Rika Matsumoto

Rica Matsumoto (松本 梨香 Matsumoto Rika, born November 30, 1968) is a Japanese actress, voice actress and J-pop singer who was born in Yokohama, Japan. Her name is also sometimes romanized as Rika Matsumoto.

She is the founding member of JAM Project, and is best known for providing the voice of Satoshi (Ash Ketchum), the main character of the Pokémon anime series. As such, Matsumoto has taken on roles as young boys. Matsumoto also performs the songs for many of the openings for the Japanese Pokémon anime.