Yuki Kaida
Japanese voice actress
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Yuki Kaida (甲斐田 ゆき, Kaida Yuki) (born November 30, 1974)[2] is a Japanese voice actress.[1] Although she has an extensive vocal range, voicing a large variety of characters throughout her career, she is commonly typecasted as young males, achieving mainstream success as her roles in Hunter × Hunter as Kurapika,[4] The Prince of Tennis as Shusuke Fuji,[5] Shōnen Onmyōji as Abe no Masahiro.[6] and Hetalia: Axis Powers and Hetalia World Series as China or Yao Wang.[7] She was formerly affiliated with the talent management agency Toritori Office,[8] but is currently freelance.
Yuki Kaida | |
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甲斐田 ゆき | |
| Born | November 30, 1974[1][2] |
| Other names | Yukki (ゆっきー, Yukki)[3] Nikki (ニッキー, Nikki)[3] |
| Occupation | Voice actress |
| Years active | 1993–present |
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Kaida is one of the few Japanese voice actors to have completed their formal education in the United States.[9] Consequently, Kaida is multilingual with varying degrees of fluency apart from Japanese. Kaida is lovingly nicknamed Yukki (ゆっきー) by her Japanese fans.[3]
Biography
Career
Kaida was born in Tokyo, Japan,[1] and was raised in the Shinjuku ward of the city. Shortly following her graduation from Shinjuku High School, she enrolled in the International University of Art and Music in San Diego, California, and studied abroad for four years, where she majored in musical theater.[9] She returned to Japan to focus on voice acting, making her debut in the OVA Southern Wind as Himiko, followed up by some minor roles in other television animation;[10][11] but her first major role as a voice actor came when she was cast as Kurapika in Hunter × Hunter in 1999,[4] after which her popularity began to grow. However, she went on to perform her arguably most well-known role, that of Shusuke Fuji in The Prince of Tennis,[5] which began airing in 2001; she reprises the role for later adaptations as well as for voice acting events to promote the series[12] and for CDs sung as the character. She is also known for her wide vocal range and feminine natural voice, being skilled at voicing males as well as adult women such as Ouka from .hack//Legend of the Twilight,[13] gag characters such as Son Goku/Patalliro from Patalliro Saiyuki!,[14] and young females such as Machi Kuragi from Fruits Basket.[15]
In addition to voice acting, she is also a prominent radio personality, and is the current announcer for Sadao Watanabe's radio show, Nightly Yours.[16] She is nicknamed Yukki (ゆっきー), which is also her blog nickname, and Nikki (ニッキー), the latter being a corruption of the former.[3] She is also a member of the voice acting unit AZU alongside Junko Takeuchi and Junko Minagawa,[17] and is a member of the unit Takada Hiroyuki alongside Hiroki Takahashi.[18]
Personal life
She is notably multilingual, competent in French and Chinese, as well as being a fluent English speaker; the latter being evident in her Western education, her interest in Queen and the Chronicles of Narnia, and also by having an all-English speaking role as Angela Burton in Genshiken.[19] Her other hobbies include watching rakugo, especially Kosanji Yanagiya, and baseball, while she also has a pet dog named Vivian.[1] She is commonly mistaken for her friend and fellow voice actress Yūko Kaida, due to the fact that their names differ by only two characters and one letter in romanization.
Filmography
Animation
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| 1999 | Marco - Carry a Dream | Woman B | |
| 2005 | Tennis no Oujisama: Atobe Kara no Okurimono | Shusuke Fuji | [5] |
| 2005 | The Prince of Tennis- Two Samurais: The First Game | Shusuke Fuji | [5] |
| 2007 | Love and Berry: Dress Up and Dance - Magic of Happiness | Shou | |
| 2010 | Hetalia Axis Powers: Paint it, White! | China, Zashiki Warashi | [36] |
| 2011 | The Prince of Tennis: Eikoku-shiki Teikyū-jō Kessen! | Shusuke Fuji | [5] |
| 2014 | Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper | Receptionist | |
| 2014 | Inazuma Eleven: Chōjigen Dream Match | Rococo Urupa | |
| 2016 | Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016 | Draco | |
| 2017 | Kuroko's Basketball The Movie: Last Game | Alexandra Garcia | [39] |
Drama CD
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| 2000 | Rurouni Kenshin | Himura Kenshin | |
| Hunter × Hunter | Kurapika | [4] | |
| 2003 | .hack//Legend of the Twilight | Ouka | [13] |
| Koori no Mamono no Monogatari | Rapunzel | [47] | |
| MeruPuri | Aram (young) | ||
| 2004 | Crimson Hero | Momoko Sumiyoshi | |
| Hanaukyo Maid Team: La Verite | Taro Hanaukyo | [22] | |
| Integra | Saori Enomoto | ||
| Saint Beast | Cassandra | [48] | |
| Shōnen Onmyōji | Abe no Masahiro | [6] | |
| 2005 | Five | Chiwa Masato | [49] |
| Fruits Basket | Machi Kuragi | [15] | |
| Nadepro! | Yoshinao Kai, Kobato Sakisaka | [50] | |
| Patalliro Saiyuki! | Son Goku/Patalliro | [14] | |
| 2006 | Kimi to Boku (manga) | Asaba Yuuta | |
| 2007 | Blaue Rosen | Ai Okita | [51] |
| CLASH! Strange Detectives | Madoka Furuya | ||
| Kokaku Torimonochou (Red Hot Chilli Samurai) | Tsumugi Ooshima | ||
| Sekirei | Homura/Kagari | [35] | |
| Shakunetsu no Yoru ni Idakarete | Saori Chihara | ||
| 2008 | Maid Sama! | Aoi Hyōdō | |
| 2008–15 | Hetalia: Axis Powers Drama CDs | China, Narrator, Taiwan | [36] |
| 2020 | Idol Show Time | Iori Munekata | [52] |
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Musical theater
- Hunter x Hunter Musical - Kurapika[4]
- Hunter X Hunter: The Nightmare of Zaoldyeck - Kurapika[4]
Dubbing
- Elias: The Little Rescue Boat – Sentimental (Marit A. Andreaseen), Little Blinky (Morten Røhrt)
- Thank You for Smoking – Joey Naylor (Cameron Bright)[56]
- Unaccompanied Minors – Charlie Goldfinch (Tyler James Williams)[57]
