Ruka Fukagawa

Ruka Fukagawa
深川 瑠華
Born (2004-09-06) 6 September 2004 (age 20)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active2020–present
EmployerHibiki
Notable work
Musical career
Member of

Ruka Fukagawa (Japanese: 深川 瑠華, Hepburn: Fukagawa Ruka, born 6 September 2004) is a Japanese singer and voice actress affiliated with Hibiki.[1] She started her career portraying Kurumi Shiratori as part of Lyrical Lily, one of the musical groups in Bushiroad's D4DJ franchise. She also portrays Ryoko Kobato in Bushiroad's Revue Starlight franchise.

Biography

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Ruka Fukagawa was born on 6 September 2004 in Kanagawa Prefecture and raised in Tokyo.[2]

In April 2020, Fukagawa became part of Bushiroad's D4DJ franchise as Kurumi Shiratori, one of the four members of Lyrical Lily;[3] the same month, she and her Lyrical Lily co-star Yuzuki Watase joined Bushiroad's talent agency Hibiki.[4] She voiced the character in D4DJ Groovy Mix (2020), D4DJ Petit Mix (2021), and D4DJ All Mix (2023).[5][6][7] She also reprised her role in the stage productions Senri! no Michi mo Ippo Kara and Arisugawa Gakuin Cultural Festival Live Stage.[1]

She also voices Ryoko Kobato in the game Revue Starlight: Re LIVE (also part of a Bushiroad franchise),[8] and she portrayed her in the Revue Starlight stage plays The LIVE Edel Delight (2022) and The STAGE Chūtō-bu Rebellion (2023).[9][10] She is part of Siegfeld Institute of Music Junior High, a voice acting unit that she appeared in for the musicals,[11] and two of their singles charted in the top 40 of the Oricon Singles Chart: Regalia: Keishō/Afuregu! Aufregendes Leben (2022) and Rebellion/Yumemiro (2023).[12][13]

In 2023, she was cast as Flasher in Azur Lane.[14] She also voices minor characters in the games Assault Lily Last Bullet, Brown Dust, and Lost Decade.[1]

Filmography

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Animated television

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2021
  • D4DJ Petit Mix, Kurumi Shiratori[6]
2023
  • D4DJ All Mix, Kurumi Shiratori[7]

Video games

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  • D4DJ Groovy Mix (2020), Kurumi Shiratori[5]
  • Brown Dust (2021), Joy[1]
  • Lost Decade, Gloria[1]
  • Assault Lily Last Bullet, injured Lily, etc.[1]
  • Revue Starlight: Re LIVE (2022), Ryoko Kobato[8]
  • Azur Lane (2023), Flasher[14]

Stage

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2020
  • Reading Party Vol. 8, Mio Tomioka/Rumi Kamisato[1]
2021
2022
  • Butai Lyrical Lily: Senri! no Michi mo Ippo Kara, Kurumi Shiratori[1]
  • Revue Starlight: The LIVE Edel Delight, Ryoko Kobato[9]
2023
  • Butai D4DJ: Arisugawa Gakuin Cultural Festival Live Stage, Kurumi Shiratori[1]
  • Matching Appli: Apple Bomb (Kari), Kū[1]
  • Revue Starlight: The STAGE Chūtō-bu Rebellion, Ryoko Kobato[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "深川 瑠華". Hibiki (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ^ Ruka, Fukagawa [@Ruka_Fukagawa96] (6 August 2020). "お待たせしました🙌自己紹介カード出来ました✨" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 December 2023 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "『D4DJ』Lyrical Lilyのキャストなど新情報を多数発表". Dengeki Online (in Japanese). 28 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Lyrical Lilyオーディション合格者・深川瑠華&渡瀬結月、声優事務所「響」に所属". Deview (in Japanese). 27 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  5. ^ a b "白鳥 胡桃". 「D4DJ Groovy Mix」公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  6. ^ a b "D4DJ Petit Mix New Key Visual and Preview of First Episode" (Press release). Bushiroad USA. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2023 – via Anime News Network.
  7. ^ a b "白鳥胡桃". TVアニメ「D4DJ All Mix」公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  8. ^ a b "小鳩 良子". Revue Starlight: Re LIVE (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  9. ^ a b "「シークフェルト音楽学院」に中等部5名の新キャラクター登場決定!". Revue Starlight. Bushiroad. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  10. ^ a b "少女☆歌劇 レヴュースタァライト -The STAGE 中等部- Rebellion". Revue Starlight (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  11. ^ "シークフェルト音楽学院中等部". Bushiroad Music (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Regalia -継承-/アフレぐ!~Aufregendes leben~". Oricon News. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Rebellion/ユメみロ". Oricon News. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  14. ^ a b "「アズレン」,12月21日に新たなUR艦「グアム」「ラフィーII」が登場。同日には新イベント「光追う星の海」も開始に". 4gamer (in Japanese). 15 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.