is a Japanese actress and voice actress. Her most notable works to date as the lead actress are Love Me, Love Me Not, Even if This Love Disappears From the World Tonight, and A Girl & Her Guard Dog.
Career Riko Fukumoto was born on November 25, 2000 in Osaka Prefecture. She has been attending university since April 2019.
She began her career in 2016 by winning the Grand Prix at the 8th Toho Cinderella Audition, as well as being awarded a modeling contract by the women's fashion magazine Seventeen sponsored by Shueisha.
In January 2017, Fukumoto made her first television appearance as a guest in the information variety show . Later in November, she published her first photobook intitled First Lover.
Fukumoto made her debut as a singer with the song "The Girl Who Crosses That Sky", the theme song for the TV anime series Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan where she also voiced the character Natsume Misumi, the show began airing on April 12, 2018. She made her on-screen debut in the historical comedy film Flea-Picking Samurai, released on May 18 of the same year. In June, she played her first lead role as Kiki in the musical stage play Kiki's Delivery Service. In May of the same year, she made her television debut in the drama, .
On August 14, 2020, Fukumoto starred alongside Takumi Kitamura in the coming of age film Love Me, Love Me Not, she also had a voice cameo as Ayuko in the anime adaptation of the manga of the same name. In October of the same year, Fukumoto starred in her first terrestrial television drama series, .
Fukumoto landed her first lead role in a film in the movie Muscat of Happiness, which was released in May 2021.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes2018Flea-picking SamuraiOmitsuMy Teacher, My LoveNatsuho2019Murder at ShijinsoReika Hoshikawa2020Love Me, Love Me NotYuna IchiharaLead roleLove Me, Love Me Not: The AnimationAyuko (voice)CameoKeep Your Hands Off Eizouken!Kyu Ajima2021Muscat of HappinessHaruna SoumaLead role2022The Blue Skies at Your FeetMiyu MizunoLead roleSoul at TwentyNatsuki MiyataEven If This Love Disappears From the World TonightHino MaoriLead roleThat Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet BondTowa (voice)2024Dear FamilyYoshimi TsuboiShinji Muroi: Not DefeatedAn HinataShinji Muroi: Stay AliveAn Hinata2025Trillion GameRinrin TakahashiA Girl & Her Guard DogIsaku SenagakiLead role #IwilltellyouthetruthUniversity studentStella Next to MeChiaki AmanoLead role 2026Part-time Death AngelYukino HanamoriLead role
Television Year Title Role Notes2017&Bishoujo Next Girl Meets TokyoKana KuriyamaLead role; episode 92018The Confidence Man JPDragon Pilot: Hisone and MasotanNatsume Misumi (voice)TV anime2019Secret Unrequited LoveSatomi NomuraCheat: Beware of ScammersKanon Ezawa/ MiraiEpisodes 7 and 8Black LizardSanae Iwase/ Yoko2020Papa Fell in Love AgainTomo YamashitaKeep Your Hands Off Eizouken!Kyu AjimaGreat Edo Journey: The Ise PilgrimageSuzuThree Single Mothers: A Wonderful Life Reversal StorySeiko MaeharaEscape from the Historical Labyrinth: Real Escape Game x TV TokyoJun TanidaLead role2021Kakegurui TwinAiura KokoroWeb series Captivated by YouMegumi MatsuyaThe Grand FamilyMitsuko ManpyoKokichi's Wife 2OmineEpisode 5My Love Mix-Up!Mio HashimotoMeguruYuriko Baba2021–22I Became an Idol's HousekeeperHaruno Komachi (voice)Lead role 2022Showa Kayo Musical: Until We Meet AgainSae IsonoLead roleRed Nurse CallArisa MimoriFishbowl Wives Ran Kazama2023Trillion GameRinrin TakahashiEpisode 2 One Day: Much Ado About ChristmasAsako Tachiki2024AARO: All-Domain Anomaly Resolution OfficeHika Toyotama2025Dragonite and The PostmanHana (voice)TV anime 2025–26Strobe EdgeNinako KinoshitaLead role; 2 seasons2026Soda MasterHabuka Nishino
Awards and nominations +Year presented, name of the award ceremony, category, nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination Year Award ceremony Category Nominated work(s) Result 20168th Toho Cinderella Audition Grand PrixShueisha Award, Seventeen AwardHerself2022110th The Television Drama Academy AwardsBest Supporting ActressMy Love Mix-Up!31st TV Life Annual Drama AwardsBest Supporting ActressMy Love Mix-Up!202346th Japan Academy Film PrizeNewcomer of the YearEven if This Love Disappears From the World Tonight
Publications Magazine Seventeen (January 2017 issue, Shueisha)- Exclusive model
Photobook First Lover (November 25, 2017, Gambit) Grace (November 25, 2021, Kodansha)
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