Asami Takano

{{Short description|Japanese voice actress and singer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox person

| native_name = 髙野 麻美

| native_name_lang = ja

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|10|25|df=y}}

| occupation = {{flatlist|

  • Voice actress
  • singer

}}

| years_active = 2011–present

| employer = I'm Enterprise

| notable_works = {{Unbulleted list|Shirobako as Misa Tōdō|The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls as Frederica Miyamoto|Gekidol as Aimi Fujita}}

}}

{{nihongo|Asami Takano|髙野 麻美|Takano Asami|born 25 October 1988|lead=yes}} is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo, affiliated with I'm Enterprise.{{Cite web |title=髙野 麻美 |url=https://www.imenterprise.jp/profile.php?id=56 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=I'm Enterprise}} She is known for portraying Misa Tōdō in Shirobako, Frederica Miyamoto in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, and Aimi Fujita in Gekidol.

Biography

Asami Takano, a native of Tokyo, was born on 25 October 1988 and educated at the {{ill|Japan Narration Actor Institute|ja|日本ナレーション演技研究所}}.{{Cite web |title=髙野麻美(声優)代表キャラ・プロフィール・最新出演まとめ |url=https://akiba-souken.com/anime/seiyu/s_5032/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Akiba Souken |language=ja}}{{Cite web |title=髙野麻美 |url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/a/takano-asami/927252 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=CDJournal |language=ja}} She joined I'm Enterprise in 2011 and made her career debut on the same year.{{Cite web |date=2012-05-25 |title=2011年度所属新人、MAKO |url=http://imenterprise.jp/info.php?cate_no=9 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818111107id_/http://imenterprise.jp/info.php?cate_no=9 |archive-date=2013-08-18 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=I'm Enterprise}}

In August 2014, Takano was cast as Misa Tōdō in Shirobako, and she reprised her role in the 2020 film adaptation Shirobako: The Movie. In September 2020, she was cast as Aimi Fujita in the Gekidol anime and as Kazuma Aoiki in the spin-off OVA Alice in Deadly School. In March 2022, she was cast as Syakomon in the video game Digimon Survive.

Takano voices Frederica Miyamoto 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 033: Frederica Miyamoto" (which charted at #11 in the Oricon Singles Chart) and the 2016 album The Idolmaster Cinderella Master Cute Jewelries! 003 (the series' first album to top the Oricon Albums Chart).{{Cite web |title=THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER 033 宮本フレデリカ |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/566835/products/1113495/1/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Oricon News}}{{Cite news |last=Pineda |first=Rafael Antonio |date=2016-06-06 |title=Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Is 1st Game With #1 Album in 5 Years |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-06/idolm@ster-cinderella-girls-is-1st-game-with-no.1-album-in-5-years/.102933 |access-date=2024-01-03}} She reprised her role in the anime adaptation The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Theater. In 2017, she performed at Anime Expo's Anisong World Matsuri as part of a performance for the franchise.{{Cite news |last=Ressler |first=Karen |date=2017-04-28 |title=Love Live! Sunshine's Aqours, The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls to Perform at Anime Expo |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-04-28/love-live-sunshine-aqours-the-idolm@ster-cinderella-girls-to-perform-at-anime-expo/.115443 |access-date=2024-01-03}}

Takano is skilled in archery, and she is a kyūdō 1st dan.

Filmography

=Animated television=

;2011

;2012

;2013

;2014

;2015

;2016

;2017

;2018

;2021

  • Gekidol, Aimi Fujita{{Cite news |last=Hodgkins |first=Crystalyn |date=2020-09-18 |title=Gekidol Original TV Anime Reveals Promo Video, Cast, Staff, January 2021 Premiere |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-09-18/gekidol-original-tv-anime-reveals-promo-video-cast-staff-january-2021-premiere/.164188 |access-date=2024-01-03}}
  • The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window

;2022

=Animated film=

;2020

  • Shirobako: The Movie, Misa Tōdō{{Cite news |last=Loo |first=Egan |date=2019-07-02 |title=Shirobako Movie Reveals Spring 2020 Opening, More Staff & Cast, Visual Teasing New Character |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-02/shirobako-movie-reveals-spring-2020-opening-more-staff-and-cast-visual-teasing-new-character/.148556 |access-date=2024-01-03}}

=Original video animation=

=Video games=

;2014

;2018

;2020

;2022

  • Arknights, Quercus
  • Digimon Survive, Syakomon{{Cite news |last=Hazra |first=Adriana |date=2022-03-20 |title=Digimon Survive Game's Teaser Trailer Highlights Cast |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-20/digimon-survive-game-teaser-trailer-highlights-cast/.183792 |access-date=2024-01-03}}
  • Yggdra Resonance, Artrope

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
Hot

scope="row"| "The Idolmaster Cinderella Master 033: Frederica Miyamoto"

| 2015

|

  • Released: 4 February 2015
  • Label: Nippon Columbia

| 11

| —

| —

colspan="6" style="font-size:90%;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

References