Asami Takano

Asami Takano
髙野 麻美
Born (1988-10-25) 25 October 1988 (age 36)
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • singer
Years active2011–present
EmployerI'm Enterprise
Notable work

Asami Takano (Japanese: 髙野 麻美, Hepburn: Takano Asami, born 25 October 1988) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo, affiliated with I'm Enterprise.[1] She is known for portraying Misa Tōdō in Shirobako, Frederica Miyamoto in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, and Aimi Fujita in Gekidol.

Biography

Asami Takano, a native of Tokyo, was born on 25 October 1988 and educated at the Japan Narration Actor Institute [ja].[2][3] She joined I'm Enterprise in 2011 and made her career debut on the same year.[4][3]

In August 2014, Takano was cast as Misa Tōdō in Shirobako,[5] and she reprised her role in the 2020 film adaptation Shirobako: The Movie.[6] In September 2020, she was cast as Aimi Fujita in the Gekidol anime and as Kazuma Aoiki in the spin-off OVA Alice in Deadly School.[7] In March 2022, she was cast as Syakomon in the video game Digimon Survive.[8]

Takano voices Frederica Miyamoto in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, a sub-franchise in The Idolmaster franchise. Since then, she has performed as a singer on several Idolmaster music releases, including the 2015 single "The Idolmaster Cinderella Master 033: Frederica Miyamoto" (which charted at #11 in the Oricon Singles Chart) and the 2016 album The Idolmaster Cinderella Master Cute Jewelries! 003 (the series' first album to top the Oricon Albums Chart).[9][10] She reprised her role in the anime adaptation The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Theater.[11] In 2017, she performed at Anime Expo's Anisong World Matsuri as part of a performance for the franchise.[12]

Takano is skilled in archery, and she is a kyūdō 1st dan.[1]

Filmography

Animated television

2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2021
2022

Animated film

2020

Original video animation

Video games

2014
2018
2020
2022

Discography

Title Year Single details Peak chart positions Sales
JPN JPN
Hot
"The Idolmaster Cinderella Master 033: Frederica Miyamoto" 2015
  • Released: 4 February 2015
  • Label: Nippon Columbia
 11[9] — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab "髙野 麻美". I'm Enterprise. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  2. ^ "髙野麻美（声優）代表キャラ・プロフィール・最新出演まとめ". Akiba Souken (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b "髙野麻美". CDJournal (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  4. ^ "2011年度所属新人、MAKO". I'm Enterprise. 25 May 2012. Archived from the original on 18 August 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b Loveridge, Lynzee (18 August 2014). "P.A. Work's Shirobako TV Anime's 1st Promo Streamed". Anime News Network. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  6. ^ a b Loo, Egan (2 July 2019). "Shirobako Movie Reveals Spring 2020 Opening, More Staff & Cast, Visual Teasing New Character". Anime News Network. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  7. ^ a b c Hodgkins, Crystalyn (18 September 2020). "Gekidol Original TV Anime Reveals Promo Video, Cast, Staff, January 2021 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  8. ^ a b Hazra, Adriana (20 March 2022). "Digimon Survive Game's Teaser Trailer Highlights Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  9. ^ a b "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER 033 宮本フレデリカ". Oricon News. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  10. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (6 June 2016). "Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Is 1st Game With #1 Album in 5 Years". Anime News Network. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  11. ^ a b "ススタッフ＆キャスト". ＴＶアニメ「シンデレラガールズ劇場」公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  12. ^ Ressler, Karen (28 April 2017). "Love Live! Sunshine's Aqours, The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls to Perform at Anime Expo". Anime News Network. Retrieved 3 January 2024.