KAORI. (born 28 February 1976) is a freelance Japanese
voice actress
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and singer from
Yokohama
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,
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kanag ...
. She was previously employed by Contemporary Music Society and Aksent.
Career
Until around 1999, KAORI. worked under the stage name and then at an entertainment agency, but due to a merger with the agency she belonged to, she couldn't use "Kawana Midori" anymore, so she worked under the stage name for a brief period. The stage name KAORI., which she used since 2000, is a
portmanteau
A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of wordsPocket Monsters: Diamond and Pearl'', she changed her stage name to , though she continued to use "KAORI." when singing.
She is also a member of the rock band Spunky Strider, in which she was a vocalist. As of 2012, she has stopped singing as a solo artist and with a band due to vocal cervical dystonia (
spasmodic dysphonia
Spasmodic dysphonia, also known as laryngeal dystonia, is a disorder in which the muscles that generate a person's voice go into periods of spasm. This results in breaks or interruptions in the voice, often every few sentences, which can make a pe ...
).☆いつも応援してくれているファンの皆さんへ☆ /ref> She had signs of vocal problems when she guest-starred as Haruka in ''Pocket Monsters: Diamond and Pearl''.
Brigadoon
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* ''
Getbackers
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'' (2002 – 2003) - Yumiko Imai (ep. 35)
* ''
Kaleido Star
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''Kale ...
Nana
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'' (2006 – 2007) - Nana Komatsu
* ''
Paradise Kiss
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