:Mako Morino
{{Short description|Japanese voice actress and singer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| native_name = 杜野 まこ
| native_name_lang = ja
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|01|24|df=y}}
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Voice actress
- singer
- television personality
}}
| years_active = 2009–present
| employer = Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society
| notable_works = {{Unbulleted list|Hanakappa as Ageru-chan|The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls as Yuki Himekawa|WIXOSS as Chiyori}}
}}
{{nihongo|Mako Morino|杜野 まこ|Morino Mako|born 24 January 1987|lead=yes}} is a Japanese voice actress, television personality, and singer from Tomiya, Miyagi, affiliated with Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.{{Cite web |title=杜野 まこ |url=https://haikyo.co.jp/profile/profile.php?ActorID=13097 |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society}} After her 2009 debut on Sendai Television's {{ill|Arakashi Saturday|ja|あらあらかしこ|italics=y}}, she moved to Tokyo and worked as a television reporter and voice actress. She is known for voicing Ageru-chan in Hanakappa, Yuki Himekawa in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, and Chiyori in WIXOSS.
Biography
Mako Morino, a native of Tomiya, Miyagi, was born on 24 January 1987.{{Cite magazine |date=1 December 2010 |title=平成22年を振り返る |url=http://www.town.tomiya.miyagi.jp/attach/DL/276/attach/DL_276_20101222071844-1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518092355/http://www.town.tomiya.miyagi.jp/attach/DL/276/attach/DL_276_20101222071844-1.pdf |archive-date=18 May 2015 |access-date=4 January 2024 |magazine=Kōhō Tomiya |publisher=Tomiya City |publication-place=広報とみや |issue=528}}{{Cite web |title=杜野まこ プロフィール |url=http://www.chemitra.co.jp/talent/index.html |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=化学品輸送・倉庫業務のケミカルトランスポート}} Wanting to be a professional volleyball player in elementary school, she played the sport for fourteen years until she was a university student.{{Cite interview |last=Morino |first=Mako |interviewer=Shōmei |title=「ずっと体育会系なんです！」【杜野まこ】私服ゼロだったスクールデイズ |url=https://otapol.com/2013/10/post-65.html |access-date=4 January 2024 |work=Otapol}} However, while in junior high school, the libero position was introduced to volleyball, and she was automatically assigned to this position (which does not allow serving) due to her height, so she stopped aiming to become a professional.
While looking for a job in nearby Sendai and Tokyo, she was approached about the entertainment industry, and she joined an agency and in 2009 began appearing on {{ill|Arakashi Saturday|ja|あらあらかしこ|italics=y}}, a Saturday morning variety show on Sendai Television.{{Cite news |date=21 May 2021 |title=杜野まこプロデュースの牛タン "まこたん" をお届け！ |url=https://animageplus.jp/articles/detail/37138 |access-date=5 January 2024 |work=Animage Plus |language=ja}} Shortly after joining the agency, she wanted a "name that sounds like Sendai", and after discussions with her manager, she decided with the stage name Mako Morino, referring to {{ill|Mori no Miyako|ja|杜の都|italics=y}}, the nickname for Sendai.{{Cite interview |last=Morino |first=Mako |interviewer=Shōmei |title=「ずっと体育会系なんです！」【杜野まこ】私服ゼロだったスクールデイズ |url=https://otapol.com/2013/10/post-65_2.html |access-date=4 January 2024 |work=Otapol}}
In 2010, she left Arakashi Saturday and moved to Tokyo. In 2014, Morino voiced Chiyori in Selector Infected WIXOSS and its sequel Selector Spread WIXOSS.{{Cite news |last=Nelkin |first=Sarah |date=19 August 2014 |title=Selector Spread Wixoss Sequel TV Anime's Comiket 86 Promo Streamed |language=en |work=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-19/selector-spread-wixoss-sequel-tv-anime-comiket-86-promo-streamed/.77756 |access-date=4 January 2024}} In 2017, she starred in Katato The Animation, the spinoff animated shorts from the Cinderella Nine franchise.{{Cite news |last=Hodgkins |first=Crystalyn |date=21 May 2017 |title=Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine Smartphone Game Inspires Net Anime Shorts |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-05-21/hachigatsu-no-cinderella-nine-smartphone-game-inspires-net-anime-shorts/.116371 |access-date=4 January 2024}} In 2023, she joined Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.
Morino voices Yuki Himekawa 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 032: Yuki Himekawa" (which charted at #11 on the Oricon Singles Chart) and the 2016 album The Idolmaster Cinderella Master Passion Jewelries! 003 (which charted at #3 on the Oricon Albums Chart).{{Cite news |last=Pineda |first=Rafael Antonio |date=22 June 2016 |title=The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Album Ranks #3 With 36,790 Copies |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-22/the-idolm@ster-cinderella-girls-album-ranks-no.3-with-36790-copies/.103474 |access-date=4 January 2024}} She reprised her role in the anime adaptation The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Theater.{{Cite web |title=ススタッフ＆キャスト |url=http://cingeki-anime.com/staffcast/ |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=ＴＶアニメ「シンデレラガールズ劇場」公式サイト |language=ja}}
She was a regular assistant for {{ill|Miura Daisuke no Hama-ban|ja|三浦大輔のハマ番|italics=y}} and {{ill|Tsunagaru Seven|ja|つながるセブン|italics=y}}, and she was a reporter for Smile Gourmet, Yumeguri Tetsudō, {{ill|News Every|ja|News every.|italics=y}}, {{ill|Ī Izu Mitsuketa|ja|いい伊豆みつけた|italics=y}}, and News Harbor. She was also an MC for Television Kanagawa’s We Baystars and was Yokohama DeNA BayStars presenter for Happy Monday Baseball. In 2021, she collaborated with Sendai restaurant Kosen to serve a brand of beef tongue called {{nihongo|Makotan|まこたん}}.{{Cite news |date=22 September 2021 |title=杜野まこプロデュースの牛タン第三弾はオニオン＆ガーリック！|url=https://animageplus.jp/articles/detail/38504 |access-date=5 January 2024 |work=Animage Plus |language=ja}}
Filmography
=Animated television=
| class="wikitable" width="50%"
! scope="col" width=5%|Year ! scope="col" width=65%|Series ! scope="col" width=25%|Role ! scope="col" width=5%|Ref. |
| 2011
|Hanakappa |Ageru-chan |
| 2014
|Chiyori |
| 2015
|Mamitas |
| 2017
|The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Theater |Yuki Himekawa |
| 2017
|Chu-chan |
| 2019
|Katato Ikusa |
| 2024
|The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians |Club President |
=Animated film=
| class="wikitable" width="50%"
! scope="col" width=5%|Year ! scope="col" width=65%|Series ! scope="col" width=25%|Role ! scope="col" width=5%|Ref. |
| 2013
|Hanakappa the Movie: Hanakase! Pakkān Chō no Kuni no Daibōken |Ageru-chan |
| 2016
|Selector Infected WIXOSS: The Movie |Chiyori |
| 2022
|Kaiketsu Zorori: La La La Star Tanjō |Mōrin, Ōtako Nyūdō |
=Original net animation=
=Video games=
| class="wikitable" width="50%"
! scope="col" width="5%" |Year ! scope="col" width="60%" |Series ! scope="col" width="30%" |Role ! scope="col" width="5%" |Ref. |
| 2014
|The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls |Yuki Himekawa |
| 2016
|Maron |
| 2017
|Natsuki Utsuho |
| 2018
|Dawn of the Breakers |Misono Mikoto |
| 2019
|Lotus Labyrinth |Mononobe no Futo |
| 2020
|Vivid Army |Eri |
| 2021
|Megido 72 |Agathion |
Discography
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Single details ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Sales |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | JPN
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | JPN |
| scope="row"| "The Idolmaster Cinderella Master 032: Yuki Himekawa"
| 2015 |
| — | — |
| colspan="6" style="font-size:90%;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
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Category:Japanese television personalities
Category:Japanese women television personalities
Category:Japanese video game actresses
Category:Japanese women pop singers
Category:21st-century Japanese actresses
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Category:21st-century Japanese women singers
Category:Voice actresses from Miyagi Prefecture
Category:Singers from Miyagi Prefecture
Category:Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society voice actors