Yuki Tanaka (voice actress) explained

Native Name:田中 有紀
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:26 June 1998
Employer:Hirata Office
Years Active:2016–present

is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo, affiliated with Hirata Office.[1] She has starred as Kaede Tatsunokuchi in, Asahi Serizawa in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, and Rinrin Takahashi in Trillion Game, and she has been part of the musical groups and . In October 2024, she made her solo singing debut with her album Crier.

Biography

Yuki Tanaka, a native of Tokyo, was born on 26 June 1998. Interested in singing since her youth, she developed an interest in acting after portraying an elementary school play's lead, as well as in voice acting after becoming interested in anime in junior high school.[2] She was part of a junior high school chorus club and unsuccessfully tried to start a drama club in her high school.[3] She graduated from 's Shinjuku Learning Center.[4]

She auditioned for the Kimikoe Audition for the 2017 film, and made her voice acting debut there as Kaede Tatsunokuchi. She also became part of the group due to the audition. She later admitted in an interview that she had only been to this audition because her family did not support her career at the time. In July 2018, she became a founding member of the voice acting unit .[5]

She voices Asahi Serizawa, one of the three members of the unit Straylight, in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, a spinoff of The Idolmaster franchise.[6] As part of the franchise, she has performed in several of Straylight's singles, one of which reached the Top 5 in the Oricon Singles Chart.[7]

Originally affiliated with Office PAC, she transferred to Hirata Office on 1 June 2023.[8] [9]

In 2024, she starred as Rinrin Takahashi in Trillion Game. She is also voicing Selena Bandol in As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill, as well as performing the second season's ending theme "Familiar".

On 2 October 2024, she made her solo singing debut with Lantis, with the album Crier.[10] Her first solo concert "Yuki Tanaka 1st Live: Crier" will be held at on 11 January 2025.

Personal life

Her hobbies are karaoke, drawing illustrations, and watching horror movies,[11] and collecting glasses.[12] Her favorite Japanese horror movie is One Missed Call 2. Her special skill is snowboarding.

She is a fan of the manga Inuyasha and, in an interview, compared it to the Bible.

Filmography

Television animation

YearTitleRoleRef.
2017 Monica
2018 Overlord II Maid
2018 Run with the Wind Schoolgirl
2019 Blade of the Immortal Ryo Soma
2019 Kandagawa Jet Girls Suzu Ashida
2019 No Guns Life Girl
2020 Woodpecker Detective's Office Female character
2021 Kaginado Audience
2021 Mina
2022 Call of the Night Schoolgirl
2022 VazzRock the Animation Eita (childhood)
2023 Eternal Boys Boy, child, fan
2024 As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill Selena Bandol [13]
2024 Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night Saori
2024 The Idolmaster Shiny Colors Asahi Serizawa
2024 The Strongest Tank's Labyrinth Raids Saa, Lufea, adventurer, child
2024 Trillion Game Rinrin Takahashi [14]

Animated films

YearTitleRoleRef.
2017 Kaede Tatsunokuchi [15]
2022 Drifting Home Aoi

Video games

YearTitleRoleRef.
2019 Kasumi
2019 Monster Strike Lucy
2019 Saki
2019 The Idolmaster Shiny Colors Asahi Serizawa
2021 Ginga, Michelle
2021 Rider
2021 Phantasy Star Online 2 Hamanogenshi
2022 Azur Lane Lutzow
2023 Granblue Fantasy Otherworld Cocoon
2023 Sega Network Taisen Mahjong MJ Chanta
2023 The Idolmaster Shiny Colors: Song for Prism Asahi Serizawa

Discography

Albums

TitleYearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales
JPNJPN
Hot
Crier2024
  • Released: 2 October 2024
  • Label: Lantis
36[16] - -
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 田中有紀 プロフィール . 2024-10-20 . Hirata Office . ja.
  2. Now On Air . Fumiya Oguma . アニソンユニットNOW ON AIRインタビュー "止まった時間"を乗り越えて . KAI-YOU.net . 2019-07-17 . 2024-10-19 . ja.
  3. 吉田有希 . 「田中有紀」声優インタビュー&ミニグラビア . Anime Da Vinci . 2018-12-28 . 2024-10-19.
  4. Web site: 2017-09-12 . 卒業生の田中有紀さん、アニメ映画出演決定!!! . 2019-05-25 . Human Campus High School . ja.
  5. News: 7人組女性声優ヴォーカルユニット『Kleissis』結成! メンバーに田中有紀、富田美憂、山田麻莉奈、高橋麻里、山根綺、元吉有希子、金子有希 . 2024-10-19 . Akiba's Gate . ja.
  6. Web site: 芹沢 あさひ (せりざわ あさひ) . 2024-10-19 . . ja.
  7. Web site: ストレイライトのシングル売上TOP6作品 . 2024-10-19 . Oricon News . ja.
  8. Web site: 2023-05-31 . お知らせ . 2023-06-05 . Office PAC . ja.
  9. 1664105850515132416 . yuki_t0626 . いつも応援してくださる皆さまへ . 田中有紀 . 2023-06-01 . 2023-06-05 . ja.
  10. News: 声優・田中有紀がランティスからアーティストデビュー!来年初ワンマン開催 . 2024-10-19 . Ongaku Natalie . ja.
  11. Web site: 田中有紀 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230430033649/http://www.office-pac.jp/talent/profile/?id=tanaka-y . 2023-04-30 . 2024-10-19 . オフィスPAC . ja.
  12. Web site: 出演者プロフィール . 2021-06-04 . Now on Air no Love!On Air . Nippon Cultural Broadcasting . ja.
  13. News: Hodgkins . Crystalyn . 2024-09-09 . 'As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill' Anime's 2nd Season Reveals September 29 Debut in New Video . . 2024-10-18.
  14. News: Mateo . Alex . 2024-03-23 . Trillion Game Anime's 1st Video Reveals Staff, More Cast, October Debut . . 2024-10-18.
  15. News: 2017-08-24 . 8/25公開の劇場アニメ『きみの声をとどけたい』でメインキャストをつとめる新人声優ユニット・NOW ON AIRにインタビュー それぞれの役に込めた思いとは . 2024-10-20 . Chō! Animedia . ja.
  16. Web site: Crier 田中有紀 . 2024-10-19 . Oricon News.