Machico

, better known by her stage name Machiko or Machico, is a Japanese singer and voice actress from Kure, Hiroshima. After participating in an audition organized by Horipro, she made her music debut in 2012, singing a theme song for a PC game. She was cast as the character Tsubasa Ibuki in the mobile game The Idolmaster Million Live! in 2013. Apart from voice acting, she has performed theme songs for KonoSuba and Age 12. Machico released two albums between 2014 and 2015, and opened her official fanclub in late 2016.

She left her voice acting agency HoriPro International in 30 November 2022 and announced her new activity under Style Cube the next day.

Biography Machico is a native of Kure, Hiroshima. Machico's career began after she participated in the 36th Horipro Talent Scout Campaign in 2011, where she was a finalist. Although she was not declared the campaign's winner, she would make her media debut in 2012 when she was chosen to perform the song "Magical Happy Show!", which was used as the theme song to the 2012 visual novel Supipara: Alice the Magic Conductor; the single for "Magical Happy Show!" was released on May 23, 2012. She made a cameo as herself in the 2015 anime television series Seiyu's Life!.

Machico performed the song "Fantastic Dreamer", which was used as the opening theme to the 2016 anime television series KonoSuba; the single for "Fantastic Dreamer" was released on January 27, 2016, and it peaked at number 42 on the Oricon weekly charts. She portrayed the character Serina Nishiyama in the 2016 anime television series Three Leaves, Three Colors. She was cast as the character Icea Mize Valgalis in the 2017 anime television series WorldEnd. She also played the role of Tokai Teio in the multimedia franchise Umamusume: Pretty Derby.

Machico had a recurring role as Ayane Misaki in Kirakira PreCure a la Mode, the fourteenth season of the Pretty Cure franchise. She sang the ending theme of the franchise's seventeenth season Healin' Good Pretty Cure, and the opening theme of Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure and Delicious Party Pretty Cure. She also played the role of Hikari Kokura, the protagonist of the anime series Rifle Is Beautiful;

Discography Albums

Singles

Filmography Television animation Seiyu's Life! (2015), Machiko

Three Leaves, Three Colors (2016), Serina Nishiyama Kirakira PreCure a la Mode (2017), Ayane Misaki WorldEnd (2017), Ithea Myse Valgulious Umamusume: Pretty Derby (2018–2023), Tokai Teio Iwa-Kakeru! -Sport Climbing Girls- (2020), Kurea Ooba Magia Record, Sayuki Fumino (ep.3) Fuuto PI (2022), Moriguchi Monako Farming Life in Another World (2023), Sena Himitsu no AiPri (2024–2026), Hiiro Aozora VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral After Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream (2024), Hikari Matsuriya Dead Account (2026), Hiyori Haijima Roll Over and Die (2026), Sara Anvilen

Anime films Idol Bu Show (2022), Hikaru Fuwa Guardy Girls (2022), Laurie Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing (2025), Nene Kusanagi

Video games The Idolmaster Million Live! (2013), Tsubasa Ibuki The Idolmaster: Starlit Season (2020), Tsubasa Ibuki Umamusume: Pretty Derby (2021), Tokai Teio Fate/Grand Order (2021), Nazo no Ranmaru X Muse Dash (2022), Kirisame Marisa Granblue Fantasy (2022), Tyra Arknights (2024), Pepe Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium (2024), Sharkry Zenless Zone Zero (2024), Soukaku

Drama CD The Idolmaster Million Live! (2015–present), Tsubasa Ibuki