Yurika Hino

Early life and education Yurika Hino was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. When she started skipping school during her freshman year at Kanagawa Prefectural Shimizugaoka High School, her mother realized that her daughter's situation was not good. It was decided that Yurika needed to find some way to find release. Hino saw an ad for the Himawari Theater Company in the newspaper and joined the company. She then modeled for a junior high school magazine and appeared as an extra in a TV drama.

Hino also loved children, however, and wanted to become a nursery school teacher; her dream was to be the singing sister on the TV show Okaasan to Issho (Mother and Child Together). She frequently dubs Western films, including roles for Famke Janssen (X-Men: The Last Stand), Winona Ryder, Carrie-Anne Moss (the Matrix trilogy), and Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives). Yurika often voices adult female and mother roles in anime and video games. She is still active as a stage actress. In recent years, in addition to her own acting career, she has been devoting herself to mentoring young voice actors.

Hino lists her hobbies as spending time with her pet dog.