Satomi Akesaka

Satomi Akesaka ( 明 坂 聡 美 Akesaka Satomi ; * January 2, 1988 in Saitama , Saitama Prefecture ) is a Japanese seiyū , actress and former musician. She is under contract with the talent agency Amuleto .

Career

Akesaka had her first speaking role in 2004 for the anime Koi Kaze , in which she voiced Futaba Anzai. A year later she had a dubbing role in the anime series Mushishi , where she gave her voice to Nami. She also had roles in the 2007 and 2008 series Lucky Star and Sekirei . Akasaka had a supporting role in the horror anime series Another and Date A Live . In 2014, she voiced the antagonist Esdeath in Akame ga Kill! . In 2017 and 2018 she played the role of Rinko Shirogane in the anime series BanG Dream! and its offshoot BanG Dream! Girls band party! ☆ PICO. She became a member of the rock band Roselia , which is also part of the franchise.

She was part of the Bang for a year before she had to end her musical career due to a hearing loss. She has interpreted songs for several anime series, some of which made it into the Japanese single charts, determined by Oricon .

She still works as a seiyū and had a role in the anime series Gakuen Babysitters .

In 2005 Akesaka appeared on stage as an actress. She was involved in the theater implementation of the series School Rumble and Galaxy Angel . It can also be heard in the video games Fate / Grand Order , League of Legends and Granblue Fantasy .

Roles (selection)

• 2004: Koi Kaze as Futaba Anzai
• 2005: Mushishi as Nami
• 2007: Lucky Star as Matsuri Hiiragi
• 2008: Sekirei as Kuno
• 2012: Another as Samu Watanabe
• 2012: Sword Art Online as moderator
• 2013: Date A Live as Shiizaki
• 2014: Akame ga Kill! as Esdeath
• 2014: Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V as Ayu Ayukawa
• 2015: Gate as Mari Kurokawa
• 2017: BanG Dream! as Rinko Shirogane
• 2018: Gakuen Babysitters as Maria Inomata

Discography

With Roselia

• 2017: Black Shout (Single, Bushiroad Music )
• 2017: Re: birth Day (Single, Bushiroad Music)
• 2017: Passionate Starmine (Single, Bushiroad Music)
• 2017: Oneness (Single, Bushiroad Music)
• 2018: Opera of the Wasteland (Single, Bushiroad Music)
• 2018: Beginning (Album, Bushiroad Music)
• 2018: R (Single, Bushiroad Music)

Web links

• Profile at Amuleto (Japanese)
• Entry in the Anime News Network encyclopedia
• Entry in the AniSearch encyclopedia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Egan Loo: Satomi Akesaka to Leave BanG Dream! Franchise Due to Sudden Hearing Loss. Anime News Network , June 30, 2018, accessed March 3, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Chart tracking Singles: JP