is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. She is managed by Link Plan Inc, a subsidiary of
Pro-Fit
is a Japanese talent agency based in Tokyo, which handles mainly voice actors.
Attached talent
Male
*Shun Horie
* Yuu Kawada
* Shou Kiraike
* Kosuke Kobayashi
* Taro Masuoka
* Kenichi Mine
* Masato Nishino
*Nobuhiko Okamoto
* Koji Seki
* Yoku ...
.
Career
In 2011, Ōnishi had a starring role in NHK's . In 2013 ''Junior High School Diaries'' won an
International Emmy Kids Award
The International Emmy Kids Awards, founded in New York City in 2013, recognize excellence in international children's programming produced initially outside the United States, and are presented annually by International Academy of Television Art ...
in the series category.
Ōnishi was a finalist in the 13th
Japan Bishojo Contest in 2012, which led to her becoming part of an
idol group called
X21. The group was made up of all of the other finalists from the contest. They began performing in January 2013. She graduated from both X21 and the production agency
Oscar Promotion
is a Japanese talent agency headquartered in Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo. It was founded in 1970 and manages talents in a variety of fields including modelling and acting. The company has a large roster of talents, making it one of the largest talent ag ...
on April 16, 2017.
She began working with Link Plan in July 2017, after completing Pro-Fit's training course. Ōnishi made her debut as a voice actress later that year as Miu Ichinose in the ''YomeKura''
drama CD
Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine ...
. She was also announced to be the voice of Ayumu Uehara in ''
Love Live's'' "Perfect Dream Project" idol group, which would be later known as ''
Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
is a Japanese multimedia spin-off project from the ''Love Live!'' series and its game series ''Love Live! School Idol Festival''. It was first introduced in 2017 as "Perfect Dream Project" and was initially created as part of the game ''Love ...
''.
From 2019 to November 14, 2020, she was a member of the voice actress unit
Prima Porta
Prima Porta is the 58th ''Zones of Rome, zona'' of Rome, identified by the initials Z. LVIII. The name Prima Porta (First Door) came from an arch of the aqueduct that brought water to the Villa of Livia, which formed over Via Flaminia a sort of ga ...
.
On November 22, 2020, it was announced that Ōnishi will be making her debut as a solo singer under
Nippon Columbia
, often pronounced ''Korombia'', operating internationally as , is a Japanese record label founded in 1910 as Nipponophone Co., Ltd. It affiliated itself with the Columbia Graphophone Company of the United Kingdom and adopted the standard UK C ...
, with the release of her first single, "Honjitsu wa Seiten Nari" (本日は晴天なり), on March 3, 2021.
Personal life
Ōnishi's hobbies are reading,
karaoke
Karaoke (; ; , clipped compound of Japanese ''kara'' "empty" and ''ōkesutora'' "orchestra") is a type of interactive entertainment usually offered in clubs and bars, where people sing along to recorded music using a microphone. The music is ...
, and playing the
alto saxophone
The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...
.
Filmography
TV Dramas
*''Junior High School Diaries'' (中学生日記) (2011) as herself
*
''Saki'' (2016-2017) as Satomi Kanbara
Movies
* ''
Saki
Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and cultur ...
'' (2017) as Satomi Kanbara
Anime
* ''
Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles'' (2018) as Female Student C
* ''
Tada Never Falls in Love
is a Japanese romantic comedy anime television series produced by Doga Kobo. It aired from April 5 to June 28, 2018. The series is licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks.
Plot
The story follows Mitsuyoshi Tada, a boy who has never known ...
'' (2018) as Female Student
* ''
Caligula
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August 12 – 24 January 41), better known by his nickname Caligula (), was the third Roman emperor, ruling from 37 until his assassination in 41. He was the son of the popular Roman general Germanicu ...
'' (2018) as Elementary School Student
* ''
Afterlost'' (2019) as Rena
* ''
Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
is a Japanese multimedia spin-off project from the ''Love Live!'' series and its game series ''Love Live! School Idol Festival''. It was first introduced in 2017 as "Perfect Dream Project" and was initially created as part of the game ''Lov ...
'' (2020) as Ayumu Uehara
* ''
Maesetsu!
is an original Japanese anime television series co-animated by Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ. The series aired from October to December 2020, while a manga adaptation by Hato Kannazuki was serialized from July 2020 to May 2021 in ''Monthly Comic ...
'' (2020) as Fubuki Kitakaze
* ''
Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club 2nd Season'' (2022) as Ayumu Uehara
* ''
Don't Hurt Me, My Healer!'' (2022) as Carla
Video games
*''
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
''PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale'' is a 2012 crossover fighting video game developed by SuperBot Entertainment, in conjunction with Bluepoint Games, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It features various characters drawn from dif ...
'' (2012) as Toro Inoue
*''
Shironeko Project
is a free-to-play action role-playing game developed and published by Colopl for Android and iOS. It was initially released in Japan on July 14, 2014. An English version was released internationally under the title ''Colopl Rune Story'' ...
'' (2018) as Danby
*''
''Love Live School Idol Festival ALL STARS'' (2019) as Ayumu Uehara
*''
Magia Record
is a Japanese role-playing video game developed by f4samurai for Android and iOS, which was released by Aniplex in Japan on August 22, 2017. A North American version was available from June 2019 to October 2020. The game is a spin-off o ...
'' (2020) as Sunao Toki
Drama CD
*''YomeKura'' (2017) as Miu Ichinose
References
External links
Official website
Official music website
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1997 births
Living people
Japanese video game actresses
Japanese voice actresses
Nijigasaki High School Idol Club members
Voice actresses from Aichi Prefecture
21st-century Japanese actresses
Nippon Columbia artists