Yū Asakawa Explained

Yū Asakawa
Native Name:浅川 悠
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:20 March 1975
Birth Place:Tokyo, Japan
Years Active:1996–present
Height:160 cm

[1] is a Japanese voice actress from Tokyo, Japan. She also provides the voice samples for Crypton Future Media's Vocaloid character, Megurine Luka. Asakawa is currently a freelance voice actress and was previously attached to Arts Vision (as of October 1, 2014).

She was previously married to fellow voice actor Showtaro Morikubo but the two are now divorced.[2] She served as a co-host of an internet webshow Otaku Verse Zero with Patrick Macias, a previous editor-in-chief of Otaku USA.[3]

She is best known for her role as Rider and her various other incarnations of the character from the Fate/stay night franchise.

Filmography

Theatrical animation

Tokusatsu

Dubbing

Original year Dub year Title Role Original actor Notes
1996–2000
2002 Dinosaur Island Jackie Rodriguez
Spellbound April DeGideo April DeGideo
2003 The Challenge Kelly Sarah Bastian
2004 D.E.B.S. Max Brewer
2004–2008 The Batman Dr. Jane "Blaze" Blazedale
2005 Sky High Magenta "Maj" Lewis Kelly Vitz
2006 All the Boys Love Mandy Lane Mandy Lane [4]
The Flying Scotsman Katie
2006–2008 The Emperor's New School Malina
2007 Chapter 27 Jeri Ursula Abbott [5]
2011–2012 Power Rangers Samurai Dayu

Video games

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Doi. Hitoshi. Asakawa Yuu. Seiyuu Database. April 10, 2018. December 11, 2018.
  2. Web site: Ketchup Mania, Yuu Asakawa & Showtaro Morikubo Break up .
  3. Web site: Manry. Gia. Daily Video: Japan's English-Language Otaku-Verse Zero. November 17, 2010. Anime News Network. June 30, 2017.
  4. Web site: 『マンディ・レイン』. July 4, 2019. Mercari.
  5. Web site: チャプター27[吹]]. March 15, 2021. Star Channel.