is a Taiwanese–Japanese

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. She was affiliated with the agency Swallow and turned into freelancer in November 2022, before joining Sigma Seven on February 1, 2024. She made her voice acting debut in 2017, playing her first major role as Momo Minamoto in the

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series ''

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'' in 2018.

Biography and career

Anzai spent part of her childhood in

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. She grew up watching

series like ''

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'' and

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, as well as being exposed to the ''

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'' franchise through her brother. She took an interest in voice acting while in elementary school when, as part of a class presentation, she had a part in a historical play. So she could familiarize herself with the voice acting profession, her brother loaned her a

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of the series ''

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'', and she was influenced by the acting and singing of voice actress

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. Watching the series motivated Anzai to pursue a voice acting career. To hone skills, she also listened to roles voiced by

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, and

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. She also spent eight months studying abroad in New Zealand. Anzai debuted in 2017 after graduating from

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's P's Voice Artist School. She started out playing minor roles in the anime series '' Clean Freak! Aoyama kun'', ''

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'', and '' Love and Lies''. The following year, she was cast in her first major role, as Momo Minamoto, the protagonist of the anime series ''

''. She, along with the series's other major characters, also performed the show's opening () and ending ("Hide & Seek") theme songs under the group-name Tsukikage. While promoting ''Release the Spyce'', she appeared at C3 AFA Jakarta 2018, the last to be held in Indonesia. In October 2018, as part of promotions for the ''Onsen Musume'' multimedia franchise, she was named a Japanese ambassador for the hot springs of

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, Taiwan. That same year, she was cast as Tiara in the mixed-media project '' Lapis Re:Lights''. In 2019, she played the role of Miharu Yomine in the mobile game ''

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'', which she reprised in its anime adaptation.

Filmography

Anime

;2017 * '' Clean Freak! Aoyama kun'' as Reona Baba, Furukawa, Schoolgirl, Girl * ''

'' as Isurugi, Elementary Schoolgirl * '' Love and Lies'' as Schoolgirl ;2018 * '' Ultra Monsters Anthropomorphic Project'' as Woman * ''

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'' as Breaking Dance Churis, Eyeball Doctor, Hakase Toyama * '' Magical Girl Site'' as Yuka Sumikura * '' Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katori no Nazotoki File'' as Customer A * ''

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'' as Minori Kitaumekawa * ''

'' as Momo Minamoto ;2019 * ''

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'' as Announcement, Eba * ''Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan'' as Customer A * '' Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu'' as Junior High Schoolgirl B ;2020 * '' Lapis Re:Lights'' as Tiara ;2021 * '' Fairy Ranmaru'' as Schoolgirl 1, Fan 1, Idol A, Boys ;2022 * ''

'' as Miharu Yomine ;2023 * '' Ippon Again!'' as Sanae Takigawa * '' The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World'' as Tiana Algren * '' The Dreaming Boy Is a Realist'' as Yuyu Inatomi ;2024 * '' Rinkai!'' as Chigiri Toyohashi ;2025 * '' There's No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unless...'' as Ajisai Sena

Video games

;2018 * '' Lapis Re:Lights'' as Tiara * ''Onsen Musume'' as Neiwan Jianshih ;2019 * ''

'' as Miharu Yomine * ''

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'' as Temari Kira ;2021 * ''

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'' as Kotoka Saionji

References

External links

Official agency profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anzai, Yukari Living people Japanese people of Taiwanese descent Japanese video game actresses Voice actresses from Fukushima Prefecture Year of birth missing (living people)