is a Japanese voice actress, singer and model. She is associated with Stay Luck. She is best known for voicing Hanayo Koizumi in the idol group μ's (pronounced "Muse"), which is part of the Love Live! franchise, and Tsumugi Suzukaze in Himitsu no AiPri. Her nickname is Shikaco.
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 Gatchaman Crowds Ao Sawamuraschoolgirl Ep. 2–4, 9–12Ep. 3–8 2013 Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea Kaori Akiyoshi 2013 The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat. Stony Cat 2013 Yuyushiki Female student Dgirl Ep. 4–5 2013 Kotoura-san Hiyori MoritaniHiyori Moritani 2013 Love Live! Hanayo Koizumi 2014 Chikasugi Idol Akae-chan Peperonpoppupoponchu Midorikawa 2014 Magimoji Rurumo Schoolgirl, Nekoneko sister 2014 Love Live! 2nd Season Hanayo Koizumi 2015 Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Rhythmic 2015 Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Loki 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 Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable! Hina 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 Ishura Season 2 Tu the Magic 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 2020 High School Fleet: The Movie Rin Shiretoko 2020 The Island of Giant Insects Inou Ai 2023 Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out 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 Year Title Role Notes Source 2021 The Way of the Househusband Policure Host Woman, Halloween Costume Contest Host Woman 2022 Kotaro Lives Alone Takuya's Mother, Konoe
Original video animation Year Title Role Notes Source 2009 Departed to the future (Movie) Mell 2010 Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE Hanayo Koizumi 2010 Snow Halation Hanayo Koizumi 2011 Natsuiro Egao de 1, 2, Jump! Hanayo Koizumi 2012 Mogyutto "LOVE" de Sekkin Chuu! Hanayo Koizumi 2012 Wonderful Rush Hanayo Koizumi 2013Music S.T.A.R.T!! Hanayo Koizumi
Video games Year Title Role Notes Source2013 The Guided Fate Paradox Nerueru Tōjō 2013 Kaku-San-Sei Million Arthur Tristan 2013 Love Live! School Idol Festival Hanayo Koizumi 2014 Kami-sama to Unmei Kakusei no Kurosuteeze Nerueru Toujou 2014Miko no MoriJuri Iwasa2014Faibu KurosuHanayo Koizumi2015Kaden ShōjoHinata, Becky, Coin, Shinobu2015Xuccess HeavenKiri Tagawa, Eru Tagawa2015Shanago CollectionAkusera, Silvia, Noah2015Rage of BahamutSusie2015Aegis of Earth: Protonovus AssaultBerry2015The Soul of SevensSera2015Ta ga Tame no AlchemistIshuna2015Tatakae! Princess DollNikora Mimori2015Is it Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Cross EstoriaLoki2015Valiant KnightsIrisu2015Prince of StrideKokoro Kohinata2015Rebellion BladeTīri2015Racing MusumeSora Oji2016Idol IncidentsSakurako Īzuka2016 Idol Death Game TV Shirase Tsubaka2016UppersRuna Yurikawa2016Endride: X FragmentsMaru2016Orutanshia Saga: Sora no KishidanFredricka2016KinokoreR: Dainiji Kinoko Takenoko Hyakunen SensōYuki-chan2016Grand SummonersFaron2016Gurimoa: Shiritsu Gurimowāru Mahō GakuenNana Urajiro2016Aozora no LiberationLione2016Drift GirlsNiria Maeta2016BraveSword X BlazeSoulKōden Atsuka Hendo, Rongomianto2016Hentai Shōjo: Formation GirlsJanne Marseille2016Monster StrikeZettai Fumetsu Idol Shirayukihime Ribbon2016Monster Musume OnlineTionishia2016World Cross SagaShīgā, Ariesu2017Ichi Banketsu OnlineIzanami2017Gensō ShōjoDa Qiao2017Shironeko ProjectToruche, Surusu2017SorahimeF-104, A7M Reppu2017Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Orario RhapsodiaLoki2017Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Memoria PhraseLoki2017Project Tokyo DollsReina2017Dia HorizonEna2017Pastel MemoriesRei Kurushima2017Kirara FantasiaKoume Yukimi2017Megido72Baal, Halphas2018O.N.G.E.K.I.Rio Takase2019Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Infinite CombatLoki2019ArknightsCroissant2019Azur LaneCavalla2021Blue ArchiveShishidō Izumi2021Cookie Run: KingdomCocoa Cookie2023Goddess of Victory: NikkeNoir2024Genshin ImpactKachina
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
Singles Title Release date Oricon "Lovely Lovely Strawberry" 17 February 2016 6 "Summer Chance!!" 17 August 2016 12"Arigato no Jikan" (ありがとうの時間)7 December 201614
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External links
Stay Luck profile