is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is part of the Music Ray'n agency. After passing an audition held by Music Ray'n, she made her voice acting debut as Yumi in the anime My Little Monster. She played her first main role as Ayumi Otosaka in the anime television series Charlotte. She is a member of the voice acting unit TrySail, alongside Sora Amamiya and Shiina Natsukawa. Apart from voice acting, she also performed theme song for various anime she acted in.
Biography Asakura's interest in becoming a voice actress began in middle school and continued through high school. She got her break in 2011 when, together with Sora Amamiya and Shiina Natsukawa, passed an audition held by Sony Music Entertainment Japan's sub-label Music Ray'n. She made her voice acting debut in 2012, voicing the character Yumi in the anime My Little Monster. Since then, she was given minor roles in various anime.
In 2014, she was cast as Sumi Otokawa in Sakura Trick, Rin Kazari in Witch Craft Works. She and other cast members performed the series' ending theme "Witch☆Activity". On December 21, 2014, it was announced that Asakura, Amamiya, and Natsukawa would be forming the voice acting unit TrySail, which released its first single "Youthful Dreamer", used as the opening theme song for the anime television series Ultimate Otaku Teacher, on May 13, 2015. That same year, she was cast as Ayumi Otosaka in the anime television series Charlotte becoming her first main role. She then played the role of Manako in Monster Musume, and Yuyu Aizawa in Aria the Scarlet Ammo AA.
In 2016, she made her official debut as a solo artist for Music Ray'n by releasing her first single which was used as an insert song for the anime film Suki ni Naru Sono Shunkan o: Kokuhaku Jikkō Iinkai. The song peak at number 8 on the Oricon weekly charts. Her first solo album Peachy! was released on October 3, 2018; the album peaked at number 6 on the Oricon weekly charts. The following year, she was cast as Rona Pricipa O'Lapanesta in Endro!, and Nagisa Kashiwagi in Kaguya-sama: Love Is War.
Filmography Anime + List of voice performances in anime Year Title Role Notes Source My Little Monster Yumi Ep. 9 A Certain Scientific Railgun S Minori Ep. 7 Karneval Girl Ep. 11 Aikatsu! Rion Ep. 42 Walkure Romanze: Shōjo Kishi Monogatari School girl C Ep. 4 Witch Craft Works Rin Kazari Sakura Trick Sumi Otokawa, student Noragami Student B Ep. 2 Hamatora: The Animation Female student B Ep. 8 Bladedance of Elementalers Vitte Ep. 9 Sword Art Online II High school girl Ep. 24 Ultimate Otaku Teacher Ayaka Ep. 6 Fairy Tail Lummy –2016 Charlotte Ayumi Otosaka Also OVA –2017 Monster Musume Manako Also OVA Gate: Jieitai Kano Chi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri Aurea Ep. 7 Aria the Scarlet Ammo AA Yuyu Aizawa Kuromukuro Koharu Shirahane –2017 High School Fleet Mikan Irako Also OVA WWW.Working!! Miri Yanagiba PriPri Chi-chan!! Yuka Saeki Interviews with Monster Girls Shouko Hasegawa Ep. 13 Endro! Rona Pricipa O'Lapanesta –present Kaguya-sama: Love Is War Nagisa Kashiwagi O Maidens in Your Savage Season Momoko Sudō –2022 Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Iroha Tamaki –2022 Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It Rikekuma –2023 Horimiya Honoka Sawada Also The Missing Pieces Idoly Pride Yū Suzumura Akebi's Sailor Uniform Hotaru Hiraiwa Heroines Run the Show Hina Setoguchi Arknights: Prelude to Dawn Medic Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Maki Protocol: Rain Mio Tokinoya Demon Lord, Retry! R Aku With Vengeance, Sincerely, Your Broken Saintess Arianne Treviers
Films + List of voice performances in feature films Year Title Role Notes Source The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future! Serika Hakozaki Love Live! The School Idol Movie School idol Zutto Mae Kara Suki Deshita: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai Hina Setoguchi Suki ni Naru Sono Shunkan o: Kokuhaku Jikkō Iinkai Hina Setoguchi High School Fleet: The Movie Mikan Irako The Island of Giant Insects Miura Mami Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – The First Kiss That Never Ends Nagisa Kashiwagi
Video games + List of voice performances in video games Year Title Role Notes Source Girl Friend Beta Yuki Hanafusa iOS, Android The Idolmaster Million Live! Serika Hakozaki iOS, Android The Idolmaster One For All Serika Hakozaki PS3 Freedom Wars Anne "Charm" Vito PS Vita School Fanfare Kotone Genshouin iOS, Android The Idolmaster: Million Live! Theater Days Serika Hakozaki iOS, Android Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Iroha Tamaki iOS, Android Dragalia Lost Daikokuten iOS, Android Idoly Pride Yu Suzumura iOS, Android Azur Lane Prinz Rupprecht iOS, Android The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story Kanako Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows Panic in Sweets Land Purffee Nintendo Switch, PC Touhou Spell Carnival Flandre Scarlet Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation4
Discography Albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Catalogue No. Oricon Regularedition Limitededition Peakposition Weekscharted Peachy! Released: October 3, 2018 Label: Music Ray'n Format: CD, CD + DVD, CD + Blu-ray, digital download SMCL-565 SMCL-561/2(CD+DVD)SMCL-563/4(CD+Blu-ray) 6 4 Agapanthus Released: April 8, 2020 Label: Music Ray'n Format: CD, CD + DVD, CD + Blu-ray, digital download SMCL-655 SMCL-650/1(CD+DVD)SMCL-653/4(CD+Blu-ray) 5 5 Apiacere Released: July 17, 2022 Label: Music Ray'n Format: CD, CD + DVD, CD + Blu-ray, digital download SMCL-779 SMCL-774/5(CD+DVD)SMCL-776/8(CD+Blu-ray) 10 5 ChouChou Released: August 21, 2024 Label: Music Ray'n Format: CD, CD + DVD, CD + Blu-ray, digital download SMCL-912 SMCL-907/9(CD+DVD)SMCL-910/1(CD+Blu-ray) 15 3
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions Release date Title Catalogue No.(Regular edition) Oricon Album Notes Peakposition Weekscharted November 2, 2016 SMCL-456 8 7 Peachy! Insert song for Suki ni Naru Sono Shunkan o: Kokuhaku Jikkō Iinkai June 7, 2017 SMCL-485 11 4 1st opening theme song for PriPri Chi-chan!! November 1, 2017 SMCL-517 7 3 3rd opening theme song for PriPri Chi-chan!! August 22, 2018 SMCL-554 11 3 rowspan="2" February 13, 2019 "365×LOVE" SMCL-593 14 1 Agapanthus May 22, 2019 SMCL-602 6 1 3rd ending theme song for PazuDora September 4, 2019 SMCL-616 15 1 Ending theme song for O Maidens in Your Savage Season November 11, 2020 SMCL-678 8 3 Apiacere August 18, 2021 SMCL-722 9 5 Ending theme song for Girlfriend, Girlfriend March 2, 2022 SMCL-755 10 3 rowspan="4" August 16, 2023 SMCL-828 17 3 ChouChou February 14, 2024 "Sweet Essence" SMCL-862 12 4 May 15, 2024 "Libra" SMCL-892 15 3
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at Oricon