(born on January 12, 1982) is a female

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singer and actress from

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

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. She has also played the role of

Minako Aino , better known as , is a fictional character in the ''Sailor Moon'' and ''Codename: Sailor V'' manga series written by Naoko Takeuchi. Minako is her sailor form's alternative human identity as part of the Sailor Soldiers, female supernatural figh ...

in the

Sailor Moon musicals The , commonly referred to as , are a series of live theatre productions based on the '' Sailor Moon'' manga by Naoko Takeuchi. The series consists of 31 musicals which have had more than 800 performances since the show opened in the summer ...

from 2001 to 2002.

Anime voice roles

* Happiness! (Opening theme) * Kappa no Kaikata *

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(Kaori Himekawa) *

Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku wo is a Japanese adult visual novel produced by Giga, originally released on March 31, 2006. The game was ported to the PlayStation 2 in 2007, the PlayStation Portable in 2009, and the PlayStation Vita in 2015 came with additional content altho ...

(Ending theme) *

Lamune is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Neko Neko Soft originally released on July 30, 2004, for the PC. It was followed by an all-ages version for the PlayStation 2, and was released on August 25, 2005. A twelve-episode anime ser ...

(Ending theme) * Memories Off 3.5 - Omoide no Kanata e (Ending theme and Kanata Kurosu) *

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(Hinako Mochida) * Academy Wasshoi!

Visual novel voice roles

* Happiness! (Ending Theme) *

(Hinako Mochida and one of the ending themes) * Memories Off ~sorekara again~ (Opening theme and Kanata Kurosu) * Omoide ni Kanata Kimi ~Memories Off~ (Kanata Kurosu)

External links

Ayumi Murata's official website
* 1982 births Living people Japanese voice actresses Anime musicians Singers from Tokyo Actresses from Tokyo 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers {{japan-actor-stub