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Kotomi Aihara

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Kotomi Aihara
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Kotomi Aihara (藍原 ことみ, Aihara Kotomi; born 2 May 1990) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Aomori Prefecture, affiliated with Atomic Monkey.[1] She is known for voicing Shiki Ichinose in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, Bamboo Memory in Uma Musume Pretty Derby, and Bōrinmaru Gokokuhōtenji in Tasūketsu: Fate of the Majority.

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Kotomi Aihara, a native of Aomori Prefecture, was born on 2 May 1990.[2] As a preteen, she watched Cardcaptor Sakura and Hunter x Hunter and wanted to be a "2D boy", so she gradually became interested in voice acting.[3][4] This tendency had already existed in the previous few years, with her parents buying her a lot of goods associated with Sailor Uranus, a character she liked because of her voice (which was provided by Megumi Ogata).[4] She was educated at the Atomic Monkey Voice Acting and Acting Institute, where she was taught by instructor Miki Nagasawa,[4] and she also took part in the finals of the Seiyu Awards New Voice Actor Discovery Auditions and in the Koebu [ja] audition, winning the special prize at the latter.[2]

Aihara voices Shiki Ichinose in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, a sub-franchise in The Idolmaster franchise.[5] Since then, she has performed as a singer on several Idolmaster music releases, including "The Idolmaster Cinderella Master 038: Ichinose Shiki" (2015), which charted at #11 in the Oricon Singles Chart and the 2016 album The Idolmaster Cinderella Master Cute Jewelries! 003 (the series' first album to top the Oricon Albums Chart).[6][7] She reprised her role in the anime adaptation The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Theater.[8]

She voices Bamboo Memory in Uma Musume Pretty Derby.[9] In May 2024, it was announced that she would voice Bōrinmaru Gokokuhōtenji in Tasūketsu: Fate of the Majority.[10]

She cites Shiho Niiyama as an influence.[11]

She likes anison and is often interested in music by Megumi Hayashibara and Nana Mizuki, whose song "Scarlet Knight" she performed in her Seiyu Awards self-introduction.[4] She likes horror and mystery games, having played Mystereet [ja] repeatedly,[11] and she also plays the puzzle games Disney Tsum Tsum and Tetris.[3] She is a fan of 1990s anime, with her favorites being Cardcaptor Sakura and Sailor Moon Sailor Stars.[11]

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|- | 2025 || Honkai: Star Rail || Young Phainon || [1]

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