Sayaka Harada

Sayaka Harada
原田 彩楓
Born (1997-12-23) December 23, 1997 (age 26)
OccupationVoice actress
Years active2015–present
Notable work
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)

Sayaka Harada (原田 彩楓, Harada Sayaka, born December 23, 1997)[1][2] is a Japanese voice actress who is previously affiliated with Clare Voice. She played leading roles in each series, including Tawawa on Monday, Urara Meirocho, Aho-Girl, UQ Holder!, Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? and The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls.

Biography

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Harada was born in Chiba Prefecture. After thinking about what course to take after graduating from high school, she decided to enter a voice acting school in 2015. She had not seen much anime neither manga.[2]

Harada appeared in minor roles in anime series such as Lostorage Incited WIXOSS and Time Bokan 24. She first played a lead role in an anime series as the character Ai-chan in the original net animation short series Tawawa on Monday in 2016.[3] Her next main role was as Chiya, the protagonist of the 2017 anime television series Urara Meirocho. Harada had auditioned for the role, and was given it after a number of re-recordings. She also read the manga afterwards, describing Chiya as a "bright, pure, straightforward, and cute little thing."[2] Harada, Kaede Hondo, Yurika Kubo and Haruka Yoshimura, performed the series' opening theme "Dreaming Labyrinth" (夢路らびりんす, Yumeji Rabirinsu).[4] Her next main role is Miyu Mifune in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, a role she reprised from the original game.[5] She also played the role of Sayaka Sumino in Aho-Girl,[6] and will play the role of Shinobu Yūki in the anime television series UQ Holder!. She is one of the cast members singing for the series' opening and ending themes.[7] On July 31, 2019, it was announced that she left Clare Voice to become a freelancer.[8]

Filmography

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Television animation

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Year Title Role
2017 Urara Meirocho Chiya
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Miyu Mifune
Aho-Girl Sayaka Sumino
UQ Holder! Shinobu Yūki
Land of the Lustrous Watermelon Tourmaline
2018 The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done! Mihane Takeuchi
Killing Bites Oshie Nodoguro
Last Period Mizaru
Planet With Nozomi Takamagahara
Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs Chitose Nakai
Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru! Mimika Washizaki
Goblin Slayer Shoujo Fujutsushi
A Certain Magical Index III Vilian[a]
2019 Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? Porta
2020 Assault Lily Bouquet Kusumi Egawa
Iwa-Kakeru! Sport Climbing Girls Kikuko Gotō
2021 I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level Halkara
Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles Miharu Ayase
2024 Blue Archive the Animation Ayane Okusora[9]

OVAs/ONAs

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Video games

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Notes

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  1. ^ Official YenPress romanization of the japanese name ヴィリアン

References

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  1. ^ "原田彩楓の年齢や声を調査!うららの千夜役が竹達彩奈と似てる?". Anime Culture (in Japanese). January 29, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "TVアニメ『うらら迷路帖』主人公・千矢役・原田彩楓さんが語る作品の魅力". Animate Times (in Japanese). Animate. January 14, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  3. ^ "Twitterの話題コンテンツ「月曜日のたわわ」全12回でサプライズアニメ化! デレマス声優・原田彩楓さんがCV&主題歌を担当". Netorabo (in Japanese). October 10, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  4. ^ "Urara Meirochō Anime Reveals 1st Promo Video, More Cast, Theme Songs". Anime News Network. December 16, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  5. ^ "Staff & Cast". The Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls anime official website (in Japanese). Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  6. ^ "Aoi Yūki, Tomokazu Sugita Star in Aho-Girl: Clueless Girl Anime". Anime News Network. April 30, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  7. ^ "UQ Holder Anime Reveals Teaser Video, More Cast, Theme Song Artists". Anime News Network. August 4, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  8. ^ "退所のお知らせ". クレアボイス. 2019-07-31. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  9. ^ "Blue Archive Anime's Promo Video Reveals More Cast, April Debut". Anime News Network. January 20, 2024. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  10. ^ ブルーアーカイブ公式 [@Blue_ArchiveJP] (July 31, 2020). 【生徒紹介】 勤勉・誠実・正直と、まさに歩く常識人のアヤネさん! 手段を選ばないメンバーに振り回されていつも大変そうです…… 正しく苦労人って感じですね~ 「先生、どうか私たちの力になっていただけませんか?」 (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved June 27, 2023 – via Twitter.
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