Mayu Mineda

is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Nagano Prefecture, affiliated with VIMS. She is known for portraying Kanako Mitsue in Stars Align, Meguru Hachimiya in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, Millia in Peach Boy Riverside, and Higuruma in In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki.

Biography

Mayu Mineda, a native of Nagano Prefecture, was born on 28 November 1997. As a junior high school student, she was head of her school's art club, went to school with future voice actress Nanami Atsugi, discovered an interest in anime while watching MegaMan NT Warrior, bought a character CD of Azusa Nakano (the main protagonist of K-On) and felt that two of the characters Aoi Yūki was voicing – Diane from The Seven Deadly Sins and Madoka Kaname from Puella Magi Madoka Magica – "fit perfectly together" despite having "completely different personalities". She became interested in voice acting because of her interest in anime and acting, the latter of which was inspired by her family's visits to Shiki Theatre Company musicals.

She was educated at Japan Narration Acting Institute, and she joined VIMS in 2017. In July 2019, she was cast as Kanako Mitsue in Stars Align. In April 2020, she was cast as Shaei Miyama in A Certain Scientific Railgun T. In May 2021, she was cast as Millia in Peach Boy Riverside. In March 2022, she was cast as Higuruma in In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki.

Mineda voices Meguru Hachimiya in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, a spin-off of The Idolmaster franchise. As part of the franchise, she performed in several of Illumination Stars' singles, two of which reached the Top 5 in the Oricon Singles Chart.

She and Ryōta Suzuki co-hosted the AnimeJapan 2021 livestream on 18 February. Her debut mini album, "Who Are Me?", was released from Dreamusic on 2 August 2023.

Filmography

Anime television

2018

Merc Storia: Mukiryoku no Shōnen to Bin no Naka no Shōjo, child

Ms. Vampire Who Lives in My Neighborhood, girl A

2019

Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest, Taeko Sugawara

Beyblade Burst GT, spectator

Domestic Girlfriend, female student B

Dr. Stone, child

Fire Force, Sister Sakura

Let's! Gonjirō, staff

Stars Align, Kanako Mitsue

Wasteful Days of High School Girls, students

We Never Learn, Hazuki Yuiga

2020

A Certain Scientific Railgun T, Shaei Miyama

Ahiru no Sora, Akiyoshi

Mewkledreamy, Director Oshio

Monster Girl Doctor, fairy

Genie Family 2020, Mihoshi Amanogawa

Saikyō Kamizmode, Rin Tanba

2021

Peach Boy Riverside, Millia

2022

In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki, Higuruma

2023

Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts, Princess Alba

Synduality: Noir Young Kanata

Animated film

2020

Monster Strike the Movie: Lucifer - Zetsubō no Yoake, Orane

Video games

2018

Brown Dust, Eldora, Sui

Hentai Shōjo: Formation Girls, Masumi Ōyama

Kurokishi to Shiro no Maou, Elrune

Phantom of the Kill, Neil

2019

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX, RoRo

Kingdom of Heroes, Hildegard

Monster Strike, Orane

Project NOAH, Sakiya Momohara

Kōya no Kotobuki Hikōtai: Ōzora no Take Off Girls!, Ritta

2020

BraveSword X BlazeSoul, Luisette

Girls' Frontline, Gr VP70

Magia Record, Suzuka Sakuya

World Flipper, Samasa

2021

Caligula2, Key

Last Period, Clever

The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, Meguru Hachimiya

2022

Alchemist Garden, Chelmy

2023

Grim Guardians: Demon Purge, Kasumi Sakaguchi

References

External links

Official agency profile

Official Profile on X

Official Artist on X

1997 births

Living people

Japanese women pop singers

Japanese video game actresses

Japanese voice actresses

Singers from Nagano Prefecture

Voice actresses from Nagano Prefecture

21st-century Japanese actresses

21st-century Japanese women singers

21st-century Japanese singers