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  • Born: October 08, 1987, Tokyo, Japan
  • Active: 2000s
  • Genres: Rock
  • Instrument: Performer, Choir, Chorus
  • Representative Albums: "Riot Girl," "Suzumiya Haruhi Character Song"

Biography

Known primarily as a voice actress for a series of massive anime hits in Japan, Aya Hirano carved out a small side career as a singer, as many successful voice actresses have. Though providing voices since 2001 (and performing briefly in an under-15 idol group), Hirano didn't begin singing regularly until 2006, reeling off a series of fairly successful hits in the voices of the characters she portrayed on television. With a string of nine such "character songs", she took the next step -- music not done "by" a character in an anime series, but music simply used for an anime series. With a few breakout hits in 2006 and 2007, Hirano quickly developed 2008's full-length debut, Riot Girl, a collection of particularly light pop which debuted at number six on the Oricon charts and paved the way for future endeavors in the same vein. ~ Adam Greenberg, All Music Guide
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Aya Hirano
平野 綾
Birth name Aya Hirano (平野 綾 Hirano Aya?)
Born October 8, 1987 (1987-10-08) (age 22)
Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Genres J-pop
Occupations Seiyū, J-pop singer
Years active 2001–present
Labels Lantis
Website hiranoaya.com

Aya Hirano (平野 綾 Hirano Aya?, born October 8, 1987) from Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is a seiyū and J-pop singer who has had roles in several anime, visual novels, and TV commercials in Japan. She is contracted to Space Craft Produce, a branch of Space Craft Group for her seiyū career.[1] For her singing career, she is signed under Lantis.[2] Her blood type is O.[3]

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Summary

Career

Aya spent a few of her very early years of life in America before returning to Japan. In 1998, she joined the Tokyo Child Theatrical Group division of the Space Craft Group company. Eventually, she began to appear in commercials and got her first role as a seiyū in Tenshi no Shippo. From 2002-2003 she was a member of the short-lived girl band "SpringS."

After graduating from high school, she began seriously pursuing her seiyū and solo singing career. Her big break came in 2006, when she was cast as the voice of Haruhi Suzumiya, the title character of the anime series The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. The show's public success has greatly enhanced her popularity and career in Japan. Her CD single Bōken Desho Desho? containing the opening song of the show sold out in Japan the very day it was released. This success was followed by her voicing two lead characters in anime based on popular manga (Reira in Nana and Misa in Death Note). Her popularity was confirmed at the first Seiyū Awards, where she won "Best Newcomer (female)", for her role as Haruhi Suzumiya; the same role also won her a nomination as "Best Main Character (female)". At the same awards, she was also nominated for "Best Supporting Character (female)", and earned two nominations for "Best Single" (One of which is a solo, Bōken Desho Desho?; the other was a group nomination for the single Hare Hare Yukai). In 2008, she won the "Best Main Character (female)" award at the second Seiyu Awards.

She performed at the "Animelo Summer Live" concerts between 2006 and 2008, as well as the Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekisō concert on March 18, 2007.

Aya Hirano was a guest at Anime Expo 2007, along with other cast members from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Minori Chihara and Yuko Goto.[4] In 2007, she continues to enjoy great success in her career, landing the role of Konata Izumi in the anime version of Lucky Star and launching three separate single albums back-to-back monthly at year's end.

Personal

  • Her popularity was increased significantly thanks to her breakout role as Haruhi Suzumiya in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
  • She began her seiyū career during her junior high school years. Many of her roles demanded someone who could portray "maturity with a young voice" in roles such as Lumière in Kiddy Grade and later, as Yoko Sasakura in School Rumble (2nd Season) since there were many teacher roles to be filled.
  • She was able to utilize a very mature and adult-sounding voice by the age of 10. However, as her appearance and the aforementioned mature voice did not match, opportunities for roles were often given to others instead.
  • She attended the same junior high school as fellow seiyū Erika.
  • Her profile has sometimes been mistaken with fellow seiyū Mei Shimizu's, as they have both debuted with roles in Tenshi no Shippo.
  • Her personal hobbies include learning to play the guitar and reading novels. Her favorite novel is Gamou-tei Jiken, by Miyuki Miyabe.
  • Her favorite quote is "Existence is about creating the self." (存在するということは、自分を創造することだ Sonzaisuru to iu koto wa, jibun o sōzōsuru koto da?).
  • Some of her talents include playing the piano and precognition. She was said to have had accurate dreams, and that her mother seemed to have been able to do the same before. Her piano skills were developed under the Suzuki method, and she played the organ during high school. She is also skilled at calligraphy.
  • Her parents did not allow her to handle a kitchen knife for cooking from elementary school through high school.
  • The cat-men motif sometimes seen throughout The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya was originally drawn by Aya on the backside of scripts. Staff members discovered the sketches and incorporated them into the anime. Various variations of the cat-men illustrations could be seen throughout Haruhi Suzumiya merchandise (namely CDs and DVDs).[5]
  • She is interested in Egyptian-related things.
  • In 2007, she won "Best Voice Actress" at the Tokyo International Anime Fair.[6]
  • According to her website, her favourite movies are Disney's Sleeping Beauty, as well as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands.
  • She owns a pet dog named Chibi-chan (ちびちゃん?).

Performance

Leading roles in bold.

Anime

2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010

OVA

Web anime

Games

Dubbing roles

Television

Drama

DVD

  • Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekisō (2007)
  • Love Letter (ラブレター Rabu Retā?) (November 21, 2007)
  • Love Story (ラブストーリー Rabu Sutori?) (April 25, 2008)
  • 1st Live 2008 Riot Tour Live (February 25, 2009)
  • I Love You (March 18, 2009)

Films

Radio

Drama CDs

Books

Discography

Singles

  1. "Breakthrough" (March 8, 2006)
  2. "Bōken Desho Desho?" (April 26, 2006) (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya opening theme)
  3. "Ashita no Prism" (September 6, 2006)
  4. "LOVE★GUN" (October 10, 2007)
  5. "Neophilia" (November 7, 2007)
  6. "MonStAR" (December 5, 2007)
  7. "Unnamed World" (April 23, 2008) (Nijū Mensō no Musume ending theme)
  8. "Namida Namida Namida" (October 8, 2008) (Hyakko ending theme)
  9. "Set me Free/Sing A Song!" (April 29, 2009)
  10. "Super Driver" (July 22, 2009) (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya opening theme)

Albums

  1. Riot Girl (2008)
  2. Speed Star (2009)

Others

References

  1. ^ Space Craft Produce
  2. ^ || Lantis web site |||
  3. ^ Aya Dama Profile page
  4. ^ "Anime Expo 2007 Guests". Anime Expo. 2007. http://www.anime-expo.org/?q=guests/guests_of_honor. Retrieved 2007-06-03. 
  5. ^ The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Official Fanbook. ISBN 978-4-04-853991-3
  6. ^ Awards Winners Archive - Tokyo International Anime Fair 2008
  7. ^ "Hirano Aya dake TV" (in Japanese). Fuji TV. http://www.fujitv.co.jp/otn/b_hp/909200048.html. Retrieved 2009-04-10. 

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