Aoi Yūki


Aoi Yabusaki, better known by her stage name Aoi Yūki, is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer represented by Pro-Fit. She played the young Murasaki Kuhōin in Kure-nai. She had two roles in 2008, eight in 2009 and twelve in 2010. She graduated from high school in March 2010 and university in March 2014.

Biography

Yūki was born in Chiba Prefecture. She entered the entertainment industry at the age of four. As a child, she acted in films and dramas. From 1999 to 2002, she made regular appearances on the variety shows Appare Sanma Dai-sensei and Yappari Sanma Dai-sensei which aired on Fuji TV. When she was in fifth grade, she made her debut as a voice actress.
In late 2006, she was affiliated with the theater company Central. After her admission to high school in August 2007, she joined the agency Breath, changing her stage name to Aoi Yūki. She got her first major role in 2008 in Kure-nai as Murasaki Kuhōin. In August of the same year, she moved to the agency Pro-Fit. In 2009, she starred in two anime: Anyamaru Tantei Kiruminzuu as Mikogami Riko and Yumeiro Patissiere as Amano Ichigo, respectively. After that, she voiced the female protagonists of several of her series, notably Iris from Pokémon: Best Wishes! and Victorique de Blois from Gosick.
In 2011, Yūki voiced Madoka Kaname in Puella Magi Madoka Magica. In October of the same year, she won the award for best voice actor in the Newtype x Machi Asobi Anime Awards. She was awarded the Best Lead Actress Award in the 6th Seiyu Awards. In 2013, Yūki and Ayana Taketatsu, formed the singing unit Petit Milady. Together, they performed the song "Kagami no Dual-ism", which was used as the third opening theme to the 2013 anime television series Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal II, and in 2014, performed the song "Azurite", which was used as the opening theme for the 2014 anime series The Pilot's Love Song. She has also played Hibiki Tachibana in Symphogear, Yuuki Konno in Sword Art Online II, Tanya Degurechaff in The Saga of Tanya the Evil, Yoshiko Hanabatake in Aho-Girl, Nodoka Hanadera/Cure Grace in Healin' Good PreCure, Sonya in Fairy Tail and Futaba Sakura in Persona 5.
In 2019, she played as Tamaki Kotatsu in Fire Force, and reprised her role at the second season.

Filmography

Television animation

Original video animation (OVA)

Original net animation (ONA)

Theatrical animation

Video games

Drama CDs

Dubbing roles

;Live-action
YearTitleRoleVoice dub forOther notes
2018Tomb Raideryoung Lara CroftMaisy De Freitas and Emily Carey
2019BumblebeeShatterAngela Bassett
2020A Dog's Way HomeBellaBryce Dallas Howard

;Animation
YearTitleRoleOther notes
2017Sonic BoomSticks the Badger
2018'Gwen Stacy / Spider-Gwen
2019'Windblade

Music

On March 28, 2012, she released her first solo album Petipa. Her first single, "VisuMania", was released on January 29, 2014, which is used as the ending theme to the anime television series World Conquest Zvezda Plot.

Awards