| Haruka Kudō | |
| Native Name: | 工藤 晴香 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Birth Date: | 16 March 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
| Other Names: | KudoHaru |
| Years Active: | 2005 - present |
| Agent: | Ace Crew Entertainment inc. |
| Height: | 151 cm |
is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is best known as the voice of Hagumi Hanamoto in Honey and Clover, Haruka Kaminogi in, and Sayu Yagami in the anime adaptation of Death Note. Kudō also portrays Sayo Hikawa in the BanG Dream! franchise, which includes playing guitar for the band Roselia.
She worked for Top Coat and was an exclusive model for Seventeen Japan from 2003 to 2006. Kudō appeared in 2007 No.15. She was originally a reader model for magazines such as CUTiE. The manager of the Top Coat era scouted her after seeing her photo in a magazine.
She debuted as a voice actress in 2005 as Hagumi Hanamoto in the TV anime Honey and Clover. She was a reader of the original manga for the same work, and was surprised when offered an audition.
After graduating from university, she moved away from performing arts activities and her contract with Top Coat expired on the end of September 2007. Thereafter she started working as a voice actress in earnest and belonged to Sigma Seven in 2011.
In August 2014, she left Sigma Seven and became a freelance.[1]
She joined ELBS Entertainment from October 2016. Later in the year, she joined the BanG Dream! music franchise as guitarist for the band Roselia, which included portraying the fictional character Sayo Hikawa.[2]
On May 1, 2017, she announced on her official blog that she would transfer to Ace Crew Entertainment.[3]
On February 11, 2020, she announced her solo singer debut on Twitter. By March 25, 2020, she debut as a singer and songwriter on her mini-album, KDHR.[4]
| Release date | Title | Package number | Oricon peak ranking[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD + M-Card | CD Only | |||||
| 1 | March 25, 2020 | KDHR | CRCP-40600 (Type-A) / CRCP-40601 (Type-B) | CRCP-40602 (Type-C) | 14 | |
| 2 | October 7, 2020 | POWER CHORD | CRCP-40608 (Type-A) / CRCP-40609 (Type-B) | CRCP-40610 (Type-C) | ||