Yū Sasahara | |
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篠原 侑 | |
Born | April 30 |
Years active | 2016–present |
Agent | I'm Enterprise |
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Yū Sasahara (篠原 侑, Sasahara Yū, born April 30) is a Japanese voice actress from Kumamoto Prefecture who is affiliated with I'm Enterprise. [1] She began her career in 2016, and in 2018 she played her first main role as Akari Amano in the anime television series Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood .
Sasahara learned to play the piano at a young age and dreamed of becoming a singer during her elementary school years. She was persuaded against pursuing that career by her parents, who advised her that becoming one was difficult. [2] While in junior high school, she played the clarinet as a member of her school's brass band. Around this time, she was encouraged to pursue a career in voice acting by her father, who told her that she could sing, act, and appear on TV in that line of work. [2] [3] Her father then encouraged her by printing out an audition form for a role in the Japanese dub of the film The Golden Compass , although she ultimately did not push through with auditioning. [2] [3] Nevertheless, as she had already been interested in anime and manga, the experience influenced her to investigate voice acting more and learn about anime production. [2]
During her third year of high school, Sasahara applied for enrollment at the Japan Narration Acting Institute. [3] After passing the entrance examinations, she enrolled at the school while also going to university. [2] [3] While in her third year of training, she received a notification that the she had been accepted into the I'm Enterprise talent agency; [2] she then debuted as a voice actress in 2016. [2] Among her earliest roles was as the character Li Xuelan in the 2018 anime series Märchen Mädchen . [3] [4] Later that year, she was cast in her first main role as the character Akari Amano in the anime series Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood . [2] [5] The following year, she was cast as Rū Hitoma in the anime series Over Drive Girl 1/6 and Rin Namiki in the multimedia franchise Kandagawa Jet Girls . [2] [6] In 2020, she was cast as Yūki Kuroiwa in the anime series Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater . [7] In 2021, she was cast as Emilico in the anime series Shadows House . [8]
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