Karin Takahashi (voice Actress)
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is a Japanese
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and singer from
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who is affiliated with
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. After winning an audition in 2012, she began her entertainment activities in 2013 with the release of the song "Kimi to Futari" which she sang with
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. That same year, she played her first role as Yui Natsukawa in the
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television series ''
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''. She is also known for her roles as Nono Morikubo in ''
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'', Sasame Mitsukuri in '' Ongaku Shōjo'', and Haru Soramachi in ''
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''. From 2013 to 2016, she was a member of the music group Trefle.


Biography

Takahashi was born in
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 ...
on September 9, 1994. She had been interested in songs used in
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since the age of four, when under the influence of her grandfather, she would listen to music from ''
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'' and ''
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''. While in elementary school, she wanted to become a lawyer as she had become fond of watching crime drama series on television, but later on decided to pursue an entertainment-related career instead. When she was 17, she participated in a voice acting audition held by the media company
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; she would become the audition's winner, beating numerous other participants. Takahashi's first activity as an entertainer was the release of the song , which she performed together with fellow newcomer
Yurika Endō is a former Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo, Japan. After starting her career in 2013, she began playing supporting roles in anime series such as '' Ace of Diamond'', '' Magimoji Rurumo'', and '' Sakura Trick''. In 2017, she played t ...
as the duo Yuri*Kari; the song was used as the ending theme to the 2013 anime television series '' The Severing Crime Edge''. That same year, she made her voice acting debut as the character Yui Natsukawa in the anime series ''
Ace of Diamond is a Japanese baseball-themed manga series written and illustrated by Yuji Terajima. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from May 2006 to January 2015. A sequel titled ''Ace of Diamond ...
''. In 2017, Takahashi announced that she had graduated from
Rikkyo University , also known as Saint Paul's University, is a private university, in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan. Rikkyo is known as one of the six leading universities in the field of sports in Tokyo (東京六大学 "Big Six" — Rikkyo University, University of ...
. That same year, she was cast as Nono Morikubo in ''
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''. She was also cast as the character Haru Soramachi in the mobile game ''
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'', where she,
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, and Momoko Suzuki would perform the game's theme song . In 2018, she was cast as Sasame Mitsukuri in '' Ongaku Shōjo'', and she would reprise the role of Haru for the anime television series adaptation of ''Between the Sky and Sea''. In 2022, Takahashi tested positive for
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.


Filmography


Anime

;2013 * ''
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'' as Yui Natsukawa ;2015 * ''
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'' as Female student * '' Lance 'N Masques'' (episode 6) ;2017 * '' The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Theater'' as Nono Morikubo ;2018 * '' Ongaku Shōjo'' as Sasame Mitsukuri * ''
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'' as Haru Soramachi ;2019 *''
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'' as Suika ;2020 *'' Assault Lily Bouquet'' as Miriam Hildegard von Gropius ;2021 *''Gunma-chan'' as Gunma-chan *'' Assault Lily Fruits'' as Miriam Hildegard von Gropius ;2022 *'' Do It Yourself!!'' as Shii *''
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'' as Kobeni Higashiyama


Anime films

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'' (2023) as The 2nd


Video games

* ''
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'' (2014) as Zero * ''
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'' (2017) as Haru Soramachi *''
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'' (2020) as Van Gogh *'' Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition'' (2020) as Teelan *''
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'' (2021) as Lich *''
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'' (2021) as Kawakami Princess *''
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'' (2021) as Lian Ambird *''
Alchemy Stars ''Alchemy Stars'' (白夜極光, "White Night Aurora") is a free-to-play tactical role-playing mobile game developed by Tourdog Studio and published by Tencent Games. It was released globally on 17 June 2021 for Android and iOS devices. Gam ...
'' (2022) as Kayano *''
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'' (2022) as Lumina Ichihoshi


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Official agency profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Takahashi, Karin 1994 births Living people Aoni Production voice actors Japanese video game actresses Japanese voice actresses Rikkyo University alumni Voice actresses from Kanagawa Prefecture 21st-century Japanese people