Yui Horie

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Yui Horie ( Japanese 堀 江 由 衣 , Horie Yui ; born September 20, 1976 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese voice actress ( seiyū ) and singer. She works as a voice actress for VIMS and as a singer for StarChild .

biography

In the 2nd year of elementary school, she was excited about the role of Yuri in the anime Dirty Pair and had the desire to become a voice actress. Later this wish came true when she spoke the Yuri from 2006-2007 in the radio play Lovely Angel . After high school, she attended a short college and studied Japanese literature . During her first year there in 1995, she saw an advertisement for an audition for a grant from the Artsvision agency in the seiyū magazine Voice Animage . Among more than 3000 applicants, she was one of 5 people who received the 11th gifted scholarship for the Nihon Narration Engi Kenkyūjo ( 日本 ナ レ ー シ ョ ン 演技 研究所 , German "Japanese Institute for Speech Acting"), Artsvision's voice acting training center. In 1996 she received the Namco Award at the Seiyū Audition of Sony Music Entertainment Japan .

She made her dubbing debut in 1997 in the computer game Voice Fantasia: Ushinawareta Voice Power . A year later her debut single my best friend appeared on Pony Canyon . She gained greater fame in 1999 for the role of Multi in the Game and Anime To Heart . Her big breakthrough as a dubbing actress came the following year with the lead role of Naru Narusegawa in the anime adaptation of Akamatsu - Mangas Love Hina .

In the same year she switched to the record label StarChild, where she released her first album Mizutamari ni Utsuru Sekai , founded the seiyū duo Yamato Nadeshiko with Yukari Tamura - named after the female ideal of the same name - and released her first novel album Kingyo Bachi Planet - A Yui Horie's visualbum ( 金魚 鉢 プ ラ ネ ッ ト ―A Yui Horie's visualbum).

In 2001 she released her first maxi single after her move to Love Destiny , as well as her first collection of essays Strawberry Hiyori ( ス ト ロ ベ リ ー 日 和 , Sutoroberī Hiyori ).

In 2002 she started her radio show Horie Yui no Tenshi no Tamago ( 堀 江 由 衣 の 天使 の た ま d, German: "Yui Hories Egg of the Angel").

In 2003 she landed with her 3rd album sky at number 10 on the weekly Oricon album charts and with her clip collection CLIPS1 at number 2 on the weekly Oricon DVD music charts and at number 15 on the weekly DVD overall charts.

On October 29, 2005, she founded the seiyū music group Aice⁵ with her colleagues Chiaki Takahashi , Akemi Kanda , Masumi Asano and Madoka Kimura . In 2006 she became a member of the "Ero- Visual-Kei- Angel" group Kurobara Hozonkai ( 黒 薔薇 保存 会 ) as Yuiel , in which she took over the singing and composing part. In the same year, Yui Hories reached 6th single Hikari number 5 in the singles charts.

In 2007 she left her agency Artsvision and switched to VIMS on November 1st as a freelance voice actress. Her 7th Single Days reached number 8 on the singles charts. On September 20, the breakup of their band Aice⁵ announced.

In 2008 she landed at number 8 in the album charts with her 6th album Darling and at number 8 with her live DVD Horie Yui: Christmas Live - Yui ga Santa ni Kigaetara ( 堀 江 由 衣 ク リ ス マ ス ラ イ ブ ブ 〜 由 衣 が サ ン タ に 着 が え た ら Platz) 1 in the DVD music charts and 10th in the overall DVD charts. Their 9th single Vanilla Salt rose to number 7 in the singles charts.

Her eighth album Himitsu was released in 2012 in a normal and two special editions and landed at number 3 on the album charts.

Roles (selection)

Anime

Computer games

Discography

Solo singles

Her singles are listed below, for which anime they were produced and what the pieces on them were used for in this anime.

No. title Publication
date		 Chart
position		 Anime
Pony Canyon
1. my best friend November 18, 1998 Kurogane Communication (opening and closing titles)
2. brand-new Communication
(brand-new コ ミ ュ ニ ケ イ シ ョ ン ,
brand-new komyunikeishon )		 March 17, 1999 Kurogane Communication (Image Song)
StarChild
1. Love Destiny May 16, 2001 11 Sister Princess (opening and closing titles)
2. Kirai Takaramono
( キ ラ リ ☆ 宝物 )		 February 28, 2002 18th Love Hina Again (opening and closing titles)
3. ALL MY LOVE July 24, 2002 11 Rikujō Bōetai Mao-chan (opening and closing titles)
4th Kokoro Harete, Yo mo Akete
( 心晴 れ て 夜 も 明 け て )		 February 4, 2004 14th Jūbei-chan 2 - Siberia Yagyū no Gyakushū (end title)
5. Scramble
( ス ク ラ ン ブ ル , Sukaramburu )		 October 27, 2004 13 School Rumble (opening credits)
6th Hikari
( ヒ カ リ )		 May 24, 2006 5 Inukami! (Opening title)
7th Days May 2, 2007 8th Nagasarete Airantō (opening and closing titles (episodes 1–12))
8th. Koi Suru Tenkizu
( 恋 す る 天 気 図 )		 17th August 2007 14th Nagasarete Airantō (credits to episodes 14-25)
9. Vanilla Salt October 22, 2008 7th Toradora! (End title for each anime and radio play)
10. silky heart January 28, 2009 9 Toradora! (2nd opening title to the anime)
11. Yahho !! August 26, 2009 12 Kanamemo (end title)
12. Immoralist
( イ ン モ ラ リ ス ト )		 February 2, 2011 8th Dragon Crisis (opening title)
13. Presenter May 25, 2011 9 Dog Days (end title)
14th Coloring January 18, 2012 11 Papa no Iu Koto o Kikinasai! (Closing title)
  1. ↑ as Yui Horie with UNSCANDAL

Solo albums

  • Mizutamari ni Utsuru Sekai ( 水 た ま り に 映 る セ カ イ , December 21, 2000, # 28)
  • Kuroneko to Tsuki Kikyū o Meguru Bōken ( 黒 猫 と 月 気 球 を め ぐ る 冒 険 , November 29, 2001, # 15)
  • sky (July 24, 2003, # 10)
  • Rakuen ( 楽 園 , April 28, 2004, # 11)
  • Usotsuki Alice to Kujiragō o Meguru Bōken ( 嘘 つ き ア リ ス と く じ ら 号 を め ぐ る 冒 険 , November 23, 2005, # 20)
  • Darling (January 30, 2008, # 8)
  • Honey Jet !! (July 15, 2009, # 10)
  • Himitsu ( 秘密 , February 22, 2012, # 3)

Compilations

  • Ho? ( ほ っ? , March 26, 2003, Best-of-Album, # 24)

Yamato Nadeshiko singles

  • Mō Hitori no Watashi ( も う ひ と り の 私 , April 26, 2000, # 91)
  • Merry Merrily (March 21, 2001, # 78)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ｓｋｙ / 堀 江 由 衣. (No longer available online.) Oricon Style, archived from the original on June 8, 2008 ; Retrieved October 31, 2008 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oricon.co.jp
  2. ↑ 堀 江 由 衣 ＣＬＩＰＳ １ / 堀 江 由 衣. (No longer available online.) Oricon Style, archived from the original on May 9, 2009 ; Retrieved October 31, 2008 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oricon.co.jp
  3. ↑ ヒ カ リ / 堀 江 由 衣 . (No longer available online.) Oricon Style, archived from the original on December 12, 2008 ; Retrieved November 1, 2008 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oricon.co.jp
  4. ↑ Ｄａｙｓ / 堀 江 由 衣. (No longer available online.) Oricon Style, archived from the original on June 16, 2008 ; Retrieved November 1, 2008 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oricon.co.jp
  5. ↑ Ｄａｒｌｉｎｇ / 堀 江 由. (No longer available online.) Oricon Style, archived from the original on June 16, 2008 ; Retrieved November 1, 2008 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oricon.co.jp
  6. ↑ 堀 江 由 衣 ク リ ス マ ス ラ イ ブ ～ 由 衣 が サ ン タ に 着 が え た ら ～ / 堀 江 由 衣 . (No longer available online.) Oricon Style, archived from the original on June 7, 2008 ; Retrieved November 1, 2008 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oricon.co.jp
  7. ↑ 2008 年 11 月 第 1 週 の 邦 楽 シ ン グ ル ラ ン キ ン グ 情報 . (No longer available online.) Oricon Style, formerly the original ; Retrieved November 1, 2008 (Japanese, Japanese music singles ranking for the 1st week of November 2008).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.oricon.co.jp  
  8. ↑ Yui Horie's 8th Album Sells 18,000 to Rank # 3 . Anime News Network, February 28, 2012, accessed February 28, 2012 .

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personal data
SURNAME Horie, Yui
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 堀 江 由 衣 (Japanese); Yuiel (pseudonym for Kurobara Hozonkai); ユ イ エ ル (Japanese, pseudonym for Kurobara Hozonkai)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese voice actress and singer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th September 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Tokyo prefecture