is a Japanese voice actor from

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, Aomori Prefecture, affiliated with Rush Style. He is known for starring as Akito Shinonome in '' Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!'', Yuya Niyodo in '' Phantom of the Idol'', and Musashi in '' Hanabi-chan Is Often Late''.

Biography

Fumiya Imai, a native of

, Aomori Prefecture, was born on 5 October 1997. He became interested in

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as a youth and even wanted to become a professional to the point of visiting a

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. However, by high school, he had lost interest in the game and was not doing well in his technical classes, so he sought a different job. Inspired by the ''

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'' anime to go into voice acting, he discovered his voice acting talent practicing with his phone's voice recorder, and subsequently left his badminton club and made plans to move to Tokyo. He was educated at the . While still a student, he was an assistant personality for the eighth season of the

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show . He became a full member of Rush Style in January 2022. He voices Akito Shinonome, one of the members of Vivid Bad Squad as part of the video game '' Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!''. He has also performed in several of their music releases, including the 2021 single "Rad Dogs / Cinema" (which charted at #9 in the

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) and the 2022 album ''Vivid Bad Squad Sekai Album Vol.1'' (which charted at #2 in the

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). He will reprise his role as Akito in the 2025 film ''Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing''. His first lead role was Yuya Niyodo in the 2022 anime television series '' Phantom of the Idol'', and he and his co-star

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formed the tie-in unit Zings. He later voiced Musashi in the 2022 anime '' Hanabi-chan Is Often Late''. His hobbies include snowboarding, darts, and mahjong, and his special skills include speaking the

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and playing billiards.

Filmography

Television animation

Animated film

Video games

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Imai, Fumiya 1997 births Living people Anime singers Japanese male pop singers Japanese male video game actors Musicians from Hirosaki Singers from Aomori Prefecture Male voice actors from Aomori Prefecture 21st-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male singers 21st-century Japanese singers