Suzuki Minori (鈴木 みのり) is a voice actress and singer from Aichi Prefecture, Japan. She is Shinonome Ena's voice actress. She is currently affiliated with Aoni Production, while her musical activities are signed under the FlyingDog label.
Background[]
Minori grew up in a household filled with music, as her mother loves music, and her father is a big anime fan.[1] Minori loved singing since she was a child and also was interested in voice-related work (singing, narration, acting e.g.). The first anime she fell in love with was Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch, which she saw when she was 6 years old. Around fifth to sixth grade, Minori started watching late-night anime, which inspired her to become a seiyuu. Prior to this, she also wanted to become a manga artist for the Ciao magazine, which specifically publishes shoujo manga series, and a doll house crafter.[2]
During her second year of high school, she began taking lessons at a voice acting school in Tokyo once a week with the money she had earned from her part-time job a year prior.
At the end of 2014, she participated in a seiyuu audition for a role in Macross Δ. Her mother especially supported and pushed her to participate in the audition, as she was also a fan of Macross Frontier. She was chosen out of 8,000 applicants and was cast as the main heroine Freyja Wion, and became affiliated with e-stone music as well. She later won the Singing Award in the 15th Seiyuu Awards together with everyone else in Walküre, the idol group both Freya and Minori are part of.
On January 24, 2018, she made her solo singer debut with the single "FEELING AROUND". The title track was used as the opening theme for the "Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san" anime.
In December 2021, Minori made her debut as an actress in the "MOTHERLAND" play.
On September 30, 2023, Minori announced that she had left e-stone music. On October 1, 2023, she announced that she has joined Aoni Production.
Other Roles[]
- Yonaga Angie in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
- Fujiwara Hajime in THE iDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS
- Tsukishima Minato in Tokimeki Idol
- Eternal Sakura in Magia Record
- Agnes Digital in Uma Musume
- Uiui in the SHOW BY ROCK!! series
- Floris in Toaru Majutsu no Index III
- Shinomoto Akiho in Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card
- Liko in Pokémon Horizons (2023)
- Sora in Arknights
- Amagiri and Sagiri in Kantai Collection
- Senadina in Honkai Impact 3rd Part 2
- Clay in in GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE
- Lumi in Wuthering Waves
Personality & Hobbies[]
Minori's hobbies include listening to music, running, reading, muscle training and surfing the internet. She used to be a member of her school's track and field club, which is where she developed her hobby for running.
Minori's favorite foods are katsudon and apples. She also enjoys eating natto kimchi rice, tuna mayonnaise, meat, melonpan and pineapple buns.
Some of Minori's favorite manga artists are Kyo Machiko, CLAMP and Ogawa Maiko, while her favorite manga is Kare Kano. Aside from Nakajima Megumi, the seiyuu for Macross Frontier's Ranka Lee, Minori also idolizes Sakamoto Maaya, Yanagi Nagi, and actor Oizumi Yo. She is particularly a huge fan of Sakamoto Maaya to the point of being a member of the latter's fanclub and owning all of her CDs.
Prior to being casted in Project SEKAI, Minori was already best friends with Mafuyu's seiyuu Tanabe Rui. She describes Rui as a person who is "good at listening to others".[3] She is also good friends with Akito's seiyuu Imai Fumiya and has even held a special New Year's stream together with him and Asaka for two times.[4][5]
Trivia[]
- She has an official fanclub called Minori-tai ("Minori Squad" in English).
- Minori has an official YouTube channel where she has also posted self-covers for her "Suzuki Minori Covers Collection". Some of her covers have been of songs that are featured in Project SEKAI such as Odo, Unknown Mother Goose, and even Ena's first focus song Kagirinaku Haiiro e (which she has also performed live multiple times).[6][7][8]
- She also posted her covers of Junky Night Town Orchestra and Goodbye Sengen under the "utattemita" tag.[9][10]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1516775318
- ↑ https://e-stonemusic.com/minoringo/blog/minoringo-760
- ↑ https://twitter.com/minoringo_staff/status/945122313585934337
- ↑ https://twitter.com/AsakaOfficial/status/1607359738693701633
- ↑ https://twitter.com/asaka_info/status/1732370730992673169
- ↑ Odo Cover
- ↑ Unknown Mother Goose Cover
- ↑ Haiiro Cover
- ↑ Junky Night Town Orchestra Cover
- ↑ Goodbye Sengen Cover
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