is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with

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. She is best known for voicing Kanon Mizushiro in ''

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'', Kirari Moroboshi in ''

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in ''

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'', and Yoriko Fujiwara in ''

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''.

Biography

Rei Matsuzaki was born on 31 May 1985 in the city of

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and was educated at and later at the

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. After being separated from her childhood friends during the transition to junior high school, she decided to make new friends and later met them at the school's anime and manga club. She regained her interest in anime and manga during that time, and later visited an

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shop. After listening to the radio shows hosted by and

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, she thought of the idea of being a radio show host, and became aware of the voice acting industry. She later entered the broadcasting department, performed readings and announcements, and participated in the NHK Cup's creative radio drama section. After several auditions, Matsuzaki passed the Aniplex presents Super Voice Audition in August 2006 and debuted with ''

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''. Two years later, she joined Mausu Promotion. In 2015, she was cast as Kirari Moroboshi in ''

'', and her character single, which features the song ''Marshmallow☆Kiss'', was released on 8 August 2012. It charted on the Oricon Singles Chart for seven weeks and topped at #10 on 20 August. She subsequently reprised the role in both seasons of the anime adaptation and the ''Theater'' spinoff. In other video games, she has voiced Jam Kuradoberi in ''

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'', Mani in ''

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'', and Rosa Thunberg in ''

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''. After voicing Catherine in '' Jewelpet Twinkle'', she was later cast as Kanon Mizushiro in ''

'', and she later voiced a schoolgirl in ''

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'' and a fairy in ''Jewelpet: Attack Travel''. She has also voiced Niina in ''

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'',

in ''

'', Ayame Reikadō in ''

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'', Botan Ichige in ', Nina Tachibana in ''

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'', Yoriko Fujiwara in ''

'', and Eldry in ''

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''. She has had minor roles in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. She also voiced Nao Komatsu in all three episodes of the 2014 OVA adaptation of ''

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''.

Personal life

Matsuzaki is a fan of the

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, a

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team in the

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. She was a columnist for

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' edition on the team. She and kabuki actor IX made an appearance at a Swallows fan meeting in

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on 19 February 2019. She hosts ''Rei & Yui no Bunkahōsō Home Run Radio!'' (a radio show on

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's internet radio service) with fellow voice actress

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, who is a fan of the

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. On 24 December 2019, Matsuzaki announced her marriage to a male Swallows fan. Matsuzaki said that she and her husband bonded over baseball.

Filmography

Television

Video games

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Matsuzaki, Rei 1985 births Living people Japanese video game actresses Mausu Promotion voice actors Tokyo University of Science alumni Voice actresses from Fukuoka Prefecture Voice actors from Fukuoka 21st-century Japanese actresses