Yui Horie

Career 1997–1999: Early career Whilst still training and under the representation of Arts Vision, Horie made her voice acting debut in the 1997 Sega Saturn game, Voice Fantasia: Ushinawareta Voice Power. of which she sang the theme songs, "My best friend" and "Dear Mama". These two songs were released as Horie's first single under the Pony Canyon music label.

2000–2003: Growing success The following year, Horie succeeded in auditioning for the lead female role of the TV anime adaptation of the shōnen manga comedy Love Hina, as Naru Narusegawa. Love Hina was a huge hit, with sales of over one million DVDs. The high popularity at the time lead to Lycos Japan using the anime to advertise its search engine and other services, with narration from Horie. This was to be her first CM. The ascending popularity of Love Hina spawned a lucrative franchise of OVAs, Drama CDs and games, of which Horie reprised the star role.

In regard to their rising fame, Horie worked with Yukari Tamura and form the group . This group had two debuts in 2000, on April 30 at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium and May 13 at Nagoya's Nadia Park Complex. The first of these was called "Yamato Nadeshiko Debut Kinen First Live ~suddenly 1000 seconds live in Yoyogi~", which happened during the "Dorikan Club Fifth Anniversary Event". Together they would release two singles, in 2000 and "Merry Merrily" in 2001, the latter being used as an insert song in the Love Hina Christmas Special. This collaboration ended with a seven date concert tour during June 2003, including stops at Sapporo, Nagoya, Osaka and Tokyo. and the release of her debut album, Mizutamari ni Utsuru Sekai, through the Starchild label which featured two songs from Love Hina.

In 2001, Starchild established her official fan club called , where member benefits included fan events, priority seating in concerts, bimonthly newsletters, and access to exclusive merchandise. The first meeting, which was named "Black Cat Rally Vol.1 - Akasaka BLITZ" was on July 21, "堀江由衣 First Live Tour", lasted a total of 6 nights, travelling to Tokyo and ending on February 11 in Osaka at the Matsushita IMP Hall. In 2002, she voiced Ayu Tsukimiya in the anime adaptation of Kanon, an adult visual novel that she had also voiced in 1999. and can currently be heard on the station (AM 1134 kHz) at 22:00 – 22:30 every Sunday. Her signature catchphrase is "Angel Beam in your Heart!" and frequently features anison guests such as angela, Nana Mizuki and Megumi Hayashibara. As of the end of 2016, the show has run in excess of 740 episodes.

In 2003, Horie established herself as a popular singer when her third album "Sky" peaked at 10th in the Oricon charts.

Other activities

In October 2005, she founded Aice5, a J-Pop group consisting of four other voice actors, to help launch their careers. Their debut single was "Get Back", released March 13, 2006. Aice5 was disbanded on September 20, 2007, at their farewell concert "Final Aice5 Party LAST Aice5" at the Yokohama Arena. During this time, they released six singles and one album. Their album "Love Aice5" was released on February 26, 2007, remaining in the Oricon charts for four weeks with a highest rank of eight. Aice5 has since been revived, announced on July 17, 2015, with the intention to release a new single on September 30 and have their comeback concert on November 22.

Horie has collaborated with a few other artists. In 2004, she released "Scramble" together with Unscandal. This ska inspired song was used as an opening theme song for the romantic comedy anime School Rumble . And in 2006, she formed the goth band Kurobara Hozonkai , with Horie taking the stage name of YUIEL. This band released the album "A Votre Sante!!" in 2008 and has been relatively inactive since.

Horie was affiliated with Arts Vision. However, she eventually left the agency in mid-2007 during an unrelated scandal in the agency's top management and became a freelance voice actress. Today, she's affiliated with VIMS, a division of I'm Enterprise. She has published seven independent musical albums. Nearly all of them incorporate at least one track from an anime she has worked with. She currently releases music under the Starchild label (a subdivision of King Records).

In late 2012, Horie created and voiced the 3D animated character Miss Monochrome. Her first appearance was in The Adventure Over Yui Horie III ~Secret Mission Tour~ concert, acting as the antagonist who wanted to turn the world black and white. The character has since had a self-titled anime series, with the premier season televised on . The opening theme song, Poker Face, was released as a musical single. Other notable appearances include the iOS game Girlfriend Beta, a self-titled manga series and cameos in other anime.

Filmography

Anime + List of voice performances in anime Year Title Role Notes Source Weiß Kreuz Aya Fujimiya Also Glühen in 2002 –2000 Omishi Magical Theater: Risky Safety Suzuko Natsume Argento Soma Sue Harris Figure 17 Sakura Ibaragi Fruits Basket Tohru Honda Babel II: Beyond Infinity Meilin Bottle Fairy Sarara Yugo the Negotiator Nadenka Mars Daybreak Megumi Higashibara –06 School Rumble series Eri Sawachika Also Second Semester and OVAs –05 Futakoi series Kaoruko Ichijo Also Alternative Negima! series Makie Sasaki Air Schoolgirl Ep. 2 D.Gray-man Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru Mizuho Miyanokōji Tokyo Majin series Aoi Misato Also 2nd Act Shining Tears X Wind Touka Kureha Ikki Tousen: Great Guardians Chuubo Sonken –09 Corpse Princess series Kamika Todoroki, Black Cat, Riko Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan Mira Julietta Anime television film Umi Monogatari Urin Sweet Blue Flowers Kyōko Ikumi Umineko When They Cry Maria Ushiromiya Bakemonogatari Tsubasa Hanekawa Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei Shōko Maruuchi GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class Namiko Nozaki Tegami Bachi Roda (girl) Also Reverse in 2010 Samurai: Hunt for the Sword Lei Lin OAV B Gata H Kei Miharu Takeshita –11 Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan series Tsurara Oikawa, Setsura Also Demon Capital Asobi ni Iku yo! Jens Also OVA in 2011 –Present Fairy Tail Charle Dragon Crisis! Maruga Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel Tesla Violet –15 YuruYuri series Akane Akaza Ben-To Kyō Sawagi (Vice President) Nisemonogatari Tsubasa Hanekawa Bodacious Space Pirates Coorie Waiting in the Summer Emika Takatsuki Is This a Zombie? of the Dead Delusion Yu Ep. 9 Sengoku Collection Sunshine Rider Liu Bei Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan Rufina –13 AKB0048 series Yuki Kashiwagi the 6th Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere Mary / "Scarred" season 2 Battle Spirits: Sword Eyes Kamisama Kiss Himemiko of the Swamp –14 Little Busters! series Riki Naoe Also Refrain and EX –14 Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic series Yamraiha Also Adventure of Sinbad Ryūnosuke Akasaka, Maid-chan Nekomonogatari (Kuro) Tsubasa Hanekawa –15 DD Fist of the North Star Yuria, Mamiya 2 seasons Yuyushiki Yoriko Matsumoto Valvrave the Liberator Rion Nanami 2 seasons Symphogear Serena Cadenzavna Eve Starting with G Monogatari Series Second Season Tsubasa Hanekawa Battle Spirits: Saikyou Ginga Ultimate Zero Eris the Morning Star –15 Miss Monochrome series Miss Monochrome 3 seasons Coppelion Kanon Ozu Golden Time Kōko Kaga Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet Storia OAV only Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life Miss Monochrome Rail Wars! Nana Iida –15 Shōnen Hollywood Sanaka Kazami, Miss Monochrome 2 seasons Persona 4: The Golden Animation Chie Satonaka Girl Friend Beta Miss Monochrome –16 Cardfight!! Vanguard Mikuru Shindou Starting with G Absolute Duo Sakuya Tsukumo Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen SC Kamisama Kiss◎ Himiko –16 A Simple Thinking About Blood Type Type B-chan Starting with season 2 I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying Season 2 Classroom Crisis Kaoruko Takanashi Shimoneta Kosuri Onigashira Seiyu's Life! Herself Subete ga F ni Naru Setsuko Gidō Nisekoi Yui Kanakura OVA ep. 4 –17 KonoSuba Wiz 2 seasons –17 Maho Girls PreCure! Riko Izayoi / Cure Magical Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World Felix Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto Aina Kuronuma –17 First Love Monster Kaho Nikaidō also OVA –17 Nyanbo! Shiro –17 Digimon Universe: App Monsters Izumi Kagurazaka King's Game The Animation Natsuko Honda In Another World With My Smartphone Goddess of Love Ep. 12 Basilisk: The Ōka Ninja Scrolls Itaru Yasha Major 2nd Michiru Mayumura Cutie Honey Universe Natsuko Aki Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King Julia Ichijo Phantom in the Twilight Sha Rijan Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Anne Season 3 Kyōto Teramachi Sanjō no Holmes Saori Miyashita How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? Satomi Tachibana Cardfight!! Vanguard: Shinemon Mikuru Shindou Azur Lane Belfast Bokuben: We Never Learn Shizuru Furuhashi Ep. 10 Magia Record Mitama Yakumo My Hero Academia La Brava Season 4 Princess Connect! Re:Dive Saren / Saren Sasaki Season 1 Shachibato! President, It's Time for Battle! Guide White Cat Project: Zero Chronicle Hikari no Ō Airisu Warlords of Sigrdrifa Misato Honjo Dropout Idol Fruit Tart Oto Kogane Hortensia Saga Mariyus Casteledo The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter Olivia Servant Shadows House Aileen Shaman kingIron Maiden Jeanne Scarlet Nexus Arashi Spring How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom Excel Walter The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace Paula The Faraway Paladin Mary My Senpai Is Annoying Yūto Sakurai –22 Kaginado Ayu Tsukimiya, Riki Naoe Princess Connect! Re:Dive Saren / Saren Sasaki Season 2 She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man Mariana Miss Kuroitsu from the Monster Development Department Yūto Higatani/Magia Zwart The Maid I Hired Recently Is Mysterious Tsukasa Gojouin The Eminence in Shadow Akane Nishino Kantai Collection: Let's Meet at Sea Mamiya 16bit Sensation: Another Layer Meiko Uehara The Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch Hip Ishura Nastique the Quiet Singer My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered Sion Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers Hiya Mysterious Disappearances Manami Uname Highspeed Etoile Sofia Tokitō 2.5 Dimensional Seduction Liliel Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister Yomiko Tsukigami The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians Minami Suzuki I'm Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!? Saya Hazuki Mahō Tsukai Precure!!: Mirai Days Riko Izayoi / Cure Magical The Dinner Table Detective Kuninyan Bad Girl Maria Komari High School! Kimengumi Ran Wakato A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans Maki Okonogi

Feature films + List of voice performances in feature films Year Title Role Notes Source Cyber Team in Akihabara: Summer Vacation of 2011 Francesca K: Missing Kings Anna Kushina Pretty Cure Super Stars! Riko Izayoi / Cure Magical Kud Wafter Riki Naoe Re:cycle of Penguindrum Masako Natsume Anime Supremacy! Dell Live-action film The Eminence in Shadow: Lost Echoes Akane Nishino

Overseas dubbing + List of voice performances in overseas dubbing Year Title Role Notes Source 1999 Teaching Mrs. Tingle Trudie Tucker 2001 When Good Ghouls Go Bad Danya Stenson 2002 Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) Mia Samara Morgan Dubbed by Fuji TV 2003 Hitler: The Rise of Evil Geli Raubal 2005 Dark Water Cecilia "Ceci" Williams 2005 Hide and Seek Emily Callaway 2006 Princess Hours Shin Chae-kyeong Korean drama - 24 episodes 2013 Love Rain Kim Yoon-Hee (1970s) & Jung Ha-na (2012) Korea drama - 20 episodes Two characters over two time lines 2014 Winx Club Roxy animated TV series (Japanese)

Tokusatsu + List of performances in tokusatsu Year Title Role Notes Source Millenarianism Three Musketeers Vanhee Knights Aris La Zoanis Voice only 2014 Ressha Sentai ToQger 2014 Ressha Sentai ToQger the Movie: Galaxy Line S.O.S. 2015 Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The Movie

Video games + List of voice performances in video games Year Title Role Notes Source –2004 Tokyo Majin games Aoi Misato, Maid PS2 Exodus Guilty Neos Suii Dreamcast Little Lovers: She So Game Tenryaku, Nishimura-senpai, Mysterious girl PlayStation Maboroshi Tsukiyoまぼろし月夜 Ayame Asagiri DreamCast, PlayStation Magical Drop F - Daibouken Mo Rakujyanai!マジカルドロップF 大冒険もラクじゃない！ Fool's cat / starフールのネコ/スター PlayStation Private phoenix school 1 year pure love group私立鳳凰学園 1年純愛組 Mizuki Tone利根村美玖 PS1/PS2 Doki Doki Pretty League Lovely Star:ja:ドキドキプリティリーグ Lovely Star Niino Miki 新野未来 PlayStation Bistro Cupid:ja:ビストロ・きゅーぴっと Lavender Sweet Windows, PC –08 Da Capo games Yume Asakura, Kotori Shirakawa Shaman King: Funbari Spirits Iron Maiden Jeanne, Seyrum Munzer PS2 Sentimental Prelude Ayumi Nishina PS2 Dead or Alive Ultimate Hitomi Xbox Angelic Concert Encoreエンジェリック・コンサート～アンコール Safi-Sweeney PC Minna de kitaeru zennou training Lisa Arcade –08 games Siesta PS2 Title Role

2000

KICS-834 – – 2001

KICS-930 – – 2003

KICS-1030 – – 2004

KICS-1077 – – 2005

KICS-1201 20 4 2008

KICS-1355 8 5 2009

KICS-1478 10 5 2012

KICS-1737 3 6 2015

KICS-3122 5 7 2019

KICS-3805 8 Compilation albums + List of albums, with selected chart positionsYear Title Album Peakposition Weeks charted "my best friend"released via Pony Canyon – – Ho? "brand-new communication"released via Pony Canyon. – – – "Love Destiny" – – Kuroneko to Tsuki Kikyū o Meguru Bōken "Kirari Takaramono"(キラリ☆宝物) – – Ho? "All My Love" – – sky "Kokoro Harete Yo mo Akete"(心晴れて 夜も明けて) – – Rakuen "Scramble" (with Unscandal)(スクランブル) – – Usotsuki Alice to Kujiragō o Meguru Bōken "Hikari"(ヒカリ) 5 11 Darling "Days" 8 8 Darling "Koisuru Tenkizu"(恋する天気図) 14 5 Darling "Nano Desu"(恋する天気図) 14 5 Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai ~Character Case Book~ Vol. 1 "Vanilla Salt" 7 9 Honey Jet!! "Silky Heart" 9 9 Honey Jet!! "Ai no sora"(愛の空) 46 3 – "Yahho!!" 12 5 Himitsu "Immoralist"(インモラリスト) 8 11 Himitsu "Presenter" 9 7 Himitsu "Coloring" 11 8 Himitsu "Natsu no Yakusoku"(夏の約束) 12 13 Best Album "Golden Time" 19 8 World End no Niwa "Poker Face"(ポーカーフェイス) 16 4 – "The World's End" 9 6 World End no Niwa "Watashi dake no monogatari"(私だけの物語) 18 4 – "Stay With Me" 13 3 World End no Niwa "Asymmetry" (アシンメトリー) 12 7 –

Drama CDs Year Title Role Notes Source MPD Psycho Sound Story Kotomi Amano天野琴美 Hyakumonogatari Tsubasa Hanekawa Love Lab Natsuo Maki I, Otariman.:ja:ぼく、オタリーマン Library members図書委員 Hanasaki Komachi Girls Haruki Momoko Notes Yui Horie CLIPS 0 〜since'00〜'01〜 VHS Contains promotional videos for 3 singles, the making-of, and an interview Yui Horie CLIPS 1

DVDPromotional videos for singles Live DVD 2006 "The Adventure Over Yui Horie" Live DVD 2006 "堀江由衣をめぐる冒険"

DVD Yui Horie Christmas Live ~ Yui is Chakugae Santa ~ 堀江由衣 クリスマスライブ ～由衣がサンタに着がえたら～

DVD Includes a CD Single for Happy Snow Yui Horie CLIPS 2 –

DVD & Blu-rayPromotional videos for singles The Adventure Over Yui Horie II ~Budoukan of Butoukai~ Q & A 堀江由衣をめぐる冒険2 ～武道館で舞踏会～ Q & A

DVD & Blu-ray The Adventure Over Yui Horie III Secret Mission Tour 堀江由衣をめぐる冒険?～Secret Mission Tour～

DVD & Blu-ray Horie Yui Best Live Yui and the Time Thief 堀江由衣ベストライブ ～由衣と時間泥棒～

DVD & Blu-ray A special one-off concert for fans that had bought both the BEST ALBUM & the 15th single (PRESENTER). The 6000~ tickets were issued via a lottery. The Adventure Over Yui Horie IV Pirates Of Yui 3013 堀江由衣をめぐる冒険 ～パイレーツ・オブ・ユイ3013～

DVD & Blu-ray