Mayu Mineda

Mayu Mineda, a native of Nagano Prefecture, was born on 28 November 1997.{{Cite web |title=峯田茉優 |url=https://www.animatetimes.com/tag/details.php?id=8911 |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=Animate Times |language=ja}} As a junior high school student, she was head of her school's art club, went to school with future voice actress Nanami Atsugi, discovered an interest in anime while watching MegaMan NT Warrior, bought a character CD of Azusa Nakano (the main protagonist of K-On) and felt that two of the characters Aoi Yūki was voicing – Diane from The Seven Deadly Sins and Madoka Kaname from Puella Magi Madoka Magica – "fit perfectly together" despite having "completely different personalities".{{Cite web |title=【木曜日】峯田茉優の本気！アニラブ ＃０９ |url=http://www.joqr.co.jp/alb/2018/02/post-418.html |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=本気！アニラブ}} She became interested in voice acting because of her interest in anime and acting, the latter of which was inspired by her family's visits to Shiki Theatre Company musicals.{{Cite interview|last=Mineda |first=Mayu |interviewer= Tanu Azabu|title=峯田茉優「いろんな方とお話する声優の仕事。人として明るくなれました」 |url=https://ddnavi.com/interview/731259/a/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |work=Seiyū Zukan |date=2021-02-01 |language=ja}}

She was educated at Japan Narration Acting Institute, and she joined VIMS in 2017.{{Cite web |date=2017-10-05 |title=【木曜日】峯田茉優の本気！アニラブ ＃０１ |url=http://www.joqr.co.jp/alb/2017/10/post-393.html |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=本気！アニラブ}} In July 2019, she was cast as Kanako Mitsue in Stars Align.{{Cite news |last=Hodgkins |first=Crystalyn |date=2019-07-07 |title=Stars Align Anime Reveals 12 More Cast Members |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-07/stars-align-anime-reveals-12-more-cast-members/.148720 |access-date=2023-09-20}} In April 2020, she was cast as Shaei Miyama in A Certain Scientific Railgun T.{{Cite news |last=Loo |first=Egan |date=2020-04-26 |title=A Certain Scientific Railgun T Anime Confirms Dream Ranker Arc, New Cast |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-26/a-certain-scientific-railgun-t-anime-confirms-dream-ranker-arc-new-cast/.159011 |access-date=2023-09-20}} In May 2021, she was cast as Millia in Peach Boy Riverside.{{Cite news |last=Loo |first=Egan |date=2021-05-19 |title=Peach Boy Riverside TV Anime Unveils More Cast, Song Artists, July 1 Premiere |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-05-19/peach-boy-riverside-tv-anime-unveils-more-cast-song-artists-july-1-premiere/.172968 |access-date=2023-09-20}} In March 2022, she was cast as Higuruma in In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki.{{Cite news |last=Mateo |first=Alex |date=2022-03-14 |title=In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki Anime Reveals 5 More Cast Members |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-14/in-the-heart-of-kunoichi-tsubaki-anime-reveals-5-more-cast-members/.183591 |access-date=2023-09-20}}

Mineda voices Meguru Hachimiya in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, a spin-off of The Idolmaster franchise. As part of the franchise, she performed in several of Illumination Stars' singles, two of which reached the Top 5 in the Oricon Singles Chart.{{Cite web |title=イルミネーションスターズの作品 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/719363/products/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=Oricon News}}

She and Ryōta Suzuki co-hosted the AnimeJapan 2021 livestream on 18 February.{{Cite news |last=Pineda |first=Rafael Antonio |date=2021-02-10 |title=AnimeJapan 2021 Convention Will Be Online Only |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-10/animejapan-2021-convention-will-be-online-only/.169341 |access-date=2023-09-20}} Her debut mini album, "Who Are Me?", was released from Dreamusic on 2 August 2023.{{Cite interview |last=Mineda |first=Mayu |interviewer=Nao Noshita |title=峯田茉優"自分の好きが詰まった1stミニアルバム"―『WHO ARE ME？』リリース記念インタビュー |url=https://cho-animedia.jp/article/2023/08/27/42723.html |access-date=2023-09-22 |work=超！アニメディア |date=2023-08-27 |language=ja}}{{Cite web |title=峯田茉優「WHO ARE ME？」（初回限定盤） |url=https://dreamusic.co.jp/artist/minedamayu/38967.html |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=ドリーミュージック}}

• Merc Storia: Mukiryoku no Shōnen to Bin no Naka no Shōjo, child
• Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood, girl A

• Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest, Taeko Sugawara
• Beyblade Burst GT, spectator
• Domestic Girlfriend, female student B
• Dr. Stone, child
• Fire Force, Sister Sakura
• Let's! Gonjirō, staff
• Stars Align, Kanako Mitsue
• Wasteful Days of High School Girls, students
• We Never Learn, Hazuki Yuiga

• A Certain Scientific Railgun T, Shaei Miyama
• Ahiru no Sora, Akiyoshi
• Mewkledreamy, Director Oshio
• Monster Girl Doctor, fairy
• Genie Family 2020, Mihoshi Amanogawa
• Saikyō Kamizmode, Rin Tanba{{Cite news |last=Hodgkins |first=Crystalyn |date=2020-09-28 |title=Saikyō Kamizmode Anime Premieres Online, TV Airing Debuts on October 9 |language=en |work=Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-09-28/saikyo-kamizmode-anime-premieres-online-tv-airing-debuts-on-october-9/.164579 |access-date=2023-09-20}}

• Peach Boy Riverside, Millia

• In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki, Higuruma

• Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts, Princess Alba
• Synduality: Noir, Kanata (young){{cite tweet|first=Mayu|last=Mineda|user=mineda_mayu|number=1693950030342971525|script-title=ja:アニメ『#SYNDUALITY Noir』第7話にて、主人公カナタの少年時代を演じさせていただきました！宜しくお願い致します☺️ #シンデュア|date=August 22, 2023|access-date=March 26, 2024|language=ja}}

• Monster Strike the Movie: Lucifer - Zetsubō no Yoake, Orane

• Brown Dust, Eldora, Sui
• Hentai Shōjo: Formation Girls, Masumi Ōyama
• Kurokishi to Shiro no Maou, Elrune
• Phantom of the Kill, Neil

• Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX, RoRo
• Kingdom of Heroes, Hildegard
• Monster Strike, Orane
• Project NOAH, Sakiya Momohara
• Kōya no Kotobuki Hikōtai: Ōzora no Take Off Girls!, Ritta

• BraveSword X BlazeSoul, Luisette
• Girls' Frontline, Magal (Micro Galil), Gr VP70
• Magia Record, Suzuka Sakuya
• World Flipper, Samasa

• Caligula2, Key
• Last Period, Clever
• The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, Meguru Hachimiya

• Alchemist Garden, Chelmy
• Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2, Roro

• Grim Guardians: Demon Purge, Kasumi Sakaguchi

• VOICEPEAK, Miyamai Moca
• Synthesizer V AI, Miyamai Moca

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• [https://www.vims.co.jp/talent_profile_detail.php?id=115 Official agency profile] {{in lang|ja}}
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• https://x.com/damayu_staff Official Artist] on X {{in lang|ja}}

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Category:1997 births

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Category:Japanese women pop singers

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