Asami Tano

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Asami Tano
田野 アサミ
Born (1987-02-12) 12 February 1987 (age 37)
Occupations
as Saki Nikaido
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Spouse
Ryo Kitamura
(m. 2021)
Children1

Asami Tano (田野 アサミ, Tano Asami, born 12 February 1987) is a Japanese actress from

Smile PreCure, Francesca, Love Live! Sunshine!!, and Zombie Land Saga. She has also appeared in the theatrical productions of Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade, Persona 4 Arena, Blue Exorcist, Kuroko's Basketball, and The Seven Deadly Sins
.

Biography

Asami Tano, a native of Amagasaki, was born on 12 February 1987.[2] She was a originally a member of the idol group BOYSTYLE.[3]

In 2011, her first anime role was in

Hugtto! PreCure Futari wa Pretty Cure: All Stars Memories, which was certified as having the "Most Magical Warriors in an Anime Film" by Guinness World Records.[6]

In January 2014, she starred as Mitsuru Kirijo in the stage musical Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade;[7] she reprised the role in both the Persona 4 Arena stage play[8] and Persona 4 Ultimax Song Project.[9] On 3 April 2018, Tano was cast as Guila in the stage adaptation of The Seven Deadly Sins. On 28 July 2018, it was announced that Tano would cease performing at the stage production to recover from thyroid disease;[10] the role of Guila was substituted by actress Haneyuri.[11] She also played Mamushi Hojo in the stage adaptation of Blue Exorcist, Live Act Ao no Exorcist ~Mashin no Rakuin~,[12] and Riko Aida in the stage adaptation of Kuroko's Basketball, Kuroko's Basketball The Encounter[13]

In February 2014, she was cast as Exorcist in Francesca, an anime centered on the titular idol based in

Hokkaido Prefecture, alongside the titular main character's voice actress Yui Makino.[14] In April 2014, she was cast in Sega Hard Girls as Genesis.[15] Her Sword Art Online II character Nori sang the song "Sleepless Legend" for the SAO II Song Collection, which was released on 22 March 2017.[16] She voiced Sarah Kazuno in Love Live! Sunshine!!, who is part of the subunit duo Saint Snow alongside Leah Kazuno (voiced by Hinata Satō).[17] She voices Aki Saotome in the third-person shooter video game Bullet Girls.[18]

On 10 September 2018, Tano was cast as Saki Nikaido in

MAPPA.[19] Tano was interviewed by Rolling Stone Japan alongside her co-stars Kaede Hondo, Minami Tanaka and Mamoru Miyano.[20] She also appeared at the Zombie Land Saga panel at Crunchyroll Expo 2019.[3] In her July 2019 interview with Anime! Anime! following the anime's collaboration with Grimoire A: Shiritsu Grimoire Mahou Gakuen, Tano mentioned that, during recording, she was given assistance to use the Saga dialect to reprise her character.[21]

On 13 December 2021, she announced her marriage to actor Ryō Kitamura [ja].[22] On 12 December 2022, she announced the birth of her first child [23]

Filmography

Anime

Year Title Role Source
2011 Toriko Rin [24]
2012 Smile PreCure! Akane Hino/Cure Sunny [5]
Monsuno Vicky [24]
Arata: The Legend Honi [24]
2013 Silver Spoon Toyonishi [25]
Gaist Crusher Kohaku Kongōji [24]
2014 The Pilot's Love Song Chiharu de Lucia [24]
Sword Art Online II Nori [24]
Francesca Exorcist [14]
Sega Hard Girls Genesis [15]
2015 Durarara!!×2 Amphisbaena [24]
The Testament of Sister New Devil Burst Nanao Tachibana [24]
2016 Love Live! Sunshine!! Sarah Kazuno [24]
2017 Schoolgirl Strikers: Animation Channel Mari Yukishiro [24]
2018 Zombie Land Saga Saki Nikaido [19]
2020 GeGeGe no Kitarō Rikako
Seton Academy: Join the Pack! Ferrill Ōkami
The God of High School Commissioner P
2021 Zombie Land Saga Revenge Saki Nikaido [19]

Film

Year Title Role Source
2012 Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Friends of the Future Akane Hino/Cure Sunny [24]
Smile PreCure! the Movie: Big Mismatch in a Picture Book! Akane Hino/Cure Sunny [24]
2013 Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2: Friends of the Heart Akane Hino/Cure Sunny [24]
Toriko the Movie: Bishokushin's Special Menu'' Rin [24]
2015 Pretty Cure All Stars: Spring Carnival♪ Akane Hino/Cure Sunny [24]
2016 Pretty Cure All Stars: Singing with Everyone♪ Miraculous Magic! Akane Hino/Cure Sunny [24]
2018
Hugtto! PreCure Futari wa Pretty Cure: All Stars Memories
Akane Hino/Cure Sunny [6]
2019 Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow Sarah Kazuno
2020 Burn the Witch Nini Spangle [26]

Theatre

Year Title Role Source
2014 Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade Mitsuru Kirijo [7]
Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena
Mitsuru Kirijo [8]
2015 Persona 4 Ultimax Song Project Mitsuru Kirijo [9]
2016 Live Act Ao no Exorcist ~Mashin no Rakuin~ Mamushi Hojo [12]
Kuroko's Basketball The Encounter Riko Aida [13]

Video games

Year Title Role Source
2011 Toriko: Gourmet Survival! Rin [24]
2012 Toriko: Gourmet Survival! 2 Rin [24]
Smile PreCure! Let's Go! Marchen World Akane Hino/Cure Sunny [24]
2013 Gaist Crusher Kohaku Kongōji [24]
2014 Schoolgirl Strikers Mari Yukishiro [24]
Gaist Crusher God Kohaku Kongōji [24]
Bullet Girls Aki Saotome [18]
2016 Bullet Girls 2 Aki Saotome [24]
2021 Granblue Fantasy Fediel [27]

Dubbing

Year Title Role Source
2014 Beauty and the Beast Virgil [28]
2015 Little Astro Boy Ken [29]
Star Wars Rebels Sabine Wren [24]
2022 Red Election Katrine Poulson [30]

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