Riko Kohara

Career Kohara's interest in voice acting began in high school; growing up, she was a fan of manga and anime like Naruto. She later moved to Tokyo to pursue a music career, and graduated from ESP College of Entertainment, a vocational school that specializes in electric guitar and basses. According to a high school friend, Kohara switched from vocals to guitar when her guitarist band mate asked to switch their position. While she was in vocational school, she studied under BURNY's guitarist Masanori Kusakabe, who is also from Gifu Prefecture. Therefore, Kohara inherited Kusakabe's playing style.

In July 2011, Kohara became a member of The Sketchbook, a band based on a fictional group in the anime Sket Dance. She learned of the band hosting auditions while attending ESP College of Entertainment; although she had not played guitar in three months and was considering quitting, she passed her audition and won the guitarist position.

In 2014, one year prior to The Sketchbook's disbandment, Kohara debuted as a voice actress with her first role as a vegetable-hater boy in Soreyuke! Anpanman.

In 2018, Kohara was recruited by Bushiroad president Takaaki Kidani to join the music franchise BanG Dream! after a fan sent a video of her performances to Kidani on social media. The band was renamed to Raise A Suilen at the second live on July 17, and its members received their own in-universe anime and game characters at the BanG Dream! 6th☆Live on December 7. Kohara's character Rokka Asahi shares various traits with her voice actress, such as moving from Gifu to Tokyo, while her birthday is July 17.

Personal life Kohara has an older sister. Idol Memories as Nanami Hoshi Sket Dance as Female Kid's Singer Soreyuke! Anpanman as Nekomi, Vegetable-hater boy Ice Kuritaro as Berry-chan 25-sai no Joshikōsei as Hasegawa Persona 5: The Animation as female character Senran Kagura Shinovi Master as Gekkō Gifu no Tate ka Yoko as Tatekayoko Kandagawa Jet Girls as Misa Aoi The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me? as Miliyama Teppen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laughing 'til You Cry as Mako Shirakabe

Video games Art Code Summoner as Gustave Courbet Azur Lane as USS Richmond (CL-9) BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! as Rokka Asahi/Lock Hoshizora Tetsudō to Shiro no Tabi as Hanae Kandagawa Jet Girls as Misa Aoi Shinobi Master Senran Kagura: New Link as Gekkō Wonder Gravity as Pycno Crash Fever as Noa Arknights as Mulberry Counter:Side as Lin Xien Ys X: Nordics as Momina Evelies