Ayaka Asai
Native name朝井 彩加
Birth dateMay 11, 1992 (age 34)
Birth placeShizuoka Prefecture, Japan
OccupationVoice actress
Years active2012–present
AgentIntention
Height160 cm

Ayaka Asai (朝井 彩加, Asai Ayaka, born May 11, 1992)[1] is a Japanese actress who specializes in voice acting. She is currently affiliated with Intention.[1][2]

Career

Asai became a member of the Seinenza Film Company on January 1, 2013.[1] She graduated from the General Institute of Amusement Media. She voiced Okada in No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!.[3] In 2015, she voiced the title character Mio Naruse in the anime adaptation of The Testament of Sister New Devil. [4] In 2016, she voiced Laura Sakuraba in Aikatsu Stars!. On October 1, 2017, she became a member of Toei Company's Toei Movie Studios.[5]

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime
YearSeriesRoleNotesSource[1]
2013WatamoteOkada, others [6]
2013Pokémon Mewtwo: Prologue to AwakeningGlaceon [7][8]
2014CalimeroCalimero [9]
2014The Fruit of GrisaiaPiano teacher  
2014Kindaichi Case Files RAkari Momoyama [10][11]
2014Magic Kaito 1412Girl A, Tour operator's sister  
2014M3 the dark metalStaff officer  
2014MushibugyoSamurai Child A  
2014Selector Spread WIXOSSGirl AEp. 5 
2014WasimoMasao [12][13]
2014Yūto-kun GaikuBoy A, Woman AFeature film 
2015The Testament of Sister New DevilMio Naruse [4]
2015–24Sound! EuphoniumHazuki Katō [14]
2015JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust CrusadersWomanEp. 72[15]
2015Onsen Yōsei Hakone-chanAki [16]
2016–18Aikatsu Stars!Laura Sakuraba [17]
2016Maho Girls PreCure!Yuto Namiki 
2016JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is UnbreakableMinako OkuraEp. 108[18]
2017Schoolgirl StrikersHina Origami [19]
2017Nora, Princess, and Stray CatNora Handa [20]
2018Mitsuboshi ColorsNonoka Sasaki 
2018Golden KamuyOsoma 
2019That Time I Got Reincarnated as a SlimeKenya [21]
2019Aikatsu Friends!Mamiko Habara 
2019Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of LifeMashiro [22]
2019AfterlostSōma [23]
2019–23Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kunClara Valac [24]
2019Kandagawa Jet GirlsFūka Tamaki [25]
2019–presentFire ForceLisa Isaribi [26]
2020Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution KizunaMiyako InoueFilm[27]
2020Altered Carbon: ResleevedHolly Togram [28]
2020Strike the Blood IVYuno AmaseOVA series[29]
2021Vivy: Fluorite Eye's SongYui Kakitani 
2021–22How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the KingdomYuno [30]
2021–23The Vampire Dies in No TimeMakoto Hagino 
2022Black Rock Shooter: Dawn FallMonica Kaburagi [31]
2022In the Heart of Kunoichi TsubakiAzami [32]
2022The Eminence in ShadowZeta [33]
2022JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone OceanPinocchioEp. 25[34]
2023Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the MacabreHitoshi [35]
2023The Dangers in My HeartChihiro Kobayashi [36]
2023Undead Girl Murder FarceAlice Rapidshot [37]
2023Digimon Adventure 02: The BeginningMiyako InoueFilm[38]
2023A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO LifeNora [39]
2023The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love YouKusuri Yakuzen [40]
2024The Healer Who Was Banished From His Party, Is, in Fact, the StrongestLyra [41]
2026The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric KingVufmek [42]

Live-action and other dubs

List of voice performances in other dubbing
YearSeriesRoleNotesSource[1]
2013GatchamanHeadquarters Radio Announcementlive-action version 
2014HostageSawyer  
2014Before MidnightEllatheater version[43]
2014'Miranda  
2014Bates MotelLisa  
2014Jingle All the WayMischievous boy  
2016The Huntsman: Winter's WarPippa [44]
2016The ShallowsChloe Adams [45]
2017Yoga HosersColleen Collette [46]
2019The PassageAmy Bellafonte [47]
2020Scary Stories to Tell in the DarkStella Nicholls [48]
2021The Broken Hearts GalleryAmanda [49]
2021The GentlemenLaura Pressfield [50]
2021Army of ThievesKorina Dominiguez [51]
2022All of Us Are DeadChoi Nam-ra [52]
2022Jaws 2Jackie PetersBS Tokyo edition[53]
2022Riders of JusticeMathilde Hansen [54]
2022Hard HitLee Hye-in [55]
2024Talk to MeMia [56]
2024The Fall GuyIggy Starr [57]
2025TrapRiley [58]
2025NosferatuEllen Hutter [59]
2026The Bad Guys 2Pigtail PetrovaAnimation[60]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
YearTitleRoleNotesSource[1]
2012The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero Evolution   
2013Wonderland Fantasy Township (不思議の幻想郷, Fushigi no gensō gō)Tojiko Sogano  
2013Venus Rampage Z (ビーナスランページZ)Stella  
2013AtlanticaArlecchino  
2013Conception 2Lucia  
2018Dragalia LostSarisse[34]
2019King's RaidGlenwys[61]
2020Kandagawa Jet GirlsFūka Tamaki [62]
2021DC Super Hero Girls: Teen PowerCatwoman / Selina Kyle [34]
2021Gate of NightmaresValamielle  
2024Zenless Zone ZeroLucy[63]

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