohr (Rochelle Davis)
Dark Shadows – Angelique Bouchard Collins (Eva Green)
Date Night – Claire Foster (Tina Fey)
Deep Blue Sea – Dr. Susan McAlester (Saffron Burrows)
Desperate Measures – Dr. Samantha Hawkins (Marcia Gay Harden)
Disturbia – Julie Brecht (Carrie-Anne Moss)
DOA: Dead or Alive – Christie (Holly Valance)
Double Jeopardy – Elizabeth "Libby" Parsons (Ashley Judd)
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story – Linda Lee (Lauren Holly)
Ed (Lydia (Jayne Brook))
The Fabulous Baker Boys – Susie Diamond (Michelle Pfeiffer)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Seraphina Picquery (Carmen Ejogo)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas  – The Waitress at North Star Cafe (Ellen Barkin))
The Firm – Abby McDeere (Jeanne Tripplehorn)
Four Rooms – Elspeth (Madonna)
Hanna – Marissa Wiegler (Cate Blanchett)
Heat (1998 TV Asahi edition) – Charlene Shiherlis (Ashley Judd)
House of Cards – Claire Underwood (Robin Wright)
Inferno – Elizabeth Sinskey (Sidse Babett Knudsen)
The Interpreter – Dot Woods (Catherine Keener)
The Jacket – Dr. Beth Lorenson (Jennifer Jason Leigh)
Jet Lag – Rose (Juliette Binoche)
Last Christmas – Huang Qing Shin / 'Santa' (Michelle Yeoh)
A League of Their Own – "All the Way" Mae Mordabito (Madonna)
The Lover – The Young Girl (Jane March)
Marley & Me – Jenny Grogan (Jennifer Aniston)
The Matrix Reloaded  – Niobe (Jada Pinkett Smith)
Mindhunters – Sara Moore (Kathryn Morris)
The Missing – Magdalena "Maggie" Gilkeson (Cate Blanchett)
Mothers and Daughters– Beth (Courteney Cox)
Mr. Brooks – Detective Tracy Atwood (Demi Moore)
Notorious – Faith Evans (Antonique Smith)
Office Christmas Party – Carol Vanstone (Jennifer Aniston)
Out of Sight  – Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez)
Pecker – Tina (Martha Plimpton)
The Perfect Storm – Christina "Chris" Cotter (Diane Lane)
The Pianist – Janina Bogucki (Ruth Platt)
Prometheus – Meredith Vickers (Charlize Theron)
Rampage – Claire Wyden (Malin Åkerman)
Sabotage (Investigator Caroline Brentwood (Olivia Williams))
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause – Mrs. Claus/Carol Calvin (Elizabeth Mitchell)
Scarface (1991 TV Tokyo edition) – Gina (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio)
Single White Female – Allison "Allie" Jones (Bridget Fonda)
Six Days, Seven Nights – Robin Monroe (Anne Heche)
Someone Like You – Jane Goodale (Ashley Judd)
Spy Game – Elizabeth Hadley (Catherine McCormack)
Stardust – Lamia (Michelle Pfeiffer)
Sucker Punch – Dr. Vera Gorski / Madame Vera Gorski (Carla Gugino)
The Ten Commandments (2002 TV Asahi edition) Nefretiri (Anne Baxter)
This Means War – Trish (Chelsea Handler)
Triple 9 – Irina Vlaslov (Kate Winslet)
Turbulence – Teri Halloran (Lauren Holly)
Unlocked – Emily Knowles (Toni Collette)
Unthinkable – Agent Helen Brody (Carrie-Anne Moss)
Up in the Air – Alexandra 'Alex' Goran (Vera Farmiga)
The Vanishing – Rita Baker (Nancy Travis)
Village of the Damned (1998 TV Asahi edition) – Barbara (Karen Kahn)
Waterworld – Helen (Jeanne Tripplehorn)
The Way, Way Back – Pam (Toni Collette)
Wayne's World – Cassandra Wong (Tia Carrere)
Wayne's World 2 – Cassandra Wong (Tia Carrere)
What Women Want – Darcy McGuire (Helen Hunt)
Wonder Woman – Antiope (Robin Wright)
Wonder Woman 1984 – Antiope (Robin Wright)
XXX: State of the Union – Lola Jackson (Nona Gaye)
The Yellow Handkerchief – May (Maria Bello)
Yesterday – Debra Hammer (Kate McKinnon)
Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal – Snow Girl (Li Bingbing)

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Catwoman (2008 TV Asahi edition) – Patience Phillips / Catwoman (Halle Berry)
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys – Sister Assumpta (Jodie Foster)
200 Cigarettes (Caitlyn (Angela Featherstone), Bridget (Nicole Ari Parker))
A Perfect World (TV edition) (Sally Gerber (Laura Dern))
Above the Law (TBS edition) (Lucy (Michelle Hoard))
Action Jackson (Sydney Ash (Vanity))
Backdraft (Jennifer Vaitkus (Rebecca De Mornay))
Bobby (Samantha (Helen Hunt))
Chasing Amy (Singer (Guinevere Turner))
Enough (Ginny (Juliette Lewis))
Everyone Says I Love You (Djuna 'D.J.' Berlin (Natasha Lyonne))
Ghost (Oda Mae's Sister (Gail Boggs))
Hard Rain (Nippon TV edition) (Karen (Minnie Driver))
Just the Ticket (Linda (Andie MacDowell))
Point of No Return (1997 Nippon TV edition) (Maggie Hayward (Bridget Fonda))
Restoration (Katharine (Meg Ryan))
Shattered Image (Jessie Markham (Anne Parillaud))
Street Fighter (Chun-Li (Ming-Na Wen))
The Living Daylights (1998 TV Asahi edition) (Kara Milovy (Maryam D'Abo))
Tomorrow Never Dies (2002 TV Asahi edition) (Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh))
Town & Country (Alex (Nastassja Kinski))

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Television

Battlestar Galactica (2006 series, season 4) – Helena Cain (Michelle Forbes)
CSI: New York (season 4) – Rene
Lost – Daniel
One Tree Hill – Sheryl Crow
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Valka)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Valka)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Wood Sprite/Death)
PB&J Otter (Opal)
The Simpsons (Kim Basinger)

! scope="row"| "24 Crush"<br>

| 1995

Released: June 21, 1995
Label: Apollon

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| 1996

Released: December 21, 1996
Label: Nippon Columbia

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Albums

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Details

! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Ref.

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | JPN

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| 1993

Released: October 21, 1993
Label: Nippon Columbia

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! scope="row"| Mornin’After

| 1994

Released: February 21, 1994
Label: Apollon

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! scope="row"| La Venus

| 1994

Released: September 21, 1994
Label: Apollon

| —

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| 1995

Released: November 21, 1995
Label: Apollon

| —

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| 1996

Released: March 21, 1996
Label: Tri-M

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Awards

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!Year

!Award ceremony

!Award

!Result

| 2020

| 14th Seiyu Awards

| Kazue Takahashi Memorial Award