Ai Kayano
{{Short description|Japanese voice actress (born 1987)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ai Kayano
| native_name = 茅野 愛衣
| native_name_lang = ja
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|09|13|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan
| occupation = Voice actress
| years_active = 2010–present
| agent = Office Osawa
| height = 153 cm
}}
{{Nihongo|Ai Kayano|茅野 愛衣|Kayano Ai|born September 13, 1987}} is a Japanese voice actress. She was represented by the Pro-Fit talent agency until 2014. She has been represented by Office Osawa since 2015. She played leading roles in several anime series, including Meiko "Menma" Honma in Anohana, Inori Yuzuriha in Guilty Crown, Alice Zuberg in Sword Art Online: Alicization, Utaha Kasumigaoka in Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend, Mashiro Shiina in The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, Saori Takebe in Girls und Panzer, Shiro in No Game No Life, Darkness in KonoSuba, Juliet Persia in Boarding School Juliet, and Mamako Oosuki in Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?. She has also performed opening, ending and insert theme songs for each series.
Biography
Kayano wanted to work in a job that would involve "healing people", leading to initially take up a course at a vocational school. She worked in the beauty industry and became interested in acting, after watching Aria. While attending school, Kayano continued working in the industry and paid for her tuition.{{cite journal|title=B.L.T. Voice Girls|journal=B.L.T. Voice Girls|date=January 31, 2011|issue=5|pages=96|publisher=Tokyo News Service|language=ja}}
Kayano began working at Pro-Fit in 2010, starring in the original video animation Princess Resurrection. She also voiced a number of background roles in the anime series A Certain Magical Index II, voicing Itsuwa.{{cite web|script-title=ja:声優未来予想図 第2回 茅野愛衣さん|url=http://seigura.com/senior/20131119_135.html|website=Seiyuu Grand Prix|access-date=November 8, 2017|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116074552/http://seigura.com/senior/20131119_135.html|archive-date=January 16, 2014|url-status=dead}} She voiced Meiko "Menma" Honma in Anohana. Kayano, Haruka Tomatsu and Saori Hayami performed the series' ending theme "Secret Base – Kimi ga Kureta Mono (10 years after Ver.)", a cover of a song originally sung by the band Zone.{{cite web|title=Noitamina's C, Anohana Promotional Videos Streamed|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-10/noitamina-c-anohana-promotional-videos-streamed|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=November 8, 2017|date=March 11, 2011}} Kayano won the Best Newcomer Award at the 6th Seiyu Awards.{{cite web|script-title=ja:第六回声優アワード受賞者一覧|url=http://seiyuawards.jp/201203/07115720.php|access-date=November 8, 2017|language=ja|url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905142151/http://seiyuawards.jp/201203/07115720.php|archive-date=September 5, 2012}} She voiced Inori Yuzuriha in Guilty Crown.{{cite web|title=Guilty Crown: Lost Christmas PC Game Bundles Anime Short|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-03-22/guilty-crown/lost-christmas-pc-game-bundles-anime-short|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=November 8, 2017|date=March 23, 2012}}
Kayano voiced Mayaka Ibara in Hyouka.{{cite web|last1=Sevakis|first1=Justin|title=Anime Spotlight: HYOUKA|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/anime-spotlight/2012/spring/hyouka|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=November 8, 2017|date=March 21, 2012}} She and Satomi Satō performed the series' ending themes {{nihongo|"Madoromi no Yakusoku"|まどろみの約束}} and {{nihongo|"Kimi ni Matsuwaru Mystery"|君にまつわるミステリー}}.{{cite web|script-title=ja:まどろみの約束|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/566425/products/964305/1/|publisher=Oricon|access-date=November 8, 2017|language=ja}}{{cite web|title=TVアニメ『氷菓』新エンディングテーマ 君にまつわるミステリー|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/566425/products/978026/1/|publisher=Oricon|access-date=November 8, 2017|language=ja}} Kayano voiced Mashiro Shiina in The Pet Girl of Sakurasou,{{cite web|title=Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo Light Novels Get TV Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-04-08/sakurasou-no-pet-na-kanojo-light-novels-get-tv-anime|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=November 8, 2017|date=April 9, 2012}} and Saori Takebe in Girls und Panzer.{{cite web|title=Girls und Panzer Anime's Ad Aired with Schoolgirls & Tanks|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-28/girls-und-panzer-anime-ad-aired-with-schoolgirls-and-tanks|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=November 8, 2017|date=September 29, 2012}} She played several roles in 2013, including Ai Fuyuumi in Oreshura,{{cite web|title=OreShura Romantic Comedy's New Key Visual Posted|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-14/oreshura-romantic-comedy-new-key-visual-posted|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=November 8, 2017|date=October 15, 2012}} and Chisaki Hiradaira in Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea.{{cite web|title=P.A. Works' Nagi no Asukara Anime Previewed in Ad|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-09-20/p.a-works-nagi-no-asukara-anime-previewed-in-ad|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=November 8, 2017|date=September 21, 2013}}
In 2014, Kayano played Shiro in No Game No Life.{{cite web|title=No Game, No Life Anime's 1st Promo Video, Cast, Staff Unveiled|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-29/no-game-no-life-anime-1st-promo-video-cast-staff-unveiled|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=November 8, 2017|date=December 30, 2013}} She performed the series' ending theme "Oración".{{cite web|script-title=ja:オラシオン|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/523623/products/1070323/1/|publisher=Oricon|access-date=November 8, 2017|language=ja}} Later that year, she left Pro-Fit and became a freelancer.{{cite web|script-title=ja:プロ・フィット インフォメーション|url=http://www.pro-fit.co.jp/|publisher=Pro-Fit|access-date=November 8, 2017|language=ja}} Kayano joined Office Osawa in 2015. That same year, she played Megumi Sakura in School-Live!,{{cite web|title=Ai Kayano Joins School-Live/Gakkō Gurashi! Anime's Cast|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-05-22/ai-kayano-joins-school-live-gakko-gurashi-anime-cast/.88440|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=November 8, 2017|date=May 22, 2015}} and Utaha Kasumigaoka in Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend.{{cite web|title=Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Flat Anime's Promo Video Reveals Returning Cast, Staff|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-15/saekano-how-to-raise-a-boring-girlfriend-flat-anime-promo-video-reveals-returning-cast-staff/.109930|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=November 8, 2017|date=December 15, 2016}} In 2016, she played the roles of Darkness in KonoSuba, Chizuru Hishiro in ReLIFE, and Rin Tōyama in New Game!.{{cite web|title=KonoSuba Season 2 Reveals New Key Visual, Supporting Cast Designs|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-05/konosuba-season-2-reveals-new-key-visual-supporting-cast-designs/.109524|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=November 8, 2017|date=December 6, 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Chang|first1=Chih-Chieh|title=Anime Spotlight – New Game!|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/anime-spotlight/2016/summer/new-game/.103847|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=November 8, 2017|date=July 11, 2016}} In 2017, she played Kirie Sakurame in UQ Holder!.{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-06/uq-holder-anime-casts-yuki-matsuoka-yuki-hirose-rina-satou/.117117|title=UQ Holder! Anime Casts Yuki Matsuoka, Yūki Hirose, Rina Satou|work=Anime News Network|date=June 7, 2017|access-date=June 6, 2017}} She also played Shuvi in No Game No Life: Zero.{{cite web|title=No Game, No Life Zero Anime Film's 1st Promo Video Teases Millennia-Old Story|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-26/no-game-no-life-zero-anime-film-1st-promo-video-teases-millennia-old-story/.113964|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=November 8, 2017|date=March 26, 2017}} In 2018, she played Juliet Persia in Boarding School Juliet.
In 2016, Kayano hosted a show titled {{Nihongo|"Kayanomi ~Kayano Ai ga Nihonshu wo Nominagara, Taberu dake~~"|かやのみ 〜茅野愛衣が日本酒をのみながら、食べるだけ〜||lit. "Kayanomi ~Ai Kayano is Eating While Drinking Sake~"}} at Animate Times' YouTube channel.{{cite web|title=Kayanomi official Twitter account|url=https://twitter.com/_kayanomi|website=Twitter|access-date=December 11, 2016}}{{cite web|first=Karen|last=Ressler|title=Voice Actress Ai Kayano Shares Her Love of Sake in New Web Series|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-04-27/voice-actress-ai-kayano-shares-her-love-of-sake-in-new-web-series/.101526|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=November 8, 2017|date=April 28, 2016}} The show focuses on her looking through into various types of sake. The title of show is also a combination of her surname Kayano and the Japanese word for "drink", which is {{Nihongo|"nomi"|飲み}}.
Controversy
In 2021, controversy arose on Chinese social media as a result of Kayano's post regarding her February 11 trip to the Yasukuni Shrine, a Shinto shrine often a subject of controversy which enshrines Japanese men, women, children, and soldiers who died in numerous wars involving Japan spanning between the Meiji and Showa eras, including 1,068 convicted war criminals that were sentenced to death by the International Military Tribunal; of which 14 of them, including former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, are labeled as A-Class criminals.{{Cite web|title=Call to boycott Japanese actress in China for visiting Yasukuni Shrine of war dead|url=https://en.appledaily.com/article/MDDKUZ5PSRFRNIVHPID77RAJP4|access-date=2021-06-22|website=AppleDaily|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617040457/https://en.appledaily.com/article/MDDKUZ5PSRFRNIVHPID77RAJP4/|archive-date=June 17, 2021|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|first=Julian |last=Ryall|date=2021-02-16|title=Japanese actress Ai Kayano sparks anger in China after Yasukuni Shrine visit|url=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3121883/japan-voice-actress-ai-kayano-sparks-anger-chinas-social-media|access-date=2021-06-22|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}} In response, her voice was removed from six characters in the Chinese version of Azur Lane. Similar action was also taken in other games such as the removal of Kayano's voice lines from Punishing: Gray Raven and the Chinese version of Arknights, where her voice was replaced with that of Miku Itō and Mizuki Kitajima for all servers in 2021, respectively.{{cite tweet|first=Mizuki|last=Kitajima|user=mizuki_kitajima|number=1452191706397372417|title=【お知らせ】この度、アークナイツにてプラチナ役を演じさせて頂くことになりました。演じさせて頂けたこと、自分の好きな作品に関わらせて頂けたことに感謝です。 ドクターの皆さん、どうぞよろしくお願いいたします。@ArknightsStaff #アークナイツ|date=October 24, 2021|access-date=June 28, 2022|language=ja}}
Filmography
=Anime=
=Film=
=Video games=
=Drama CDs=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of voice performances in drama CDs ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes | ||||
| Comical Psychosomatic Medicine | Asuna Kangoshi | {{cite web |url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-11-10/comical-psychosomatic-medicine-anime-1st-promo-streamed/.80871|title= Comical Psychosomatic Medicine Anime's 1st Promo Streamed|date= November 10, 2014|access-date= November 12, 2014|work= Anime News Network}} |
=Dubbing=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of voice performances in other dubbing ! Title ! Role ! Voice dub for ! class="unsortable"| Notes ! class="unsortable"| Source | ||||
| The Call | Casey Welson | Abigail Breslin | {{cite web |url= https://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=23022|title= ザ・コール 緊急通報指令室|access-date= March 15, 2019|work= Star Channel}} | |
| Dolittle | Mini | {{cite web |url= https://www.fukikaeru.com/?p=13911|title= ドクター・ドリトル|access-date= June 11, 2020|work= Fukikaeru}} | ||
| Ready Player One | F'Nale Zandor | Hannah John-Kamen | {{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/274773|title= スピルバーグ「レディ・プレイヤー1」吹替版にKENN、坂本真綾、茅野愛衣ら参加|access-date= March 23, 2018|work= Natalie}} | |
| The Three Musketeers | Queen Anne | Juno Temple | 2012 TV Asahi edition | {{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/news/detail/34439/165831/|title= 見どころは"キスシーン"と"思いの強さ"!? 「三銃士」のアフレコに人気声優が挑戦！|access-date= August 20, 2019|work= thetv.jp}} |
Awards
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Award ceremony !Award !Result |
| 2012
| Best Rookie Actresses |{{won}} |
Notes
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References
{{Reflist|refs=
| url=http://osawa-inc.co.jp/blocks/index/talent00166.html
| title=茅野 愛衣 – 俳優、声優、ナレーター、DJ、タレントの株式会社大沢事務所
| trans-title= Ai Kayano – Office Osawa actor, voice actor, narrator, DJ, talent
| work=Office Osawa
| location=Japan
| language=ja
| access-date=November 8, 2017
}}
| url=http://gph.sakura.ne.jp/va_memo/system/vadb.cgi?action=view_ind&value=01671&namecode=1
| script-title=ja:声優さん出演リスト 個別表示：茅野愛衣
| trans-title=Voice actor's appearance list individual display: Ai Kayano
| work=Voice Artist Database
| publisher=GamePlaza-HARUKA-
| access-date=November 27, 2017
| date=July 5, 2017
| language=ja
| title=Mangashow5.me
| archive-date=May 26, 2019
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526005559/http://gph.sakura.ne.jp/va_memo/system/vadb.cgi?action=view_ind&value=01671&namecode=1
| url-status=dead
}}
| url= http://www.usagi.org/doi/seiyuu/kayano-ai/roles.html
| title= Kayano Ai roles | work=Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database
| access-date=November 8, 2017
| date=November 8, 2017
| last=Doi | first=Hitoshi | author-link=Hitoshi Doi}}
| url=http://www.usagi.org/doi/seiyuu/kayano-ai.html
| title=Kayano Ai (茅野愛衣) – Personal Information
| work=Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database
| access-date=November 18, 2017
| date=November 18, 2017
| last=Doi | first=Hitoshi | author-link=Hitoshi Doi}}
| url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Ai-Kayano/
| title=Behind the voice actors: Ai Kayano
| access-date=March 5, 2019}}
| url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=91009
| title=Anime News Network: Ai Kayano profile
| access-date=March 5, 2019}}
}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://osawa-inc.co.jp/women/kayanoai/|Official agency profile}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{ann|people|91009}}
- [https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/523623/ Ai Kayano] at Oricon {{in lang|ja}}
{{Seiyu Award for Best Rookie Actress}}
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Category:Japanese video game actresses