is a Japanese voice actress and singer from

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, affiliated with IAM Agency. She had won folk music contests as a young child alongside her sister Aina Suzuki, before debuting as a voice actress in 2017, voicing as Sassa Kurasaki in ''

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''. Since then, she has since starred as Tomoe Murakami in '' The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls'', Twin Turbo in '' Uma Musume Pretty Derby'', Shiori Yamaga in ''

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'', Pekesura in ''

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'', Mel in ''

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'', Reine von Silford in ''

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'', Urū Miyazaki in ''

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'', and Elena in '' A Journey Through Another World''.

Biography

Miharu Hanai, a native of

, was born on 8 February 1998. After being unsuccessful in her dream to join the

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, which she originally wanted to do because she "really likes singing and expressing herself in front of people", she decided to pursue a career in voice acting after watching the anime '' K-On!''. She then studied acting at , and after her graduated, she belonged to IAM Agency. In February 2017, Hanai was cast as Sassa Kurasaki in ''

''. She later played Non in '' Rainy Cocoa side G'' (2019), Lierre in '' Dropkick on My Devil!'' (2020), Twin Turbo in '' Uma Musume Pretty Derby'' (2021), and Shiori Yamaga in ''

'' (2021). In May 2021, she was cast as Fumio Chitose/Yellow in ''Hairpin Double'', the thirtieth-anniversary animated short from the Okayama International Circuit. In 2022, she played Margarita Surprise in '' GrimGrimoire OnceMore'', Pekesura in ''

'', and Mel in ''

''. In 2023, she voiced Reine von Silford in ''

''. Hanai voices Tomoe Murakami in '' The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls'', a sub-franchise in ''

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'' franchise. Since then, she has performed as a singer on several Idolmaster music releases, including the 2020 single "The Idolmaster Cinderella Starlight Master for the Next! 07: Gaze and Gaze" (which charted at #7 in the

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) and the 2021 single "The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Starlight Master Gold Rush! 08: Evil Live" (which charted at #16 in the Oricon Singles Chart). She also stars as Urū Miyazaki in ''

'', an a capella mixed-media project. Although this had been rumored for a while due to their similarities, Hanai and her sister Aina Suzuki had not disclosed their familial relationship to prevent any signs of nepotism. However, on 30 November 2022, it was for the first time confirmed at the press conference announcing their roles in the upcoming anime '' A Journey Through Another World'' that they were sisters; she was also announced as the voice actor for Elena. Hanai is a certified 5th ''dan'' folk singer and a 4th ''dan''

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player. She and Suzuki began practicing folk music after being instructed by her grandfather, and they spent at least seven years in the Shōseikai circle, winning several folk song contests. Hanai in particular has won several competitions in the national, regional, and local levels, including in '' Esashi oiwake'', , '' jinku'', and .

Filmography

Animated television

Original net animation

Video games

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanai, Miharu 1998 births Living people Japanese video game actresses Japanese women pop singers 21st-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers Voice actresses from Hokkaido Singers from Hokkaido People from Chitose, Hokkaido