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is a Japanese voice actress
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Voice acting in Japan has far greater prominence than in most other countries. Japan's large animation industry produces 60% of the animated series in the world; as a result, Japanese voice actors, or , are able to achieve fame on a national and international level.Besides acting as narrators and...

 who is affiliated with Aoni Production
Aoni Production
Aoni Production is a Japanese talent agency representing a fair number of voice actors and other Japanese entertainers.-Voice actors currently affiliated with Aoni:...

. She was formerly a member of the voice actor unit DROPS, which included fellow voice actors Ai Nonaka
Ai Nonaka
is a Japanese voice actress. She currently works for Aoni Production and was formerly a member of the voice actor unit DROPS, which included fellow voice actor Akemi Kanda, Tomoko Kaneda, Mariko Kōda, and Ryōko Shiraishi...

, Tomoko Kaneda
Tomoko Kaneda
is a Japanese voice actress, J-Pop singer, and radio personality who was born in Yokohama, Japan. She had worked at Aoni Production for 11 years, and had worked at freelance since April 2011, and it was announced to belong to Across Entertainment in August 2011. She graduated from Department of...

, Mariko Kōda
Mariko Koda
is a seiyū, J-Pop singer and radio personality born on September 5, 1969 in Miyashiro, Minami Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She graduated from Kasukabe Kyōei High School and went on to major in Communications at Tamagawa University in Machida City, Tokyo, graduating in 1990...

, and Ryōko Shiraishi
Ryoko Shiraishi
is a voice actress from Nara, Japan who works for Aoni Production. Due to her low and gentle voice, she is often cast as either the effeminate-and-kind young man or the sexually mature but sweet-and-sensitive supporting lady...

, and of the voice actor unit Aice5
Aice5
is an all-female Japanese J-pop group that comprises five Japanese voice actresses: Yui Horie, Chiaki Takahashi, Akemi Kanda, Masumi Asano and Madoka Kimura. Yui Horie founded the group on October 29, 2005...

 along with Yui Horie
Yui Horie
is a popular Japanese singer and voice actress. She is sometimes affectionately nicknamed by her Japanese fans.She hosts a radio show called and is the founding member of the singing group, Aice5. She is also a member of the band Kurobara Hozonkai, with the name YUIEL...

, Chiaki Takahashi
Chiaki Takahashi (actress)
is a Japanese voice actress. Her hometown is Yokohama, Japan. On October 10, 2000, she changed the kanji lettering of her name, though the pronunciation remains the same. She was a member of the J-pop group Aice5 as well. Currently freelance , she was previously represented by Aoni Production and...

, Masumi Asano
Masumi Asano
is a Japanese voice actress from Noshiro, Akita who works for Aoni Production. She is also known by her nickname, Masumin.- Notable voice roles :Anime* Saga in A Little Snow Fairy Sugar...

 and Madoka Kimura
Madoka Kimura
is a Japanese voice actress and singer working for Production Baobab.- Notable voice roles :* Kimie Sugawara in Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru* Yuuna Akashi in Negima!* Miki Tachibana in Night Head Genesis...

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Voice roles

  • Aero in Mega Man Legends 3
    Mega Man Legends 3
    Mega Man Legends 3, known as in Japan, was a video game set to be the sequel to Mega Man Legends 2 and was going to be the fourth game in the Mega Man Legends series. It was announced for the Nintendo 3DS on September 29, 2010, during a Nintendo press conference for the 3DS, nearly ten years after...

    (video game)
  • Doujima Nanako in Persona 4 (video game)
  • Ryō Fujibayashi in Clannad
  • Sarah Sacredheart in Dragon Shadow Spell (video game)
  • Iceman in Mega Man Powered Up
    Mega Man (video game)
    Mega Man, known as in Japan, is a video game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System . It is the first game in the original Mega Man series and the entire Mega Man franchise...

    (video game)
  • Mio Amakura in Fatal Frame
    Fatal Frame
    Fatal Frame, known as Project Zero in the PAL region, and Zero Zero in Japan, is a survival horror video game series consisting of four installments and a spin-off. The first and second games in the series were released for the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox, the third has been released for the...

     II
    (video game)
  • Asuna Kagurazaka in Mahou Sensei Negima and Negima!?
    Negima!?
    is an alternate retelling of the manga series Negima! Magister Negi Magi. The anime, directed by Akiyuki Shinbo, aired October 4, 2006 to March 28, 2007 in Japan. It is accompanied by a new monthly manga series by Takuya Fujima called Negima!? neo. Both series feature the same characters and...

  • Kana Suōin in Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru
    Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru
    , commonly known as , is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Caramel Box and released on January 28, 2005 as a limited edition playable on a Microsoft Windows PC...

  • Mawata Awayuki in Prétear
    Prétear
    , also called Prétear - The New Legend of Snow White, is a manga series written by Junichi Sato and illustrated by Kaori Naruse. Spanning four volumes, the manga series was originally published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten from May 2000 through July 2001...

  • Arikuimi (Anteaterina) in Princess Tutu
    Princess Tutu
    is a magical girl anime series created by Ikuko Itoh in 2002 for animation studio Hal Film Maker. It was adapted as a 2-volume manga illustrated by Mizuo Shinonome...

  • Hiromi Kurama in Elfen Lied
    Elfen Lied
    is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto. A thirteen-episode anime television series adaptation was produced by the studio ARMS and broadcast on TV Tokyo from July to October 2004. The anime was later licensed in North America on DVD by ADV Films...

  • Makihara Yukiko in Tokimeki Memorial 3 ~Yakusoku no, Ano Bashou de~
    Tokimeki Memorial
    is a popular dating simulation series by Konami. It consists of 6 main games in addition to a large number of spin-offs. The games are notable in the dating sim genre for being highly nonlinear. Their nickname amongst their fans is the contraction TokiMemo....

  • Nana in Mega Man X: Command Mission
    Mega Man X: Command Mission
    Mega Man X: Command Mission, known in Japan as , is a video game developed by Capcom for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube. The game is a spin-off of the Mega Man X series of titles...

  • Sakura Nina in Ultra Maniac
    Ultra Maniac
    is a manga series written by Wataru Yoshizumi. The romantic comedy series features 8th grader Ayu Tateishi, a tennis club member, and her transfer student friend, Nina Sakura, who is actually a trainee witch from the magical kingdom. It premiered in Shueisha's Ribon manga magazine in February 2001...

  • Rihoko Amaha (Riko) in Witchblade
    Witchblade (anime)
    is an anime series based on the American comic book by the same name. Instead of an adaptation of the original story, the producers decided to create an entire new setup, with all new characters. This co-production between Japanese studio Gonzo and American publisher Top Cow, who owns the rights...

  • Kazuki Arisaka in Tonagura!
    Tonagura!
    is the title of a fictional Japanese comedy/romance story created by Hidetaka Kakei centering around four childhood friends and the romantic relationship between two of them.Tona-Gura! originally began as a manga series and was released on December 7, 2004...

  • Mashiro Kuna in Bleach
    Bleach (manga)
    is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Noriaki "Tite" Kubo. Bleach follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki after he obtains the powers of a —a death personification similar to the Grim Reaper—from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki...

  • Melody in Rune Factory Frontier
  • Meme Kamiyama in Kamisama Kazoku
    Kamisama Kazoku
    is a anime series based on a series of light novels by Yoshikazu Kuwashima, which premiered May 18, 2006 in Japan across the anime satellite television network Animax...

  • Emily in Thomas and Friends
  • Laila Seiren in Juushin Enbu-Hero Tales
  • Hazuki Oikawa in Moyashimon
    Moyashimon
    Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture, known in Japan as , is a manga series created by Masayuki Ishikawa. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen magazine Evening since August 2004. It won the 2008 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for Grand Prize and the 2008 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga...

  • Huepow in Klonoa (video game)
  • Lulu de Morcerf in Shugo Chara!! Doki-
    Shugo Chara!
    , also known as My Guardian Characters, is a Japanese shōjo manga series created by the manga author duo, Peach-Pit. The story centers on elementary school girl Amu Hinamori, whose popular exterior, referred to as "cool and spicy" by her classmates, contrasts with her introverted personality...

  • Heidi in Yakitate!! Japan
    Yakitate!! Japan
    is a manga, authored by Takashi Hashiguchi, serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday, which has been adapted into a television anime series by Sunrise. The manga has spanned 25 tankōbon volumes, as of January, 2007, while the weekly serialization of the manga has ended as of January 10, 2007...

  • Wakaba Tsukishima in Cross Game
    Cross Game
    is a romantic comedy baseball manga series by Mitsuru Adachi that was serialized by Shogakukan in Weekly Shōnen Sunday between 11 May 2005 and 17 February 2010 . It is collected in 17 tankōbon volumes, with the final volume published in April 2010, shortly after the end of the anime series...

  • Nanami Kiri in Maria Holic
    Maria Holic
    is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minari Endō, the author of Dazzle. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive on June 27, 2006, and is published by Media Factory. The manga was licensed by Tokyopop with the first volume in English...

  • Sakura Nina Grow in Yuji number 3-yuji shouchi the movie
  • Sonshoukou Gerbera in SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors
    SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors
    is a Japanese anime television adaptation of the SD Gundam model kit series BB Senshi Sangokuden that began airing on April 3, 2010 and is produced by Sunrise. It is directed by Kenichi Suzuki and Kunihiro Mori. There is no opening theme song, however, there two ending theme songs. The first ending...

  • Amaneka Machbuster in Akatsuki no Amaneka to Aoi Kyojin
    Akatsuki no Amaneka to Aoi Kyojin
    is a Japanese video game developed by Kogado Studio and CyberFront on March 11, 2010. The game is a port from the 2008 PC game developed by Kogado Studio.-Gameplay:...

  • Kozue Tanabe in Shinryaku! Ika Musume
    Shinryaku! Ika Musume
    Squid Girl, known in Japan as , a comedy manga series written by Masahiro Anbe, which began serialization in Weekly Shōnen Champion from 2007. It is published in Taiwan by Chingwin Publishing Group...

  • Chikako Awara in GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class
    GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class
    is a Japanese seinen yonkoma manga series by Satoko Kiyuzuki. The series was serialized in Heiwa Shuppan's moe four-panel manga magazine Comic Gyutto! from its first issue on July 23, 2004 to its last issue...

  • Lian Shi in Dynasty Warriors 7
    Dynasty Warriors 7
    is a hack and slash video game and the seventh official installment of the Dynasty Warriors series. It is developed by Omega Force and published by Koei. The game has been confirmed to be PS3 exclusive in Japan. The story is based on Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms....

    (video game)
  • Azusa Suma in Master of Martial Hearts

Trivia

  • She was a member of the girl singing group, Aice5
    Aice5
    is an all-female Japanese J-pop group that comprises five Japanese voice actresses: Yui Horie, Chiaki Takahashi, Akemi Kanda, Masumi Asano and Madoka Kimura. Yui Horie founded the group on October 29, 2005...

    . Four other members include Masumi Asano
    Masumi Asano
    is a Japanese voice actress from Noshiro, Akita who works for Aoni Production. She is also known by her nickname, Masumin.- Notable voice roles :Anime* Saga in A Little Snow Fairy Sugar...

    , Chiaki Takahashi
    Chiaki Takahashi (actress)
    is a Japanese voice actress. Her hometown is Yokohama, Japan. On October 10, 2000, she changed the kanji lettering of her name, though the pronunciation remains the same. She was a member of the J-pop group Aice5 as well. Currently freelance , she was previously represented by Aoni Production and...

    , Yui Horie
    Yui Horie
    is a popular Japanese singer and voice actress. She is sometimes affectionately nicknamed by her Japanese fans.She hosts a radio show called and is the founding member of the singing group, Aice5. She is also a member of the band Kurobara Hozonkai, with the name YUIEL...

     and Madoka Kimura
    Madoka Kimura
    is a Japanese voice actress and singer working for Production Baobab.- Notable voice roles :* Kimie Sugawara in Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru* Yuuna Akashi in Negima!* Miki Tachibana in Night Head Genesis...

    .
  • She has a penchant for appearing in the same anime/game series as her Negima co-stars, considering 32 women provide the voices of the main cast.
    • In the Fatal Frame series, she voices Amakura Mio, the protagonist of the second game; Junko Minagawa
      Junko Minagawa
      is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Haikyo. She is well known for voicing young boys, although she has done "feminine" lady roles, as well as flirtatious women. She has also sang some of the openings and endings of the anime Prince of Tennis as well as vocal tracks and singles for this...

       voices Rei Kurosawa (the protagonist) in the third game. In Negima, their characters (Asuna and Ayaka respectively) were at loggerheads with each other.
    • In Negima, Mamiko Noto
      Mamiko Noto
      is a Japanese voice actress working under Office Osawa. She was born in the city of Kanazawa, Ishikawa, and graduated from Hokuriku Gakuen Senior High School.-Voice:...

       voices Asuna's classmate Nodoka (also a major character); in Witchblade, Noto voices Masane Amaha (Rihoko's mother). To add to the Negima joke, Akeno Watanabe
      Akeno Watanabe
      is a Japanese voice actor born in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan. She works at Osawa Office and her nickname is Akenon. She currently stars in Pokémon Best Wishes as Ash's newest rival, Shooti and from Episode 17 onwards has begun voicing Ash's Scraggy.-Anime:...

       and Shizuka Itō
      Shizuka Ito
      is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is currently represented by Ken Production. When voicing adult games, she is also known as , , , , or .Itō and fellow voice actress Hitomi Nabatame formed a voice acting unit called "Hitomi Nabatame and Shizuka Itō"...

       voices Asagi and Shiori in the same series. (Both were enemies of Masane; in Negima, Watanabe voices Chachamaru and Itō voices Misa). All four women also appeared, along with Junko Minagawa and Ryoko Shiraishi (Kaede Nagase), in the Shakugan no Shana series.
    • Again, she appears alongside Mamiko Noto in Clannad, this time with Ai Nonaka (Konoka Konoe)
    • She appears with Ai Nonaka again, this time in the game Dynasty Warriors 7
      Dynasty Warriors 7
      is a hack and slash video game and the seventh official installment of the Dynasty Warriors series. It is developed by Omega Force and published by Koei. The game has been confirmed to be PS3 exclusive in Japan. The story is based on Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms....

      with the former voicing Lian Shi of Wu and the latter voicing Bao Sanniang of Shu.

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