Aina Aiba
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- Aiai
- Yuuki Harima
- Voice actress
- singer
- professional wrestler
Aina Aiba | |
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相羽 あいな | |
| Born | October 17, 1988 |
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| Years active | 2015–present |
| Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) |
Aina Aiba (相羽 あいな, Aiba Aina; born October 17, 1988) is a voice actress, professional wrestler and singer from Japan. She is affiliated with the talent agency Hibiki, and is best known for being the lead vocalist of Roselia of the BanG Dream! multimedia franchise, portraying the character of Yukina Minato, as well as voicing Claudine Saijō in the media franchise Revue Starlight and Tokoha Anjou in Cardfight!! Vanguard.
Career
Before becoming a seiyuu, Aiba was a professional wrestler under the name Yūki Harima (播磨佑紀, Harima Yūki) for about two years, working as a stage actress with the same name too. During her pro-wrestling career, she was part of the organization Actwres girl'Z, under their "Beginning" brand, and made her debut on September 6, 2015. Aiba fought five times before retiring from the ring and does MC work for New Japan Pro-Wrestling's matches.[1]
Aiba debuted in voice acting by providing the voice of Tokoha Anjō in Cardfight!! Vanguard G: NEXT, replacing Emi Nitta. In 2017, she began voicing and performing in the franchise BanG Dream! as Yukina Minato of the band Roselia.[2] In 2018, she began voicing Claudine Saijō from Revue Starlight.
Aiba made her professional singing debut from Bushiroad Music in November 2016 with her first st single "Yume no Hikari Kimi no Mirai", which was used as the ending theme for Future Card Buddyfight DDD. She restarted her solo singing career with the single "Lead the way", which was released on October 16, 2019. It was used as the opening theme for the anime Cardfight!! Vanguard: Shinemon.[3]
On March 3, 2018, Aiba, who was a member of the unit Dōbutsu Biscuits x PPP, was one of the winners of the Singing Award during the 12th Seiyu Awards. In 2020, she and Roselia received the Singing Award at the 14th Seiyu Awards.[4]
Filmography
Anime
- 2016
- Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Next – Tokoha Anjou
- 2017
- BanG Dream! – Yukina Minato
- Kemono Friends – Iwatobi Penguin[5]
- Cardfight!! Vanguard G: Z – Tokoha Anjou
- 2018
- BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico – Yukina Minato[6]
- Revue Starlight – Claudine Saijō[7]
- 2019
- BanG Dream! 2nd Season – Yukina Minato[8]
- BanG Dream! Film Live – Yukina Minato[9]
- 2020
- BanG Dream! 3rd Season – Yukina Minato[10]
- BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico: Ohmori – Yukina Minato[6]
- 2021
- BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia (Yakusoku and Song I am.) – Yukina Minato[11]
- BanG Dream! Film Live 2nd Stage – Yukina Minato[12]
- BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico Fever! – Yukina Minato[6]
- D Cide Traumerei – Maria Nanase[13]
- PuraOre! Pride of Orange – Seiko Kuga[14]
- Revue Starlight Movie – Claudine Saijō[15]
- 2022
- Teppen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laughing 'til You Cry – Chitose Amano[16]
- 2023
Games
- BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! – Yukina Minato
- Brown Dust – Eunrang
- Revue Starlight: Re LIVE – Claudine Saijō
Radio
- Radio Vanguard G Next (2016–2017)
Dubbing
- The Last Summoner (2023) – Hana[18]
