diff --git a/frontend/src/game/__tests__/tts-cache.test.ts b/frontend/src/game/__tests__/tts-cache.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7894ce5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/game/__tests__/tts-cache.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from 'vitest'
+
+// We test the LRU cache logic directly using the test-only exports.
+// The audioCache is a Map<string, { buf: AudioBuffer, lastAccess: number }>.
+// We fake AudioBuffer with a plain object since we only test eviction logic.
+
+import { _testAudioCache as audioCache, _testMaxCache as MAX_CACHE } from '../tts'
+
+function fakeBuf(): AudioBuffer {
+  return {} as AudioBuffer
+}
+
+describe('TTS audio cache — LRU eviction', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    audioCache.clear()
+  })
+
+  it('MAX_CACHE is 50', () => {
+    expect(MAX_CACHE).toBe(50)
+  })
+
+  it('cache stores entries with lastAccess timestamp', () => {
+    const before = Date.now()
+    audioCache.set('key1', { buf: fakeBuf(), lastAccess: Date.now() })
+    const entry = audioCache.get('key1')!
+    expect(entry.lastAccess).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(before)
+  })
+
+  it('accessing a cached entry updates lastAccess', () => {
+    audioCache.set('key1', { buf: fakeBuf(), lastAccess: 1000 })
+    // Simulate access (as done in _generateAndCache / kokoroSpeak)
+    const entry = audioCache.get('key1')!
+    entry.lastAccess = Date.now()
+    expect(entry.lastAccess).toBeGreaterThan(1000)
+  })
+
+  it('LRU eviction removes oldest entry when cache is full', () => {
+    // Fill cache to MAX_CACHE
+    for (let i = 0; i < MAX_CACHE; i++) {
+      audioCache.set(`key_${i}`, { buf: fakeBuf(), lastAccess: 1000 + i })
+    }
+    expect(audioCache.size).toBe(MAX_CACHE)
+
+    // Simulate the eviction logic from _doGenerate (lines 428-434 of tts.ts)
+    if (audioCache.size >= MAX_CACHE) {
+      let lruKey: string | undefined
+      let lruTime = Infinity
+      for (const [k, v] of audioCache) {
+        if (v.lastAccess < lruTime) { lruTime = v.lastAccess; lruKey = k }
+      }
+      if (lruKey) audioCache.delete(lruKey)
+    }
+
+    // key_0 had the lowest lastAccess (1000), should be evicted
+    expect(audioCache.size).toBe(MAX_CACHE - 1)
+    expect(audioCache.has('key_0')).toBe(false)
+    expect(audioCache.has('key_1')).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('recently accessed entries survive eviction', () => {
+    // Fill cache
+    for (let i = 0; i < MAX_CACHE; i++) {
+      audioCache.set(`key_${i}`, { buf: fakeBuf(), lastAccess: 1000 + i })
+    }
+
+    // "Access" key_0 to make it recent
+    audioCache.get('key_0')!.lastAccess = Date.now()
+
+    // Evict — should remove key_1 (now oldest)
+    let lruKey: string | undefined
+    let lruTime = Infinity
+    for (const [k, v] of audioCache) {
+      if (v.lastAccess < lruTime) { lruTime = v.lastAccess; lruKey = k }
+    }
+    if (lruKey) audioCache.delete(lruKey)
+
+    expect(audioCache.has('key_0')).toBe(true) // recently accessed, survived
+    expect(audioCache.has('key_1')).toBe(false) // oldest, evicted
+  })
+
+  it('eviction is not FIFO — insertion order does not matter', () => {
+    // Insert in reverse order but with ascending timestamps
+    for (let i = MAX_CACHE - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+      audioCache.set(`key_${i}`, { buf: fakeBuf(), lastAccess: 2000 + i })
+    }
+
+    // key_0 has lastAccess=2000, inserted LAST but should be evicted first (oldest access)
+    let lruKey: string | undefined
+    let lruTime = Infinity
+    for (const [k, v] of audioCache) {
+      if (v.lastAccess < lruTime) { lruTime = v.lastAccess; lruKey = k }
+    }
+    if (lruKey) audioCache.delete(lruKey)
+
+    expect(lruKey).toBe('key_0') // evicted by access time, not insertion order
+    expect(audioCache.has('key_0')).toBe(false)
+    expect(audioCache.has(`key_${MAX_CACHE - 1}`)).toBe(true)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/frontend/src/game/tts.ts b/frontend/src/game/tts.ts
index d8b3f6d..662f0be 100644
--- a/frontend/src/game/tts.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/game/tts.ts
@@ -590,3 +590,7 @@ export function getVoiceProfileNames(): string[] {
 export function getVoiceMap(): Record<string, { voice: string; speed: number }> {
   return VOICE_MAP
 }
+
+// Test-only exports for verifying LRU cache behavior
+export const _testAudioCache = audioCache
+export const _testMaxCache = MAX_CACHE