Haruko Momoi

is a Japanese singer, songwriter and voice actress. She is one of the founders of an all-female pop group called Afilia Saga. She was born in Tokyo, Japan and is affectionately referred to as Halko by her fans, a nickname she gave herself which is inspired by HAL 9000, the computer in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Biography

Career Haruko took interest in personal computers from a young age and studied personal computer communications during high school. After she graduated from , her articles and writing on her online blog caught the attention of the chief editor of the Weekly ASCII magazine. She was later offered a job as a writer for the magazine.

During the late nineties, Haruko began singing and doing live performances on the streets of Harajuku and Akihabara. She then debuted her single "Mail Me," a cover version of which appears in the movie Suicide Circle in 2001. Soon after, she debuted as a voice actress for her role as Komugi Nakahara in Nurse Witch Komugi. In 2001, she paired with Masaya Koike to form the duo UNDER17 and together performed songs for adult and mainstream video games and anime. After their last album Best Album 3 ~Soshite Densetsu e...~ and a live tour of the same name, UNDER17 separated in 2004 citing creative differences, and the two musicians have since gone their separate ways. She continued on with her solo singing career and in 2006, was signed under avex mode as a music composer and singer.

In 2007, Halko published an autobiography entitled Akihaba-LOVE, in which she tells of the major experiences that shaped her life, mainly those that were important in constructing her career as a musician and voice actress, but it also includes anecdotes from her childhood and stories of friendship, as well as personal opinions on different aspects of anime fandom.

Filmography

Anime 2001 Final Fantasy: Unlimited (Ai Hayakawa) The SoulTaker (Komugi Nakahara) 2002 Ai Yori Aoshi (Chika Minazuki) Galaxy Angel A (Announcer) Gravion (Doria) UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie (Maru) 2003 Ai Yori Aoshi:Enishi (Chika Minazuki) Bottle Fairy (Tama-chan) Da Capo (Utamaru) Popotan (Mii) Mahoromatic: Summer Special (Shi Ho) Mouse (Samantha Morijima in Ep. 12) 2004 DearS (China) Gravion Zwei (Doria) Kujibiki Unbalance (Shinobu Enomoto) Paranoia Agent (Maromi) Ragnarok The Animation (Maya) Ryūsei Sentai Musumet (Kō Saotome) 2005 Da Capo Second Season (Utamaru) 2006 Blackjack 21 (Suzie) Lovely Idol (Mai Nonomiya) Magikano (Marin Nijihara) 2007 Code-E (Keiko Komatsuna) Prism Ark (Filia) My Bride Is a Mermaid (San Seto) 2008 Mission-E (Keiko Komatsuna) Tales of the Abyss (Anise Tatlin) 2011 Steins;Gate (Faris NyanNyan) 2014 Wonder Momo (Original Wonder Momo) 2017 Akiba's Trip: The Animation (Momo Tsukumo) 2018 Steins;Gate 0 (Faris NyanNyan)

OVA Majokko Tsukune-chan (Tsukune) Netrun-mon (Chiyu) Nurse Witch Komugi (Komugi Nakahara/Magical Nurse Komugi) Nurse Witch Komugi-Chan Magikarte Z (Komugi Nakahara/Magical Nurse Komugi) Moekan (Moe no Mikoto)

Anime Movie Camp Pikachu (Wynaut)

Tokusatsu Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger (herself) Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger Season Two (Yuru-Chara Jigen)

Games Baldr Force EXE (Baschiera) BALDR BULLET "REVELLION" (Asou Natsume) D.C.P.S.: Da Capo Plus Situation (Utamaru) D.C. Four Seasons: Da Capo Four Seasons (Utamaru) DearS (China)

Nurse Witch Komugi (Komugi Nakahara/Magical Nurse Komugi) Prism Ark (Filia) Prism Ark -AWAKE- (Filia) Queen's Gate: Spiral Chaos (Wonder Momo) Steins;Gate (Feiris Nyannyan) Steins;Gate - Darling of Loving Vows (Feiris Nyannyan) Steins;Gate - Linear Bounded Phenogram (Feiris Nyannyan) Steins;Gate 0 (Feiris Nyannyan) Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity (Tia) Tales of the Abyss (Anise Tatlin) Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 (Anise Tatlin) Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 (Anise Tatlin) Tales of Fandom Vol.2 (Anise Tatlin) Phantasy Star Online 2 (Lottie)

Yunyun Syndrome!? Rhythm Psychosis (Yunyun)

Miscellaneous Kawaii! JeNny (Sister B)

Radio

Kageyama ☆ Momoi no Baisoku Moe-Chan Neru Popo-Radi (Ended) Ragnarok Online: THE RADIO (Ended) Ura Momoi (Ended) Prism Knight (Ended) TOKYO→NIIGATA MUSIC CONVOY (January, 2006) Momoi Haruko no Chō! Momoi Momoi Haruko no Radio ☆ UP DATE (Ended) avex presents Momoi Haruko no NikoNiko RADIO avex presents Momoi Haruko no FumuFumu RADIO My Bride Is a Mermaid: Yomeiri Radio (Ended)

Drama CD Ai Yori Aoshi series (Chika Minazuki)

Tales of the Abyss series (Anise Tatlin) Prism Ark Special Sound Package (Filia) Prism Ark Drama CD: Sister Hell Prism Variation (Filia) Ragnarok The Animation Ver.1-Ver.3 (Maya)

Poporaji (Mii)

Television D's Garage21 (TV Asahi, ended) Anime TV (Guest) AniPara Music-place (Guest) Geki☆Ten (Guest) Akiba!AKIBA☆Akiba (Guest) Anime Tengoku (Guest, regular from October 2007) HOT WAVE (TV Saitama, guest) JoyPopTune (TV Saitama)

@Tunes. (tvk, guest)

Discography

Singles Date ReleasedSingle Name May 24, 2000 Mail Me July 27, 2005 October 19, 2005 WONDER MOMO-i~New recording~ November 8, 2006 December 6, 2006 December 27, 2006 Enter! March 28, 2007 October 10, 2007 Party! October 25, 2007 October 25, 2007 R・G・B... November 14, 2007 April 29, 2009 June 17, 2009 March 2, 2011 June 22, 2011 May 23, 2012 June 7, 2017 November 8, 2017

Albums Date ReleasedAlbum Name August 9, 2006 momo-i quality February 21, 2007 March 21, 2007 June 8, 2007 June 20, 2007 March 5, 2008 Sunday early morning December 3, 2008 more&more quality RED ~Anime song cover~ December 3, 2008 more&more quality WHITE ~Self song cover~ September 30, 2009 September 15, 2010 August 24, 2011 October 24, 2012 October 21, 2015 STAY GOLD July 20, 2016 Pink Hippo Album ~Self Cover Best~ August 8, 2018 pearl

Anime Singles Date ReleasedSingle Name November 1, 2006 April 25, 2007 Romantic Summer May 23, 2007 your gravitation August 22, 2007 Dan Dan Dan August 27, 2008 Feel So Easy

DVD momo-i Live DVD (avex mode) Haruko☆UP DATE (Pony Canyon) CLIP BEST (avex mode) Simultaneous release with the album Sunday early morning on March 5, 2008 with the making-of of her PVs and image collection.

Book Akihaba LOVE ~Akihabara to issho ni otona ni natta~

Convention appearances

Momoi has appeared in various convention concerts outside Japan. To date, she has visited the United States, Germany, Canada, Mexico, Finland, the United Kingdom and Russia. Anime Expo 2007, Long Beach, California: June 29 - July 2, 2007 Connichi 2007, Kassel, Germany: September 7–9, 2007 Anime North 2008, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: May 23–25, 2008 Connichi 2008, Kassel, Germany: September 12–14, 2008 FanimeCon 2009, San Jose, California: May 22–25, 2009 Aya Revolution 2009, Coventry, United Kingdom: August 14–16, 2009 Anime Vegas 2009, Las Vegas, Nevada: September 5–7, 2009 FanimeCon 2010, San Jose, California: May 28–31, 2010 Desucon 2010, Lahti, Finland: June 12–13, 2010 Momo-i Night Fest 2010, Las Vegas, Nevada: June 19, 2010 J-popcon 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark: November 13, 2010 FanimeCon 2011, San Jose, California: May 27–30, 2011 Japan Expo 2011, Paris, France: June 30-July 3, 2011 Otakuthon 2011, Montreal, Quebec, Canada: August 12-August 14, 2011 JapanDay 2011, Düsseldorf, Germany: October 15-October 16, 2011 J-Fest 2011, Moscow, Russia: November 19-November 20, 2011 Anime Boston 2012, Boston, Massachusetts: April 6–8, 2012 SMASH! Sydney Manga and Anime Show 2013, Sydney, Australia: August 10, 2013 Idol Matsuri 2014, Silverdale, Washington: June 20–22, 2014