Coco Hayashi

Not to be confused with Kyoko Hayashi.

Coco Hayashi (林 鼓子, Hayashi Koko; born May 15, 2002) is a Japanese actress who specializes in voice acting. She voiced Ayumi Hayashi in Wake Up, Girls! New Chapter! and Mirai Momoyama in Kiratto Pri Chan.

Coco Hayashi
林 鼓子
Hayashi in 2018
Born	(2002-05-15) 15 May 2002 (age 23) Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Other names	Hayamaru[1][2]
Occupations	Actress voice actress
Years active	2017–present
Agent(s)	81 Produce（2018–2023) Freelance（2023, 2025-） mitt management（2023–2025）
Notable work	Wake Up, Girls! New Chapter! as Ayumi Hayashi Kiratto Pri Chan as Mirai Momoyama Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club as Setsuna Yūki/Nana Nakagawa BanG Dream! as Taki Shiina
Awards	Best New Actress Award at the 13th Seiyu Awards

Biography

Hayashi was born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture,^[2] to an anime-loving father.^[3] She was a member of Space Craft Junior as a child and appeared in Oha Suta by 2013.^[4] She participated in a live event of voice actress Nana Mizuki and aspired to be a voice actress influenced by her performance.^[2] After receiving the recommendation of her father,^[3] she successfully auditioned in 2017 avex×81produce Wake Up, Girls! AUDITION.^[5] Her career started when she starred as Ayumi Hayashi in the 2017 Wake Up, Girls! spinoff New Chapter!,^[6] and she formed the unit Run Girls, Run! with Yuuka Morishima and Nanami Atsugi.^[3] In 2018, she voiced the lead character of Kiratto Pri Chan, Mirai Momoyama,^[7] and she starred in King of Prism: Shiny Seven Stars as Nagisa Takahashi.^[8] She also won the Best New Actress Award at the 13th Seiyu Awards alongside Kaede Hondo, Rina Honnizumi, Manaka Iwami, and Tomori Kusunoki.^[9] She also voiced a schoolgirl in the 2019 Love Live! Sunshine!! film.^[10] On 25 March, she was revealed to be the new voice actress of Setsuna Yuki from Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, succeeding Tomori Kusunoki who was the previous voice actress.

On April 2nd she announced she left mitt management due to her contracts expiring on X (formerly Twitter).^[11][12]

Filmography

Anime

2017

• Wake Up, Girls! New Chapter!, Ayumi Hayashi^[6]

2018

• Kiratto Pri Chan, Mirai Momoyama^[13]

2019

• King of Prism: Shiny Seven Stars, Nagisa Takahashi^[8]
• The Promised Neverland, Ugen, Damdin, and Rossy

2020

• Nekopara, child

2023

• MF Ghost, Mami Satō^[14]
• Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Setsuna Yuki/Nana Nakagawa^[15]
• BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!, Taki Shiina^[16]
• Tonikawa: Over the Moon for You – High School Days, Haru Miyako^[17]

2025

• BanG Dream! Ave Mujica, Taki Shiina^[18]
• City the Animation, Kamome Adatara^[19]

Film

2018

• PriPara & Kiratto Pri☆Chan Movie: Sparkling Memorial Live, Mirai Momoyama^[20]

2019

• Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow, schoolgirl A^[10]

Video games

2021

• Blue Archive, Sora^[21]

2023

• Love Live! School Idol Festival 2: Miracle Live!, Setsuna Yuki
• BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!, Taki Shiina

2024

• Assault Lily: Last Bullet, Shiera Tada