Yurika Endo

Yurika Endō ( 遠藤 ゆ り か Endō Yurika , born June 24, 1994 in Tokyo ) is a former Japanese seiyū and pop musician .

In her active voice acting career from 2013 to 2018, she had roles in anime series such as Ace of Diamond , Magimoji Rurumo and Sakura Trick . In 2017 she voiced the roles of Nozomi Momijidani in Angel's 3Piece! and Lisa Imai from the BanG-Dream! -Franchise. In December 2017, she announced her retirement from the entertainment industry for 2018 due to health problems .

biography

Yurika Endō was born on June 24, 1994 in the Japanese capital Tokyo . According to a post on Twitter , she wanted to become a singer and seiyu from childhood . She aroused her interest in anime through series such as Ojamajo Doremi and Cardcaptor Sakura . Her interest in manga and anime solidified her desire to become an entertainer during her time in high school . At that time, she joined a music group that covers played by anime songs.

Although still going to high school, Endo took part in the sixth edition of the Animax Anison Grand Prix and reached the final there. She then decided to take part in a casting for the media company PonyCanyon . She won this and was signed by the artist agency Swallow , which belongs to PonyCanyon . She forms the vocal duo Yuki * Kari with the newcomer seiyū Karin Takahashi . Endo made her debut as a singer in the entertainment industry in 2013 with Yuki * Kari when they released the song Kimi to Futari , which was used as the end credits song for the anime series The Severing Crime Edge . She made her dubbing debut the same year she played Haruno Yoshikawa in the Ace of Diamond anime series .

In 2014, Endo released her first single as a solo musician. This is called Monochrome Overdrive and was used as the closing title for the series Z / X Ignition , in which she also dubbed the character Aina Mikage. The song was written and composed by Hisashi, lead guitarist for the band Glay . They also embodied in the anime series Sakura Trick and Magimoji Rurumo the characters Rina Sakai or Tanako Kujirai. Her second single, Futari Chrono Stasis , was released in August 2014 and is the closing song in the series Magimoji Rurumo.

In 2015 she was seen at the Anime Festival Asia in Indonesia and Singapore . In 2017 she was chosen for the role of Lisa Imai from the BanG-Dream! -Franchise cast and became a member of the rock band Roselia . In the anime series Angel's 3Piece! she spoke the character Nozomi Momijidani and became a member of the group Baby's Breath. She also spoke to Mitsuki Gero in the multimedia project Onsen Musume .

In December 2017, Endo announced that it would be retiring from the entertainment industry for the following year due to health problems. Her last appearance outside of Japan was at Anime Festival Asia in February 2018 in Hong Kong , her last live appearance with Roselia was in May and the last solo concert was on June 1, 2018.

Filmography

• 2013–2016: Ace of Diamond as Haruno Yoshikawa
• 2014: Magimoji Rurumo as Tanako Kujirai
• 2014: Sakura Trick as Rina Sakai
• 2014: Z / X Ignition as Aina Mikage
• 2015: Comical Psychosomatic Medicine as Asuna Kangoshi ( web anime )
• 2016: Kaiju Girls as Reika Shiragane (web anime)
• 2016: Rilu Rilu Fairilu as Haruka
• 2017: BanG Dream! as Lisa Imai
• 2017: Angel's 3Piece! as Nozomi Momijidani

Discography

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Emotional Daybreak -Singles Best-   JP 34 May 21, 2018 (4 weeks)

Singles

Monochrome overdrive   JP 41 02/17/2014 (3 weeks) Futari no Chrono Stasis   JP 55 08/18/2014 (2 weeks) Melody and Flower   JP 40 05/08/2017 (1 week)

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)

solo

• 2014: Monochrome Overdrive (Single, PonyCanyon )
• 2014: Futari no Chrono Stasis (Single, PonyCanyon)
• 2017: Melody and Flower (Single, PonyCanyon)

Web links

• Entry in the Anime News Network encyclopedia
• Entry in the encyclopedia at AniSearch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information. PonyCanyon , archived from the original on October 13, 2013 ; Retrieved March 1, 2020 (Japanese). 
2. ^ Yurika Endo: Twitter. Twitter , December 17, 2017, accessed March 1, 2020 (Japanese). 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} 「遠藤 ゆ り か」 声優 イ ン タ ビ ュ ー ＆ 撮 り 下 ろ し グ ラ ビ ア 【声優 図 鑑】. Da Vinci News, June 5, 2014, accessed March 1, 2020 (Japanese). 
4. ↑ ^{a b} GLAY ・ HISASHI 、 新人 声優 ・ 遠藤 ゆ り か に 初 ア ニ ソ ン. Oricon , December 9, 2013, accessed March 1, 2020 (Japanese). 
5. ↑ "遠藤 ゆ り か Endo Yurika". Swallow , archived from the original on March 31, 2016 ; Retrieved March 1, 2020 (Japanese). 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Egan Loo: Voice Actress Yurika Endō to Retire From Entertainment Career in May. Anime News Network , December 17, 2017, accessed on March 1, 2020 . 
7. ↑ "遠藤 ゆ り か (Yurika Endou)". Voice Actor DataBase, accessed March 1, 2020 (Japanese). 
8. ↑ Mikikazu Komatsu: VIDEO: Rookie Voice Actress Yurika Endo's Solo Debut Song "Monochrome Overdrive" PV. Crunchyroll , January 28, 2014, accessed March 1, 2020 . 
9. ^ Rafael Antonio Pineda: AFA Indonesia to Host Voice Actress Junko Takeuchi. Anime News Network, September 5, 2015, accessed March 1, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Rafael Antonio Pineda: Anime Festival Asia 2015. Anime News Network, December 12, 2015, accessed March 1, 2020 . 
11. ↑ ^{a b} Martine Trlica: Yurika Endo Retires, What Will Happen to Her Ongoing Projects BanG Dream and Onsen Musume? Manga.tokyo, December 19, 2018, accessed March 1, 2020 . 
12. ↑ Crystalyn Hodgkins: Main Cast Performs Tenshi no 3P! / Here Comes the Three Angels Anime's Opening Theme. Anime News Network, May 5, 2017, accessed March 1, 2020 . 
13. ^ Paul Chapman: "Onsen Musume" Project Kicks Off With Cast Listing, Key Visual, and (NSFW-ish) Preview Video. Crunchyroll, March 15, 2017, accessed March 1, 2020 . 
14. ↑ Rafael Antonio Pineda: C3 AFA Hong Kong Hosts 'Baby's Breath' Vocal Unit. Anime News Network, January 2, 2018, accessed March 1, 2020 . 
15. ↑ 遠藤 ゆ り か 「YURIKA ENDO FINAL LIVE-Emotional Daybreak-」 の 開 催 が 決定 !! PonyCanyon, February 14, 2018, archived from the original on August 10, 2019 ; Retrieved March 1, 2020 (Japanese). 
16. ↑ Chart tracking albums: JP
17. ↑ Chart tracking Singles: JP