Hirano Aya, from Aichi Prefecture, is a Japanese seiyuu and J-pop singer who has had roles in several anime, visual novels, and TV commercials in Japan. She is contracted to Grick. Until August 2011, she was contracted to Space Craft Entertainment, a branch of Space Craft Group for her voice acting career. For her singing career, she was signed under Lantis until May 2011. Her blood type is O. Aya spent a few of her very early years of life in America before returning to Japan. In 1998, she joined the Tokyo Child Theatrical Group division of the Space Craft Group company. Eventually, she began to appear in commercials and got her first role as a seiyuu in Tenshi no Shippo. From 2002-2003 she was a member of the short-lived girl band SpringS. After graduating from high school, she began seriously pursuing her seiyuu and solo singing career. Her big break came in 2006, when she was cast as the voice of Suzumiya Haruhi, the title character of the anime series The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. The show's public success has greatly enhanced her popularity and career in Japan. Her CD single Bouken Desho Desho? containing the opening song of the show sold out in Japan the very day it was released. This success was followed by her voicing two lead characters in anime based on popular manga (Reira in Nana and Misa in Death Note). Her popularity was confirmed at the first Seiyuu Awards, where she won "Best Newcomer (female)", for her role as Suzumiya Haruhi; the same role also won her a nomination as "Best Main Character (female)". At the same awards, she was also nominated for "Best Supporting Character (female)", and earned two nominations for "Best Single" (One of which is a solo, Bouken Desho Desho; the other was a group nomination for the single Hare Hare Yukai). In 2008, she won the "Best Main Character (female)" award at the second Seiyuu Awards. She performed at the "Animelo Summer Live" concerts between 2006 and 2008, as well as the Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekisou concert on March 18, 2007. Hirano Aya was a guest at Anime Expo 2007, along with other cast members from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Chihara Minori and Gotou Yuuko. In 2007, she continued to enjoy great success in her career, landing the role of Izumi Konata in the anime version of Lucky Star and launching three separate single albums back-to-back monthly at year's end.
Movie | Chainsaw Man the stage | Makima | 2024-04-12 |
Series | Wave, Listen to Me! | Chishiro Madoka | 2023-04-21 |
Series | Poketto ni Bōken o Tsumekonde | Yoko Meguro | 2023-10-20 |
Movie | Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero | Dende (voice) | 2022-06-11 |
Series | Akiba Maid War | Okachimachi (voice) | 2022-10-07 |
Movie | Gintama: The Very Final | Nobume Imai (voice) | 2021-01-08 |
Movie | Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet | Maiko Shirahato (voice) | 2021-04-16 |
Series | Voice Spring! | Iwao | 2021-04-29 |
Movie | Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part II | Alisa | 2019-06-15 |
Movie | Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry | Lucy Heartfilia | 2017-05-06 |
Movie | Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part I | 2017-12-09 | |
Series | The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan | Haruhi Suzumiya (voice) | 2015-04-04 |
Series | Dragon Ball Super | Dende (voice) | 2015-07-05 |
Movie | Girls und Panzer: The Movie | Arisa | 2015-11-21 |
Series | Witch Craft Works | Weekend | 2014-01-05 |
Movie | Rose Color's Buko | Nishimori Aoi (voice) | 2014-05-30 |
Series | Parasyte -the maxim- | Migi (voice) | 2014-10-09 |
Movie | Kid's Police | 2013-03-20 | |
Movie | Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge | Retz (voice) | 2013-01-12 |
Series | Unlimited Psychic Squad | Kaoru Akashi (voice) | 2013-01-08 |
Movie | Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods | Dende (voice) | 2013-03-30 |
Series | Queen's Blade: Vanquished Queens | Nanael | 2013-03-29 |
Movie | The Glacier Fox - 35th Anniversary Edition | レイラ | 2013-10-19 |
Series | Danganronpa: The Animation | Monaka Towa | 2013-07-05 |
Movie | FAIRY TAIL × RAVE | Lucy Heartfilia | 2013-08-16 |
Series | Gatchaman Crowds | Paiman (voice) | 2013-07-13 |
Movie | Tiger Mask | Maki | 2013-11-09 |
Series | Recorder and Randsell | 2012-01-06 | |
Movie | Fairy Tail: Phoenix Priestess | Lucy Heartfilia (voice) | 2012-08-18 |
Series | Girls und Panzer | Alisa (voice) | 2012-10-09 |
Movie | Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell | Mena Roshan | 2011-02-26 |
Movie | Sazae-san 3 | 2011-01-02 | |
Movie | Little Ghostly Adventures of Tofu Boy | 2011-04-29 | |
Movie | The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya | Haruhi Suzumiya (voice) | 2010-02-05 |
Series | The Qwaser of Stigmata | Katja | 2010-01-10 |
Movie | Lupin the Third: The Last Job | Asuka Kagurazaka (voice) | 2010-02-12 |
Movie | To: A Space Fantasy | Ariina (voice) | 2010-05-27 |
Series | Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan | Kana Ienaga | 2010-07-05 |
Series | Book Girl: Memoire | Asakura Miu | 2010-05-14 |
Movie | Book Girl | Miu Asakura (voice) | 2010-05-01 |
Series | Queen's Blade | Nanael (voice) | 2009-04-02 |
Series | Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas | Sasha / Athena (voice) | 2009-06-24 |
Movie | Lucky Star in Budokan | 泉こなた | 2009-03-29 |
Movie | The River's Light | 塔米 | 2009-06-20 |
Series | Charger Girl Juden Chan | Rona Elmo | 2009-06-25 |
Series | Maria Holic | Shizu Shidō | 2009-01-04 |
Series | White Album | Yuki Morikawa (voice) | 2009-01-04 |
Series | The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya | Suzumiya Haruhi (voice) | 2009-02-14 |
Series | Fairy Tail | Lucy Heartfilia (voice) | 2009-10-12 |
Movie | Macross Frontier: The False Songstress | Mena Roshan | 2009-11-21 |
Movie | Asylum Session | Hiyoko (voice) | 2009-07-11 |
Movie | Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors | Misa Amane (voice) | 2009-10-07 |
Series | Kiddy GiRL-AND | Lumière | 2009-10-15 |
Series | From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke | Ume Kurumizawa (voice) | 2009-10-07 |
Series | To | (voice) | 2009-10-02 |
Movie | To Symbiotic Planet | 2009-10-02 | |
Series | Psychic Squad | 2008-04-06 | |
Series | Macross Frontier | Meena Roshan | 2008-04-03 |
Movie | Lupin the Third: Green vs Red | Yukiko (voice) | 2008-04-02 |
Movie | Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Toki | Sara (voice) | 2008-03-26 |
Series | The Daughter of Twenty Faces | Mikamo Chizuko (voice) | 2008-04-12 |
Series | Linebarrels of Iron | Miu Kujo | 2008-10-03 |
Movie | Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black | Homura (voice) | 2008-12-13 |
Series | Hyakko | Ayumi Nonomura | 2008-10-01 |
Series | Kemeko Deluxe! | Nakamura-chan | 2008-10-04 |
Series | The Hill Dyed Rose Madder | Minato Nagase | 2008-10-01 |
Movie | Kiddy Grade II: Maelstrom | Lumière | 2007-06-23 |
Series | Lucky Star | Konata Izumi / Herself (voice) | 2007-04-08 |
Movie | Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God | Misa Amane (voice) | 2007-08-31 |
Series | Dragonaut: The Resonance | Garnet McLane | 2007-10-04 |
Movie | Kiddy Grade III: Truth Dawn | Lumière | 2007-09-01 |
Movie | Honjitsu no neko jijô | Lupin (voice) | 2007-12-01 |
Series | Magical Pokaan | Pachira | 2006-04-04 |
Series | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya | Haruhi Suzumiya (voice) | 2006-04-03 |
Series | Himawari! | Shikimi (voice) | 2006-04-09 |
Series | NANA | Reira Serizawa (voice) | 2006-04-05 |
Series | Galaxy Angel Rune | Kahlua | 2006-10-02 |
Series | Sumomomo Momomo - The Strongest Bride on Earth | Sanae Nakajima | 2006-10-05 |
Series | Death Note | Misa Amane (voice) | 2006-10-04 |
Series | Buso Renkin | Mahiro Muto | 2006-10-04 |
Series | Eyeshield 21 | Mamori Anezaki | 2005-04-06 |
Series | Canvas 2 ~Niji Iro no Sketch~ | Sumire Misaki (voice) | 2005-10-02 |
Series | Kiddy Grade | Lumière | 2002-10-08 |
Movie | SMAP Short Films | 2001-04-09 | |
Series | Angel Tales | Momo | 2001-10-04 |
Movie | The Tokyo Project | Keiko Yamazaki | 1988-06-25 |