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Sazae-san Anime Recasts Ikura, Kaori, Rika Roles

The official blog for the long running Sazae-san anime announced on Sunday that the characters Ikura, Kaori, and Rika now have new voice cast members, as of the episode that aired that same day. The new cast include Sachie Hirai as Ikura (the son of Sazae's cousin Norisuke), Mana Koshirakawa as Kaori (a classmate of Sazae's brother Katsuo), and Sayaka Kitahara as Rika (the "girlfriend" of Sazae's son Tarao). Reiko Katsura previously voiced all three characters.

The anime adaptation of Machiko Hasegawa's family life manga Sazae-san began airing in October 1969. The anime is usually the highest ranked animated series in Japan each week. In 2013, the show was awarded the Guinness World Record for longest-running animated television series, an award it extended in 2019.

Source: Sazae-san anime's official blog, Oricon via Hachima Kikō