Iori Saeki

, also known by the stage name NU-KO, is a Japanese singer and voice actress affiliated with Swallow. Beginning her activities as a dōjin (self-published) musician in 2012, she began voice acting activities in 2018. She is known for her roles as King Halo in Umamusume: Pretty Derby, Kimie "Tanpopo" Kamata in Oresuki, Vanilla in Nekopara, Ashley in Lapis Re:Lights, and Yashiro Chikama in Adachi and Shimamura.

Biography Saeki was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on July 22, 1994. While in elementary school, she became interested in anime after watching the series Neon Genesis Evangelion and developing a fondness for the character Shinji Ikari and his voice actor Megumi Ogata.

In 2017, Saeki began a voice acting career, and trained at a school run by the talent agency Swallow. Later that year, she was cast as the characters Maiko Kurashiki in the mobile game Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine and Mitsuki Gero in the mixed-media project Onsen Musume, replacing Yurika Endō who had announced her retirement from voice acting. In 2019, she reprised the role of Maiko for the anime television series adaptation of Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine, and played the role of Kimie "Tanpopo" Kamata in Oresuki. In 2020, she played the role of Vanilla in Nekopara, played the role of Kozue Kasugai in Rebirth, reprised the role of Ashley for the anime television series adaptation of Lapis Re:Lights, In 2021, she played the role of Kei Ayamine in Muv-Luv Alternative. In 2022, she played the role of Menou in The Executioner and Her Way of Life, and played the role of Moe Yanagida in Tokyo Mew Mew New.

Filmography

Anime 2018 Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles as Maid Gifu no Taketayo as Gero Kaeru Noyatarou Z/X Code reunion as Honome Chōgasaki Oresuki as Kimie "Tampopo" Kamata Muv-Luv Alternative as Kei Ayamine The Tale of the Outcasts as Vivian The Dreaming Boy Is a Realist as Mina Ichinose

2024 Pon no Michi as Pai Kawahigashi

2025 Aharen-san Is Indecipherable 2nd Season as Henzan-sensei The Shy Hero and the Assassin Princesses as Ciel Zebul A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace as Shiori Asakura Blue Orchestra as Rika Tōgane

2026 Noble Reincarnation: Born Blessed, So I'll Obtain Ultimate Power as Shirley Grantz An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess as Silica Lunea Tetsuryō! Meet with Tetsudō Musume as Azami Takashima

2027 Maiden Blood as Eva

Video games 2015 Otocadoll as Nyandora

2018 Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine as Maiko Kurashiki Shōjo Kageki Revue Starlight -Re LIVE- as Yuyuko Tanaka Megido 72 as Baphomet

2021 Umamusume: Pretty Derby as King Halo

2023 TEVI as Jezbelle, Serulea Azur Lane as Constellation

TBA Lapis Re:Lights as Ashley

Others 2023 CoeStation as Hasuki Nemu 2024 Project:;Cold as Misato Kazahari Dubbing Mercy as Britt Raven (Kylie Rogers)