is a Japanese actress and voice actress and former singer from

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, Japan. She is affiliated with

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Tano was part of the

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Boystyle from 2001 to 2007. Her voice acting career began with ''

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'' in 2011, and she has starred in several anime such as '' Smile PreCure'', ''Francesca'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. She has also appeared in the theatrical productions of '' Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.

Biography

She was a originally a member of the idol group BOYSTYLE. In 2011, her first anime role was in ''

'', voicing a character named Rin. In 2012, she voiced Akane Hino/Cure Sunny in ''

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'', the ninth season of the ''

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'' franchise;. In an interview two years later, Tano described it as the start of her voice acting career. In 2018, she reprised her ''Pretty Cure'' role alongside the other fifty-four Pretty Cures in the crossover film '' Hugtto! PreCure Futari wa Pretty Cure: All Stars Memories'', which was certified as having the "Most Magical Warriors in an Anime Film" by

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. In January 2014, she starred as

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in the stage musical '' Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade''; she reprised the role in both the ''

'' stage play and '' Persona 4 Ultimax Song Project''. On 3 April 2018, Tano was cast as Guila in the stage adaptation of ''

''. On 28 July 2018, it was announced that Tano would cease performing at the stage production to recover from

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; the role of Guila was substituted by actress Haneyuri. She also played Mamushi Hojo in the stage adaptation of ''

'', ''Live Act Ao no Exorcist ~Mashin no Rakuin~'', and Riko Aida in the stage adaptation of ''

'', ''Kuroko's Basketball The Encounter'' In February 2014, she was cast as Exorcist in ''Francesca'', an anime centered on the titular idol based in

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, alongside the titular main character's voice actress

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. In April 2014, she was cast in ''

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'' as

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. Her '' Sword Art Online II'' character Nori sang the song "Sleepless Legend" for the ''SAO II Song Collection'', which was released on 22 March 2017. She voiced Sarah Kazuno in ''

'', who is part of the subunit duo Saint Snow alongside Leah Kazuno (voiced by Hinata Satō). She voices Aki Saotome in the

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video game '' Bullet Girls''. On 10 September 2018, Tano was cast as Saki Nikaido in ''

'', an anime by

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and

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. Tano was interviewed by ''

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Japan'' alongside her co-stars

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and

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. She also appeared at the ''Zombie Land Saga'' panel at

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Expo 2019. In her July 2019 interview with ''Anime! Anime!'' following the anime's collaboration with ''Grimoire A: Shiritsu Grimoire Mahou Gakuen'', Tano mentioned that, during recording, she was given assistance to use the

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to reprise her character. On 13 December 2021, she announced her marriage to Ryo Kitamura.

Filmography

Anime

Film

Theatre

Video games

Dubbing

References

External links

Official agency profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tano, Asami 1987 births Living people Amuse Inc. talents Japanese idols Japanese stage actresses Japanese video game actresses Japanese voice actresses Saint Snow members Voice actresses from Hyōgo Prefecture 21st-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers