Hitomi Sekine

Hitomi Sekine (Japanese: 関根 瞳, Hepburn: Sekine Hitomi; born 9 May 2000) is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with I'm Enterprise.^[1] She is known for voicing Mano Sakuragi in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, Ryoko Sukuno in Shinobi no Ittoki, Ellis Seifort in Berserk of Gluttony, Koyuzu Koganei in Otaku Elf, and Celina in Goodbye, Dragon Life. She is also a member of the J-Pop duo Everdream [ja].

Hitomi Sekine
関根 瞳
Born	(2000-05-09) 9 May 2000 (age 25)
Occupations	Voice actress singer
Years active	2018–present
Employer	I'm Enterprise
Notable work	The Idolmaster Shiny Colors as Mano Sakuragi Berserk of Gluttony as Ellis Seifort Otaku Elf as Koyuzu Koganei Goodbye, Dragon Life as Celina

Biography

Hitomi Sekine, a native of Tokyo, was born on 9 May 2000.^[1][2] She wanted to become a voice actor after watching the anime Gintama on the recommendation of a friend while in the fifth grade of elementary school.^[3] She joined I'm Enterprise in April 2017, a month before her 17th birthday, after studying at the Japan Narration Actor Institute [ja].^[3][4]

In 2018, Sekine made her debut as Mano Sakuragi in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors,^[5] a sub-franchise in The Idolmaster franchise. Since then, she has performed as a singer on several Idolmaster music releases, including the 2018 single "The Idolmaster Shiny Colors Brilliant Wing 02: Hikari no Destination" (which charted at #11 in the Oricon Singles Chart) and the 2021 single "The Idolmaster Poplinks Poplinks Tune!!!!!" (which charted at #14 in the Oricon Singles Chart).^[6][7] She will reprise her role in the 2024 anime adaptation.^[8]

In June 2022, Sekine was cast as Ryoko Sukuno, a major character in Shinobi no Ittoki.^[9] In 2023, she starred as Ellis Seifort in Berserk of Gluttony, Mizue in Rokudo's Bad Girls, and Koyuzu Koganei in Otaku Elf.^[10][11][12] In 2024, she was cast as Celina in Goodbye, Dragon Life.^[13]

In 2018, Sekine became a member of Marine Entertainment [ja]'s voice acting unit TearLove.^[5] She remained active with them until their last concert in 2022.^[14] She and Misato Matsuoka later formed the rock singing duo Everdream [ja].^[15]

Filmography

Animated television

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2019	A Certain Scientific Accelerator		[1]
2019	Girly Air Force		[1]
2019	Teasing Master Takagi-san		[1]
2019	Wasteful Days of High School Girls		[1]
2020	Ahiru no Sora		[1]
2020	Fruits Basket		[1]
2020	Healin' Good Pretty Cure	Amano	[1]
2020	Mewkledreamy		[1]
2020	White Cat Project: Zero Chronicle		[1]
2021	Cells at Work!		[1]
2022	Doraemon		[1]
2022	Shinobi no Ittoki	Ryoko Sukuno	[9]
2023	Berserk of Gluttony	Ellis Seifort	[10]
2023	Rokudo's Bad Girls	Mizue	[11]
2023	KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World!		[1]
2023	Otaku Elf	Koyuzu Koganei	[12]
2024	Goodbye, Dragon Life	Celina	[13]
2024	The Idolmaster Shiny Colors	Mano Sakuragi	[8]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2018	The Idolmaster Shiny Colors	Mano Sakuragi	[16]
2019	Kōya no Kotobuki Hikōtai: Ōzora no Take Off Girls!	Moa	[1]
2020	Azur Lane	Chitose, Chiyoda	[1]