is a Japanese

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best known for ''

Wake Up, Girls! ''Wake Up, Girls!'' is an anime series produced by Ordet and Tatsunoko Production and directed by Yutaka Yamamoto. A film titled opened in Japan on January 11, 2014, and a television series aired in Japan between January and March 2014. T ...

'', where she played the central character. She is affiliated with

81 Produce is a voice talent management firm in Japan founded on 3 February 1981 (thus the year is the company's namesake). A hybrid CD-ROM featuring voice talent data for members of 81 Produce was released on 19 October 1997. The company is located in Sh ...

Career

Growing up in Osaka, Yoshioka studied stage acting in school. She became aware of

Mamoru Miyano is a Japanese actor and singer. He is best known for his roles in ''Death Note'', ''Steins;Gate'', ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'', '' Durarara!!'', '' Soul Eater'', ''Wolf's Rain'', '' Ouran High School Host Club'', '' Ajin: Demi-Human'', '' Fullmeta ...

and was inspired by his work as both a stage actor and

seiyuu Voice acting in Japan is an industry where actors provide voice-overs as characters or narrators in media including anime, video games, audio dramas, commercials, and dubbing for non-Japanese films and television programs. In Japan, and ac ...

. She passed an audition for ''Wake Up, Girls!'' in her second year of high school. She and her fellow ''W.U.G.'' actresses won the Special Award at the 9th Annual Seiyu Awards.

Select Works

Television

; 2006 * ''

Kyō no Go no Ni is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga series created by Koharu Sakuraba, the author of '' Minami-ke''. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's ''Bessatsu Young Magazine'' from 2002 to 2003, and the twenty-two chapters were later collected toge ...

'' ; 2014 * ''

'' - Mayu Shimada * '' DRAMAtical Murder'' - Female announcer * '' Hacka Doll the Animation'' - Ayame ; 2016 * '' Anne Happy'' - Ren "Len" Ekoda * ''

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'' - Sakura Kirishima * ''

Taboo Tattoo is a Japanese action ''seinen'' manga series written and illustrated by Shinjirō. It was serialized by Media Factory in its ''Monthly Comic Alive'' magazine between November 2009 and June 2017. The series was compiled into thirteen volumes b ...

'' - Schoolgirl D ; 2017 * ''

Love Tyrant , also known as ''The Very Lovely Tyrant of Love'', is a Japanese comedy manga series by Megane Mihoshi, was serialized online from May 2012 to January 2019 in Flex Comix's Comic Meteor website. It has been collected in fourteen ''tankōbon'' v ...

'' - Girl in a swimsuit, Lady, Seiji Aino (young), Track club member * ''The Laughing Salesman NEW'' - Nozomu Shizuoka * '' In Another World with My Smartphone'' - Aer * '' 100% Pascal-sensei'' - Mayurin ; 2018 * ''

Release the Spyce ''Release the Spyce'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese anime television series created by Sorasaki F., Takahiro, and Namori, produced by ASCII Media Works and animated by Lay-duce. The series aired in Japan from October to December 2018. ...

'' - Child, Female Customer, Pharmacy Employee * ''

Hinomaru Sumo is a Japanese sumo manga series written and illustrated by Kawada. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine from May 2014 to July 2019, with its chapters collected into 28 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shueisha. A 24-episode anime tel ...

'' - Girl, Young Sada ; 2019 * '' Kemono Friends 2'' - California Sea Lion * ''

Fruits Basket , sometimes abbreviated , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya. It was serialized in the semi-monthly Japanese manga magazine , published by Hakusensha, from 1998 to 2006. The series' title comes from ...

'' - Schoolgirl * ''

Cop Craft is a Japanese light novel series, written by Shoji Gatoh and illustrated by Range Murata. Shogakukan have published six volumes since November 2009 under their Gagaga Bunko imprint. An anime television series adaptation by Millepensee aired f ...

'' - Tilarna Exedilica ; 2020 * ''Breakers'' - Kyoko * ''

Sakura Wars the Animation ''Sakura Wars: The Animation'' is a Japanese anime television series directed by Manabu Ono, written by Ono and Tatsuhiko Urahata, and animated by Sanzigen. Co-produced by Sega, Sammy and Tencent Japan, under the name SAKURA PROJECT, it is ba ...

'' - Itsuki Saijo * ''

Ahiru no Sora is a Japanese basketball-themed manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Hinata. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Shōnen manga, manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' since December 2003, with its chapters collected in 51 vo ...

'' - Basketball member ; 2021 * ''

Kageki Shojo!! is a Japanese manga series by Kumiko Saiki. It was serialized as in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Jump X'' from 2012 to 2014 and was collected in two volumes. It was later re-released as in a single volume by Hakusensha in March 2019. A ...

'' - Miki's mother, Yamagishi * '' Kiyo in Kyoto'' ; 2022 * '' Puchiseka'' - Kiritani Haruka ; 2023 * ''

Farming Life in Another World is a Japanese light novel series written by Kinosuke Naito and illustrated by Yasumo. It has been published online via the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō since December 2016. It was later acquired by Enterbrain ...

'' - Granmaria * ''

Dead Mount Death Play is a Japanese manga series written by Ryohgo Narita and illustrated by Shinta Fujimoto. It began serialization in Square Enix's ''Young Gangan'' in October 2017. An anime television series adaptation produced by Geek Toys aired in two cour ...

'' - Kayakusa * ''

World Dai Star is a Japanese mixed-media project written by Takahiro and created by Egg Firm and Bandai Namco Filmworks, with original character designs by Mika Pikazo. An anime television series produced by Lerche aired from April to June 2023, and a mo ...

'' - Audience D ; 2024 * ''

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'' - Leo (young) ; 2025 * '' The Unaware Atelier Master'' - Bandana

Games

; 2013 * ''Wake Up, Girls! Stage no Tenshi'' ; 2014 * ''Tokyo 7th Sisters'' ; 2015 * '' Miracle Girls Festival'' ; 2016 * ''Gurumon'' * ''Soul Reverse Zero'' ; 2018 * '' Grimms Notes Repage'' * ''Onsen Musume Yunohana Collection'' ; 2019 * '' New Sakura Wars'' ; 2020 * ''

Arknights ''Arknights'' is a free-to-play tactical RPG/tower defense mobile game developed by Hypergryph. It was released in China on 1 May 2019, in other countries on 16 January 2020, and in Taiwan on 29 June 2020. ''Arknights'' is available o ...

'' * ''Kirara Fantasia'' * ''22/7 Music Time'' * '' Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!'' as Kiritani Haruka ; 2024 * '' Uma Musume: Pretty Derby'' as

Dream Journey Dream Journey（Japanese:、February 24, 2004 - ）is a Japanese thoroughbred racehorse. The horse won the 2006 Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes as well as the 2009 Takarazuka Kinen, Takarazuka and Arima Kinen. Dream Journey's full brother is Orfevre, t ...

References

External links

Official agency profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yoshioka, Mayu 1995 births Living people Japanese voice actresses 81 Produce voice actors 21st-century Japanese actresses