:Miharu Hanai
{{Short description|Japanese voice actress and singer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| native_name = 花井美春
| native_name_lang = ja
| birth_name = Miharu Suzuki (鈴木美春)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|02|08|df=y}}
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Voice actress
- singer
}}
| years_active = 2017–present
| relatives = Aina Suzuki (sister)
| notable_works = {{Unbulleted list|The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls as Tomoe Murakami|Smile of the Arsnotoria as Mel|Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World as Reine von Silford|Utagoe wa Mille-Feuille as Urū Miyazaki|A Journey Through Another World as Elena|You and Idol Precure as Melolon
}}
}}
{{nihongo|Miharu Hanai|花井 美春|Hanai Miharu|born 8 February 1998|lead=yes}} is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She had won folk music contests as a young child alongside her sister Aina Suzuki, before debuting as a voice actress in 2017, voicing as Sassa Kurasaki in Armed Girl's Machiavellism. Since then, she has since starred as Tomoe Murakami in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, Twin Turbo in Uma Musume Pretty Derby, Shiori Yamaga in Selection Project, Melolon 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 Utagoe wa Mille-Feuille, and Elena in A Journey Through Another World.
Biography
Miharu Hanai, a native of Chitose, Hokkaido, was born on 8 February 1998.{{Cite news |date=2023-11-30 |title=千歳出身の声優・鈴木愛奈さんと花井美春さんが双子役 姉妹だと初公表 地元でテレビアニメ制作発表 |url=https://www.hokkaido-np.co.jp/article/947471/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |work=Hokkaido Shimbun |language=ja}} After being unsuccessful in her dream to join 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!.{{Cite news |title=北海道の魅力伝えたい |url=https://iam.tv/press/img/20191031_hanai_chitose.jpg |access-date=2024-02-24 |work=Chitose Minpō |via=IAM Agency}} She then studied acting at {{ill|International Media Gakuin|ja|インターナショナル・メディア学院}}, and after her graduated, she joined IAM Agency,{{Cite web |title=花井美春 |url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/a/hanai-miharu/230908 |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=CDJournal |language=ja}} remaining with them until 31 January 2025.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-01 |title=退所のお知らせ |url=https://www.iam-agency.jp/news/退所のお知らせ-2/ |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=IAM Agency}}
In February 2017, Hanai was cast as Sassa Kurasaki in Armed Girl's Machiavellism. She later played Non in Rainy Cocoa side G (2019), Lierre in Dropkick on My Devil! (2020), Twin Turbo in Uma Musume Pretty Derby (2021), and Shiori Yamaga in Selection Project (2021).{{Cite web |title=花井 美春 |url=https://www.iam-agency.jp/actor/hanai-miharu/ |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=IAM Agency |language=ja}} 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 played 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).{{Cite web |title=THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER for the NEXT!07 Gaze and Gaze |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/765868/products/1358053/1/ |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Oricon News}}{{Cite web |title=THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER GOLD RUSH! 08 EVIL LIVE |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/786270/products/1395547/1/ |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Oricon News}} She also stars as Urū Miyazaki in Utagoe wa Mille-Feuille, an a capella mixed-media project.
Although this had been rumored for a while due to their similarities,{{Cite news |last=Matsuda |first=Kazuki |date=2023-11-30 |title=電撃発表！人気声優・鈴木愛奈＆花井美春、実の姉妹だった ネット上で"うわさ"も 新アニメの双子役で共演｜よろず〜ニュース |url=https://yorozoonews.jp/article/15070261 |access-date=2024-02-24 |work=Yorozoo News |language=ja-JP}} Hanai and her sister Aina Suzuki had not disclosed their familial relationship to prevent any signs of nepotism.{{Cite news |date=2023-11-30 |title=【イベントレポート】「異世界ゆるり紀行」鈴木愛奈と花井美春、姉妹であることが非公表だった理由は（動画あり） |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/551182 |access-date=2024-02-29 |work=Comic Natalie |language=ja}} However, on 30 November 2023, it was for the first time 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.{{Cite web |date=2008-08-28 |title=民謡の全道大会で優勝した姉妹が報告に来てくれました。 |url=https://www.city.chitose.lg.jp/docs/1-31266-81-114.html |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=City of Chitose |language=ja}} Hanai in particular has won several competitions in the national, regional, and local levels, including in Esashi oiwake, {{ill|Hokkai bon'uta|ja|北海盆唄|italics=y}}, jinku, and {{ill|kudoki|ja|クドキ|italics=y}}.
Filmography
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| 2022 | Hairpin Double | Fumio Chitose/Yellow | {{Cite news |date=2021-05-13 |title=岡山国際サーキットは5人組ヒロインが守る！30周年記念アニメにM・A・O、堀川りょうら |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/428049 |access-date=2024-03-10 |work=Comic Natalie |language=ja}} |
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Category:Japanese video game actresses
Category:Japanese women pop singers
Category:21st-century Japanese actresses
Category:21st-century Japanese singers
Category:21st-century Japanese women singers
Category:Voice actresses from Hokkaido