is a Japanese voice actress and singer. As a child, she won folk music contests alongside her sister Aina Suzuki before debuting as a voice actress in 2017, voicing Sassa Kurasaki in Armed Girl's Machiavellism. Since then, she has voiced Tomoe Murakami in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, Twin Turbo in Umamusume: Pretty Derby, Shiori Yamaga in Selection Project, Meroron/Meron Tanaka/Cure Kiss in You and Idol Precure, Pekesura in My Isekai Life, Mel in Smile of the Arsnotoria, Reine von Silford in Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World, Urū Miyazaki in Harmony of Mille-Feuille, and Elena in A Journey Through Another World.
Biography Miharu Hanai, a native of Chitose, Hokkaido, was born on 8 February 1998. After being unsuccessful in her dream of joining the Takarazuka Revue, which she originally wanted to do because she "really likes singing and expressing herself in front of people", she decided to pursue a career in voice acting after watching the anime K-On!. She then studied acting at ; after her graduation, she joined IAM Agency, remaining with them until 31 January 2025.
In February 2017, Hanai was cast as Sassa Kurasaki in Armed Girl's Machiavellism. She later voiced Non in Rainy Cocoa side G (2019), Lierre in Dropkick on My Devil! (2020), Twin Turbo in Umamusume: Pretty Derby (2021), and Shiori Yamaga in Selection Project (2021). In May 2021, she was cast as Fumio Chitose/Yellow in Hairpin Double, the thirtieth-anniversary animated short from the Okayama International Circuit. In 2022, she voiced Margarita Surprise in GrimGrimoire OnceMore, Pekesura in My Isekai Life, and Mel in Smile of the Arsnotoria. In 2023, she voiced Reine von Silford in Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World.
Hanai voices Tomoe Murakami 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 2020 single "The Idolmaster Cinderella Starlight Master for the Next! 07: Gaze and Gaze", which charted at #7 in the Oricon Singles Chart), and the 2021 single "The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Starlight Master Gold Rush! 08: Evil Live", which charted at #16 in the Oricon Singles Chart. She also stars as Urū Miyazaki in Harmony of Mille-Feuille, an a capella mixed-media project.
Although it had been rumored for some time due to their similarities, Hanai and her sister Aina Suzuki had not disclosed their familial relationship to prevent any signs of nepotism. However, on 30 November 2023, it was confirmed at the press conference announcing their roles in the upcoming anime A Journey Through Another World that they were sisters; she was also announced as the voice actor for Elena.
Hanai is a certified 5th dan folk singer and a 4th dan shamisen player. She and Suzuki began practicing folk music after being instructed by her grandfather, and they spent at least seven years in the Shōseikai circle, winning several folk song contests. Hanai has won several competitions in the national, regional, and local levels, including in Esashi oiwake, , jinku, and .
Filmography Animated television YearTitleRoleRef. 2017 Anonymous Noise High school girl 2017 Armed Girl's Machiavellism Sassa Kurasaki 2017 The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Theater Tomoe Murakami 2017 The Royal Tutor Girl 2018 Anima Yell! Basketball club members, additional voices 2018 Gurazeni Female clerk 2019 Actors: Songs Connection 2019 Rainy Cocoa side G Non 2019 Tenka Hyakken: Meiji-kan e Yōkoso Momijigari Kanemitsu 2020 D4DJ First Mix Yukino Akashi 2020 Dropkick on My Devil! Lierre 2021 Selection Project Shiori Yamaga 2021 Umamusume: Pretty Derby Season 2 Twin Turbo 2021 Visual Prison Fan 2022 Miss Shachiku and the Little Baby Ghost Female employee 2022 My Isekai Life Pekesura 2022 Sabikui Bisco Plum 2022 Smile of the Arsnotoria Mel 2023 A Galaxy Next Door Keigo Komaki 2023 Apparently, Disillusioned Adventurers Will Save the World Fill 2023 Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World Reine von Silford 2023 Eternal Boys Women, High school girl 2023 Giant Beasts of Ars Tiri 2023 In Another World with My Smartphone Fredmonica 2023 Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement Beatrice 2023 Umamusume: Pretty Derby Season 3 Twin Turbo 2023 World Dai Star Xue Wang 2024 A Journey Through Another World Elena 2024 Acro Trip Kokoa 2025 You and Idol Precure Meroron/Meron Tanaka/Cure Kiss 2025 The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows Lily 2025 Bad Girl Rura Ruriha 2025 Harmony of Mille-Feuille Urū Miyazaki 2025 Once Upon a Witch's Death Carbuncle 2025 I Saved Myself with a Potion!: Life in Another World Nina 2025 A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace Nekonote 2026 Oh Boy, Was I Wrong About Her Himeko Kirishima 2026 Uncle's Obsession with Cute Things Mirai Usuma
Original net animation YearTitleRoleRef. 2022 Hairpin Double Fumio Chitose/Yellow Video games YearTitleRoleRef. 2017 The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Tomoe Murakami 2018 Irodorimidori Nadeshiko Igarashi 2019 Arca Last Yuna 2019 Ichi Chi Manji Suguru Online Tsunadehime 2019 Sen no Kazoku Eve 2019 Tenka Hyakken: Zan Momijigari Kanemitsu 2020 Touhou Cannonball Cirno 2020 Yasei Shoujo Taki 2021 Smile of the Arsnotoria Meru 2021 Umamusume: Pretty Derby Twin Turbo 2022 GrimGrimoire OnceMore Margarita Surprise 2022 Heaven Burns Red Makiko Asami 2022 Monster Strike Taiga Renyan 2022 Sangokushi Taisen Da Qiao 2023 Princess Connect! Re:Dive Fubuki 2023 World Dai Star Xue Wang 2024 Black Stella Ptolomea Yukari Teshigawara
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