Ibuki Ritsushima

Ibuki Ritsushima is a Japanese-born Nishiyamese actress, voice actress, and singer.

Early life
Ibuki was born on January 19, 2000 in Sapporo, Japan to Rei and Jin Ritsushima. She also has a little sister named Miyuki (born 2007). When she was four years old, Ibuki and her family moved to the province of Chabashira, located in Nishiyama. She attended Ashikaga Public Academy from grades Pre-K to 12. Her younger sister is currently attending that same school.

Ibuki always enjoyed singing and acting in plays at school. She was first discovered in 2014 when a director watched her perform in one of those plays. He asked her and her parents if then 14-year-old Ibuki could act in a short film he was putting together, to which they agreed. Ibuki landed a major role in the film, One Friend Is Plenty as the character Mika.

Ibuki started her musical career in 2017, releasing her first single "Lollipop" in December of that year. She plans to release her first full album in January 2018.

Aside from acting in short films, she also plays the role of Maki Asano in the Nishiyamese drama series, One Night In Yazawa, and provides the voice of Komi in the children's anime TV series Himiko The Great!!.

Personal life
Ibuki graduated from high school on May 31, 2017 and currently resides with her parents in Higashi, a city located in Chabashira. She started dating Taichi Murasame, her high school sweetheart, in 2015 and the two are still in a relationship. They hope to get married by the time they turn 20.