Biography

Marika Kouno (高野 麻里佳, Kōno Marika, born February 22, 1994) is a Japanese voice actress (seiyū) and singer from Tokyo. She was previously affiliated with Mausu Promotion, but since October 2019 is affiliated with Aoni Production. She debuted as a voice actress in 2013 and played her first main role in the 2015 TV anime series Seiyu's Life!, where she voiced Rin Kohana. She is also a member of the voice actor music unit Earphones along with other main cast members of Seiyu's Life!. As member of Earphones she is signed to label Evil Line Records, while as a solo artist she is signed to Nippon Columbia. Her most representative works include Seiyu's Life! (Suzuka Kobana), Scorching Ping Pong Girls (Hanabi Tenka), Akiba's Trip The Animation (Niwaka Denkigai), Hinako Note (Yua Nakajima), Mitsuboshi Colors (Sacchan), and Umamusume: Pretty Derby ( Silence Suzuka), among others.