Natsumi Murakami
Japanese voice actress
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Natsumi Murakami (村上 奈津実, Murakami Natsumi; born 7 September 1995) is a Japanese voice actress associated with Yūrin Pro.[1] She is best known for voicing Ako Saotome in Aikatsu Stars!, Yume Hinata in Mewkledreamy and Ai Miyashita in Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club.
Natsumi Murakami | |
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村上 奈津実 | |
| Born | 7 September 1995 Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Voice actress |
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Agent | Yūrin Pro |
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| Height | 152 cm (5 ft 0 in) |
Biography
Natsumi Murakami was born in Tokyo on 7 September 1995.[1][2] Her motivation to become a voice actor came from a reading drama where a junior high school English class spoke to an Alice in Wonderland book; her classmates gave her the impression that Alice's voice was cute, and she became interested in the voice acting profession.[3][4] The perspective of the anime that she liked originally changed, and she was impressed by Mamoru Miyano's performance in Death Note.[3]
As a junior high school student, she could not work part-time and did not have the money to attend lessons, so she concentrated on schoolwork. After completing exams, Murakami started looking for a school she could study voice acting.[4][5] Murakami attended hands-on classes at several vocational schools and training schools, and seeing good tension in it, decided to enroll in Keiko Yokozawa's school, where she started learning the basics of voice acting.[4]
Her debut anime was in Aikatsu Stars!, where she voiced Ako Saotome.[3][6] She mentions Ako Saotome as a turning point in her voice acting career, and says that she is important in her life.[3][5] In addition to Saotome, she also cites Wobblinger-Milli, a character she voiced in the video game Quiz RPG: The World of Mystic Wiz, as leaving a lasting impression on her.[5][7]
She voiced Ai Miyashita in Love Live! School Idol Festival All Stars and the 2020-2022 anime adaptation Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club.[8][9]
Personal life
She has level 2 Kanji Kentei certification.[1] Her motto is Naru yō ni naru (なるようになる).[3][5]
She described her goal as to play an orthodox heroine in a romantic comedy.[3] She cites Ikue Ōtani and Rie Kugimiya as her admirations.[5]
Her favorite foods are meat and white rice[3] and Japanese curry.[5] Her favorite anime is Cardcaptor Sakura, which she has been repeatedly watching since kindergarten,[3] and her favorite musician is aiko.[3][5] She has a pet dog named Moka (モカ).[3][10]
After she started fishing, which is one of her hobbies, she began to like it because she caught a lot of fish.[3]
On June 30, 2022, Murakami tested positive for COVID-19.[11]
Filmography
Anime
- 2016
- Aikatsu Stars! as Ako Saotome[1]
- 2017
- Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club as Megumi Mizuno[1]
- Urara Meirocho[1]
- 2019
- Aikatsu on Parade! as Ako Saotome[12]
- Fight League: Gear Gadget Generators as Autocleaner Machi[13]
- 2020
- Mewkledreamy as Yume Hinata[14]
- Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club as Ai Miyashita[15]
- 2021
- 2022
- Slow Loop as Futaba Fukumoto[17]
- Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club 2nd Season as Ai Miyashita
- The Little Lies We All Tell as Chiyo[18]
- 2024
- Quality Assurance in Another World as Namiko[19]
- 2025
- 2026
- Star Detective Precure! as Shiruku Ieiri a.k.a. Shushutan
- Ichijyoma Mankitsu Gurashi! as Miori Morita[21]
Film
- 2016
- Aikatsu Stars! the Movie as Ako Saotome[22]
Video games
- 2017
- Quiz RPG: The World of Mystic Wiz as Wobblinger-Milli[7]
- 2019
- Love Live! School Idol Festival All Stars as Ai Miyashita[8]
- 2020
- 100% Orange Juice as Ceoreparque (Witch Pack DLC)[23]
- 2022
- Dreamin' Her -Boku wa, Kanojo no Yume o Miru.- as Kako, Mirai Nanase[24]
- 2023
- Azur Lane as HMS Theseus
