is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo. She was affiliated with the agency Mausu Promotion before becoming affiliated with Aoni Production. Debuting as a voice actress in 2013, her first main role was in the 2015 anime television series Seiyu's Life! as Rin Kohana. She and the other main cast members of Seiyu's Life! are also members of the music group Earphones. She is known for her roles as Yua Nakajima in Hinako Note, Mahiro Oyama in Onimai, Amau Ako in Blue Archive, and Silence Suzuka in Umamusume: Pretty Derby.
Biography Kohno was born in Tokyo on February 22, 1994. She is the second of three sisters; her older sister Rina is a dancer. As a child, she was already fond of reading aloud during elementary school classes. She first became interested in voice acting from watching anime series. After learning that the characters Pikachu from Pokémon and Chopper from One Piece were voiced by the same person, Ikue Ōtani, Kouno began to aspire to pursuing a career in voice acting.
Upon entering high school, Kohno joined her school's voice acting club, where she studied the performances of voice actors. She also participated in other activities such as playing basketball. After her graduation, she enrolled in a training school operated by the Yoyogi Animation Academy. She completed her studies in 2014, and became affiliated with the Mausu Promotion agency the same year.
Kohno began her career playing minor roles in anime series such as Aikatsu!, Log Horizon, and Rail Wars!. She then played the roles of Utako Uta and Pakuko in Chikasugi Idol Akae-chan, which was also the first time she performed a song in an anime. The following year, she was cast in her first main role as Rin Kohana in the anime series Seiyu's Life!. She, together with her Seiyu's Life co-stars Rie Takahashi and Yuki Nagaku, formed the music group Earphones. She also became a member of the idol group Team Ohenro.
In 2017, Kohno played the roles of Yua Nakajima in Hinako Note, and Yumina Urnea Belfast in In Another World With My Smartphone. She was also announced to be voicing the character Silence Suzuka in the multimedia franchise Umamusume: Pretty Derby. In 2018, she played the role of Sat-chan in Mitsuboshi Colors, and she reprised the role of Silence Suzuka for the anime series of Umamusume: Pretty Derby.
On October 1, 2020, she transferred to Aoni Production.
On February 24, 2020, Kohno made her solo singer debut under Nippon Columbia with the release of her first single, "Yume Mitai, demo Yume janai" (夢みたい、でも夢じゃない).
On November 1, 2022, it was announced on Kohno's Twitter page that she had been diagnosed with adjustment disorder in mid-October 2022. Due to this, her scheduled activities have been limited per advice from her agency, Aoni Production, in order to prioritize her current treatment.
Filmography TV anime Year Title Role Other notes 2014 Aikatsu! Girl (Season 2) Ep 93 Utako UtaPakuko Log Horizon 2 Shimai MomoiroKurinon Ep 7Eps 21, 24–25 Megumi Rail Wars! KaoriNami Jōgasaki Ep 3Ep 4 Shōnen Hollywood -Holly Stage for 49- Riko Yasuda 2015 Chivalry of a Failed Knight StudentGirl Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma Service Division girl D Season 1 Ep 14 The Fruit of Grisaia Danny's sister The Heroic Legend of Arslan Merchant's daughter Season 1 Ep 9 Is the Order a Rabbit?? Commoner Club member C Season 2 Ep 10 Mikagura School Suite Friend Overlord Nemu EmmotVampire Bride Season 1 Ep 10 Prison School Couple Woman Ep 3 Seiyu's Life! Rin Kohana Show by Rock!! Shibarin Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid E9 Your Lie in April Female student 2016 The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Maimai Season 1 Ep 20 Flip Flappers Nyunyu Phantasy Star Online 2 The Animation Marika Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World Petra Leyte Scorching Ping Pong Girls Hanabi Tenka Show by Rock!!# Shibarin Season 2 2017 Akiba's Trip: The Animation Niwaka Denkigai Anime-Gataris Fumi Ep 4 Hinako Note Yua Nakajima In Another World with My Smartphone Yumina Urnea Belfast Wake Up, Girls! New Chapter Noa Morina Season 2 2018 Mitsuboshi Colors Sat-chan Slow Start Sachi Tsubakimori Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online Shirley/Mai Kirishima Umamusume: Pretty Derby Silence Suzuka 2019 African Office Worker Cat Ep 3 After School Dice Club Aya Takayashiki Azur Lane Siren Purifier Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious Nina Dr. Stone Student Season 1 Ep 1 Granbelm Claire Fugo If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord Sylvia No Guns Life Scarlett Gosling One Piece Girl (Season 20) Ep 914 Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō Malice Emoni We Never Learn Mizuki Yuiga 2020 By the Grace of the Gods Miya Digimon Adventure: Mimi TachikawaMimi's motherXiaomon Ep 21Ep 41 GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018) Tsukasa Ep 93 Kaguya-sama: Love Is War? Kozue Makihara Season 2 Mewkledreamy Nene Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World Petra Leyte Season 2 Seton Academy: Join the Pack! Shiho Ihara Umayon Silence SuzukaGreen Suzuka Ep 8 2021 Amaim Warrior at the Borderline Hina Nose Blue Reflection Ray Yuzuki Shijo D_Cide Traumerei the Animation Eri Ibusaki Eden Sara Grace How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom Kaede Foxia The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent Nicole Adler Scarlet Nexus Tsugumi Nazar Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles Aki Sendō Show by Rock!! Stars!! Shibarin Season 3 Uma Musume Pretty Derby Silence Suzuka Season 2 Yuki Yuna Is a Hero: Churutto! Hinata Uesato Yuki Yuna Is a Hero: The Great Mankai Chapter Hinata Uesato Season 3 2022 Hiroshi Inoue Beast Tamer Nina Build Divide -#FFFFFF (Code White)- Kamellia Cour 2 Digimon Ghost Game Mayuri Ep 45 Don't Hurt Me, My Healer! Receptionist In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki Hinagiku In the Land of Leadale Mye Irodorimidori Shirona Tsukisuzu Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – Ultra Romantic Kozue Makihara Season 3 Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal Revanshe Love Flops Karin Istel Play It Cool, Guys MikiWoman Ep 11Ep 14 Raven of the Inner Palace Reiwa no Di Gi Charat Anime Girl 1 2023 By the Grace of the Gods Miya Season 2 In Another World with My Smartphone Yumina Urnea Belfast Season 2 My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1 Eve Callusleader Onimai: I'm Now Your Sister! Mahiro Oyama Ragna Crimson Majorca Abbott Synduality: Noir Flamme Uma Musume Pretty Derby Silence Suzuka Season 3 2024 Blue Archive the Animation Ako Amau Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers Glareneal A Condition Called Love Non-chan Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World Petra Leyte Season 3 Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles Aki Sendō Season 2 Pokémon Horizons: The SeriesSazare 2025 The Shiunji Family Children Seiha Shiunji 2026 Yowayowa Sensei Hiyori Hiwamura The Angel Next Door Spoils Me RottenAyaka KidoSeason 2
Anime films Year Title Role 2013 Bayonetta: Bloody Fate Students 2015 Wake Up, Girls! Beyond the Bottom Noa Morina 2016 Pop in Q Okku 2019 Fight! Space Attendant Aoi Ray Hua 2024 Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram Miko Yoshinaga
OVA Year Title Role Other notes 2016 Digimon Adventure tri.- Chapter 2: Determination Digimon Adventure tri.- Chapter 3: Confession 2018 Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World "Memory Snow" Petra Leyte OVA 1 Uma Musume Pretty Derby "BNW's Oath" Silence Suzuka Season 1 Extras (OVA 1-3) 2019 We Never Learn Mizuki Yuiga OVA 1 2020 OVA 2
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