is a Japanese

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from

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affiliated with the agency

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. After aspiring to become a voice actress early in life, she made her acting debut in 2012 as the character Rin Shibuya in ''

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'' franchise. She is also known for her roles as Myoko in '' Arpeggio of Blue Steel'' and Hotaru Rindō in ''

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''.

Biography

Fukuhara was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on December 31, 1989. Early in life, she dreamed of becoming a veterinarian, but after listening to a radio drama adaptation of the

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series ''

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'', she became aware of the occupation of

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, and decided to pursue that career track instead. She then took correspondence training lessons to improve her voice skills, while also reading manga aloud in order to practice her acting skills. In high school, she was a member of her school's broadcasting club; she later participated in the national radio contest sponsored by

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, becoming the first student of her school to make it to the contest, although she was unable to win any award. At the urging of her parents, she took a degree in nutrition at a university, while also attending the . During her time at the training school, she became part of the voice acting agency VIMS. In 2012, she made her voice acting debut as the character Rin Shibuya in the video game ''

''. She graduated from university the following year. She would then play mainly supporting or background roles in anime until 2015 when she was cast as the character Myōkō in the anime film '' Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova DC''. She also reprised the role of Rin for the anime adaptation of ''The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls''. In 2016, she was cast as the character Grea in the anime series '' Rage of Bahamut: Manaria Friends'', and Hotaru Rindō in the anime series ''

''. In 2017, she played the roles of Sayaka Igarashi in ''

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'', and Kasumi Ayase in the anime series '' Dies Irae''. She played the role of Tarō Misaki in a new television series adaptation of the manga series ''

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'' in 2018. That same year, she was cast as

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in the video game ''

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''. On October 25, 2020, Fukuhara announced she has married fellow voice actor Reo Nakanishi. On January 6, 2022, Fukuhara announced that she has transferred to

, after leaving VIMS on November 30, 2021.

Filmography

Anime

Films

Video games

Dubbing

References

External links

Across Entertainment profile
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