is a Japanese

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from

Kumamoto Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Kumamoto Prefecture has a population of 1,748,134 () and has a geographic area of . Kumamoto Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the north, Ōita Prefecture t ...

who is affiliated with I'm Enterprise. She began her career in 2016, and in 2018 she played her first main role as Akari Amano in the anime television series '' Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood''.

Biography

Sasahara learned to play the piano at a young age and dreamed of becoming a singer during her elementary school years. She was persuaded against pursuing that career by her parents, who advised her that becoming one was difficult. While in junior high school, she played the clarinet as a member of her school's brass band. Around this time, she was encouraged to pursue a career in

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by her father, who told her that she could sing, act, and appear on TV in that line of work. Her father then encouraged her by printing out an audition form for a role in the Japanese dub of the film '' The Golden Compass'', although she ultimately did not push through with auditioning. Nevertheless, as she had already been interested in

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and

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, the experience influenced her to investigate voice acting more and learn about anime production. During her third year of high school, Sasahara applied for enrollment at the Japan Narration Acting Institute. After passing the entrance examinations, she enrolled at the school while also going to university. While in her third year of training, she received a notification that the she had been accepted into the I'm Enterprise talent agency; she then debuted as a voice actress in 2016. Among her earliest roles was as the character Li Xuelan in the 2018 anime series '' Märchen Mädchen''. Later that year, she was cast in her first main role as the character Akari Amano in the anime series '' Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood''. The following year, she was cast as Rū Hitoma in the anime series '' Over Drive Girl 1/6'' and Rin Namiki in the multimedia franchise '' Kandagawa Jet Girls''. In 2020, she was cast as Yūki Kuroiwa in the anime series ''

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''. In 2021, she was cast as Emilico in the anime series ''

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''.

Filmography

Anime

;2016 *'' Love Live! Sunshine!!'' as Female student *'' Classicaloid'' as Child ;2017 *''

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'' *'' Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club'' as Marie Unuma ;2018 *'' Dagashi Kashi 2'' *'' Märchen Mädchen'' as Li Xuelan *''

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'' as Mei Kunizuka (episodes 2, 4) *'' Kyōto Teramachi Sanjō no Holmes'' as Kumi Kitamoto (episode 4) *'' Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood'' as Akari Amano ;2019 *'' Over Drive Girl 1/6'' as Rū Hitoma *'' Kandagawa Jet Girls'' as Rin Namiki ;2020 *''

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'' as Girl *''

'' as Yūki Kuroiwa *'' Listeners'' as Loudspeaker, Grange & Anorak Brothers, Minami Girl *''

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'' as Women (2), Moderator *'' Lapis Re:Lights'' as Salsa *''

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'' as Nua Nakamachi ;2021 *''

'' as Emilico *''

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'' as Akira ;2022 *'' Shadows House 2nd Season'' as Emilico ;2023 *''

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'' as Tilty Claret *''

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'' as Yayoi Hōzuki ;2024 *''

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'' as Puniru ;2025 *'' From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated!'' as Josette

Games

*'' Lapis Re:Lights'' as Salsa *''

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'' as

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*'' Kandagawa Jet Girls'' as Rin Namiki *''

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 sys ...

'' as

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*''Birdie Crush'' as Lucie de Bei *'' Azure Striker Gunvolt 3'' as Kirin *''Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2'' as Kirin *''

Genshin Impact ''Genshin Impact'' is a 2020 action role-playing game produced by MiHoYo, MiHoYo/HoYoverse. The game features an anime-style open world environment and an action-based Role-playing battle systems, battle system using Classical element, element ...

'' as Lynette *''

Wuthering Waves ''Wuthering Waves'' is a 2024 free-to-play open world action role-playing game developed and published by Kuro Games. The game is set in a futuristic, post-apocalyptic world of Solaris-3 after a catastrophe called the Lament wiped out most o ...

'' as Verina

References

External links

Agency profile
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