Aina Kusuda

Aina Kusuda
楠田 亜衣奈
Born (1989-02-01) February 1, 1989 (age 35)[1]
Chiba Prefecture, Japan[1]
Other namesKussun[2]
Occupations
Years active2010–present
AgentJust Pro
Height150 cm (4 ft 11 in)[1]
Websiteaina-kusuda.net

Aina Kusuda (楠田 亜衣奈, Kusuda Aina, born February 1, 1989) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Chiba Prefecture. Kusuda is currently affiliated with Just Pro. Kusuda is best known as Nozomi Toujou in Love Live! School Idol Project series, and has worked with the other Love Live! girls in singing multiple songs that have charted on Oricon. Kusuda's other major roles include Suko in Million Doll and Rose in Rilu Rilu Fairilu. Her nickname is "Kussun".

Career

Prior to entering the anime industry, Kusuda worked in a maid cafe in Akihabara called Cafe la vie en rose. Kusuda decided to become a voice actress after seeing a stage performance of Junko Takeuchi (the voice of Naruto Uzumaki). Kusuda made her debut as a voice actress as Nozomi Tojo in the media franchise Love Live!,[3] and she separately formed the duo unit, Please&Secret, with co-star Pile, who voiced Maki Nishikino. In 2013, Kusuda joined the idol unit Tabikare Girls, which released its first single that November. Kusuda released a CD on November 6, 2013, together with a new JTB Music Unit called “Tabi College Girls” (タビカレガールズ), together with Yui Watanabe, Rikako Yamaguchi, Rika Nishimori, and Mami Sumi.

She is also as a member of a mini unit in Love Live! project series, Lily White, alongside Riho Iida (voice of Rin Hoshizora) and Suzuko Mimori (voice of Umi Sonoda).[4]

Filmography

Television anime

Title Year Role Notes Source
Inumarudashi 2011 Kindergartner
Penguindrum 2011 Adults, children
Gon 2012 Frog
Arpeggio of Blue Steel 2013 Student B
Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ maji LOVE 2000% 2013 Children
Karneval 2013 Nurse
Love Live! 2013 Nozomi Tojo [5]
Leo Friends: The Tale of Sparkly Friends 2013 Female employee
Ojarumaru 2014 Bicycle 17th series episode 69 "The Talkative Tools" (おしゃべりな道具たち Oshaberi na Dōgu-tachi) [6]
Girl Friend Beta 2014 Eri Minaguchi
Hamatora 2014
GATE 2015 Delilah
Futsū no Joshikōsei ga Locodol Yattemita 2014 Kana Mikoze (Yui Mikoze's younger sister, Does not appear in staff roll)
PriPara 2014 Sadako
Super Radical Gag Family 2014 Yūta Ōsawagi
Love Live! 2nd Season 2014 Nozomi Tojo [5]
Re:␣Hamatora 2014 Female High School Student A, Female Announcer, Child A [citation needed]
Nyuru Nyuru!! Kakusen-kun 2015 Nyururin
Million Doll 2015 Sūko [7]
Rilu Rilu Fairilu 2016 Rose [8]
Fairy Tail 2018 Zeref Dragneel (young) [9]

Theatrical animation

Title Year Role Notes Source
Love Live! The School Idol Movie 2015 Nozomi Tojo [10]

OVA

Title Year Role Notes Source
Snow Halation 2010 Nozomi Tojo
Natsuiro Egao de 1, 2, Jump! 2011 Nozomi Tojo
Mogyutto "LOVE" de Sekkin Chuu! 2012 Nozomi Tojo
Wonderful Rush 2012 Nozomi Tojo
Mighty Lady: The Series 2012 Operator [11]

Games

Title Year Role Notes Source
Girl Friend Beta 2012 Eri Minaguchi
The Guided Fate Paradox 2013 Sherieru Ayanokoji [12]
Love Live! School Idol Festival 2013 Nozomi Tojo [13]

Discography

See also: Love Live! § Music

Singles

Year Title Peak Oricon
chart position
2018 Happy Thinking! (ハッピーシンキング！) 16

Albums

Year Title Peak Oricon
chart position
2015 First Sweet Wave 5
2016 Next Brilliant Wave 3
2017 Karenda no Koibito (カレンダーのコイビト) 18
2018 Ai Nanda! (アイナンダ！) 35
2019 The Life 15[14]

Please&Secret

With Pile

Year Title Peak Oricon
chart position
2013 O.P.E.N FANTASY 42
2014 Kimi no kokoro ni... (きみのココロに...) 23
2014 Ashita e saku hana (あしたへ咲く花) 22

References

  1. ^ a b c "楠田 亜衣奈｜日本タレント名鑑". Nihon Tarento Meikan (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  2. ^ "新しいカレンダーの表紙を大好きな"くすサポ"と描いた1日 - 楠田亜衣奈「さんくっすんBIRTHDAY～レベル28」レポート (1) 前半は自身考案の、物語仕立てのステージに". マイナビニュース (in Japanese). 16 February 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  3. ^ "ラブライブ! Official Web Site | メンバー紹介" [Love Live! Official Web Site | Member Introduction] (in Japanese). Sunrise. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
  4. ^ "VIDEO: Latest "Love Live - School Idol Paradise" Game Preview". Crunchyroll. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  5. ^ a b "ラブライブ! Official Web Site". キャスト&スタッフ (in Japanese). Sunrise. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  6. ^ Kusuda, Aina (November 6, 2014). "今日放送された、おじゃる丸 『おしゃべりな道具たち』に出演させていただきました！！ 小さい頃から見てた作品に出演できるなんて夢のようでとても嬉しかったです！！" (in Japanese). Twitter. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  7. ^ Komatsu, Mikikazu (10 March 2015). "Aina Kusuda (Love Live!), Miku Ito (Locodol) to Lead "Million Doll" TV Anime". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  8. ^ Komatsu, Mikikazu (26 January 2016). ""Rilu Rilu Fairilu" Casts Yumiri Hanamori, Aya Uchida, Rina Hidaka, Aina Kusuda". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  9. ^ Kusuda, Aina. "今日放送の 「FAIRY TAIL」に少年時代のゼレフ役で出演させていただきました。" (in Japanese). Twitter. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  10. ^ "ラブライブ！Official Web Site | 『ラブライブ！The School Idol Movie』キャスト&スタッフ". www.lovelive-anime.jp. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
  11. ^ スタッフ (in Japanese). マイティレディオフィシャルサイト. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  12. ^ 神様と運命革命のパラドクス（神パラ）- キャラクター [Guided Fate Paradox (Kami Para) - Character]. 神様と運命革命のパラドクス (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  13. ^ ラブライブ！スクールアイドルフェスティバル – スクフェス (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  14. ^ 週間 CDアルバムランキング 2019年07月29日付 [Weekly CD Album Ranking on July 29, 2019]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Retrieved July 24, 2019.