Ai Maeda (voice actress) explained

Ai Maeda
Native Name:	前田愛
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	19 April 1975
Birth Place:	Kobe, Japan
Other Names:	AiM
Occupation:	Voice actress, singer
Spouse:	^[1]
Years Active:	1996–present
Credits:	Digimon Adventure as Mimi Tachikawa Sailor Moon Crystal as Setsuna Meioh/Sailor Pluto Yes! PreCure 5 as Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua
Agent:	Aoni Production

is a Japanese voice actress born in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan, employed by the talent management firm Aoni Production.^[2] She is also a singer under the name AiM and a songwriter under the name ai. She is best known in the English-speaking world for her work as both a voice actress and a singer in the original Japanese version of the Digimon anime series.

Discography

Singles

Release Date	Title	c/w	Notes	Catalogue No.:	Peak Chart Position
April 23, 1999		Itsudemo Aeru Kara	Digimon Adventure - First Ending	NEDA-10002	---
June 25, 1999		Aozora no Yuku Kumo no you ni THE ETERNAL MIRACLE: Eien naru Kiseki	Muhou - Ending Theme and Spectral Wars Aishiki Jaaku - Theme	NEDA-10003	---
August 6, 1999	BREAK OUT!	---	---	NEDA-10007	---
October 8, 1999		On the Hill: Kaze wo Kanjite	Digimon Adventure - Second Ending	---	---
October 8, 1999		Fallin' Angel	Junjou de Karen Meimai Kishidan Spectral Wars Seishojo Gaiden - Theme	NEDA-10010	---
April 26, 2000		Akiramenaide (lit. Don't Give Up)	Digimon Adventure: Bokura no WarGame - Ending	NEDA-10020	85
April 26, 2000		Now is the Time!	Digimon Adventure 02 - First Ending	NEDA-10022	50
July 5, 2000		Fired Out / Sun Goes Down	Digimon Adventure 02: Hurrican Jouriku!	Chouzetsu Shinka	Ougon no Digimental - Ending	NEDA-10024	90
October 25, 2000		Eien no Kagayaki	Digimon Adventure 02 - Second Ending	NECM-12001	93
February 21, 2001		Party	Digimon Adventure 02: Diablomon no Gyakushu - Ending	NECM-12003	94
April 25, 2001		Himawari (lit. Sunflower)	Digimon Tamers - First Ending	NEDA-10028	70
May 23, 2001		Go!Go	Ready?Go?! (ParaPara Version) Go	Go!Ready?Go?	(Trance Version)	Ask Dr. Rin! - Opening Theme	NECM-12008	---
May 23, 2001		Kitto	Ask Dr. Rin! - First Ending	NECM-12009	---
July 4, 2001		Fragile Heart	Digimon Tamers: Boukensha Tachi no Tatakai - Ending	NECM-12010	95
October 10, 2001		Let's Get Dream!	Digimon Tamers - Second Ending	NECM-12015	68
November 29, 2001		Never Be The Same	Ask Dr. Rin! - Second Ending	NECM-12020	---
March 6, 2002		My Place	Digimon Tamers: Bousou Digimon Tokkyu	NEDA-10024	---
November 22, 2002		Harukana Okurimono		NECM-12038	---
March 5, 2003		Friend: Itsumademo Wasurenai	Theme of AiM no Igai to Iyashimasu!	NECM-10001	169
December 3, 2003		Forever	F-Zero Falcon Densetsu - Insert & Ending Theme	NECM-12064	---
November 25, 2015		---	Digimon Adventure tri. - First Ending	NECM-10233	71
February 22, 2017		Kimi no Hikari	Digimon Adventure tri. - Fourth Ending	NECM-13027	61
September 27, 2017		P T G	Digimon Adventure tri. - Fifth Ending Duet with Ayumi Miyazaki	NECM-90015	16
February 21, 2020		---	- Ending	---	---

Best Album

Release Date	Title	Catalogue No.:	Peak Chart Position
April 23, 2014		Limited Ed.: NEZA-90010 Regular Ed. NECA-30307	284
April 23, 2014		Limited Ed.: NEZA-90012 Regular Ed. NECA-30308	254

Filmography

Anime

Year	Title	Role	Source^[3]
	GeGeGe no Kitarō (4th Series)	Child / Student B / Boy B
	Detatoko Princess	Wife	^[4]
	Sentimental Graffiti	Emiru Nagakura
	Digimon Adventure
	Digimon Adventure 02
	Baby Felix	Marin
	Mushrambo	Sanju
	Angelic Layer: Battle Doll	Torimaki B
	Super Gals! Kotobukiran	Yukie Mochida
	Najica Blitz Tactics (episode 4)	Haruka
	F-Zero Falcon Densetsu	Kate Allen
	Zatch Bell!
	Samurai Champloo	Koza
	Beet the Vandel Buster	Poala
	Xenosaga The Animation
	Beet the Vandel Buster Exerion	Poala
		Abeya Kyoko
	Kamisama Kazoku	Kumiko Komori
	La Corda d'Oro: Primo Passo	Mai Tsugawa
	Strait Jacket	Nerin Simmons		Strait Jacket	Leiot Steinberg	-->^[5]
-08	Yes! PreCure 5	Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua
	Ge Ge Ge no Kitarou (5th Series)	Chigusa Kataoka
	Hatara Kizzu Maihamu Gumi	Mizuki Kotobuki
	Artificial insect KABUTO BORG Victory by Victory	Amelia
-09	Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo!	Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua
	Ge Ge Ge no Kitarou (5th Series)	Midori
-10	Kaidan Restaurant	Kazuyo Ohzora / Ako's Mother
	Sasameki Koto	Noe Hayasumi
	One Piece	Elizabeth (Fantasy)
	Nurarihyon no Mago	Yura Keikain
	M3 the dark metal	Kasane Agura
	Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Season II		ONA, Black Moon arc^[6]
	Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Season III	Setsuna Meioh/Sailor Pluto	TV Anime, Death Busters arc
	Tiger Mask W	Queen Elizabeth
	One Piece	Charlotte Galette
	Digimon Adventure:	Valdurmon
		Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua

Film

Title	Role	Notes
	Mimi Tachikawa
Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Landing!! / Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals	Mimi Tachikawa
Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon	Mimi Tachikawa
Kill Bill: Volume 1		animated sequences
Zatch Bell: Attack of Mechavulcan	Megumi Ooumi
Yes! PreCure 5 The Movie: Great Miraculous Adventure in the Mirror Kingdom!	Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua
Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo! The Movie: Happy Birthday in the Sweet Kingdom!	Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua
	Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua
	Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua
	Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua
	Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua
	Chihiro Fushimi
	Chihiro Fushimi
	Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie		2-Part Film, Season 4 of Sailor Moon Crystal ^[7]
	Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua	^[8]
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie	Setsuna Meioh/Eternal Sailor Pluto	2-Part Film, Season 5 of Sailor Moon Crystal ^[9]

OVA

Spectral Force 2 ~Eien naru Kiseki~ Range (2001)
Halo Legends (Odd One Out) Cortana (2010)

Video games

Dark Escape 3D, Female Protagonist
Kemono Friends, Tamama (Girl Type)^[10] ^[11]
, Girls (1997)
Xenosaga Episode I, Shion Uzuki (2002)
Zatch Bell video games, Megumi Oumi (2003)
Xenosaga Episode II, Shion Uzuki (2004)
Samurai Warriors series, Oichi and Samurai Woman (2004-current)
Namco × Capcom, Shion Uzuki (2005)
Azumi2 Death Or Love (2005)
Xenosaga Episode III, Shion Uzuki (2006)
Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side 2nd Kiss, Haruhi Nishimoto (2006)
Warriors Orochi series, Oichi (2007-19)
(PSP version), Nietzsche and Eudy (2008)
Rune Factory 2, Yue/Aria (2008)
Persona 4, Chihiro Fushimi (2008)
Digimon Adventure PSP, Mimi Tachikawa (2013)
Deception IV: Another Princess, Valgyrie (2014)
, Sayo (2015)
Counter:Side, Serina (2021)

References

Nakagami, Yoshikatsu et al. "Voice Actress Spotlight". (June 2007) Newtype USA. pp. 112–113.

External links

- Ai Maeda at Aoni Production.

Notes and References

Web site: Voice Actor Ryotaro Okiayu, Actress Ai Maeda Get Married. . January 28, 2013 . October 30, 2015.
Web site: Doi, Hitoshi . Hitoshi Doi . Maeda Ai . Seiyuu Database . December 15, 2015 .
Web site: http://www.aoni.co.jp/actor/a/okiayu-ryotaro.html . ja:青二プロダクション置鮎龍太郎 . Aoni Production – Ryotaro Okiayu . . October 28, 2015 . Japan . Japanese .
Web site: Doi, Hitoshi . Maeda Ai roles (anime) . Seiyuu Database . March 4, 2016 .
Strait Jacket . 244206876 . Manga Video . October 7, 2008 . DVD . Closing credits, Original Japanese Cast, English Cast.
Web site: Loo . Egan . Sailor Moon Crystal Casts Misato Fukuen as Chibi Usa, Ai Maeda as Sailor Pluto . Anime News Network . December 27, 2014 . en . December 27, 2014.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=p4ntci4Sr8U . ja:劇場版「美少女戦士セーラームーンEternal」《前編》予告映像60秒／/Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie Trailer . "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie -Part 1-" Official 60 sec Trailer . YouTube. ja. October 15, 2020. October 15, 2020.
Web site: Healin' Good Precure Anime Film Reveals Title, March 20 Premiere. Sherman. Jennifer. October 30, 2020. Anime News Network. October 30, 2020.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qEescksRBDs. ja:【劇場版「美少女戦士セーラームーンCosmos」】予告1/《前編》6月9日(金) 《後編》6月30日(金). "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie" Official Trailer 1/Part 1: June 9 (Fri), Part 2: June 30 (Fri). YouTube. ja. January 30, 2023. January 30, 2023.
4Gamer.net http://www.4gamer.net/games/289/G028923/20150327061/. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
PR Times http://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000001410.000007006.html. Retrieved 2015-03-29.