Yurika Kubo

is a Japanese voice actress, singer and model. She is associated with Stay Luck. She played Hanayo Koizumi in the idol group μ's (pronounced "Muse"), which is part of the Love Live! franchise. Her nickname is Shikaco and she also voiced Tsumugi Suzukaze in Himitsu no AiPri.

Career In 2002, Kubo won the 6th Nicora Model Audition Grand Prix. She signed with LesPros Entertainment shortly after that, and worked as a fashion model. While at LesPros, she shared a room with Ami Kikuchi.

In 2008, she moved to Sparks Productions and worked as a gravure model under the name Yurika Narahara.

Kubo moved to JMO Productions in 2010. She started voice acting while working as a gravure model for JMO, and started obtaining voice acting roles in 2012. She left JMO in 2012, and started working with Clare Voice in 2015.

In early 2015, μ's, the idol group that Kubo performed with as "Hanayo Koizumi", won the 9th Annual Seiyū Award. In late 2015, they performed at the 66th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen. The group went on hiatus after their final concert on 31 March and 1 April 2016, at the Tokyo Dome.

On 25 December 2015, Kubo debuted as a solo artist and released her first single, "Lovely Lovely Strawberry" a few months later on 17 February 2016. She released her first full album on 10 May 2017.

Her contract with Clare Voice ended on 31 December 2017, and she began freelancing. Her fan club "SHiKAKO PARK", stopped taking new members on 1 January 2018, and shut down later that year on 31 May.

On 1 October 2019, it was announced that Kubo would be joining Stay Luck as her new agency.

On 1 July 2025, Kubo announced her marriage to a non-celebrity man.

Filmography Anime series Year Title Role Notes Source 2012 The Pet Girl of Sakurasou Mayu Takasaki 2012 Say "I love you". Girl Ep. 5 2012 Let's Go! Anpanman Potato-kun, Kumata 2012 Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse Irina Baranowa Ep. 8–10 2012 Hunter × Hunter (2011) Elevator girl Ep. 27 2012 Kin-iro Mosaic Female student B Ep. 3 2013 Love Live! Hanayo Koizumi 2014 Chikasugi Idol Akae-chan Peperonpoppupoponchu Midorikawa 2014 Magimoji Rurumo Schoolgirl, Nekoneko sister 2015 Mikagura School Suite Kumano-san 2015 Monster Musume Tionishia 2015 Gate Nanami Kuribayashi Ep. 10 2015 Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid Meifon Sakura 2015Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Echo Turbine 2016 Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle Philuffy Aingram 2016 Ōya-san wa Shishunki! Chie Satonaka 2016 Dimension W Shiora Skyheart 2016 High School Fleet Rin Shiretoko 2016 Amanchu! Cha-Komon 2016 Natsume's Book of Friends Little Girl Youkai 2017 Idol Incidents Sakurako Īzuka 2017 Urara Meirocho Koume Yukimi 2017 WorldEnd Pannibal 2017 Seiren Bus girl Ep. 6 2017 Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Sword Oratoria Loki 2017 Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel Kotobuki Urara 2017 Tsugumomo Kukuri 2017 Makeruna!! Aku no Gundan! Narration Ep. 1 2017 Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club Korone Hōōji 2017 Mahōjin Guru Guru Mekemeke (Ep. 1, 3), Girieru (Ep. 2–3, 7–8) Ep. 1–3, 7–8 2017 Classroom of the Elite Kikyō Kushida 2017 Girls' Last Tour Yūri 2018 The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done! Mio Mizukoshi 2018CitrusHimeko Momokino 2018Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl SenpaiKaede Azusagawa 2019Pastel MemoriesRei Kurushima 2019Joshi KauseiMayumi Furui 2019AfterlostKana 2019Demon Lord, Retry!Momo 2019GranbelmNene Rin 2019Isekai Cheat MagicianAerial 2019A Certain Scientific AcceleratorEsther Rosenthal 2020 Mewkledreamy Peko 2020 Tsugu Tsugumomo Kukuri 2020 Rail Romanesque Riiko 2021 Cells at Work! Code Black Platelet 2021 Peach Boy Riverside Jucerino 2021 Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Toa 2021 The Fruit of Evolution Origa Calmeria 2022 Classroom of the Elite 2nd Season Kikyō Kushida 2022 Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal Li'l Cactus 2023 The Legendary Hero Is Dead! Marguerit 2023 A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life Ulna 2024 Classroom of the Elite 3rd Season Kikyō Kushida 2024 A Condition Called Love Hibiki Asami/Kyō-chan 2024 Himitsu no AiPri Tsumugi Suzukaze 2024 My Deer Friend Nokotan Neko Nekoyamada 2024 Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Touka 2024 2.5 Dimensional Seduction Xiaoyu 2025 Please Put Them On, Takamine-san Takane Takamine 2025 Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon Sionne 2025 The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest Yorha Eisentz 2025 Ninja vs. Gokudo Ange Ep. 7–9 2026 The Strongest Job Is Apparently Not a Hero or a Sage, but an Appraiser (Provisional)! Tanya 2026 The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King Nimhara 2026 Tetsuryō! Meet with Tetsudō Musume Ibuki Kawagoe Rebuild World Alpha

Anime films Year Title Role Notes Source 2015 Love Live! The School Idol Movie Hanayo Koizumi 2015 The Anthem of the Heart Kaori Takamura 2016 Monster Strike: the Movie Shirayukihime Ribbon 2019 Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl Kaede Azusagawa 2023 Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid Kaede Azusagawa 2026 Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dear Friend Kaede Azusagawa

Original net animation

Dubbing roles All of Us Are Dead, Lee Na-yeon (Lee Yoo-mi) I Know What You Did Last Summer, Danica Richards (Madelyn Cline) RRR, Sita (Alia Bhatt) Squid Game, Ji-yeong (240) (Lee Yoo-mi) Stalker's Prey, Laura Wilcox (Saxon Sharbino) Firebuds (Pow)

Discography Albums Title Release date OriconAnata dake no Taiyō ni Naritai (あなただけの太陽になりたい)2 April 2014 Subete wa Taisetsu no Deai ~ Meeting with you creates myself ~ (すべてが大切な出会い～Meeting with you creates myself～) 10 May 201711 "Summer Chance!!" 17 August 2016 12 "Arigato no Jikan" (ありがとうの時間)7 December 201614