is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is currently affiliated with Holy Peak. She is known for her role as You Watanabe in the multimedia franchise '' Love Live! Sunshine!!''. She is also an idol in the unit

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, for the same franchise. In 2019, she made her solo debut as a musician under

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with the mini album . Later that year, she released the single ; the song "Papapa" was used as the opening theme to the anime series ''

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''.

Biography

Shuka Saitō was born on August 16, 1996, the youngest of four children. She has an older sister and two brothers. She attended a hip-hop course in the fourth grade of elementary school, which had a great influence on her career aspirations at an early age. She took dance lessons until the third year of high school. In the second year of high school she also took singing lessons. In 2015, Saitō attended an audition for the role of You Watanabe from the anime television series '' Love Live! Sunshine!!'' and got the role. She is part of the fictional group Aqours, which belongs to the Love Live! Franchise, and has released several singles with the group, which are very successful in Japan and some of which have received a gold record. At the eleventh Seiyū Awards in 2017, she received the Singing Award as a member of Aqours. Shuka Saitō had other speaking roles in the anime television series ''

'' as Asaka Mayama. She also interpreted the song in the opening credits of the series with Papapa. In 2021, she had main speaking roles in anime television series '' Wonder Egg Priority'' as Rika Kawai. In addition, she spoke various characters in various video games, including '' Phantasy Star Online'', ''

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'', '' Hakoniwa Company Works'' and ''Dolls Order''. In June 2019, Saitō announced that she would also work as a solo musician and signed a record deal with the Japanese music label Sacra Music.

Filmography

Anime television series

*'' Love Live! Sunshine!!'' (2016–17) as You Watanabe *'' Time Bokan 24'' (2016) as Child (ep 5) *''Time Bokan 24'' (2017) as Child B (ep 14) *''

'' (2019) as Asaka "Sasanqua" Mayama *'' D4DJ First Mix'' (2020) as DJ Misamisa (ep 2) *'' Wonder Egg Priority'' (2021) as Rika Kawai *'' Akebi's Sailor Uniform'' (2022) as Miki Fukumoto *'' A Herbivorous Dragon of 5,000 Years Gets Unfairly Villainized'' (2023) as Water Saint (Japanese dub) *'' Yohane the Parhelion: Sunshine in the Mirror'' (2023) as You

Video games

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'' (2016) as You Watanabe *''Uchi no Hime-sama ga Ichiban Kawaii'' (2016) as Amaterasu *''Dragon Genesis -bonds of holy war-'' (2017) as Proserpina *''Phantasy Star Online 2 es'' (2017) as Kae Traitor *'' Hakoniwa Company Works'' (2017) as Meme Kazamidori *''Phantasy Star Online 2 es'' (2017) as Assassin Claw *''Phantasy Star Online 2 es'' (2017) as Evil Pirikanet *''Dolls Order'' (2018) as Lohengrin *''Qbit'' (2018) as Karasu Kayakari *''

'' (2019) as You Watanabe *'' Love Live! School Idol Festival All Stars'' (2019) as You Watanabe *''Miko Note'' (2022) as Yumi Amano *''Samurai Maiden'' (2022) as Shingen Takeda *''

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'' (2023) as Felix Schultz *'' Yohane the Parhelion: Blaze in the Deepblue'' (2023) as You

Discography

Albums

Singles

Mini albums

References

External links

Official blog
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saito, Shuko 1996 births Living people Anime singers Aqours members Japanese women pop singers Japanese video game actresses Sacra Music artists Voice actresses from Saitama Prefecture 21st-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers