Aya Yamane

Aya Yamane
山根 綺
Born (1997-02-04) 4 February 1997 (age 27)
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • singer
Years active2015–present
AgentAoni Production
Notable work
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)

Aya Yamane (山根 綺, Yamane Aya, born 4 February 1997) is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Aoni Production.[1] She is known for voicing Shisel in Magatsu Wahrheit: Zuerst, Ruhuyu in Show by Rock!!, Mikoto Aketa in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, Daitaku Helios in Uma Musume Pretty Derby, Sui Yamada in World's End Harem, Benisumomo in In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki, Riho Tsukishima in The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses, and Cathy in Sugar Apple Fairy Tale.

Biography

Yamane was born on 4 February 1997 in Yokohama.[1][2] She is of Chinese descent, with her father being half-Chinese and her mother being one-fourth Chinese.[3] She was educated at a high school near Yokohama Station and Amusement Media Academy,[4][1] where she was part of the 2016 graduating class.[5] She was an assistant personality for Yū Kobayashi's radio show Kobayashi Yu Weekly.[5]

In September 2020, she was cast as Shisel in Magatsu Wahrheit: Zuerst.[6] In December 2020, she was cast as Sui Yamada in World's End Harem.[7] In March 2022, she was cast as Benisumomo in In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki.[8] In September 2022, she was cast as Freya Chocolate in Sylvanian Families: Freya's Happy Diary.[9] In November 2022, she was cast as Riho Tsukishima in The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses.[10] In December 2022, she voiced Cathy in Sugar Apple Fairy Tale.[11] In August 2023, she was cast as Noir in Rail Romanesque.[12]

She voiced Mikoto Aketa, one of the two members of the unit SHHis, in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, a spinoff of The Idolmaster franchise.[13] Previously, she had unsuccessfully auditioned for Shiny Colors and Cinderella Girls, including for Shiny Colors characters Tōru Asakura and Hinana Ichikawa, and she chose Mikoto over Luca Ikaruga because she "saw [in the former] a future where we could walk together".[13] She performed in two SHHis singles: Layered Wing 08 (which charted at #6 in the Oricon Singles Chart) and Panorama Wing 08 (which charted at #10 in the Oricon Singles Chart).[14][15]

She voiced Ruhuyu as part of Mashumairesh!!, an in-universe singing unit in Sanrio's Show by Rock!! franchise. She voiced the character in the anime adaptation Show by Rock!! Mashumairesh!! and the game Show by Rock!! Fes A Live, and she performed in Mashumairesh!!'s 2021 single Trigger Rock.[16][1][17] She voices Daitaku Helios in the Uma Musume Pretty Derby franchise; she reprised the role in the anime, video game, and 2023 stage play.[1][18]

She is a member of the seiyū vocal unit Kleissis [ja], where she portrays the in-group role of Hirona.[19]

Filmography

Anime series

2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

Original net animation

Anime films

Video games

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

Stage plays

References

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