is a Japanese voice actress from

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. She is affiliated with the agency With Line.

Biography

Sashide was born in

on September 20, 1998. Sashide's mother enjoyed

anime is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...

, which influenced her daughter and naturally led to Sashide's dream to become an actress. She initially wanted to act in the

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, but after she was told her voice had changed she decided to go into voice acting instead. After graduating from A&G Academy in 2016, and joined her current agency in April of that year. Sashide was cast as Emma Verde in '' Love Live''s "Perfect Dream Project" idol group. Apart from ''Love Live!'', her voice acting roles include Hana Shirosaki in '' Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me'' and Mai Inose in ''

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''.

Personal life

As a child, Sashide's favorite anime were '' Soul Eater'', '' Gurren Lagann'' and '' Fullmetal Alchemist''. She also likes the idol groups Nogizaka46, Keyakizaka46 and

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. Her skills include jazz dance,

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and playing

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. She often plays original songs that her older sister wrote.

Filmography

Anime

* '' Scorching Ping Pong Girls'' (2016) as Female student 2 * '' Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me'' (2019) as Hana Shirosaki * ''

'' (2020) as Mai Inose * '' Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club'' (2020) as Emma Verde * '' Kiratto Pri Chan'' (2020) as Eve Kagayaki * '' Aharen-san Is Indecipherable'' (2022) as Futaba * '' Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club 2nd Season'' (2022) as Emma Verde * '' Beast Tamer'' (2022) as Luna * '' Laid-Back Camp: Season 3'' (2024) as Ema Mizunami * '' Loner Life in Another World'' (2024) as Nudist Girl * '' I Left My A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths!'' (2025) as Nene

Anime films

* ''Zunda Horizon'' (2017) as Ōedo Chanko * '' Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me: Precious Friends'' (2022) as Hana Shirosaki

Video games

;2016 * ''Gyakuten Othellonia'' as Fredricka * ''Gekitotsu! Crash Fight'' as Marsha * ''Chain Chronicles'' as Paula ;2017 * ''Ichi Banketsu Online'' as Orihime * ''Tenka Hyakken -Zan-'' as Yamatorige Ichimonji * ''Tokyo Clanpool'' as Shirokka * '' Puyopuyo!! Quest'' as Yue and Mappera ;2019 * ''

Love Live! School Idol Festival (often abbreviated as ''LLSIF'' or ''Sukufesu'') is a Japanese rhythm game series. The first game, developed by KLab and published by Bushiroad's Bushimo, was released in Japan on April 15, 2013, for iOS and June 8, 2013, for Android (operatin ...

'' as Emma Verde * '' Love Live! School Idol Festival All Stars'' as Emma Verde ;2020 * '' Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation'' as Tsukishi * '' Duel Masters PLAY's'' as Cocco Lupiko * '' Kiratto Pri☆Chan'' as Eve Kagayaki ;2022 * '' Takt Op. Destiny in the City of Crimson Melody'' as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star * '' Azur Lane'' as Emanuele Pessagno * '' Stella of The End'' as Philia ;2024 * '' Uma Musume Pretty Derby'' as North Flight

Other

*''VR Idol Stars Project "Hop Step Sing!"'' as Niina Nijikawa *''Onsen Musume'' as Kaoru Yuda

References

External links

Official agency profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sashide, Maria 1998 births Living people Anime singers Japanese video game actresses Nijigasaki High School Idol Club members Voice actresses from Saitama Prefecture 21st-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers