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Chisaki Hama (浜千咲 Hama Chisaki, born Rika Izumi (泉梨華 Izumi Rika) either October 11 or November 10, 1988 in Kyoto, some websites give conflicting information) is a Japanese model, actress, and singer.

Her first (and, as of 2004, only) major acting role was as Ami Mizuno (Sailor Mercury) in the live action Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. She was the third youngest regular cast member of the show, after Naoki Takeshi, who played Shingo Tsukino and Sailor Luna, who was played by Rina Koike.

In Act Zero and the Special Act, she was credited as "Rika" (梨華; note different kanji than her stage name). "Chisaki Hama" (meaning "thousands of flowers blossoming at the shore") is a stage name coined by the head of her former agency, as a well-wishing for her career to "blossom" in multiple fields of the entertainment industry. Her real name is Rika Izumi (泉梨華), which has the same pronunciation as her current stage name (泉里香) and her prior one (泉里果); it was never explained why she used "Rika" for the DVD/VHS-only PGSM episodes.[1] It is also possible that she used the "Hama Chisaki" name to distinguish herself from another idol named Rika Izumi.

She, like the other actresses in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, released a CD "single", actually containing two songs, for her character Sailor Mercury: Mi Amor (Spanish: my love) and Yakusoku (約束, meaning promise). It is notable that Spanish is used in her CD: use of any language other than Japanese or scattered English phrases in J-Pop is rare, and Spanish would likely be considered obscure or exotic by most Japanese listeners. Its use as such was probably intended to emphasize her character's genius-level intelligence. The only other Sailor Moon Album to use a language other than Japanese and English was the Sailor Moon Supers in Paris CD which had bits of French in the songs.

Before PGSM, Rika's on