Mayu Mineda

is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Nagano Prefecture, affiliated with VIMS. She is known for portraying Kanako Mitsue in Stars Align, Meguru Hachimiya in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, Millia in Peach Boy Riverside, and Higuruma in In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki. Biography Mayu Mineda, a native of Nagano Prefecture, was born on 28 November 1997. As a junior high school student, she was head of her school's art club, went to school with future voice actress Nanami Atsugi, discovered an interest in anime while watching MegaMan NT Warrior, bought a character CD of Azusa Nakano (the main protagonist of K-On) and felt that two of the characters Aoi Yūki was voicing – Diane from The Seven Deadly Sins and Madoka Kaname from Puella Magi Madoka Magica – "fit perfectly together" despite having "completely different personalities". She became interested in voice acting because of her interest in anime and acting, the latter of which was inspired by her family's visits to Shiki Theatre Company musicals.

She was educated at Japan Narration Acting Institute, and she joined VIMS in 2017. In July 2019, she was cast as Kanako Mitsue in Stars Align. In April 2020, she was cast as Shaei Miyama in A Certain Scientific Railgun T. In May 2021, she was cast as Millia in Peach Boy Riverside. In March 2022, she was cast as Higuruma in In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki.

Mineda voices Meguru Hachimiya in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, a spin-off of The Idolmaster franchise.

She and Ryōta Suzuki co-hosted the AnimeJapan 2021 livestream on 18 February. Her debut mini album, "Who Are Me?", was released from Dreamusic on 2 August 2023.

Filmography Anime television 2018 Merc Storia: Mukiryoku no Shōnen to Bin no Naka no Shōjo, child 2021 Peach Boy Riverside, Millia 2025 Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota, Odajima-san

Animated film 2020 Monster Strike the Movie: Lucifer - Zetsubō no Yoake, Orane Video games 2018 Brown Dust, Eldora, Sui Hentai Shōjo: Formation Girls, Masumi Ōyama Kurokishi to Shiro no Maou, Elrune Phantom of the Kill, Neil 2019 Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX, RoRo Kingdom of Heroes, Hildegard Monster Strike, Orane Project NOAH, Sakiya Momohara Kōya no Kotobuki Hikōtai: Ōzora no Take Off Girls!, Ritta 2020 BraveSword X BlazeSoul, Luisette Girls' Frontline, Magal (Micro Galil), Gr VP70 Magia Record, Suzuka Sakuya World Flipper, Samasa

2021 Caligula2, Key Last Period, Clever The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, Meguru Hachimiya 2022 Alchemist Garden, Chelmy Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2, Roro

2023 Grim Guardians: Demon Purge, Kasumi Sakaguchi

Other

2024 VOICEPEAK, Miyamai Moca Synthesizer V AI, Miyamai Moca