is a Japanese

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. She plays the guitar for the band Poppin'Party of the ''

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'' franchise, which includes portraying the character Tae Hanazono.

Career

Ōtsuka grew up playing with a toy piano that her mother purchased for her, while she wrote her first song when she was five years old after listening to a nursery rhyme. She was part of her elementary school's music committee, which involved playing music during the morning assemblies, and was in her middle school's band club as a trombonist. At the age of 15, Ōtsuka began

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with an acoustic guitar, which she did for four years. In December 2014, Ōtsuka was recruited to join the

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music franchise ''

'' as the guitarist Tae Hanazono; at the time, she had no voice acting or electric guitar experience. She was formally introduced to the franchise band Poppin'Party during its second live concert on June 14, 2015. Various aspects of Tae's character were inspired by Ōtsuka, such as Tae conducting street performances during the second season of the anime. Tae's friendship with Raise A Suilen's Rei Wakana is also based on Ōtsuka's connections with Rei's voice actress and Ace Crew colleague

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. Ōtsuka would perform with RAS during its role as a

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in 2018 and as a guest at its debut live; she also made guest appearances at the band's Heaven and Earth show in 2019 and its stage play in 2020. In late 2021, Ōtsuka and Poppin'Party bandmate Aimi conducted a series of acoustic guitar shows, called Kasumi and Tae's Stay After School Tour, with performances at

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's Namba, Nagoya, and Yokohama venues. In 2020, she joined Bushiroad's ''

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'' franchise as Nagisa Tsukimiyama, guitarist of the group Rondo. As a solo performer, Ōtsuka's first song "What's your Identity?" was used as the Japanese opening to the Chinese-animated show ''Egg Car'' in 2019. ''Avant-title'', her debut mini-album, was released on February 26, 2020.

Personal life

Ōtsuka owns numerous pets like rabbits and birds, the former of which was adopted as a character trait for Tae.

Filmography

Anime

Video games

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Otsuka, Sae Living people 1995 births Japanese guitarists Japanese women guitarists Japanese video game actresses Japanese voice actresses Poppin'Party members 21st-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers