is a Japanese voice actress from

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...

. She is currently affiliated with Just Production. Homoto is best known for her role as Lanzhu Zhong in ''

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 ...

''.

Personal life

Homoto was born in

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and she grew up in

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, and

. She is a Hāfu with a Japanese father and a Chinese mother. Her father wanted her to learn Chinese, so they lived in Guangdong from 2004 to 2012. At that time, she used her Chinese name "Yang, Ming" (楊明). Most of the time, Homoto talks to members of her family with a combination of Chinese and Japanese. After she graduated from high school, Homoto gave up going to university and went to

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alone with 100000 JPY to pursue her dream of being a voice actress.

Career

Since she lived

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from 2004 to 2012, Homoto can speak

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fluently and knows some

Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding are ...

. For the same reason, she debuted in as a Chinese—Linlin—through audition hosted on

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. In 2020, Homoto started her YouTube channel and does live streaming on a weekly basis. Usually, the stream includes chatting, letter reading, Chinese teaching and guitar segments. Homoto is not only the voice actress for the Lanzhu Zhong character in ''

''. She is also a staff member under the sound cooperation unit in ''

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''. She helps translate Chinese and Japanese between

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and the director.

Filmography

Television anime

* '' Dropkick on My Devil!'' (2018–2020, Sister, Skull) * ''

'' (2021, Sound cooperation) * ''

Gunma-chan Gunma-chan (ぐんまちゃん, formerly known as Yūma-chan/ゆうまちゃん) is the fictional ''yuru-chara'' mascot of Gunma Prefecture. There are two official versions of the character. The original version The original Gunma-chan debut ...

'' (2021–2023, Honey Work D) * '' Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club 2nd Season'' (2022, Lanzhu Zhong) * '' Nijiyon Animation (2023, Lanzhu Zhong) * '' Chiikawa'' (2023, Gray's children)

Web anime

* ''Live Animation Heart X Algorhythm'' (2018–2019, Linlin, Kiilin)

Video games

* ''

Love Live! School Idol Festival All Stars (often abbreviated as ''LLSIF'' or ''Sukufesu'') is a Japanese rhythm game series. The original game, developed by KLab and published by Bushiroad's Bushimo, was first released in Japan on April 15, 2013 for iOS and June 8, 2013 for Android (ope ...

'' (2020–present, Lanzhu Zhong) *

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(2022–present, Harbin)

References

External links

Official agency profile
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Homoto, Akina 1996 births Living people Japanese video game actresses Japanese voice actresses Japanese people of Chinese descent Nijigasaki High School Idol Club members