Rika Abe is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with the agency VIMS. She was born on September 20 in Mie Prefecture and is a graduate of the Japan Narration Acting Institute.

Her career began in 2013 with her role as Mizuki Makabe in the multimedia project The Idolmaster Million Live!, which remains one of her signature performances. She made her anime debut in 2014 with a small role in The Pilot's Love Song. A significant milestone in her career came in 2017 when she was cast as Hresvelgr in the television anime series Frame Arms Girl, marking her first major role in an anime television series. This role also led to her being invited as a guest to anime conventions in Indonesia and Singapore as part of the franchise's promotions.

Abe is well-known for her work within the Azur Lane franchise, where she voices the personifications of the German destroyer Z23 and the battleship Washington. Her role as Z23 has been a recurring one, appearing in the original Azur Lane anime adaptation, the spin-off series Azur Lane: Slow Ahead!, and various related video games. A character single for Z23, released in November 2019, charted at number 33 on the Oricon Singles Chart. In 2019, she also voiced Kanade Hokaze in the multimedia project and anime series Re:Stage! Dream Days. More recently, in 2022, she was cast as Hazuki Sakurai, a member of the fictional idol group May-Bee, in the original anime series Extreme Hearts.

Beyond these prominent roles, Abe has built an extensive filmography in both anime and video games. Her other anime credits include Haruko Urachi in Sagrada Reset, Tomoko Inukai in Hanebado!, Yuriko in Boogiepop and Others, Zerotarō in Ojarumaru, Shōko in Smile Down the Runway, and Rubius in Vlad Love. In video games, her work extends to characters such as Riana in Quiz RPG: The World of Mystic Wiz, Chloe and Luel in White Cat Project, Otsuu in Mary Skelter 2, Shirosai in Kemono Friends 3, and Rinka Kuon in Omega Labyrinth Life. She has also participated in various radio programs and live concert events, particularly for the Idolmaster and Re:Stage franchises. Among fans and colleagues, she is affectionately known by the nickname Aberika-san.