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 '' Cue!'', Madoka Higuchi in ''

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'', Tanya in ''

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'', and Hinano Hoshikita in ''

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''.

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 ''

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''. In October 2022, she was cast as Tanya in ''

''. In November 2022, she was cast as Hinano Hoshikita in Tatsunoko Production's ''

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

'', 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

;2022 *'' Cue!'', Mei Tōmi *''

'', Shakuyaku *''

'', Ranka ;2023 *'' My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999'', Yukari Tsubaki *''

'', Tanya *'' Ragna Crimson'', Hazella and Greya

Original net animation

;2023 *''

'', Hinano Hoshikita *''Gundam Build Metaverse'', Seria Urutsuki

Video games

;2019 *'' Cue!'', Mei Tōmi ;2020 *''

'', Madoka Higuchi ;2021 *''

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'', Misaki Imashino

References

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