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Minori Chihara
is a Japanese voice actress and former singer who has had roles in several anime series.Doi, Hitoshi"Chihara Minori" ''Seiyuu Database''. January 3, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2011. She is well known for her voice role as Yuki Nagato in '' The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'' and Leon in ''The iDOLM@STER'', while in her musical career, she has been signed under King Records and Lantis. She was born in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi and was raised in Saitama. She is affiliated with the talent agency HoriPro International. Career ;2003 * From April to September, Chihara served as the assistant to Mariko Kōda's OBC radio program ''Kōda Mariko no GM,'' a position she gained through an audition. She won first place at the Seiyū Grand Prix Club and the right to work in the '' avex artist academy''. * In October, she was chosen as one of the top 4 finalists for Pony Canyon, Inc.'s Voice Artist & Singer Audition「VSオーディション2003」 sponsorship contest, but did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utsunomiya
is the prefectural capital city of Tochigi Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 519,223, and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Utsunomiya is famous for its ''gyoza'' (pan fried dumplings). There are more than two hundred ''gyoza'' restaurants in Utsunomiya. had a population of 888,005 in the 2000 census. The nearby city of Oyama, Tochigi, Oyama is included in Greater Tokyo, but Greater Utsunomiya is not, despite the two areas amalgamating somewhat. It is the 10th most populated city in the Kantō region. Geography Utsunomiya is located in south-central Tochigi Prefecture in the northern Kantō plains. It is approximately north of Tokyo. The historic town of Nikkō, Tochigi, Nikkō is approximately northwest of Utsunomiya. The average altitude of the city is . Surrounding municipalities Tochigi Prefecture * Nikkō, Tochigi, Nikkō * Kanuma, Tochigi, Kanuma * Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Shimotsuke * Mooka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariko Kōda
is a Japanese actress, voice actress, J-pop singer and radio personality. She graduated from Kasukabe Kyōei High School and went on to major in Communications at Tamagawa University in Machida City, Tokyo, graduating in 1990. Kouda has had at least one song appear on the program ''Minna no Uta''. She was a member of the J-pop voice acting group, Drops, until they disbanded. They were most well known for singing the ending theme to the anime '' Doki Doki School Hours'' although they did perform a couple of concerts one of which was released on DVD. She works for the talent management firm Aoni Production. Her most notable roles include Okinu from ''Ghost Sweeper Mikami'', Miki Koishikawa from ''Marmalade Boy'' and Shaorin from '' Mamotte Shugogetten''. Filmography Television animation *'' Anime World Fairytales'' (Gretel) *'' Black Jack'' (Rei Asato) *''Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo'' (Ruby, Denbo) *''Chance Pop Session'' (Reika) *''CLAMP School Detectives'' (Miyuki) *'' Crayon Shin-ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hare Hare Yukai
This is a list of albums attributed to the anime adaptation ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'' based on the ''Haruhi Suzumiya'' light novel series. There have been three soundtrack singles released for the anime containing the opening, ending, and insert songs featured in the anime series. Three radio drama CDs were released, along with a single which contained the theme songs to the radio dramas. A drama CD was also produced and the final track on the CD contained an original music track. There are nine additional character song albums sung by the voice actors for not only the five main characters in the series, but four other minor characters were also given mini albums. Soundtracks Bōken Desho Desho? is the opening theme to the Japanese anime ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', as well as the movie, ''The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya''. It ranked #10 in CD sales on amazon.co.jp when the single was released. * Oricon Weekly Rank Peak: #10 * Weeks in Chart: 28 we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animelo Summer Live
''Animelo Summer Live'', abbreviated as , is the biggest annual anime songs music festival in Japan hosted by Dwango and Nippon Cultural Broadcasting. Animelo Summer Live has been held every summer since 2005. Description Animelo performers are singers and voice actors that specialize in singing anime or game theme songs; however, they also both present and perform new original and tokusatsu songs as well. The performers are not necessarily under the same record label. Animelo has a different theme song for each year, which is sung by all performers in the end of the concert. More general artists who have performed anime songs have also performed, including Rina Aiuchi, m.o.v.e, AAA, Shoko Nakagawa, Kenji Ohtsuki, Gackt, and Momoiro Clover Z. Due to various copyrights and contracts, some performances belonging to certain record labels have sometimes not been included on the video distributed on DVDs and Blu-Rays. This factored into the lack of a video release for 2005. Becaus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yūko Gotō
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer who was contracted to Production Baobab and is now signed to Axlone. In direct contrast to her cute-and-vulnerable moé typecasting, Yūko in real life is a devotee of biker culture who dresses and acts as such when not working, right down to her motorcycle. This is parodied in the 23rd episode of Lucky Star, in which she appears as a masculine Bōsōzoku-styled character of herself called Gotouza, a nickname given to her by fellow voice actor Tomokazu Sugita. She is also a fluent English speaker. In 2012, she announced that she is suffering from idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and systemic lupus erythematosus. TSUBUYAKI (Goto's official blog), 9 July 2012 She is currently performing voice actor activity, while frequently going to the hospital, but recovered on October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aya Hirano
is a Japanese actress and singer associated with the voice acting agency Grick. Beginning in the entertainment industry as a child actor in television commercials, she appeared in her first voice acting role in the anime television series '' Angel Tales'' (2001). In 2006, she became known for her role as Haruhi Suzumiya in the ''Haruhi Suzumiya'' franchise, winning the Voice Acting Award at the 2007 Tokyo Anime Awards, the Best Newcomer Award at the 1st Seiyu Awards in 2007, and the Best Lead Actress award at the 2nd Seiyu Awards in 2008. In addition, she also provided the voice of Misa Amane in ''Death Note'', Konata Izumi in '' Lucky Star'', and Lucy Heartfilia in ''Fairy Tail''. In 2010, Hirano began transitioning her acting career to television and stage plays, starring in '' Konna no Idol Janain!?'' (2012) and ''Muse no Kagami'' (2012). In the late 2000s and early 2010s, Hirano was regarded as an idol voice actor and is notable for being a voice actor who was able to c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruhi Suzumiya
is a Japanese light novel series written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito. It was first published in 2003 by Kadokawa Shoten in Japan with the novel ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', and has since been followed by 11 additional novel volumes, an anime television series adaptation produced by Kyoto Animation, four manga series, an animated film, two original net animation series and several video games. After the anime adaptation airing in 2006, publishing company Kadokawa Shoten received offers for licensing the novels and their adaptations. The novels are licensed for English language release in the United States by Little, Brown and Company, for young readers by Yen Press and the anime adaptation was licensed for North American distribution by Kadokawa Pictures USA division which then sub-licensed production and distribution to Bandai Entertainment. The anime is currently licensed by Crunchyroll. Plot Kyon is a student at North High Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyu Matsuki
Miyu is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings Miyu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *美侑, "beauty, assist" *美結, "beauty, bind" *美夢, "beauty, dream" *美夕, "beauty, evening" *美唯, "beauty, only" *美由, "beauty, reason" *深優, "deep, tenderness" *実由, "fruit, reason"; "truth, reason" *実結, "fruit, bind"; "truth, bind" *心由, "heart, reason" *海由, "sea, reason" *未夢, "sheep, dream" *未由, "sheep, reason" *光由, "light, reason" The name can also be written in hiragana () or katakana . People with the name *Miyu Irino (自由), Japanese voice actor * Miyu Kato (other), multiple people *, Japanese voice actress and idol *Miyu Matsuki (未祐), Japanese voice actress *, Japanese table tennis player *, Japanese volleyball player *Miyu Nagase (実夕), Japanese singer, guitarist and a former member of all-girls J-pop band ''ZONE'' *, Japanese swimmer *Miyu Uehara (美優), Japanese gravure idol *, Japane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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