| Saeko Chiba | |
| Native Name: | 千葉 紗子 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Birth Date: | August 26, 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan |
| Other Names: | Saepon |
| Agent: | Space Craft Produce |
is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She grew up in Tokyo and married in 2007.[1] She is contracted to the Space Craft Produce.
Chiba took up ballet at a young age with ambitions of becoming part of Takarazuka Revue. However, having failed the entrance exam for Takarazuka Music School in her third year of middle-school, she joined the a stage group for teenage girls.
Having had several lead roles over the three years she spent with the troupe, Saeko was then cast in the lead voice acting role of Kotori Haruno in the Dreamcast game Kita e. Having had a taste of being a voice actress and deciding that she preferred voice acting to performing on stage, Saeko decided to pursue the career full-time. Some of her earlier roles are her voice acting debut as Tsubaki Sakura in Kare Kano, Kitsune no Akane in Angel Tales, and Elliot Chapman in Sci-Fi Harry. Saeko was famed for her long, straight, black hair and seemingly cold outward appearance which led to her being cast in various tsundere and 'cool-girl' roles. She then cut her hair short in the spring of 2005, which strangely coincided with the increasing diversity of her roles, as Saeko herself noted on the My-HiME fandisc interview. Saeko has pursued a singing career with Yuki Kajiura, who wrote music for some of the Nanshō stage shows, writing and producing almost all her material. Her first single was Koi no Kiseki, the theme song for the PlayStation game Meguri Aishite. She has since released nine singles and two albums, along with various character song and drama CDs. She has also performed theme songs for games such as Alundra 2 and Atelier Judie. Saeko was also part of the group tiaraway with fellow Nanshō member Yuuka Nanri. Originally recording and performing as 'Saeko Chiba & Yuuka Nanri' for Memories Off 2nd, the duo released three singles and an album before breaking up on March 6, 2005.
On February 17, 2011, Saeko gave birth to her first child, a daughter.[2]
| Title | Release Date | Oricon peak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1999.02.27 | _ | ||
| 2 | Carry On Everyday | 1999.11.20 | _ | |
| 3 | 2001.04.25 | _ | ||
| 4 | 2002.08.24 | _ | ||
| 5 | 2002.11.10 | _ | ||
| 6 | 2003.01.22 | No. 163 | ||
| 7 | 2003.05.21 | No. 73 | ||
| 8 | Winter Story | 2003.11.27 | No. 106 | |
| 9 | 2004.01.21 | No. 53 |
| Title | Release Date | Anime information | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2003.12.03 | Image single of Akina Nanamura from UFO Princess Valkyrie | ||
| 2 | 2004.09.15 | Image single of Natsuki Kuga from My-HiME | ||
| 3 | 2005.03.09 | Image single of Chika Ito from Strawberry Marshmallow | ||
| 4 | 2008.03.26 | Image single of Ruby Tojou from Rosario + Vampire | ||
| 5 | 2008.03.26 | Image single of Ruby Tojou from Rosario + Vampire | ||
| 6 | 2009.08.05 | Image single of Nadeshiko/Nagihiko Fujisaki from Shugo Chara! |
| Title | Release Date | Oricon peak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | melody | 2003.03.26 | No. 201 | |
| 2 | everything | 2004.06.23 | No. 126 |