Asami Imai
Quick Facts
Biography
Asami Imai (今井 麻美, Imai Asami, born May 16, 1977 in Tokyo) is a female Japanese voice actress and singer who affiliated with Early Wing. She debuted as a voice actress in 1999 and as singer in 2009 by releasing her first single "Day by Day / Shining Blue Rain" under the 5pb. Records label. She is also well known for giving voices to Chihaya Kisaragi in THE IDOLM@STER (all related productions, except for IDOM@STER: Xenoglossia), Kurisu Makise in Steins;Gate, Tsubaki Yayoi in BlazBlue and Ayumi Shinozaki in Corpse Party. She also coupled with Eri Kitamura and formed the music unit Artery Vein which is also under the 5pb. label.
Biography
Early life
Born in Tokyo in 1977, Imai moved from Shibuya to Tokuyama City (currently Shūnan City) in Yamaguchi Prefecture, when she was eight years old. However, it is stated in her official profile that she was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture. She has once revealed that she graduated from Tokuyama High School, was vagabond for around a year, before entering Meiji University's School of Arts and Letters, majoring in Drama and Theatre Arts.
Career
In 1998, Imai won the Grand Prize for the Voice Actress category in ENIX Anime Awards (エニックスアニメ大賞) while she was still studying. Subsequently, she debuted in the following year in the drama CD Toki no Daichi〜Hana no Ōkoku no Majo〜. In 2001, she was chosen as an assistant of the radio show, Tomokazu・Miki's Radio Big Bang. At one point of time in 2006, Imai once thought of giving up her job as a voice actress, but could not bear to leave the voice acting of her role as Chihaya Kisaragi in The Idolmaster to others.
Following an internal scandal, Imai left her agency ArtsVision on April 5, 2007. She then free-lanced under the agency Kaleidoscope for 7 months. On April 22, 2009, Imai released her first major debut single, "Day by Day / Shining Blue Rain" under the 5pb. Records label. In the same year, Imai transferred to her current agency, Early Wing on December 1. Imai landed her first lead role as Kiiko Kawakami in the OVA Kuttsukiboshi in 2010. As she began expanding her singing career, Imai held her first solo live concert on December 25, 2010, and has since held concerts around the period of her birthday in May, as well as December.
On April 18, 2012, Imai was awarded the Best Female Character Voice award at the Famitsu Awards in 2011.
Imai is one of two members of the musical duo Artery Vein, along with Eri Kitamura. The unit mainly performs theme songs for the Corpse Party series.
Filmography
Anime
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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2000 | Platinumhugen Ordian | Nao Kozuki | ||
2001 | Touch: Cross Road | Girl C | ||
2001 | Prétear | Eiko | ||
2001 | Galaxy Angel | Boy B | ||
2001 | Steel Angel Kurumi 2: Expression | Junior, Student, Clerk | ||
2001 | Figure 17 | Nanami Nakajima | ||
2001 | Mahoromatic | Ando-san | ||
2002 | Pita-Ten | Ken | ||
2002 | Shrine of the Morning Mist | Kukiko Sonoda | ||
2002 | Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan | Student, Reporter | ||
2002 | Petite Princess Yucie | Student | ||
2002 | GetBackers | Nurse | ||
2003 | Da Capo | Students, Children | ||
2003 | Kaleido Star: New Wings | Woman | ||
2003 | Bottle Fairy | Fossil Director | ||
2004 | This Ugly Yet Beautiful World | Woman | ||
2004 | Hanaukyo Maid Team La Verite | Comiket customer | ||
2004 | Doki Doki School Hours | Schoolgirl | ||
2004 | Midori Days | Lovers | ||
2004 | Burst Angel | Schoolgirl | ||
2004 | Desert Punk | Daughter | ||
2005 | Lime-iro Ryūkitan X | Shuro Naoe | ||
2008 | Hell Girl: Three Vessels | Momota Masako | ||
2008–10 | Kiss x Sis series | Yūzuki Kiryū | OVA and TV | |
2009 | Fight Ippatsu! Jūden-chan!! | Bloody Selica | ||
2009 | Needless | Solva | ||
2009–10 | Koihime Musō series | Kakuka | ||
2010 | Shukufuku no Campanella | Chelsea Arcot | ||
2010 | Yumeiro Patissiere SP Professional | Gabriel | ||
2010 | Princess Jellyfish | Classmate | ||
2011 | Megane na Kanojo | Aya Ichinohe | ||
2011 | Steins;Gate | Kurisu Makise | ||
2011 | Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi | Orders manager | ||
2011 | The Idolmaster | Chihaya Kisaragi | ||
2011 | Sengoku Paradise Kiwami | Hideaki Kobayakawa | ||
2012 | Place to Place | Schoolgirl | ||
2012 | Sengoku Collection | The Splendor Katakura Kojūrō | ||
2012 | Love, Election and Chocolate | Michiru Morishita | ||
2013 | Senran Kagura: Ninja Flash! | Ikaruga | Also Estival Versus OVA in 2015 | |
2013 | Sunday Without God | Tanya Swedgewood | ||
2013 | Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation | Noire / Black Heart | ||
2013 | Walkure Romanze | Rena F. Avery | ||
2013 | BlazBlue Alter Memory | Tsubaki Yayoi | ||
2014–15 | Noragami series | Mayu | Also Aragoto in 2015 | |
2014 | Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life | Chihaya Kisaragi | Guest appearance | |
2014 | Puchimas! Petit Idolmaster | Chihaya Kisaragi, Chihya | ||
2014 | Locodol | Aoi Anan | ||
2014 | Momo Kyun Sword | Kijigami | ||
2014 | Girl Friend Beta | Yukie Yatsuka |
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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2008 | Strait Jacket | Rachel Hammond | ||
2011 | Hotarubi no Mori e | Masked child (younger brother) | ||
2013 | Steins;Gate: Fuka Ryōiki no Déjà vu | Kurisu Makise | ||
2014 | The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future! | Chihaya Kisaragi |
Tokusatsu
- Ultraseven X (2007): Soul of Light (ep 6.)
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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2003 | Muv-Luv | Archery junior 1 | PC adult game As Keiko Horikoshi | |
2004 | Flame of Recca: Final Burning | Kirito | PS1/PS2 | |
2005–16 | The Idolmaster games | Chihaya Kisaragi | All except Xenoglossia | |
2007 | Princess Maker 5 | Hiroko Sakakibara | PC | |
2007 | Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka | Minato Nagase | PC adult game | |
2008 | Lux-Pain | Lil | DS | |
2008 | Luminous Arc 2 | Fatima | DS | |
2008–10 | Twinkle Crusaders games | Amyrina, Chelsea Akotto (Starlit Brave) | PC adult game As Hikōkai | |
2008 | To Love-Ru: Exciting Beach School Version | Mei | PSP | |
2008–10 | Koihime Muso games | Kakuka | PC adult game As Namiko Yamazaki | |
2009–10 | Shukufuku no Campanella | Chelsea Arcot | PC adult game Also as Natsuki Miyagawa | |
2009 | Puyo Puyo 7 games | Ringo Andou | DS | |
2009–15 | Steins;Gate games | Kurisu Makise | ||
2009 | BlazBlue: Continuum Shift | Tsubaki Yayoi | Arcade | |
2010 | No Fate! Only the Power of Will | Mutsuki 睦月 | PSP | |
2010 | Prism Rhythm | Caroline Marigold | PC adult game As Mikage Haida | |
2010 | Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland | Cecilia Helmold | PS3 | |
2010–15 | Corpse Party games | Ayumi Shinozaki | 5pb. publisher | |
2010–15 | Hyperdimension Neptunia games | Noire / Black Heart | ||
2010 | Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō | Chiaki | PSP | |
2010–12 | Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi games | Minato Nagase (from Akaneiro) | PC adult game As Hikaru Mizusawa | |
2010 | Love, Election and Chocolate games | Michiru Morishita | PC adult game as Riko Inohara Also Portable in 2012 | |
2011 | Disgaea 4 | Emizel | PS3 Also Return in 2014 | |
2011–16 | Senran Kagura games | Ikaruga | ||
2011–12 | Hakuisei Renai Shoukougun | Sayuri Sakai | PSP Also Re:Therapy | |
2011 | Ragnarok Tactics | Cynthia | PSP | |
2011 | Walkure Romanze: Shōjo Kishi Monogatari | Rena F. Avery | PC adult game As Natsuki Hasegawa | |
2012 | Maji de Watashi ni Koishinasai!! S | Jinchu Lee | PC adult game As Maki Nishioka | |
2012 | Nendoroid Generation | Kurisu Makise | PSP from Steins;Gate | |
2012–13 | Root Double: Before Crime * After Days | Mashiro Toba | Also Xtend edition in 2013 | |
2012 | Borderlands 2 | Lilith | ||
2012 | Girl Friend Beta | Yukie Yatsuka | ||
2013 | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle | Sex Pistols | PS3 | |
2013 | Phantom Breaker: Extra | Kurisu Makise | from Steins;Gate | |
2013–15 | BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma games | Tsubaki Yayoi / Izayoi | Also Extend and 2.0 | |
2014 | The Awakened Fate Ultimatum | Jupiel Soraumi | PS3 | |
2015 | Toukiden: Kiwami | Mio | ||
2015 | White Coat Love Addiction | Kaede Ohara 大原かえで | ||
2015 | Trillion: God of Destruction | Levia | ||
2016 | Hero Must Die | Angel Yulia | PS Vita version | |
2016 | Skullgirls 2nd Encore | Valentine | ||
2016 | MegaTagmension : Blanc + Neptune Vs. Zombies | Noire/Black Heart |
Drama CD
Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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Aki Sora | Sora | ||
Fullmetal Alchemist | Elisa エリサ | CD audio | |
Kiss x Sis series | Yūzuki Kiryū | ||
Metal Slader Glory | Kisaragi Yayoi 如月やよい | CD audio | |
Witch of the Kingdom of the time of the earth flower 刻の大地 花の王国の魔女 | Nanami Nakajima 中島七海 | CD audio Debut work | |
Scrapped Princess | Merchant 町人 | CD audio |
Discography
Asami Imai
Solo Singles
- "Day by Day /Shining Blue Rain", released April 22, 2009
- "Strawberry 〜Amaku Setsunai Namida〜", released October 21, 2009
- "Horizon", released April 21, 2010
- "Shangri-La", released July 22, 2010
- "Frame Goshi no Koi", released February 23, 2011
- "Enrai", released May 25, 2011
- "Hana no Saku Basho", released August 3, 2011
- "Hasta La Vista", released April 25, 2012
- "Limited Love", released July 25, 2012
- "Dear Darling", released March 27, 2013
- "Hoshikuzu no Ring", released June 26, 2013
- "Shikkoku no Sustain", released March 26, 2014
- "Tsuioku no Itoguruma", released July 30, 2014
- "Venus no Harmonia", released August 27, 2014
- "Asayake no Starmine", released June 3, 2015
- "BABYLON 〜 before the daybreak", released July 22, 2015
- "Sabaku no Ame", released July 27, 2016
- "Reunion -Once Again-", released October 26, 2016
Solo Albums
- "COLOR SANCTUARY", released November 23, 2010
- "Aroma of happiness", released November 30, 2011
- "Precious Sounds", released November 28, 2012
- "Kono Kumo no Hate", released November 27, 2012
- "little legacy", released November 26, 2014
- "Words of GRACE", released February 24, 2016
ARTERY VEIN
Singles
- "Confutatis no Inori", released August 25, 2010
- "Last Judgement", released April 20, 2011
- "Pandora no Yoru", released August 24, 2011
- "Kagerou", released August 08, 2012
Albums
- "ARTERY VEIN", released March 7, 2012