is a

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and singer from

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. She attended voice actor training classes of the Avex Artist Academy before becoming affiliated with Avex Planning and Development. She is known for her role as Megumi Katō in the anime series '' Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend''. In 2016, she became part of the musical unit Walküre, which performs songs for the anime series ''

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''. She made her music debut in 2017 with the release of the mini-album . She is also known as .

Biography

Yasuno was born in

on July 9, 1989. About a week after she was born, her family moved to

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, and after some time they moved back to Miyagi Prefecture. From an early age, she had an interest in anime, particularly after watching ''

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'' and ''

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'' as a child. She became aware of voice acting at a young age, while watching the anime series '' Saint Tail''. To further her interest, she watched videos of dubs being recorded. During her sixth year of elementary school, Yasuno moved to

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. In high school, she became part of her school's theater club. Although she had been looking for a voice acting school, her parents told her that they would allow her to pursue a voice acting career only if she paid with her own money. Around that time, the talent agency

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was holding auditions for its voice acting school, so she decided to apply. She passed the audition and began attending voice acting school. She played a number of background roles in anime beginning in 2009, and in 2011 played her first lead role as Kizuna Todoroki, the protagonist of the anime ''Kizuna Ichigake'', which was produced as part of the

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. Yasuno continued voicing primarily supporting roles until 2013, when she was cast as the character Sakura Kitaōji in the multimedia franchise ''

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'' The following year, she played the roles of Tina Kobayakawa in '' Wake Up, Girls!'' and Yuko Tachikawa in ''

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''. In 2015, she was cast as Megumi Katō, the main heroine of the anime series '' Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend''. That year, she also voiced Kaori Murasaki in '' Triage X'' and Mayuko Inoue in '' Ushio and Tora''. In 2015, she joined the popular idol multimedia franchise ''

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'', taking on the role of '' THE iDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS'' character Natsuki Kimura and has attended many of the franchise's live concerts to represent the character. In 2016, Yasuno became part of the musical unit Walküre, which performed songs in the anime series ''

''; she also played the role of Kaname Buccaneer in the series. She also played the roles of Cordelia Kasukami in '' Twin Star Exorcists'', Botan Kumegawa in '' Anne Happy'', and Gretel Jeckeln in '' Schwarzesmarken''. In 2017, she released her first mini-album under the FlyingDog label; the mini-album includes the song , which was used as the closing theme to the anime series ''

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''. She made appearances at

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Singapore in November 2017 and C3 AFA Hong Kong in February 2018. She made an appearance at

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in Toronto on May 25, 2018 to May 27, 2018 where she held a signing session as well as a Q&A panel.

Filmography

Television animation

;2009 *'' Fight Ippatsu! Jūden-chan!!'', Friend B ;2010 *''

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'', Itagaki, Female student ;2011 *'' Un-Go'', An Osada *'' Chihayafuru'', Rika Mashima *'' No. 6'', Safu *'' Pokémon: Black & White'', Rina ;2012 *''

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'', Shushu *'' Nakaimo - My Sister Is Among Them!'', Friend *'' Soreike! Anpanman'', Aoenpitsuman, Mizu no Ko B *''

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'', Meguri *'' Bodacious Space Pirates'', Asta Alhanko ;2013 *''

'', Sakura Kitaōji, Shizuku Hosaka *'' Valvrave the Liberator'', Iori Kitagawa *'' Oshiri Kajiri Mushi'', Nise Kajiri, Z mother, Health room teacher *'' The Severing Crime Edge'', Kashiko Misumi *'' Soreike! Anpanman'', Yukidaruman, Girl, Sakuranbo A *'' Chihayafuru 2'', Hinako Mano, Megumi Mayama *'' Da Capo III'', Nomiya Ebisu *'' Valvrave the Liberator 2nd Season'', Iori Kitagawa *'' Pokémon: XY'', Cosette *'' Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! Season 2: Decolora Adventure'', Ayumi ;2014 *'' Wake Up, Girls!'', Tina Kobayakawa *''

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'', Assistant *''

'', Yuko Tachikawa *'' Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun'', Heroine, Schoolgirl, Clerk *'' Pokémon: XY'', Espurr, Pichu *'' Hamatora: the Animation'', Koneko *'' Yo-Kai Watch'', Chi-chan, Matenshi *'' Re:_Hamatora'', Koneko ;2015 *''

Danchi Tomoo is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tobira Oda. An anime adaptation was announced in January 2013 and ran between April 2013 and February 2015. Plot ''Danchi Tomoo'' stars elementary school student Tomoo Kinoshita who lives ...

'', Yūko *'' Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend'', Megumi Katō *'' PriPara'', Anko *'' Show by Rock!!'', Wendy *'' Triage X'', Kaori Murasaki *'' Ushio and Tora'', Mayuko Inoue *''

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'', Erina Kido, Housewife *'' The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls 2nd Season'', Natsuki Kimura ;2016 *'' Schwarzesmarken'', Gretel Jeckeln *'' Anne Happy'', Botan Kumegawa *''

'', Kaname Buccaneer *'' Twin Star Exorcists'', Cordelia Kasukami ;2017 *'' Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Flat'', Megumi Kato *''

'', Sarah Gold *''

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'', Lumière *'' Black Clover'', Charmy Pappitson ;2018 * '' Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody'', Nana *''

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'', Princess Renner *''

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'', Nejire Hado ;2019 * Saekano the Movie: Finale, Megumi Kato *''

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'', Elena Amamiya / Cure Soleil *'' Are You Lost?'', Mutsu Amatani *'' Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!'', Monika ;2020 *'' Kakushigoto'', Rasuna Sumita *''

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'', Dacha ;2021 *'' Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai'', Marin *''

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'', Witch Regret *''

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'', Akari Maeda *''

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'', Maise Higa *'' Restaurant to Another World 2'', Sarah Gold ;2022 *'' Slow Loop'', Tora Yoshinaga *''

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'', Michiru Saruwatari *'' Arknights: Prelude to Dawn'', Hoshiguma

Theatrical animation

*''Kizuna Ichigeki'' (2011), Kizuna Todoroki *''

'' (2014), Sakura Kitaōji *'' Bodacious Space Pirates: Abyss of Hyperspace'' (2014), Asta Alhanko *'' Wake Up, Girls! – Seven Idols'' (2014), Tina Kobayakawa *'' Macross Delta: Gekijou no Walküre'' (2018), Kaname Buccaneer *'' Saekano the Movie: Finale'' (2019), Megumi Katō *''

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'' (2019), Erena Amamiya / Cure Soleil *'' Aria the Crepusculo'' (2021), Aletta

Video games

*''

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'' (2015-current), Natsuki Kimura *''

Granblue Fantasy ( Japanese:グランブルーファンタジー, Hepburn: ''Guranburū Fantajī)'' is a Japanese social-network game and role-playing video game developed by Cygames for Android, iOS and web browsers, which first released in Japan in March 2 ...

'' (2016), Pamela *''Uta Macross Sma-Pho De-Culture'' (2017), Kaname Buccaneer *''Food Fantasy'' (2018), Pineapple Bun, Bird's Nest Soup *''

Azur Lane ''Azur Lane'' () is a side-scrolling video game, side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game created by Chinese developers Shanghai Manjuu and Xiamen Yongshi, released in 2017 for the iOS and Android (operating system), Android operating syst ...

'' (2019), IJN Azuma *'' My Hero: One's Justice 2'' (2020), Nejire Hado *''

Arknights ''Arknights'' () is a free-to-play tactical RPG/tower defense mobile game developed by Chinese developer Hypergryph. It was released in China on 1 May 2019, in other countries on 16 January 2020 and in Taiwan on 29 June 2020. ''Arknights' ...

'' (2020), Hoshiguma *''Lord of Heroes'' (2020), Baretta *''Wing of Darkness'' (2021), Klara *''Echoes of Mana'' (2022), Sierra

Dubbing

*''

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'', Pinky, Braces Strictler *'' Surf's Up 2: WaveMania'', Lani Aliikai

Discography

Mini album

Single

References

External links

Official blog

Official agency profile

Official agency Fanclub
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