Aina Kusuda

Aina Kusuda
Native name 楠田 亜衣奈
Born (1989-02-01) February 1, 1989
Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Occupation Voice actress, singer
Agent JTB Entertainment
Website http://ameblo.jp/aina-heart0201/

Aina Kusuda (楠田 亜衣奈 Kusuda Aina, born February 1, 1989) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Chiba Prefecture. She is represented by JTB Entertainment.[1] She is best known as the idol star Nozomi Tojo in the Love Live! series, and has worked with the other Love Live! girls in singing multiple songs that have charted on Oricon. Other major roles include Sūko in Million Doll and Rose in Rilu Rilu Fairilu.

Career

Prior to entering the anime industry, she worked in a maid cafe in Akihabara called ｢Cafe la vie en rose｣. She decided to become a voice actress after seeing a stage performance of Junko Takeuchi. She made her debut as a voice actress as Nozomi Tojo in the media franchise Love Live!, and she separately formed the duo unit, Please&Secret, with co-star Pile. In 2013, she joined the idol unit Tabikare Girls, which released its first single that November. In 2013, she formed a unit with Pile who voiced Nishikino Maki from Love Live called “Please&Secret.” In the same year, she released a CD on November 6, together with a new JTB Music Unit called “Tabi College Girls” (タビカレガールズ), together with Yui Watanabe, Rikako Yamaguchi, Rika Nishimori, and Mami Sumi.

She is member of a mini unit in the Love Live! project, Lily White, alongside Riho Iida and Suzuko Mimori.[2]

Filmography

Television anime

Title Year Role Notes Source
Inumarudashi 2011 Kindergartner
Penguindrum 2011 Adults, children
Gon 2012 Frog
Arpeggio of Blue Steel 2013 Student B
Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ maji LOVE 2000% 2013 Children
Karneval 2013 Nurse
Love Live! 2013 Nozomi Tojo [3]
Leo Friends: The Tale of Sparkly Friends 2013 Female employee
Ojarumaru 2014 Bicycle
Girl Friend Beta 2014 Eri Minaguchi
Hamatora 2014
Futsū no Joshikōsei ga Locodol Yattemita 2014 Kana Mikoze (Yui Mikoze's younger sister, Does not appear in staff roll)
PriPara 2014 Sadako
Super Radical Gag Family 2014 Yūta Ōsawagi
Love Live! 2nd Season 2014 Nozomi Tojo [3]
Re:␣Hamatora 2014 Female High School Student A, Female Announcer, Child A [4]
Nyuru Nyuru!! Kakusen-kun 2015 Nyururin
Million Doll 2015 Sūko [5]
Rilu Rilu Fairilu 2016 Rose [6]

Theatrical animation

Title Year Role Notes Source
Love Live! The School Idol Movie 2015 Nozomi Tojo [7]

OVA

Title Year Role Notes Source
Snow Halation 2010 Nozomi Tojo
Natsuiro Egao de 1, 2, Jump! 2011 Nozomi Tojo
Mogyutto "LOVE" de Sekkin Chuu! 2012 Nozomi Tojo
Wonderful Rush 2012 Nozomi Tojo
Mighty Lady: The Series 2012 Operator [8]

Games

Title Year Role Notes Source
Girl Friend Beta 2012 Eri Minaguchi
The Guided Fate Paradox 2013 Sherieru Ayanokoji [9]
Love Live! School Idol Festival 2013 Nozomi Tojo [10]

Discography

Singles

Please&Secret
Tabikare Girls

References

  1. ↑ "JTBエンタテインメントによる詳細プロフィール" (PDF) (in Japanese). JTB Entertainment. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  2. ↑ "VIDEO: Latest "Love Live - School Idol Paradise" Game Preview". Crunchyroll. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 "ラブライブ! Official Web Site". キャスト&スタッフ (in Japanese). Sunrise. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Aina KUSUDA - Anime News Network". Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  5. ↑ Komatsu, Mikikazu (10 March 2015). "Aina Kusuda (Love Live!), Miku Ito (Locodol) to Lead "Million Doll" TV Anime". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Komatsu, Mikikazu (26 January 2016). ""Rilu Rilu Fairilu" Casts Yumiri Hanamori, Aya Uchida, Rina Hidaka, Aina Kusuda". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "ラブライブ！Official Web Site | 『ラブライブ！The School Idol Movie』キャスト&スタッフ". www.lovelive-anime.jp. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
  8. ↑ スタッフ (in Japanese). マイティレディオフィシャルサイト. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  9. ↑ 神様と運命革命のパラドクス（神パラ）- キャラクター [Guided Fate Paradox (Kami Para) - Character]. 神様と運命革命のパラドクス (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  10. ↑ ラブライブ！スクールアイドルフェスティバル – スクフェス (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "台湾の人気キャラと日本の人気声優のコラボによるユニット"Please ＆ Secret"が1stシングルをリリース". listenmusic (in Japanese). MTI. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Please&Secret: きみのココロに…". Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  13. ↑ "Please＆Secret 3rdシングル「あしたへ咲く花」発売記念イベント: 2014年12月14日 14:00". Koepota (in Japanese). MFS. Retrieved 10 November 2014.

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