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 from Chicago, Illinois. 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 reboot 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, Pac-Man in Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures, 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/Captain Jake and the Never Land Pirates-based ideas such as his Kingdom Hearts fanfiction, and many other roles.

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 future Disney/Square-Enix media in one of the following available forms to be created 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
 * 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 for this kind of 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 Dubs) - 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 (Erica does a Role Reprise of her most iconic Voice Acting Role as her in Live-Action Cosplay form by wearing this Outfit to maintain a PG/TV-PG rating likewise with the lines of it's predecessor and thus, triggering an interesting case of the Adaptational Modesty cliche, although that doesn't equally mean that the sequel can't still sacrifice the many Parental Bonuses along with everything else (like other forms of Fanservice, but in a good way) in between to please the Teenage, Young Adult, Adult and even, Elderly fans as well), Various others such as Arle Nadja along with Melissa Shield and Mametchi (Arle, Melissa and Mametchi appear in 2D animated form, altogether on screen) and everyone else in between like Nico Yazawa, Noire, Megumin, Akko Kagari, Lianna, Bernadetta Von Varley, Aladdin, Diane, Urpina Julanius, Natsuno Minami, Emma, Yuuki Konno/Zekken, Pac-Man (Pac) and even, Haruka Tenou/Sailor Uranus, altogether being shown via using all of the following available forms of Stock Footage
 * 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 and Diane also share the same Japanese voice actress, Aoi Yuuki.
 * Gon and Atsuko share the same Japanese voice actress as well, Megumi Han. As do Mash and Megumin, who in turn, are both voiced by Rie Takahashi in her Native Language too along with the lines of Sora Tokui as Nico and Moru. It can even extend with Ami Koshimizu in the aforementioned trio's native language for her voice roles as Ryuko and Eleanor.
 * According to Emman via a YouTube comment at this YouTube Video on her interpretation of her Captain Jake voice, it would sound like a Fusion of her Voice Roles as Gon Freecss and Young Jean-Pierre Polnareff from Hunter X Hunter and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (both of them hail from the same Company: Shuiesha via Weekly Shonen Jump, although the latter later became a part of the Ultra Jump library as of Steel Ball Run 's events since 2005) in the English language.
 * On the very exact video that he has repeatedly seen on YouTube like several times, he also commented that Erica's voice Roles as Laura Kinney/X-23 and Gwen Poole/Gwenpool would be based on her voice roles as Ryuko Matoi and Diane from Studio Trigger and Kodansha's (in this very little kind of case in question, Weekly Shonen Magazine) Kill La Kill and The Seven Deadly Sins.
 * According to the words of Emman on one of his many Internet posts that he has made (and on one of the YouTube Videos that he has commented too), he considers her to be our one and only, Mexican-American Tara Strong, except many of her roles tend to be Action Girls who are Tomboyish, Strong, Brave and aggressively tough, Bold and Brash Women, although likewise within the exact lines of Strong, she also engages in a variety of other Roles such as voicing Young Boys (like Aladdin, Young Polnareff and Gon) in addition to her voicing Villainous and more Feminine (like Orie as one of the many examples) ones too.