is a
Japanese voice actress and singer from
Miyagi Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,265,724 (1 August 2023) and has a geographic area of . Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akit ...
. She attended voice actor training classes of the Avex Artist Academy before becoming affiliated with Avex Planning and Development. She is known for her role as Megumi Katō in the anime series ''
Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend''.
[ In 2016, she became part of the musical unit Walküre, which performs songs for the anime series '' Macross Delta''. She made her music debut in 2017 with the release of the mini-album .] She is also known as .
Biography
Yasuno was born in Miyagi Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,265,724 (1 August 2023) and has a geographic area of . Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akit ...
on July 9, 1989. About a week after she was born, her family moved to Hakodate
is a Cities of Japan, city and seaports of Japan, port located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture. As of January 31, 2024, the city had an estimated population of 239,813 with 138,807 househol ...
, and after some time they moved back to Miyagi Prefecture. From an early age, she had an interest in anime, particularly after watching ''Sailor Moon
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's Shōjo manga, ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from 1991 to 1997; the 60 individual chapters (later reorganized into ...
'' and '' Magic Knight Rayearth'' as a child. She became aware of voice acting at a young age, while watching the anime series '' Saint Tail''. To further her interest, she watched videos of dubs being recorded.
During her sixth year of elementary school, Yasuno moved to Tokyo
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. In high school, she became part of her school's theater club. Although she had been looking for a voice acting school, her parents told her that they would allow her to pursue a voice acting career only if she paid with her own money. Around that time, the talent agency Avex
Avex Inc. ( kabushiki gaisha , commonly known as Avex and stylized as avex) is a Japanese entertainment conglomerate led by founder Max Matsuura and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1988, the company manages J-pop talents like Ayumi ...
was holding auditions for its voice acting school, so she decided to apply. She passed the audition and began attending voice acting school. She played a number of background roles in anime beginning in 2009, and in 2011 played her first lead role as Kizuna Todoroki, the protagonist of the anime ''Kizuna Ichigake'', which was produced as part of the Young Animator Training Project
The is an annual project launched in 2010, and funded by the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs in order to support training animators. The project culminates in a series of anime shorts produced by various animation studios each ye ...
.
Yasuno continued voicing primarily supporting roles until 2013, when she was cast as the character Sakura Kitaōji in the multimedia franchise '' Aikatsu!'' The following year, she played the roles of Tina Kobayakawa in '' Wake Up, Girls!'' and Yuko Tachikawa in '' Parasyte''. In 2015, she was cast as Megumi Katō, the main heroine of the anime series '' Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend''.[ That year, she also voiced Kaori Murasaki in '' Triage X'' and Mayuko Inoue in '' Ushio and Tora''.] In 2015, she joined the popular idol multimedia franchise '' iDOLM@STER'', taking on the role of '' THE iDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS'' character Natsuki Kimura and has attended many of the franchise's live concerts to represent the character.
In 2016, Yasuno became part of the musical unit Walküre, which performed songs in the anime series '' Macross Delta''; she also played the role of Kaname Buccaneer in the series. She also played the roles of Cordelia Kasukami in '' Twin Star Exorcists'', Botan Kumegawa in '' Anne Happy'', and Gretel Jeckeln in '' Schwarzesmarken''. In 2017, she released her first mini-album under the FlyingDog label; the mini-album includes the song , which was used as the closing theme to the anime series '' Restaurant to Another World''. She made appearances at Anime Festival Asia
C3AFA, also known as Anime Festival Asia (AFA), is a series of anime conventions held in the Southeast Asian region, with a core annual convention held in Singapore. The main convention is traditionally held over a weekend in late November to e ...
Singapore in November 2017 and C3 AFA Hong Kong in February 2018. She made an appearance at Anime North in Toronto on May 25, 2018 to May 27, 2018 where she held a signing session as well as a Q&A panel.
Filmography
Television animation
;2009
*'' Fight Ippatsu! Jūden-chan!!'', Friend B
;2010
*''Chu-Bra!!
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'', Itagaki, Female student
;2011
*'' Un-Go'', An Osada
*'' Chihayafuru'', Rika Mashima
*'' No. 6'', Safu
*'' Pokémon: Black & White'', Rina
;2012
*'' Aquarion Evol'', Shushu
*'' Nakaimo - My Sister Is Among Them!'', Friend
*'' Soreike! Anpanman'', Aoenpitsuman, Mizu no Ko B
*''High School DxD
is a Japanese light novel series written by Ichiei Ishibumi and illustrated by Miyama-Zero. The story centers on Issei Hyodo, a lascivious high school student from Kuoh Academy who desires to be a harem king and is killed by h ...
'', Meguri
*'' Bodacious Space Pirates'', Asta Alhanko
;2013
*'' Aikatsu!'', Sakura Kitaōji, Shizuku Hosaka
*'' Valvrave the Liberator'', Iori Kitagawa
*'' Oshiri Kajiri Mushi'', Nise Kajiri, Z mother, Health room teacher
*''The Severing Crime Edge
is a Japanese manga series, written and illustrated by Tatsuhiko Hikagi. KADOKAWA began releasing the digital English volumes on BookWalker on December 10, 2014. An anime television series adaptation by Studio Gokumi premiered on Tokyo MX and ...
'', Kashiko Misumi
*'' Soreike! Anpanman'', Yukidaruman, Girl, Sakuranbo A
*'' Chihayafuru 2'', Hinako Mano, Megumi Mayama
*'' Da Capo III'', Nomiya Ebisu
*'' Valvrave the Liberator 2nd Season'', Iori Kitagawa
*'' Pokémon: XY'', Cosette
*'' Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! Season 2: Decolora Adventure'', Ayumi
;2014
*'' Wake Up, Girls!'', Tina Kobayakawa
*''When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace
aka InoBato is a Japanese light novel series written by Kōta Nozomi with illustrations by 029. SB Creative has published it in thirteen volumes from 2012 to 2018 under their GA Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Kōsuke Kuros ...
'', Assistant
*'' Parasyte'', Yuko Tachikawa
*'' Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun'', Heroine, Schoolgirl, Clerk
*'' Pokémon: XY'', Espurr, Pichu
*'' Hamatora: the Animation'', Koneko
*'' Yo-Kai Watch'', Chi-chan, Matenshi
*'' Re:_Hamatora'', Koneko
;2015
*'' Danchi Tomoo'', Yūko
*'' Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend'', Megumi Katō
*'' PriPara'', Anko
*'' Show by Rock!!'', Wendy
*'' Triage X'', Kaori Murasaki
*'' Ushio and Tora'', Mayuko Inoue
*'' Gatchaman Crowds insight'', Erina Kido, Housewife
*'' The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls 2nd Season'', Natsuki Kimura
;2016
*'' Schwarzesmarken'', Gretel Jeckeln
*'' Anne Happy'', Botan Kumegawa
*'' Macross Delta'', Kaname Buccaneer
*'' Twin Star Exorcists'', Cordelia Kasukami
;2017
*'' Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Flat'', Megumi Kato[
*'' Restaurant to Another World'', Sarah Gold]
*'' Kirakira PreCure a la Mode'', Lumière
*''Black Clover
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūki Tabata. It started in Shueisha's Shōnen manga, manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' in February 2015. The series ran in the magazine until August 2023, and moved to ...
'', Charmy Pappitson
;2018
* '' Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody'', Nana
*''Overlord II
''Overlord II'' is a 2009 action role-playing game and sequel to the 2007 video game ''Overlord'' and its 2008 expansion pack in the form of '' Overlord: Raising Hell''. It was developed by Triumph Studios and published by Codemasters for Pl ...
'', Princess Renner
*''My Hero Academia
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 2014 to August 2024, with its chapters collected in 42 volumes. Set in a wor ...
'', Nejire Hado
;2019
* Saekano the Movie: Finale, Megumi Kato
*'' Star☆Twinkle PreCure'', Elena Amamiya / Cure Soleil
*'' Are You Lost?'', Mutsu Amatani
*'' Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!'', Monika
;2020
*'' Kakushigoto'', Rasuna Sumita
*''Arte
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'', Dacha
;2021
*'' Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai'', Marin
*'' Edens Zero'', Witch Regret
*'' The Aquatope on White Sand'', Akari Maeda
*'' "Deji" Meets Girl'', Maise Higa
*'' Restaurant to Another World 2'', Sarah Gold
;2022
*'' Slow Loop'', Tora Yoshinaga
*''Orient
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In English, it is largely a meto ...
'', Michiru Saruwatari
*'' Arknights: Prelude to Dawn'', Hoshiguma
;2024
*'' My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered'', Ryōko Ninomiya
*'' Murder Mystery of the Dead'', Yū Kodama
;2025
*'' Flower and Asura'', Ryōko Totonoi
*'' Aquarion: Myth of Emotions'', Kyōko Munakata
*'' Catch Me at the Ballpark!'', Nagisa
Theatrical animation
*''Kizuna Ichigeki'' (2011), Kizuna Todoroki
*'' Aikatsu!'' (2014), Sakura Kitaōji
*'' Bodacious Space Pirates: Abyss of Hyperspace'' (2014), Asta Alhanko
*'' Wake Up, Girls! – Seven Idols'' (2014), Tina Kobayakawa
*'' Macross Delta: Gekijou no Walküre'' (2018), Kaname Buccaneer
*'' Saekano the Movie: Finale'' (2019), Megumi Katō
*'' PreCure Miracle Universe'' (2019), Erena Amamiya / Cure Soleil
*'' Aria the Crepusculo'' (2021), Aletta
Video games
*'' The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage'' (2015-current), Natsuki Kimura
*'' Granblue Fantasy'' (2016), Pamela
*''Uta Macross Sma-Pho De-Culture'' (2017), Kaname Buccaneer
*''Food Fantasy'' (2018), Pineapple Bun, Bird's Nest Soup
*''Azur Lane
''Azur Lane'' () is a side-scrolling video game, side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game created by Chinese developers Shanghai Manjuu and Xiamen Yongshi, released in 2017 for the iOS and Android (operating system), Android operating sys ...
'' (2019), IJN Azuma
*'' My Hero: One's Justice 2'' (2020), Nejire Hado
*'' Arknights'' (2020), Hoshiguma
*''Lord of Heroes'' (2020), Baretta
*''Wing of Darkness'' (2021), Klara
*''Echoes of Mana'' (2022), Sierra
*'' Path to Nowhere'' (2022), Labyrinth
Dubbing
*''Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
''Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures'', known in Japan as is an animated television series produced by 41 Entertainment, Arad Productions, a partnership between Sprite Animation Studios and OLM, Inc., and Bandai Namco Entertainment for Tokyo ...
'', Pinky, Braces Strictler
*'' Surf's Up 2: WaveMania'', Lani Aliikai
Discography
Mini album
Single
References
External links
Official blog
Official agency profile
Official agency Fanclub
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1989 births
Living people
Anime singers
Japanese video game actresses
Singers from Miyagi Prefecture
Voice actors from Hakodate
Voice actresses from Hokkaido
Voice actresses from Miyagi Prefecture