Akina Homoto

Akina Homoto
法元 明菜
Born (1996-08-05) August 5, 1996 (age 28)[1]
Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Other names
  • Houmin[2]
  • MinMin
Occupations
Years active2018–present
AgentJust Production [ja]
Notable workLove Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club as Lanzhu Zhong
Height153 cm (5 ft 0 in)
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2018–present
Genres
Subscribers30,800 (April 2023)[3]
Total views1.0 million[3]
Last updated: 24 July 2022
Website法元 明菜 - 株式会社ジャストプロ オフィシャルWEBSITE

Akina Homoto (法元 明菜, Houmoto Akina, born August 5, 1996) is a Japanese voice actress from Osaka. She is currently affiliated with Just Production. Homoto is best known for her role as Lanzhu Zhong in Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club.[4]

Personal life

Homoto was born in Tottori Prefecture and she grew up in Chiba, Guangdong, and Osaka. She is a Hāfu with a Japanese father and a Chinese mother. Her father wanted her to learn Chinese, so they lived in Guangdong from 2004 to 2012. At that time, she used her Chinese name "Yang, Ming" (楊明).[5] Most of the time, Homoto talks to members of her family with a combination of Chinese and Japanese.

After she graduated from high school, Homoto gave up going to university and went to Tokyo alone with 100000 JPY to pursue her dream of being a voice actress.

Career

Since she lived China from 2004 to 2012, Homoto can speak Mandarin fluently and knows some Cantonese. For the same reason, she debuted in Live Animation Heart X Algorhythm [ja] as a Chinese—Linlin—through audition hosted on LINE.[6]

In 2020, Homoto started her YouTube channel and does live streaming on a weekly basis. Usually, the stream includes chatting, letter reading, Chinese teaching and guitar segments.

Homoto is not only the voice actress for the Lanzhu Zhong character in Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club. She is also a staff member under the sound cooperation unit in Love Live! Superstar!!. She helps translate Chinese and Japanese between Liyuu and the director.[7][8][better source needed]

Filmography

Television anime

Web anime

  • Live Animation Heart X Algorhythm (2018–2019, Linlin, Kiilin)[10]

Video games

References

  1. ^ "法元 明菜 - Just Production 株式会社 ジャスト プロ WEBSITE". ジャストプロ. December 16, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "あだ名決定しましたー！「ほーみん」です！". Twitter. May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "About あきなさんち". YouTube.
  4. ^ "Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club - Data de estreia da 2ª temporada revelada". AnimeNew (in Brazilian Portuguese). October 3, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "あとでエーペックスやる". YouTube. September 8, 2021. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  6. ^ "『直感×アルゴリズム♪ 2nd Season』へ法元明菜さん出演 | 声優・俳優養成機関 ヤオヨロズ ボイスラボ" (in Japanese). February 18, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  7. ^ a b @homoto_akina (July 18, 2021). "ラブライブ！スーパースター‼︎に音響協力で参加させて頂いております。" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved July 18, 2021 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "ラブライブ！スーパースター!! Liella!生放送 TVアニメ放送開始記念！第1～2話振り返り！新情報☆よっしゃ！SP". YouTube. July 25, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  9. ^ "【響け！ときめきーー。】TVアニメ「ラブライブ！虹ヶ咲学園スクールアイドル同好会」2期放送情報🌈". YouTube. October 3, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  10. ^ "生放送アニメ「直感×アルゴリズム♪」公式サイト". March 25, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  11. ^ "鐘 嵐珠 | ラブライブ！スクールアイドルフェスティバル ALL STARS（スクスタ）".