Riho Iida

Riho Iida was born on October 26, 1991 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Her most common voice actress nickname is "Rippi". She voices Rin Hoshizora, one of the main characters in Love Live!.

Her call-and-response during concerts starts with "Nya nya nya", with the audience repeating it back to her. The next line she says is then "Rin-chan to ieba?", to which the audience replies "Yellow da yo!".

Background
In June 2003, she released her first photo-book as a child model at the age of 11.

In August 2007, she made her debut as a singer with the release of her single "つかまえてよ Love Song" (Tsukamaete yo Love Song)

In June 2010, she starred in the movie 星砂の島のちいさな天使 〜マーメイドスマイル〜 (Hoshizuna no shima no chiisana tenshi 〜 maameidosumairu 〜).

In August 2014, she formed a singing duo with Pile under the name 4to6 and released their first single.

On July 29, 2015, her album rippi-rippi was released under the Tokuma Japan label as her second debut as a singer.

Throughout her career she's participated in a wide variety of works, including television dramas, variety shows, commercials, movies, theater, radio, internet radio, voice dramas, original videos, television anime and games.

Personality & Hobbies
Her skills include calligraphy and swimming. She has a driver's license.

Other Data

 * For a collection of translated interviews and videos, please refer to Translated Voice Actress Content.

Etymology

 * The name Riho means "village" (里) (ri) and "grain" (穂) (ho).
 * Riho's surname Iida means "food, meals" (飯) (ii) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta/da).

Health issues
On November 3, 2022, Riho tested positive for COVID-19.

Trivia

 * She is left handed.
 * Because of this, it is hard for her in the fan dances to open it with one (right) hand. As seen in the lives, she had to use her left hand to help open it.
 * She appears to be good friends with Yurika Kubo, possibly due to a shared modelling experience.
 * She also appears to be good friends with Aina Kusuda and Yoshino Nanjo, with them often mentioning going out with her on their radio programs.
 * One of the songs for her album rippi-rippi was written for her by Yoshino Nanjo, highlighting their close friendship.
 * Her most unforgettable episode during a Love Live! appearance was when her contact lenses fell out during the very first song of a set-list containing around four to six songs. The audience turned into a blur of light and she was extremely mindful of her spacing the entire performance to avoid bumping into the others.
 * Songs that she sing well on the karaoke: "Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE", "Snow halation", " (残酷な天使のテーゼ)", " (創聖のアクエリオン)".
 * Riho is the fifth seiyuu in the Love Live! franchise to be married since Suzuko Mimori, Oohashi Ayuru, Asami Tano, and Satomi Sato.
 * Riho is the twelfth voice actress in the Love Live! franchise to be diagnosed with the coronavirus disease after Tomoyo Kurosawa (Tsuki Watanabe), Nako Misaki (Chisato Arashi), Moeka Koizumi (Shioriko Mifune), Miyu Kubota (Karin Asaka), Natsumi Murakami (Ai Miyashita), Akari Kito (Kanata Konoe), Sayuri Date (Kanon Shibuya), Aguri Onishi (Ayumu Uehara), Mayu Sagara (Kasumi Nakasu), Nagisa Aoyama (Ren Hazuki), and Kaori Maeda (Shizuku Osaka).

Gallery

 * Please refer to this voice actress' Image Gallery.