is a Japanese singer and voice actress from

Hyōgo Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and has a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, an ...

. She is currently affiliated with

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and her single is released under label Victor Entertainment.

About

Takatsuki was born in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. She also lived in

Kansai The or the , lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshu, Honshū. The region includes the Prefectures of Japan, prefectures of Nara Prefecture, Nara, Wakayama Prefecture, Wakayama, Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto, Osaka Prefectur ...

for 15 years, but claimed she can't speak in

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. Takatsuki has lived in

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as well. After graduating from middle school, Takatsuki went to Himawari Theater Group where she studied acting. Takatsuki is the middle child and has two sisters. Takatsuki debuted as a singer in September 2012 with the release of the song . Takatsuki is also an utaite (one who covers songs and uploads them in Niconico) under the name ; one song she covered is

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's "This Game," which was used as the opening theme for the anime series ''

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''. In 2015, Takatsuki began her career as a

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in the multimedia project ''

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'' as Hanamaru Kunikida and currently belongs to its group unit Aqours. Takatsuki also belongs to its sub-unit AZALEA along with

Arisa Komiya is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Shimotsuke, Tochigi. Komiya is known for starring as Yoko Usami/Yellow Buster in the 2012 Super Sentai series ''Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters'' and Dia Kurosawa in the multimedia project ''Love Live! Sunsh ...

and

Nanaka Suwa is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Kawagoe, Saitama. She is known for her role as Kanan Matsuura from ''Love Live! Sunshine!!''. Biography Suwa was inspired to become a voice actress after watching the anime ''Hidamari Sketch''. She lat ...

. Takatsuki is nicknamed "King" by both fans and fellow Aqours members. However, she has since requested fans not to call her "King", and is now often referred to as "Kinchan" instead, as of September 2017. Every Thursday, Takatsuki plays

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for Dengeki PlayStation in their NicoNicoLive Community. On June 10, 2019, Takatsuki announced that she has formed a vocal and dance performance unit called BlooDye, with her as the lead singer.

Works

Voice acting roles

Anime

*''

'' as Hanamaru Kunikida *''

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'' as Ayano Katō *''

I'm Standing on a Million Lives is a Japanese manga series written by Naoki Yamakawa and illustrated by Akinari Nao. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''shōnen manga'' magazine ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'' since June 2016. The manga is licensed in North America by Koda ...

'' as Majiha Purple *'' Vlad Love'' as Kaori Konno *'' Genjitsu no Yohane: Sunshine in the Mirror'' as Hanamaru Kunikida

Web Anime

*'' Uma no Friends'' as Kurige

Video games

*''

King's Raid ''King's Raid'' (킹스레이드) is a free-to-play side-scrolling RPG mobile game, which is developed by South Korean indie game developer Vespa and initially published by Thailand-based company GloHow, before Vespa took over the rights in June ...

'' as Laias *''

Love Live! School Idol Festival (often abbreviated as ''LLSIF'' or ''Sukufesu'') is a Japanese rhythm game series. The original game, developed by KLab and published by Bushiroad's Bushimo, was first released in Japan on April 15, 2013 for iOS and June 8, 2013 for Android. Th ...

'' as Hanamaru Kunikida *'' Love Live! School Idol Festival: All Stars'' as Hanamaru Kunikida *''Toukiden 2'' as Megohime; Kichi Saitō

Web Radio

*Kanako to Sarara (Chō! A&G+'' Niconico'': 2017 - )

Lyrics

*"Yowamushi Signal" from her debut single "Bonjō Cinderella no Shiruke no Aru Onegai" *"Kotoba Tsubomi Signal" from album "Go! Go! 575 Sound & Movie Collection" from Project 575, sung by Yuzu Yosano (voiced by

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)

Discography

Singles

As Aqours

Covers

References

Song Covers

External links

Official agency profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Takatsuki, Kanako 1993 births Living people Amuse Inc. talents Anime singers Aqours members Japanese women pop singers Japanese video game actresses Japanese voice actresses Voice actresses from Hyōgo Prefecture 21st-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese women singers 21st-century Japanese singers Utaite