Rika Nagae

is a Japanese voice actress from Saitama Prefecture who is affiliated with Aoni Production. She started her voice acting career in 2015, and in 2017 she played her first main role as Baselard in the anime series Frame Arms Girl. Her roles include Olivia in Asobi Asobase, Hinata Hoshino in Wataten!, Hayate Hisakawa in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage, and Mitsuha Yamano in Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement.

Biography Nagae had dreamed of appearing on TV since childhood after becoming a fan of Disney works. She also developed an interest in music, and learned to play the piano at the age of five. Although she had heard about voice acting at an early age, it was not until she was in high school when she decided to pursue it as a career.

While in high school, Nagae was a member of a band, serving as its vocalist and later its electric guitarist. She also attended a vocational school for voice acting, believing that pursuing that career would allow her to be herself.

In 2018, Nagae was cast as the character Olivia in the anime series Asobi Asobase; she also performed the show's opening and ending themes together with her fellow cast members. The following year she voiced Hinata Hoshino in Wataten!; she and other cast members performed the series' opening and ending themes under the name Wataten Five. In 2019, she was cast as the character Hayate Hisakawa in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage.

Filmography

Anime 2017 Frame Arms Girl, Baselard

2023 Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement, Mitsuha Yamano I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness, Dorothea Gri'mm Wallenstein The Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch, Anna

2024 Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!, Momoko Fuyuki Go! Go! Loser Ranger!, Komachi Aizome

2025 Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family!, Makina

Original video animation 2023 Umamusume: Pretty Derby, Ines Fujin

Games 2019 The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage, Hayate Hisakawa 2025 Groove Coaster Future Performers, Shion Seireiin