Hikaru Akao

Hikaru Akao (赤尾 ひかる) is a voice actress from Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She voices Riri Hitotsuyanagi and is affiliated with I'm Enterprise talent agency. She is also the host on the ongoing program PiRiritto Osarai!.

Biography
Initially, Hikaru was uninterested in becoming a voice actor because she disliked her own voice. She became interested in broadcasting during her elementary years, so upon entering junior high school, she joined the broadcasting club, which greatly boosted her confidence.

In her second year of high school, she came across a pamphlet for a voice acting training lessons that had been delivered to her club. Although she initially did not want to pursue voice acting, she decided to give it a try. As the schedule of the training lessons was in conflict with her club activities, she decided to go to another school. She later studied at the Japan Narration Actor Institute, graduating in 2015 and signing to I'm Enterprise agency that same year.

Trivia

 * Hikaru's hobbies include playing sports and playing the violin and piano.
 * She learned the violin while in university.
 * Hikaru has passed the Level 2 Kanji Kentei.