Yoko Hikasa
Japanese voice actress and singer
Yoko Hikasa (日笠 陽子, Hikasa Yōko) (born July 16, 1985) is a Japanese voice actress and singer, known for voicing characters such as Yoh Asakura in Shaman King, Atom in Pluto, Kyoko Kirigiri in Danganronpa, Mio Akiyama in K-On!, Rias Gremory in High School DxD, Tomoe Udagawa in BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!, Emilie in Genshin Impact, Elza Forte in Aikatsu Stars!, and Hibiki Tenshō in Aikatsu Friends!.
Biography
Hikasa became interested in acting while watching Sailor Moon and Neon Genesis Evangelion, which starred Megumi Hayashibara. She attended Nihon Narration Engi Kenkyūjo, a voice actor training school. She formed a pop music group Ro-Kyu-Bu!, with Kana Hanazawa, Yuka Iguchi, Rina Hidaka, and Yui Ogura. It takes the name for each characters for the anime series Ro-Kyu-Bu!. Their first single "Shoot!" was released on August 17, 2011, and was used as the opening theme for the series. The album Pure Elements was released on October 5, 2011. Hikasa has been married since 2015. In the K-On band, "Ho-Kago Tea Time", Hikasa learned to play the bass left-handed though she is right-handed.
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