Erica Mendez

Erica Micah Mendez (born February 13, 1988 in Chicago, Illinois, USA), also known by her singer name Rikatwoo, is an American voice actress and ADR spotter of Mexican descent. She is well known for doing numerous roles in many Japanese anime and Video Games that are dubbed by Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Studiopolis, and Funimation. Some of her many roles include Aladdin in the Magi series, Ryuko Matoi in Kill la Kill, Haruka Tenou/Sailor Uranus in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon, Bernadetta von Varley, Deidre and Lianna in the Fire Emblem series, Emma in The Promised Neverland, Gon Freecss in Hunter x Hunter, Yuuki Konno in season 2 of Sword Art Online, Hao Asakura in the 2021 Shaman King Netflix Anime series, Diane in The Seven Deadly Sins, Atsuko "Akko" Kagari in Little Witch Academia, Melissa Shield in My Hero Academia, Arle Nadja in the Puyo Puyo series, Orie Ballardiae in Under Night In-Birth as of BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, Natsuno Minami in 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Megumin in KonoSuba, Towa Higurashi in Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, Makio in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Seong Mina in Soul Calibur VI, and Raphtalia in The Rising of the Shield Hero.

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In the future, she becomes the voice of Apus Sachi in Superior-Creativity's Saint Seiya Omega: Ryusei fanfiction, Matey and Bayou in the Disney Princess Palace Pets franchise, Kaoru Matsubara/Powered Buttercup in the ViZ/Studiopolis redub of Powerpuff Girls Z, Aurelia Armstrong/Agent Arachnillo in the Miss Philippines franchise, Captain Jake in Emman's Jake and the Never Land Pirates and Kingdom Hearts-based ideas, and many others.

Voices in Idea Wiki

 * Mickey Mouse: The Movie (2021 film) - June Duck
 * Attack on Vampire - Sayuri Hanayori
 * Backyard Sports - Jocinda Smith
 * Danganronpa V4: Pleasant Present Homicide - Makitu Ria
 * Bandai-Namco All-Stars Tag Tournament - Mametchi, Seong Mina, Pac-Man (Pac), Custom Young Male (Child and Preteen) and Female Avatar Voices
 * Untitled Fate/Nasuverse-based Fighting Game by Arc System Works - Mash Kyrielight, Jack the Ripper, Additional Voices
 * Future Kingdom Hearts titles, other forms of future Disney/Square-Enix media involving Jake and the Never Land Pirates/Peter Pan - Captain Jake/Werewolf Jake/Ghost Jake (an alternate English voice actress to use instead of Colleen Villard), Additional Voices
 * Marvel vs. Capcom 4: Ultimate War of Heroes - Laura Kinney/X-23 aka Wolverine, Gwen Poole/Gwenpool, Captain Jake, Additional Voices
 * Disney vs. Capcom: Warriors of Weirdmageddon - Captain Jake/Werewolf Jake, Laura Kinney/X-23 aka Wolverine, Gwendolyn "Gwen" Poole/Gwenpool, Arle Nadja, Additional Voices
 * Untitled X-Men JRPG Video Game - Laura Kinney/X-23, Additional Voices
 * Kingdom Hearts: Symbiotic Darkness - Captain Jake, Urpina Julanius, Additional Voices
 * DC vs. SEGA: Supersonic Crisis - Arle Nadja/Dark Arle, Additional Voices
 * My Hero Academia: Cross Tag Battle - Ryuko Matoi, Melissa Shield, Additional Voices
 * Future Marvel Comics Adaptations - Gwendolyn "Gwen" Poole/Gwenpool, Laura Kinney/X-23 aka Wolverine, Additional Voices
 * Miss Philippines - Aurelia Armstrong/Agent Arachnillo
 * Donkey Kong Country (upcoming TV series) - Dixie Kong
 * Shinkalion vs. Evangelion - Hayato Hayasugi
 * Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion THE ANIMATION English dub - Hayato Hayasugi
 * Disney vs. DC: Magical Kingdom's Heartful Crisis Tournament - Captain Jake, Laura Kinney/X-23 aka Wolverine, Gwen Poole/Gwenpool, Additional Voices
 * NASCAR: The Animated Series - Nicole Donaldson
 * Jump Force (English Cast) - Gon Freecss
 * Jak and Daxter: Finale - Natalie
 * Aldnoah Zero: The Movie - Inko Amifumi
 * Psonic X Touhou - Seija Kijin
 * LEGO Dimensions: The Lost Dimensions - Captain Jake, Gwen Poole/Gwenpool, Laura Kinney/X-23 aka Wolverine, Arle Nadja, Pac-Man (Pac), Additional Voices
 * Sonic and SEGA All-Stars Fighters Omegamix - Arle Nadja/Dark Arle, Custom Young/Preteen Male and Female Avatar voice, Alternate Female Announcer voice
 * Puyo Puyo: Magical Story - Arle Nadja
 * Untitled Kingdom Hearts Disney/Capcom/SEGA/Square-Enix crossover game (With Guest Characters from Bandai-Namco and SNK Corporation/SNK Playmore included into the mix for this Crossover JRPG Video Game as well) - Captain Jake, Gwen Poole/Gwenpool, Laura Kinney/X-23 aka Wolverine, Arle Nadja, Natsuno Minami, Urpina Julanius, Seong Mina, Eleanor Hume, Seirah/Whip, Additional Voices
 * Future King of Fighters Titles (English Dubbed Versions) - Seirah/Whip, Additional Voices
 * Wolverine and the X-Men Season 2 - Laura Kinney/X-23, Additional Voices
 * Untitled Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers '22 Sequel - Ryuko Matoi (Appears in Live-Action form by doing a Role Reprise via Cosplaying as her in one of her Alternate Outfits), Various Others, Additional Voices
 * My Hero Academia vs. Capcom - Melissa Shield, Additional Voices
 * Heroes of Olympus - Piper McLean
 * Palace Pets - Matey, Bayou
 * Palace Pets (film) - Matey, Bayou
 * Palace Pets: Legends of Animalia - Matey, Bayou
 * Palace Pets Party - Matey, Bayou
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! Starlight Heroes - Annie Wilcox
 * Untitled Guardians of the Galaxy/Sword Art Online Crossover Video Game - Gwen Poole/Gwenpool, Yuuki Konno, Additional Voices
 * Kingdom Hearts vs. Sword Art Online - Yuuki Konno
 * Sword Art Online games English dub - Yuuki Konno
 * Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Anime DLCs - Yuuki Konno (Sword Art Online pack), Towa Higurashi (InuYasha pack)
 * Jump Force new DLC - Yuuki Konno, Towa Higurashi
 * School for Demon Heroes - Towa Higurashi
 * Powerpuff Girls Z (ViZ/Studiopolis redub) - Kaoru Matsubara/Powered Buttercup
 * Saint Seiya Omega: Ryusei- Apus Sachi
 * Tales of Heroes - Raphtalia
 * Digimon All Star Party - Cody Hida (Replaces the late Philece Sampler)
 * Bad Detective (TV Series) - Sierra Lopez
 * Horse Girl Pretty Derby (English Dub) - Symboli Rudolf, Mihono Bourbon, Biwa Hayahide (Series 1)

Known for

 * Ryuko Matoi from Kill la Kill
 * Haruka Tenou/Sailor Uranus from Sailor Moon
 * Yuuki Konno from Sword Art Online
 * Atsuko "Akko" Kagari from Little Witch Academia
 * Towa Higurashi from InuYasha
 * Gon Freecss from Hunter x Hunter
 * Nico Yazawa from the Love Live!
 * Mametchi from Tomagochi Friends
 * Melissa Shield from My Hero Academia
 * Noire/Black Heart from Hyperdimension Neptunia
 * Diane from The Seven Deadly Sins
 * Aladdin from Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
 * Megumin from Konosuba

Trivia

 * Yuuki, Sonya and Diane also share the same Japanese voice actress, Aoi Yuuki.
 * Gon and Atsuko share the same Japanese voice actress as well, Megumi Han.
 * Two of Rie Takahashi, Sora Tokui and Ami Koshimizu's Roles are even shared with Erica Mendez in the Japanese and English Languages as well.