Asami Imai
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Asami Imai (今井麻美 Imai Asami) is the voice actress for the idol Chihaya Kisaragi. She also voices Yuu Kisaragi, Chihaya's younger brother.
Outside of voice acting, she also has a solo singing career.
Life and Career
Asami Imai, often called by her nicknames "Mingosu", "Asamingosu P" or "Asa-chan", was born on May 16th, 1977 in Yamaguchi Prefecture's Tokuyama, where she studied and graduated from Tokuyama High School and Meiji University's Literature department, majoring in Drama and Theatre Arts. She currently lives in Saitama Prefecture's Chichibu. She debuted in 1997 in a drama CD released by Enix (then called Square-Enix) titled Toki no Daichi.
She quit her agency, ARTSVISION, in 2007, and moved onto the agency Kaleidoscope. It's unknown whether or not this had anything to do with the ARTSVISION scandal.[1]
Her hobbies and special talents include forest walking, writing song lyrics and massages[2].
Radio Participation
Radio Host
THE IDOLM@STER RADIO: Host
THE IDOLM@STER STATION!!!: Host until Episode 88
Radio de iM@SHOW!: Member of TORICO and Engage!
THE iDOLM@STER Radio For You!: Member of you-i
iM@STUDIO: Host
Guest Appearances
THE iDOLM@STER P.S. Producer: Appeared on Broadcast 10, 11, 20 and 21
Radio de iM@CHU!!: Appeared on Broadcast 33 and 34
Dereradi: Appeared on Broadcast 17
THE IDOLM@STER MILLION RADIO!: Appeared on Broadcast 60
Recorded Solos (iM@S solos only)
7 colors on THE IDOLM@STER RADIO LONG TIME
AEIUEOA! on AEIUEOA! (CD)
Ai Oboete Imasu Ka on THE IDOLM@STER RADIO TOP×TOP!
Anata no Hitokoto on THE IDOLM@STER Radio For You! Vol. 2
Angel Night ～Tenshi no Iru Basho～ on THE IDOLM@STER STATION!!! SECOND TRAVEL ～Seaside Date～
Chijou no Hoshi on THE IDOLM@STER RADIO COLORFUL MEMORIES
FO(U)R on THE IDOLM@STER Radio For You! Vol. 2
Gekkasai ~la festa sotto la luna~ on THE IDOLM@STER RADIO
Gift on THE IDOLM@STER RADIO LONG TIME
Hitotsu Dake on THE IDOLM@STER STATION!!! THIRD TRAVEL WANTED
KISS Shite on THE IDOLM@STER RADIO COLORFUL MEMORIES
Koe ga Kikoeru on THE IDOLM@STER RADIO TOP×TOP!
SHADOWLESS on THE IDOLM@STER STATION!!! FIRST TRAVEL
Shinjitsu no Uta on THE IDOLM@STER RADIO Uta Doujou
Sora no Kakera on THE IDOLM@STER RADIO Uta Doujou
Still Love on THE IDOLM@STER RADIO VOCAL MASTER
Tokimeki no Doukasen on THE IDOLM@STER STATION!!! SECOND TRAVEL ～Seaside Date～
Tsuki no Shizuku on THE IDOLM@STER RADIO TOP×TOP!
Concert Performances
Appearances
Solo Concert Performances
Other Roles
- Agatha Christie no Meitantei Poirot to Marple as Waitress in episode 3
- Akane Maniax (OAV) as Female student in episode 1
- Arknights as Lappland
- Azur Lane as Drake
- BLAZBLUE: CONTINUUM SHIFT as Yayoi Tsubaki
- Borderlands as Lilith
- burst error: EVE the 1st as Kyouko Himuro (PSP)
- Chain Chronicle ~Light of Haecceitas~ as Michidia
- Charger Girl Ju-den Chan as Bloody Selica
- Comic Party as girl in episode 13
- Corpse Party as Ayumi Shinozaki
- D.C. ~Da Capo~ as Child in episode 23; Student in episode 22
- Fight Ippatsu! Juuden-chan!! as Bloody Celica
- Figure 17 as Nanami Nakajima
- Galaxy Angel as Boy B ; Hitchhiker Boy (ep 21)
- Girls' Frontline. as Welrod MKII; PSG-1
- Getbackers as nurse
- Granblue Fantasy as Vira Lillie
- Inuyasha as Florist
- Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae as Momota Masako
- Kaleido Star as Female Customer
- Kiss x Sis as Yuuzuki Kiryuu
- Knight Hunters Eternity (eps 7 & 9)
- Kokoro Library as Librarian
- Kuttsukiboshi as Kiiko Kawakami
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (other voices)
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (other voices)
- Lime-iro Ryuukitan X as Shuro Naoe
- Luminous Arc 2: Will as Fatima
- Luminous Arc 3: EYES as Sei Majo Shival
- LUX-PAIN as Lil
- Mahoromatic - Automatic Maiden as Ando; Clerk at Chinese Restaurant
- Mary Skelter as Cinderella
- Midori Days as Female student B ; Lover
- Neptunia Franchise as Noire
- Nurse Love Addiction as Kaede Oohara
- Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat as Kitten; Kitten B
- Parappa the Rapper as Child in episode 25
- Petite Princess Yucie as Student B
- Pita Ten as Ken
- Pop Team Epic as Pipimi (episode 9, Repeat episode 3)
- Pretear as A-ko (ep 1)
- Princess Tutu as Townsperson C
- Puyo Puyo series as Ringo
- Samurai Deeper Kyo as Little Kotaro; Sayuka's Handmaid; waitress
- Senran Kagura as Ikaruga
- Shin Koihime†Musou as Kakuha (Rin)
- Shrine of the Morning Mist as Kukiko Sonoda
- Steins;Gate as Kurisu Makise
- Strait Jacket as Rachel Hammond
- Touch: Cross Road - Kaze no Yuku as Girl C
Trivia
- She is allergic to mangoes and various crustacea[3].
- She has a spot in the top 57 of the most beautiful voice actors list, featured in the August 2009 volume of Circus Max[4]. The people in the list were chosen by the male readers of the magazine. The exact spot for each seiyuu is unknown.
- She has a huge thing for the Pokémon Slowpoke. In an IM@S radio station when the seiyuus were talking about the release of the HeartGold and SoulSilver games, she stated that her favorite Pokémon was Slowpoke, always stealing and finding all the Slowpoke cards she can get as well as collecting all the figures and toys for it.
- She is known to be good friends with Yukiyo Fujii, Megumi Tokoro's voice actress.
- She and Eri Kitamura, Makoto's voice actress in Xenoglossia, formed the music unit Artery Vein under the 5pb. label.
References
- ↑ "Arts Vision Chairman Arrested for Sexual Assault" (2007-05-28).
- ↑ "今井麻美プロフィール".
- ↑ "★UBIQUITOUS★ASAMI IMAI:★海老チャンの恐怖★" (2006-10-13).
- ↑ "August 2009 volume of Circus Max" (2009-08).
External Links
- ★UBIQUITOUS★ASAMI IMAI Asami Imai's personal blog, also formerly accessible from http://www.imaiasami.com, which is now a dead link.
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