is a Japanese voice actress, singer, and guitarist. She is best known as the voice of Hagumi Hanamoto in '' Honey and Clover'', Haruka Kaminogi in Noein: To Your Other Self, and Sayu Yagami in the anime adaptation of ''

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''. Kudō also portrays Sayo Hikawa in the ''

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'' franchise, which includes playing guitar for the band Roselia.

Career

She worked for Top Coat and was an exclusive model for ''Seventeen'' Japan from 2003 to 2006. Kudō appeared in 2007 No.15. She was originally a reader model for magazines such as ''CUTiE''. The manager of the Top Coat era scouted her after seeing her photo in a magazine. She debuted as a voice actress in 2005 as Hagumi Hanamoto in the TV anime '' Honey and Clover''. She was a reader of the original

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for the same work, and was surprised when offered an audition. After graduating from university, she moved away from performing arts activities and her contract with Top Coat expired on the end of September 2007. Thereafter she started working as a voice actress in earnest and belonged to

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in 2011. In August 2014, she left Sigma Seven and became a

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. She joined ELBS Entertainment from October 2016. Later in the year, she joined the ''

'' music franchise as guitarist for the band Roselia, which included portraying the fictional character Sayo Hikawa. On May 1, 2017, she announced on her official blog that she would transfer to Ace Crew Entertainment. On February 11, 2020, she announced her solo singer debut on Twitter. By March 25, 2020, she debut as a singer and songwriter on her

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, ''KDHR''.

Filmography

Anime

*'' Noein - To Your Other Self'' – Haruka Kaminogi *''

'' – Sayo Hikawa *'' Honey and Clover'' – Hagumi Hanamoto **'' Honey and Clover II'' – Hagumi Hanamoto *''

'' – Sayu Yagami *'' Nodame Cantabile'' – Gorota in PuriGorota **'' Nodame Cantabile'' (live-action drama) – Gorota in PuriGorota *'' Hunter × Hunter (2011)'' – Ponzu *'' From the New World'' – Mamoru Itō (12 years old) *'' The World is Still Beautiful'' – younger Livius I *'' Soreike! Anpanman'' – Poppochan *'' Captain Earth'' – Setsuna *'' Cardfight!! Vanguard G: GIRS Crisis'' – Luna Yumizuki **'' Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Stride Gate'' – Luna Yumizuki *''

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'' – Yumeno Kyūsaku

Video games

*'' BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!'' – Sayo Hikawa *'' Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology'' – Kanonno *'' Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3'' – Pasca Kanonno *'' The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces'' – Maumi Orishina *'' Revue Starlight: Re LIVE'' – Yachiyo Tsuruhime

Others

* Asahi Broadcasting Nagano – Ringo-maru

Discography

Albums

Mini-albums

Remix Albums

References

External links

Official blog

Haruka Kudō
at GamePlaza Haruka Voice Acting Database *
Official Youtube Channel
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kudo, Haruka 1989 births Living people Japanese rock guitarists Japanese women guitarists Japanese video game actresses Japanese women pop singers Roselia (band) members Sigma Seven voice actors Voice actresses from Osaka Prefecture