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is a Japanese
voice actress Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent ...
. She was represented by the
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 ...
talent agency until 2014. She has been represented by Office Osawa since 2015. She played leading roles in several
anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...
series, including Meiko "Menma" Honma in '' Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day'', Inori Yuzuriha in ''
Guilty Crown is a 2011 Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G which aired on Fuji TV's noitamina program block from October 13, 2011. The story revolves around Shu Ouma, a high school boy who comes into possession of an ability ...
'', Alice Zuberg in '' Sword Art Online: Alicization'', Utaha Kasumigaoka in '' Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend'', Mashiro Shiina in ''
The Pet Girl of Sakurasou is a Japanese light novel series written by Hajime Kamoshida, with illustrations by Kēji Mizoguchi. ASCII Media Works published 13 volumes between January 2010 and March 2014. A manga adaptation illustrated by Hōki Kusano was serialized A ...
'', Saori Takebe in ''
Girls und Panzer , abbreviated as ''GuP'' or ''Garupan'' , is a Japanese anime franchise created by Actas which depicts a competition between girls' high schools practicing tank warfare as a sport. The series was directed by Tsutomu ...
'', Shiro in ''
No Game No Life is a Japanese light novel series by Yuu Kamiya. It is published under the MF Bunko J imprint with ten novels released between April 25, 2012, and January 25, 2018. The author and his wife, Mashiro Hiiragi, adapted the novels into a mang ...
'', Darkness in ''
KonoSuba is a Japanese light novel series written by Natsume Akatsuki. The series follows Kazuma Sato, a boy who is sent to a fantasy world with MMORPG elements following his death, where he forms a dysfunctional adventuring party w ...
'', and Mamako Oosuki in ''
Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? also simply referred to as is a Japanese light novel series written by Dachima Inaka and illustrated by Pochi Iida. It was published by Fujimi Shobo under its Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint from January 2017 to April 2020 for a total of ele ...
''. She has also performed opening, ending and insert theme songs for each series.


Biography

Kayano wanted to work in a job that would involve "healing people", leading to initially take up a course at a vocational school. She worked in the beauty industry and became interested in acting, after watching ''
Aria In music, an aria (Italian: ; plural: ''arie'' , or ''arias'' in common usage, diminutive form arietta , plural ariette, or in English simply air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompanime ...
''. While attending school, Kayano continued working in the industry and paid for her tuition. Kayano began working at
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 ...
in 2010, starring in the original video animation ''
Princess Resurrection is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasunori Mitsunaga. The manga was serialized in '' Monthly Shōnen Sirius'' magazine and published by Kodansha. A 26-episode anime series by Madhouse aired on TBS in 2007. Both the ma ...
''. She also voiced a number of background roles in the anime series ''
A Certain Magical Index II The second season of the Japanese animated television series ''A Certain Magical Index'', based on the light novel of the same name, follows the adventures of Toma Kamijo and Index as they face the threat of the Roman Catholic Church. It was p ...
'', playing Itsuwa. She voiced Meiko "Menma" Honma in '' Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day''. Kayano,
Haruka Tomatsu is a Japanese voice actress and singer, employed by Music Ray'n. She received the Rookie of the Year award at the 3rd Seiyu Awards and the Synergy Award at the 9th Seiyu Awards. Tomatsu voiced Asuna Yuuki in ''Sword Art Online'', Zero Two in ' ...
and
Saori Hayami Saori (written: 沙織, 早織, 佐織, 砂織, 沙保里, 沙緒里, 紗央里, 紗央莉, 左多里 or さおり in hiragana) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Saori (television personality) (born 1981), ...
performed the series' ending theme "Secret Base – Kimi ga Kureta Mono (10 years after Ver.)", a cover of a song originally sung by the band
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. For her role as Menma, she received the Best Newcomer Award at the 6th
Seiyu Awards The are award ceremonies for the recognition of voice acting talent for outstanding performance in anime and other media in Japan. The first Seiyu Awards were held on March 3, 2007 at the 3D Theatre of the Tokyo Anime Center in Akihabara. Award ...
in 2012. Kayano played the role of Inori Yuzuriha in ''
Guilty Crown is a 2011 Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G which aired on Fuji TV's noitamina program block from October 13, 2011. The story revolves around Shu Ouma, a high school boy who comes into possession of an ability ...
''. In 2012, she played Mayaka Ibara in ''
Hyouka is a 2001 Japanese mystery novel written by Honobu Yonezawa. It is the first volume of the series. Five additional volumes have been published between 2002 and 2016. A manga adaptation drawn by Taskohna began serialization in the March ...
''; Kayano and co-star
Satomi Satō is a Japanese voice actress and singer. Biography Satō is affiliated with Aoni Production's Junior Talent. She attended Tokyo Announce Gakuin Performing Arts College. She is known as , as means "sugar" in Japanese. She announced her marriage ...
performed the series' ending themes and . She also played the roles of Mashiro Shiina in ''
The Pet Girl of Sakurasou is a Japanese light novel series written by Hajime Kamoshida, with illustrations by Kēji Mizoguchi. ASCII Media Works published 13 volumes between January 2010 and March 2014. A manga adaptation illustrated by Hōki Kusano was serialized A ...
'', and Saori Takebe in ''
Girls und Panzer , abbreviated as ''GuP'' or ''Garupan'' , is a Japanese anime franchise created by Actas which depicts a competition between girls' high schools practicing tank warfare as a sport. The series was directed by Tsutomu ...
''. She played several roles in 2013, including the roles of Ai Fuyuumi in ''
Oreshura , short for , is a Japanese light novel series written by Yūji Yūji, with illustrations provided by Ruroo. SoftBank Creative published eighteen main novels and one extra from February 2011 to February 2022. There have been four manga ada ...
'', and Chisaki Hiradaira in '' Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea''. In 2014, Kayano played Shiro in ''
No Game No Life is a Japanese light novel series by Yuu Kamiya. It is published under the MF Bunko J imprint with ten novels released between April 25, 2012, and January 25, 2018. The author and his wife, Mashiro Hiiragi, adapted the novels into a mang ...
''. She performed the series' ending theme "Oración". Later that year, she left Pro-Fit and became a freelancer. Kayano joined Office Osawa in 2015. Later that year, she played Megumi Sakura in ''
School-Live! is a Japanese manga series written by Norimitsu Kaihō and illustrated by Sadoru Chiba. The series was serialized from May 24, 2012 to November 22, 2019 in the Houbunsha's ''Manga Time Kirara Forward'' magazine and is licensed in English ...
'', and Utaha Kasumigaoka in '' Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend''. In 2016, she played the roles of Darkness in ''
KonoSuba is a Japanese light novel series written by Natsume Akatsuki. The series follows Kazuma Sato, a boy who is sent to a fantasy world with MMORPG elements following his death, where he forms a dysfunctional adventuring party w ...
'', Chizuru Hishiro in ''
ReLIFE is a Japanese manga series in webtoon format written and illustrated by Yayoiso. The individual chapters were released by NHN Japan on the Comico website from October 12, 2013, to March 16, 2018, for a total of 15 compiled ''tankōbon'' ...
'', and Rin Tōyama in ''
New Game! ''New Game!'' is a Japanese four-panel manga series by Shōtarō Tokunō, which was serialized in Houbunsha's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Manga Time Kirara Carat'' from January 2013 to August 2021 and is licensed in English by Seven Seas E ...
''. In 2017, she played Kirie Sakurame in '' UQ Holder''. She also played Shuvi in '' No Game No Life: Zero''. In 2016, Kayano hosted a show titled at
Animate Times is the retailing arm of MOVIC and is the largest retailer of anime, video games and manga in Japan. The first and flagship store of Animate was opened in 1983 in Ikebukuro, a district in Tokyo, Japan. Retail stores Currently there are 117 A ...
'
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channel. The show focuses on her looking through into various types of
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. The title of show is also a combination of her surname Kayano and the Japanese word for "drink", which is .


Controversy

In 2021, controversy arose on Chinese social media as a result of Kayano's post regarding her February 11 trip to the
Yasukuni Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Emperor Meiji in June 1869 and commemorates those who died in service of Japan, from the Boshin War of 1868–1869, to the two Sino-Japanese Wars, 1894–1895 and 1937–1945 resp ...
, a
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shrine often a subject of controversy which enshrines Japanese men, women, children, and soldiers who died in numerous wars involving Japan spanning between the Meiji and Showa eras, including 1,068 convicted war criminals that were sentenced to death by the
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; of which 14 of them, including former
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, are labeled as A-Class criminals. In response, her voice was removed from six characters in the Chinese version of '' Azur Lane''. Similar action was also taken in other games such as the removal of Kayano's voice lines from '' Punishing: Gray Raven'' and the Chinese version of ''
Arknights ''Arknights'' () is a free-to-play tactical RPG/tower defense mobile game developed by Chinese developer Hypergryph. It was released in China on 1 May 2019, in other countries on 16 January 2020 and in Taiwan on 29 June 2020. ''Arknights'' ...
'', which are respectively replaced her voice with that of
Miku Itō is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Style Cube. Her major voice roles include Nanako Usami in ''Locodol'', Ann Akagi in '' Action Heroine Cheer Fruits'', Kokoro Tsurumaki in ''BanG Dream!'', Miku Nakano in ''The Quintessential ...
and Mizuki Kitajima for all servers in 2021.


Filmography


Anime


Film


Video games


Drama CDs


Dubbing


Awards


Notes


References


External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kayano, Ai 1987 births Living people Japanese female YouTubers Japanese video game actresses Japanese voice actresses Japanese YouTubers Voice actresses from Tokyo 21st-century Japanese actresses