After graduating from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC, Riko performed in Stephen Schwartz produced musical "The Secret Silk" as an original cast. Her theatre credits include Whole Hog Theatre's "The Garden of Words (R&D)", English National Opera's "Madame Butterfly" and Cameron Mackintosh produced musical "Miss Saigon." She played a lead role in a psychological thriller short film "Dumplings over Flowers" (Ego Productions). She is passionate about telling stories in any medium including dancing, singing, puppeteering, devised theatre and the list goes on.

Riko appeared as SINGER in the RSC’s world premiere of "My Neighbor, Totoro" at the Barbican Centre. She recently completed filming for a HBO tv series.