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born in

Kobe Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whi ...

, Hyōgo,

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, employed by the talent management firm Aoni Production. She is also a singer under the name AiM and a songwriter under the name ai. She is best known in the English-speaking world for her work as both a voice actress and a singer in the original Japanese version of the ''

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'' anime series.

Discography

Singles

Best Album

Filmography

Anime

Film

OVA

* ''Spectral Force 2 ~Eien naru Kiseki~'' Range (2001) * ''

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'' (''Odd One Out'') Cortana (2010)

Video Games

* ''Dark Escape 3D'', Female Protagonist * ''Kemono Friends'',

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Xenosaga Episode I ''Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht'' is a role-playing video game developed by Monolith Soft and published by Namco for the PlayStation 2; the game was released in 2002 in Japan and 2003 in North America. It is the first entry in the ''Xen ...

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(2002) * ''Zatch Bell'' video games, Megumi Oumi (2003) *''

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(2004) *'' Samurai Warriors'' ''series'',

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and Samurai Woman (2004-current) *''

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(2005) *''Azumi2 Death Or Love (2005) *''

Xenosaga Episode III ''Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra'' is a role-playing video game developed by Monolith Soft and published by Namco Bandai Games for the PlayStation 2 in 2006. It is the final entry in both the '' Xenosaga'' trilogy and the larger ...

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(2006) * ''

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Girl's Side 2nd Kiss'', Haruhi Nishimoto (2006) *'' Warriors Orochi'' ''series'', Oichi (2007-19) *'' Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone'' ( PSP version), Nietzsche and Eudy (2008) *''

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'', Yue/Aria (2008) * ''

Persona 4 released outside of Japan as ''Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4'', is a 2008 role-playing video game by Atlus. It is chronologically the fifth installment in the ''Persona'' series, itself a part of the larger '' Megami Tensei'' franchise, and wa ...

'', Chihiro Fushimi (2008) *'' Digimon Adventure PSP'', Mimi Tachikawa (2013) * '' Deception IV: Another Princess'', Valgyrie (2014) * '' Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth'', Sayo (2015) *Counter:Side, Serina (2021)

References

Nakagami, Yoshikatsu et al. "Voice Actress Spotlight". (June 2007) ''Newtype USA''. pp. 112–113.

External links

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