Yukari_Anzai

Yukari Anzai

Yukari Anzai

Japanese voice actress


Yukari Anzai (安齋 由香里, Anzai Yukari, born December 31) is a Taiwanese–born Japanese[1] voice actress. She was affiliated with the agency Swallow[2] and turned into freelancer on November 2022, before joining Sigma Seven on February 1, 2024.[3] She made her voice acting debut in 2017, playing her first major role as Momo Minamoto in the anime series Release the Spyce in 2018.

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Biography and career

Anzai spent part of her childhood in Taiwan. She grew up watching anime series like Cardcaptor Sakura and Super Doll Licca-chan, as well as being exposed to the Zoids franchise through her brother.[4] She took an interest in voice acting while in elementary school when, as part of a class presentation, she had a part in a historical play. So she could familiarize herself with the voice acting profession, her brother loaned her a DVD of the series Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's, and she was influenced by the acting and singing of voice actress Nana Mizuki.[4] Watching the series motivated Anzai to pursue a voice acting career.[4] To hone skills, she also listened to roles voiced by Sanae Kobayashi, Aoi Yūki, and Kana Hanazawa.[4] She also spent eight months studying abroad in New Zealand.[5]

Anzai debuted in 2017 after graduating from Pony Canyon's P's Voice Artist School.[6] She started out playing minor roles in the anime series Clean Freak! Aoyama kun, Angel's 3Piece!, and Love and Lies.[2] The following year, she was cast in her first major role, as Momo Minamoto, the protagonist of the anime series Release the Spyce.[7] She, along with the series's other major characters, also performed the show's opening ("Supatto! Spy & Spice" (スパッと!スパイ&スパイス, Supatto! Supai ando Supaisu)) and ending ("Hide & Seek") theme songs under the group-name Tsukikage.[8] While promoting Release the Spyce, she appeared at C3 AFA Jakarta 2018,[9] the last to be held in Indonesia.[10] In October 2018, as part of promotions for the Onsen Musume multimedia franchise, she was named a Japanese ambassador for the hot springs of Hsinchu County, Taiwan.[1][11] That same year, she was cast as Tiara in the mixed-media project Lapis Re:Lights.[7] In 2019, she played the role of Miharu Yomine in the mobile game Cue!, which she reprised in its anime adaptation.[12][13]

Filmography

Anime

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

Video games

2018
2019
2021

References

  1. "温泉むすめが台湾の温泉大使に就任!神戸での任命式で安齋由香里がご当地アピール". Da Vinci News (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. December 6, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
  2. "安齋由香里 Yukari Anzai" (in Japanese). Swallow. Archived from the original on February 16, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
  3. "株式会社シグマ・セブン". sigma7.co.jp. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  4. Anzai, Yukari (October 28, 2018). "台湾新竹県政府より尖石内湾ちゃんを温泉大使に任命していただきました✨" (in Japanese). Twitter. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
  5. "尖石内湾 | 温泉むすめ公式サイト" (in Japanese). Enbound, Inc. Retrieved December 31, 2018.

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