Reo Kurachi Explained

Native Name:倉知 玲鳳
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:22 May 1997
Years Active:2017–present
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is a Japanese voice actress and keyboardist previously affiliated with S Inc.[1] She plays the keyboard for the band Raise A Suilen of the BanG Dream! franchise, which includes portraying the character Reona "Pareo" Nyubara. She also voices Esora Shimizu in D4DJ and Kina Asaka in Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki.

Biography

Reo Kurachi, a native of Saitama Prefecture, was born on 22 May 1997.[2] She learned to play the Electone and piano during her youth, while her interest in voice acting began in junior high school after watching the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist and K-On!.[1] [3] She joined S Inc., a talent management agency run by singer Hiromi Satō, after passing their 3rd Newcomer Audition in 2016.[1]

In 2018, Kurachi became a member of the BanG Dream! band Raise A Suilen, serving as its keyboardist.[4] She voiced the character Reona "PAREO" Nyubara, the keyboardist of Raise A Suilen's fictional counterpart of the same name, in the second and third seasons of the franchise's anime television series. Although her first voice acting role was as a character named Hatano on the 2017 Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack drama CD,[1] BanG Dream! was her first role in a television series.[5] In 2020, she began voicing the character in BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico, the franchise's chibi short anime spinoff, and in Film Live 2nd Stage, the franchise's animated concert film. In 2022, she reprised the role in the BanG Dream film Poppin'Dream!. Alongside RAS member Risa Tsumugi, she is a host on the franchise-focused variety show Radio RIOT.[6]

Kurachi has also appeared in other Bushiroad media. In July 2019, she became part of the D4DJ franchise as Esora Shimizu, one of four members of Peaky P-key.[7] She voiced the character in D4DJ First Mix (2020-2021), D4DJ Petit Mix (2021), and D4DJ All Mix (2023). She voices Fumi Yumeōji (as part of Rinmeikan Girls School) in Shōjo Kageki Revue Starlight: Re LIVE, the smartphone game of Bushiroad franchise Revue Starlight.

In 2022, she starred in the film adaptation of the Idol Bu Show franchise as Shiho Hoshino (who is part of the group No Princess), and she starred in Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki as Kina Asaka, a student council member.

On July 1, 2024, she became a freelancer.[8]

Filmography

2017

Striker Pack Drama CD, Hatano[1]

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 倉知 玲鳳 . 15 May 2023 . 株式会社S公式サイト . ja.
  2. Web site: 7 April 2023 . 倉知玲鳳 . 15 May 2023 . Tower Records Online.
  3. Kurachi. Reo. 倉知玲鳳「RASのキーボードが“私でいい”という存在意義がほしかった」声優図鑑. DDNavi. 22 May 2020. 15 May 2023. Japanese. Reo Kurachi: "I wanted the significance of existing as RAS' keyboard to be 'I am good'.".
  4. News: Komatsu. Mikikazu. BanG Dream! Franchise's 3rd Girls Band Reveals Their Official Name "RAISE A SUILEN". Crunchyroll. 18 July 2018. 16 May 2023.
  5. Kurachi. Reo. 『バンドリ! ガルパ』RAISE A SUILENパレオ役 倉知玲鳳さんが語る“パレオの二面性とチュチュへの忠誠心”【RAS登場記念キャストインタビュー第4弾】. Famitsu. 17 October 2020. 20 October 2020. Japanese. "BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!" RAISE A SUILEN's Reo Kurachi talks about "the duality of Pareo and loyalty to CHU2" [RAS 4th cast interview].
  6. Web site: ニッポン放送にて「BanG Dream! Presents RAISE A SUILENのRADIO R・I・O・T」4月6日(月)20:30からスタート!. PR Times. March 30, 2020. April 6, 2020. Japanese. Nippon Broadcasting, "BanG Dream! Presents RAISE A SUILEN's RADIO R・I・O・T" Starts April 6 (Mon) at 20:30!.
  7. News: 24 July 2019 . 『D4DJ』20名のキャラクターとそのキャストなどの新情報が多数公開 . ja . Animate Times . 16 May 2023.
  8. https://x.com/kurachireo/status/1807581665423954038?s=46&t=aWcDrFAeQpwnYbwueULnQA
  9. Web site: 夢大路 文 . 16 May 2023 . 少女☆歌劇 レヴュースタァライト -Re LIVE-(スタリラ)公式サイト . ja.
  10. Web site: OTHER . 16 May 2023 . 「BanG Dream! 2nd Season」公式サイト . ja.
  11. Web site: RAISE A SUILEN . 16 May 2023 . 「BanG Dream! 3rd Season」公式サイト . ja.
  12. Web site: STAFF&CAST 大盛り(第2期) . 16 May 2023 . 「BanG Dream! ガルパ☆ピコ ふぃーばー!」公式サイト . ja.
  13. Web site: Peaky P-key (ピーキーピーキー) CHARACTER . 16 May 2023 . TVアニメ「D4DJ First Mix」公式サイト . ja.
  14. Web site: CAST・STAFF . 16 May 2023 . 劇場版「BanG Dream! FILM LIVE 2nd Stage」公式サイト . ja.
  15. D4DJ Petit Mix New Key Visual and Preview of First Episode . 3 February 2021 . Bushiroad USA. Anime News Network. en . 16 May 2023.
  16. Web site: STAFF&CAST . 16 May 2023 . 「BanG Dream! ガルパ☆ピコ ふぃーばー!」公式サイト. ja.
  17. Web site: CHARACTER 劇場版「BanG Dream! ぽっぴん'どりーむ!」. BanG Dream!. 16 May 2023. ja.
  18. News: 1 March 2022 . IDOL舞SHOW:劇場版アニメ化 2022年初夏公開 2年ぶりCDも . ja . 16 May 2023.
  19. News: Loo . Egan . 4 March 2022 . Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki Anime Season 4 Adds 3 More Cast Members . en . . 16 May 2023.
  20. Web site: 清水絵空 . 16 May 2023 . TVアニメ「D4DJ All Mix」公式サイト . ja.
  21. News: Cayanan . Joanna . 11 September 2023 . Yuruyuri Spinoff Anime Ōmuro-ke Unveils 4 More Cast Members . en . . 11 September 2023.
  22. News: Cayanan . Joanna . 21 July 2024 . Loner Life in Another World Anime Reveals 1st Video, More Cast, Theme Song Artists . en . . 21 July 2024.