Mako Morino Explained

Native Name:杜野 まこ
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:24 January 1987
Years Active:2009–present
Employer:Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society

is a Japanese voice actress, television personality, and singer from Tomiya, Miyagi, affiliated with Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.[1] After her 2009 debut on Sendai Television's, she moved to Tokyo and worked as a television reporter and voice actress. She is known for voicing Ageru-chan in Hanakappa, Yuki Himekawa in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, and Chiyori in WIXOSS.

Biography

Mako Morino, a native of Tomiya, Miyagi, was born on 24 January 1987.[2] [3] Wanting to be a professional volleyball player in elementary school, she played the sport for fourteen years until she was a university student.[4] However, while in junior high school, the libero position was introduced to volleyball, and she was automatically assigned to this position (which does not allow serving) due to her height, so she stopped aiming to become a professional.

While looking for a job in nearby Sendai and Tokyo, she was approached about the entertainment industry, and she joined an agency and in 2009 began appearing on, a Saturday morning variety show on Sendai Television.[5] Shortly after joining the agency, she wanted a "name that sounds like Sendai", and after discussions with her manager, she decided with the stage name Mako Morino, referring to, the nickname for Sendai.[6]

In 2010, she left Arakashi Saturday and moved to Tokyo.[2] In 2014, Morino voiced Chiyori in Selector Infected WIXOSS and its sequel Selector Spread WIXOSS.[7] In 2017, she starred in Katato The Animation, the spinoff animated shorts from the Cinderella Nine franchise.[8] In 2023, she joined Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.[1]

Morino voices Yuki Himekawa in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, a sub-franchise in The Idolmaster franchise. Since then, she has performed as a singer on several Idolmaster music releases, including the 2015 single "The Idolmaster Cinderella Master 032: Yuki Himekawa" (which charted at #11 on the Oricon Singles Chart) and the 2016 album The Idolmaster Cinderella Master Passion Jewelries! 003 (which charted at #3 on the Oricon Albums Chart).[9] She reprised her role in the anime adaptation The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Theater.[10]

She was a regular assistant for and, and she was a reporter for Smile Gourmet, Yumeguri Tetsudō,,, and News Harbor.[1] She was also an MC for Television Kanagawa’s We Baystars and was Yokohama DeNA BayStars presenter for Happy Monday Baseball.[1] In 2021, she collaborated with Sendai restaurant Kosen to serve a brand of beef tongue called .[5] [11]

Filmography

Animated television

YearSeriesRoleRef.
2011HanakappaAgeru-chan
2014WIXOSSChiyori
2015Omakase! Miracle Cat-danMamitas
2017The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls TheaterYuki Himekawa
2017Six Hearts PrincessChu-chan
2019Cinderella NineKatato Ikusa
2024Mahō Tsukai ni Narenakatta Onna no Ko no HanashiClub President[12]

Animated film

YearSeriesRoleRef.
2013Hanakappa the Movie: Hanakase! Pakkān Chō no Kuni no DaibōkenAgeru-chan
2016Selector Infected WIXOSS

The Movie

Chiyori
2022Kaiketsu Zorori

La La La Star Tanjō

Mōrin, Ōtako Nyūdō

Video games

YearSeriesRoleRef.
2014The Idolmaster Cinderella GirlsYuki Himekawa
2016Rage of BahamutMaron
2017Magia RecordNatsuki Utsuho
2018Dawn of the BreakersMisono Mikoto
2019Lotus LabyrinthMononobe no Futo
2020Vivid ArmyEri
2021Megido 72Agathion

Discography

TitleYearSingle detailsPeak chart positionsSales
JPNJPN
Hot
"The Idolmaster Cinderella Master 032: Yuki Himekawa"2015
  • Released: 4 February 2015
  • Label: Nippon Columbia
11[13] - -
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 杜野 まこ . 4 January 2024 . Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.
  2. 1 December 2010 . 平成22年を振り返る . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518092355/http://www.town.tomiya.miyagi.jp/attach/DL/276/attach/DL_276_20101222071844-1.pdf . 18 May 2015 . 4 January 2024 . Kōhō Tomiya . Tomiya City . 広報とみや . 528.
  3. Web site: 杜野まこ プロフィール . 4 January 2024 . 化学品輸送・倉庫業務のケミカルトランスポート.
  4. Morino . Mako . Shōmei . 「ずっと体育会系なんです!」【杜野まこ】私服ゼロだったスクールデイズ . 4 January 2024 . Otapol.
  5. News: 21 May 2021 . 杜野まこプロデュースの牛タン "まこたん" をお届け! . 5 January 2024 . Animage Plus . ja.
  6. Morino . Mako . Shōmei . 「ずっと体育会系なんです!」【杜野まこ】私服ゼロだったスクールデイズ . 4 January 2024 . Otapol.
  7. News: Nelkin . Sarah . 19 August 2014 . Selector Spread Wixoss Sequel TV Anime's Comiket 86 Promo Streamed . en . Anime News Network. 4 January 2024.
  8. News: Hodgkins . Crystalyn . 21 May 2017 . Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine Smartphone Game Inspires Net Anime Shorts . en . . 4 January 2024.
  9. News: Pineda . Rafael Antonio . 22 June 2016 . The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Album Ranks #3 With 36,790 Copies . en . . 4 January 2024.
  10. Web site: ススタッフ&キャスト . 4 January 2024 . TVアニメ「シンデレラガールズ劇場」公式サイト . ja.
  11. News: 22 September 2021 . 杜野まこプロデュースの牛タン第三弾はオニオン&ガーリック!. 5 January 2024 . Animage Plus . ja.
  12. Web site: 2024-07-25 . Mahō Tsukai ni Narenakatta Onna no Ko no Hanashi Anime Reveals 7 New Cast Members . 2024-07-25 . Anime News Network . en.
  13. Web site: THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER 032 姫川友紀 . 4 January 2024 . Oricon News.