秋本理央

Rio Akimoto. Japanese female singer, actress, voice actress born in Saitama prefecture on August 7, 1965. Her husband is former professional baseball player 平野 謙 (Ken Hirano). From 1982 to 1984, she performed under her real name 橋本清美 (Kiyomi Hashimoto) as a member of the backing group called Sundays for NHK TV programme 'Let's Go Young'. After that she appeared in several TV dramas as an actress. In 1985, she changed her stage name to 秋本理央 (Rio Akimoto) and made her debut as an idol singer with the the theme song "風とブーケのセレナーデ" for the OVA "幻夢戦記レダ" (Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko).