Sora Amamiya

Sora Amamiya (雨宮 天, Amamiya Sora, born August 28, 1993) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo, Japan. She is affiliated with Music Ray'n. After passing an audition held by Music Ray'n, she made her voice acting debut in 2012. She played her first main role as Kaori Fujimiya in the 2014 anime television series One Week Friends. She is a member of the music unit TrySail, along with voice actress Momo Asakura and Shiina Natsukawa.

Her notable roles include Akame in Akame ga Kill!, Asseylum Vers Allusia in Aldnoah.Zero, Mayuri in Date A Live Movie: Mayuri Judgement, Hitomi Uzaki in Killing Bites, Aqua in KonoSuba, Miia in Monster Musume, Isla in Plastic Memories, Elizabeth Liones in The Seven Deadly Sins, and Touka Kirishima in Tokyo Ghoul. She also performed theme songs for various anime she has acted in. In 2015, she received the Best New Actress Award at 9th Seiyu Awards.

While a sophomore in high school, Amamiya was introduced to a video collection of roles of voice actress Miyuki Sawashiro. Following this, Amamiya decided to become a voice actress. Amamiya, together with Momo Asakura and Shiina Natsukawa, passed an audition held by Music Ray'n in 2011, with the three making their voice acting debut in 2012.

Her first lead role was Kaori Fujimiya in the 2014 anime television series One Week Friends, where she also performed the series' ending theme song "Kanade" (奏（かなで）, lit."Symphony"), a cover of a 2004 single by Sukima Switch. That same year, she played the role of Akame in Akame ga Kill!, Asseylum Vers Allusia in Aldnoah.Zero, Touka Kirishima in Tokyo Ghoul, and Elizabeth Liones in The Seven Deadly Sins. She made her official music debut for Music Ray'n by performing Akame ga Kill's opening theme song "Skyreach"; the song peaked at number 13 on the Oricon weekly charts. In late 2014, Amamiya, Asakura, and Natsukawa formed the music unit TrySail, which released its first single "Youthful Dreamer", used as the opening theme song to the anime television series Ultimate Otaku Teacher, on May 13, 2015.

In 2015, she was cast as Isla in Plastic Memories, Miia in Monster Musume, and Mayuri in the anime film Date A Live Movie: Mayuri Judgement. Amamiya, together with Reina Ueda and Aya Suzaki, received the Best New Actress Award at the 9th Seiyu Awards in March 2015. She released her first solo album Various BLUE on September 7, 2016; the album peaked at number 7 on the Oricon weekly charts. That same year, she played the role of Aqua in the anime KonoSuba. She, along with her co-stars, Rie Takahashi and Ai Kayano performed the series' ending theme song "Chīsana Bōken-sha" (ちいさな冒険者, lit."Little Adventurer").

In 2017, she played the role of Rui Kanoya in Re:Creators, and Haruka Narumi in Battle Girl High School. The following year, she was cast as Methode in Beatless, Hitomi Uzaki in Killing Bites, and Dancho Arthur in the mobile game Han-Gyaku-Sei Million Arthur; she would later reprise the role in the game's anime adaptation. She played the role of Akemi Sōryūin in the anime How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?, and reprised her role as Aqua in the anime film KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! Crimson Legend in 2019.

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