Apphia Yu

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Apphia Yu
BornOctober 9 [1]
NationalityAmerican
Other namesAyu Sakata
Occupation
  • Voice actress
Years active2009–present
Spouse
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(m. 2016)​
Website apphiayu.com

Apphia Yu, also known as Ayu Sakata, is an American voice actress and voice director. [2] She has worked on games such as Loren The Amazon Princess and Tales of Aravorn: Seasons of the Wolf , and on anime like Assassination Classroom . She is the founder of sakevisual, a company based in Dallas, Texas that makes original visual novel games. [3] She is married to voice actor Micah Solusod. [4]

Contents

Filmography

Anime series

List of voice performances in anime series
YearTitleRoleNotesSource
2011 Fairy Tail Laki Olietta [5]
2012 Shangri-la Mikuni [6]
Level E Mayuzumi (Black Ranger) [7]
Shakugan no Shana Second Tiriel [8]
2013 Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing Félicité [9]
Guilty Crown Kanon Kusama [10]
Robotics;Notes Airi [11]
2014 Kamisama Kiss Chie [12]
A Certain Scientific Railgun S Saiai Kinuhata [13]
2015 Assassination Classroom Rio Nakamura [14]
Mikagura School Suite Katai [15] [16]
2016 Rage of Bahamut: Genesis Rita [17]
Shōnen Maid Chihiro [18]
Love Live! Sunshine!! You Watanabe [5]
Barakamon Tama [19]
Show By Rock!! 2 HolmyAlso Short!! [20]
Drifters Mark [21]
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru Monoyoshi Sadamune [5]
2017 Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters Imamu [22]
ēlDLIVE Tonto [23]
Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas Marina [24]
Koro Sensei Quest! Nakamura [25]
Fuuka Haruka Akitsuki [26]
Kenka Bancho Otome -Girl Beats Boys- HinakoLead role [27]
The Silver Guardian Koshiriko [27]
Alice & Zoroku Ayumu Miho [5]
Tsukigakirei AkaneLead role [28]
Tsugumomo Kukuri [28]
Gosick Victorique de BloisLead role [29]
Recovery of an MMO Junkie Harth [30]
Myriad Colors Phantom World Haruhiko (child) [31]
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Jiro Shima [5]
Garo: Vanishing Line Meifang [32]
Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond Kane [32]
2018 Pop Team Epic Shouta Aoi
Ace Attorney (TV series) Miles Edgeworth (young) [33]
Katana Maidens: Toji No Miko Sayaka [34]
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Spinny [35]
Dragon Ball Super Maki [5]
Black Clover Marie [36]
Golden Kamuy Osoma [37]
Free! -Dive to the Future- Ayumu [36]
Tokyo Ghoul:re (season 2) Shio [5]
Code: Realize − Guardian of Rebirth Sisi [38]
SSSS.Gridman Borr [37]
A Certain Magical Index III Kinuhata [37]
2019 Fruits Basket (2019 TV series) Shigure Soma (young) [5]
Dr. Stone Tsukasa Shishio (young) [5]
Nichijou - My Ordinary Life Sekiguchi [39]
Kemono Friends Ezo Red Fox [40]
Kase-san and Morning Glories Mikawa [5]
2020 Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma Berta, Cilla [5]
Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU Rika FurudeMain role; Also SOTSU [41] [42]
2021 Mieruko-chan Yamazaki [43] –
2022 PuraOre! Pride of Orange Junko Yaginuma [44]

Animated series

Film

List of voice performances in film
YearTitleRoleNotesSource
2018 Assassination Classroom the Movie: 365 Days' Time Nakamura [46]
2022 Sing a Bit of Harmony Inoue [47]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
YearTitleRoleNotesSource
2016 Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Time Patroller [5]
2017Regalia: Of Men and MonarchsLilka [5]
2017 A Hat in Time Hat Kid/Bow Kid [5]

Production credits

ADR directing

List of ADR directing credits
YearTitleRoleNotesSource
2015 Assassination Classroom S1: Assistant ADR director; S2: ADR director [14] [48]
2016 The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. ADR directorFunimation dub, Season 1 [16]
2017 Koro Sensei Quest! ADR director [26]
Classroom of the Elite ADR director [49]
Code: Realize − Guardian of Rebirth Assistant ADR director [32]
2018 Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King Assistant ADR director [36]
Harukana Receive ADR directorShared with Jerry Jewell [36]
Assassination Classroom the Movie: 365 Days' Time ADR director [46]
RErideD – Derrida, who leaps through time – Assistant ADR director [37]
2019 The Quintessential Quintuplets ADR director [50]
2020 Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU Assistant ADR director [41]
2021 SSSS.Dynazenon ADR director [51]
Ikebukuro West Gate Park Additional ADR direction [52]

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