Ari Ozawa

Ari Ozawa
小澤亜李
Born	(1992-08-10) August 10, 1992 (age 32) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Voice actress
Years active	2013–present
Agent	I'm Enterprise
Notable work	Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun as Chiyo Sakura This Art Club Has a Problem! as Mizuki Usami Monster Musume as Papi BanG Dream! as Hina Hikawa The Asterisk War as Kirin Toudou School-Live! as Kurumi Ebisuzawa The Promised Neverland as Conny Genshin Impact as Xiangling
Height	152 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Spouse	Hige Driver ​ (m. 2020)​ [1]
Children	1

Ari Ozawa (小澤亜李, Ozawa Ari, born August 10, 1992^[2] in Tokyo) is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with I'm Enterprise, which she joined in April 2013. Ozawa decided to become a voice actress after becoming a fan of Negima! during her seventh grade.^[3] She played her first leading role as Chiyo Sakura in Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun.^[4]

Personal life

Ozawa is married to Hige Driver, a Japanese musician who mainly focuses on chiptune music. They have a child, who is reported to have been born in around early 2022.^[5]

Filmography

TV anime

2013

• Monogatari Series: Second Season as Waitress
• Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS as Wakana Kitano
• Samurai Flamenco as Woman B

2014

• Girl Friend Beta as Rhythmic Gymnastics staff B
• I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying as Kaoru's Coworker
• Invaders of the Rokujyōma!? as Female Student
• Is the Order a Rabbit? as Schoolgirl A
• Laughing Under the Clouds as Familiar, Kanbayashi's son, Tenka Kumo (young)
• M3 the dark metal as Girl A
• Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun as Chiyo Sakura^[6]
• No-Rin as Announcer
• Noragami as Tsuguha
• Sabagebu! as Club President, Elementary Student, Female College Student, Female Student, Girl, Woman
• Your Lie in April as Nashida, Komugi
• Yuki Yuna is a Hero as Classmate

2015

• Aquarion Logos as Karan Uminagi^[7]
• Classroom Crisis as Mizuki Sera^[8]
• Doraemon as Girl, Woman B
• Etotama as Umatan^[9]
• High School DxD BorN as Millicas Gremory
• Jewelpet: Magical Change as Airi Kirara^[10]
• Komori-san Can't Decline as Megumi Nishitori^[11]
• Lance N' Masques as Makio Kidōin^[12]
• Maria the Virgin Witch as Cat, Regulis
• Mikagura School Suite as Otone Fujishiro^[13]
• Monster Musume as Papi^[14]
• My Love Story!! as Kojima
• Noragami Aragato as Tsuguha^[15]
• The Rolling Girls as Nozomi Moritomo^[16]
• Wakaba Girl as Wakaba Kohashi^[17]
• Wish Upon the Pleiades as Rin, Miri
• World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman as Child
• School-Live! as Kurumi Ebisuzawa^[18]
• The Asterisk War as Kirin Todo^[19]

2016

• Active Raid as Asami Kazari^[20]
• Bubuki Buranki as Kogane Asabuki^[21]
• Flying Witch as Aru^[22]
• High School Fleet as Runa Suruga
• Magic of Stella as Ayame Seki^[23]
• Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn as Maid
• The Asterisk War 2nd Season as Kirin Todo
• This Art Club Has a Problem! as Mizuki Usami^[24]
• Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle as Airi Arcadia^[25]
• WWW.Working!! as Rui Nagata^[26]

2017

• Aikatsu Stars! as Suzu
• Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor as Re=L Rayford^[27]
• ID-0 as Fa-Loser^[28]
• Land of the Lustrous as Benitoite^[29]

2018

• BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico as Hina Hikawa^[30]
• Caligula as Naruko Morita^[31]
• Hinamatsuri as Mao^[32]
• Märchen Mädchen as Tatiana Boyarskii^[33]
• Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues as Zawa Voice (004)
• Pastel Life as Hina Hikawa
• Tada Never Falls in Love as Nyanko Big
• Record of Grancrest War as Cammy^[34]
• The Seven Heavenly Virtues as Metatron^[35]
• Oshiete Mahou no Pendulum ~Rilu Rilu Fairilu~ as Spica^[36]

2019

• BanG Dream! 2nd Season as Hina Hikawa
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba as Nichika Ubuyashiki
• Endro! as Fai Fai^[37]
• Kaguya-sama: Love is War as Moeha Fujiwara
• Nobunaga Teacher's Young Bride as Ikoma Kitsuno^[38]
• Re:Stage! Dream Days♪ as Yukari Itsumura
• Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit as Bellemer "Ninja" Cinq^[39]
• The Promised Neverland as Conny^[40]
• YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World as Yuno^[41]

2020

• BanG Dream! 3rd Season as Hina Hikawa
• BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico: Ohmori as Hina Hikawa^[42]
• Kaguya-sama: Love is War 2nd Season as Moeha Fujiwara
• Kakushigoto as Silvia Kobu^[43]
• King's Raid: Successors of the Will as Cleo^[44]
• Plunderer as Lynn May^[45]
• Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle as Sakkyun (Bussy)

2021

• Back Arrow as Elsha Lean^[46]
• BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico Fever! as Hina Hikawa^[47]
• I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level as Vania^[48]
• Keroro Shima as Keroro
• Let's Make a Mug Too: Second Kiln as Himena Tokikawa^[49]

2022

• Chiikawa as Usagi^[50]
• Extreme Hearts as Lise Kohinata^[51]
• She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man as Meilin^[52]
• Kaguya-sama: Love is War 3rd Season as Moeha Fujiwara

Original net animation (ONA)

• Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai. (2013) as Game voice
• Comical Psychosomatic Medicine (2015) as Woman B, Nekomimi maid, Schoolgirl, Psychotherapist A
• Robot Girls Z+ (2015) as Gai no Jō
• Bastard!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- (2022) as Sean Ari^[53]

Original video animation (OVA)

• The Comic Artist and His Assistants as Friend
• Zephyr as Girl 3
• Noragami Aragato (2015) as Tsuguha
• One-Punch Man (2016) as Lily of the Three Section Staff

Video games

• 404 Game Re:set as Pongo^[54]
• Azur Lane as USS Denver
• Grand Chase Dimensional Chaser Global as Mari Ming Ornette
• Shirohime Quest as Odawara, Kasugayama, Kanazawa, Matsumoto, Yamagata^[55]
• Dream C Club Gogo. as Anju
• Age of Ishtaria as Metatron and Alkha
• Kantai Collection as German cruiser Prinz Eugen, Japanese destroyer Akizuki, Japanese destroyer Nowaki, HMS Janus, Destroyer Princess, and Aircraft Carrier Water Demon^[56]
• Makai Shin Trillion as Elma
• Rainbow Run Girls as Ichinose Ai
• Granblue Fantasy as Sarya
• Closers (2017) as Levia
• Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (2017) as Rinne
• BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! as Hina Hikawa
• Sword Art Online: Integral Factor as Koharu
• Alice Gear Aegis as Ayaka Ichijō^[57]
• King's Raid as Cleo
• Fire Emblem Heroes as Lilina, Serra, Fae
• Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story (2017) as Ayaka Mariko
• Kirara Fantasia as Kurumi Ebisuzawa
• Onsen Musume: Yunohana Collection as Rikka Ureshino^[58]
• Ash Arms as Jadgpanther
• Genshin Impact as Xiangling^[59][60]
• Alchemy Stars as Bonacie
• Cookie Run: Kingdom as Princess Cookie
• Blue Archive as Mari Iochi
• Fate Grand Order as Iyo^[61]
• Path to Nowhere as 000

Films

• Pop in Q (2016) as Asahi Ōmichi^[62]
• BanG Dream! Film Live (2019) as Hina Hikawa^[63]
• High School Fleet: The Movie (2020) as Runa Suruga
• BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia (2021) as Hina Hikawa
• BanG Dream! Film Live 2nd Stage (2021) as Hina Hikawa^[64]

Podcasts

• NAGAKING!! (2016–17), WWW.Working!!-based podcast

References

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2. Ozawa, Ari (August 10, 2014). お祝いありがとうござます！ [Thanks for the Celebration!] (in Japanese). Ameblo. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
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35. "The Seven Heavenly Virtues Anime's Cast, January 26 Premiere Revealed". Anime News Network. December 18, 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
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External links

• Official blog (in Japanese)
• Official agency profile at I'm Enterprise (in Japanese)
• Ari Ozawa at Anime News Network's encyclopedia