Riko Fukumoto
Japanese actress (2000-)
Riko Fukumoto (福本 莉子（ふくもと りこ）, Fukumoto Riko; born November 25, 2000) is a Japanese actress and voice actress. Her most notable works to date as the lead actress are Love Me, Love Me Not, Even if This Love Disappears From the World Tonight, and A Girl & Her Guard Dog.
Career
Riko Fukumoto was born on November 25, 2000 in Osaka Prefecture. She has been attending university since April 2019.
She began her career in 2016 by winning the Grand Prix at the 8th Toho Cinderella Audition, as well as being awarded a modeling contract by the women's fashion magazine Seventeen sponsored by Shueisha.
In January 2017, Fukumoto made her first television appearance as a guest in the information variety show Nijiiro Jean. Later in November, she published her first photobook intitled First Lover.
Fukumoto made her debut as a singer with the song "The Girl Who Crosses That Sky", the theme song for the TV anime series Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan where she also voiced the character Natsume Misumi, the show began airing on April 12, 2018. She made her on-screen debut in the historical comedy film Flea-Picking Samurai, released on May 18 of the same year. In June, she played her first lead role as Kiki in the musical stage play Kiki's Delivery Service.
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