is a Japanese voice actress and narrator from

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's death, she took over many of her roles. Her hobby is swimming.

Career

After graduating from high school, Endō moved to

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to become a voice actress. She enrolled in the Performing Arts Center, the training school led by

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, and graduated after repeating a year. She said that the reason she decided to go to the training school was because her parents knew Nozawa and thought he would be a safe option. When she was in the training school, she was not good at theater, and according to Nozawa, she once said that she hated theater. She wanted to do plays, but did not want to act in love scenes, and she was not allowed to graduate as a result, so Nozawa decided to make plays without love scenes. In addition, since she originally wanted to be a voice actor, the principal's words about being an actor before being a voice actor weighed heavily on those around him, and when the class and the school were asked who wanted to be a voice actor, Endō was the only one who raised her hand. Her first regular TV anime role was as Kasumi Horiguchi in '' Oku-sama wa Joshi Kōsei'' in 2005, and since gaining recognition as Miyuki Takara in '' Lucky Star'' in 2007, she has played Sheryl Nome in '' Macross Frontier'' and Angelique in '' Neo Angelique'' in 2008. In the internet radio program ''Plume Monogatari'', she formed the voice acting unit "Plume" with Manabi Mizuno and Shiho Kawaragi, but it is currently inactive. Endō won the theme song award (Radio Kansai Award) at the 12th

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for ''Motteke! Sailor Fuku'', the opening theme song for the TV animation ''Lucky Star'', and in 2008, she won the Best Singing award at the 2nd Seiyu Awards together with

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, Emiri Katō and

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. In 2009, she won the Best Supporting Actress award at the

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. On August 8, 2013, Endō reported her marriage on her blog. Following the closure of Office PAC on 31 March 2025, Endō become affiliated with Intention, a voice acting agency founded by voice actor

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Filmography

Anime

Film

Video games

Drama CD

Dubbing roles

Animation

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Endo, Aya 1980 births Living people Japanese video game actresses Japanese women pop singers Voice actresses from Yamagata Prefecture Singers from Yamagata Prefecture Anime singers 21st-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers