Ai Kayano


Ai Kayano is a Japanese voice actress. She was represented by the Pro-Fit talent agency until 2014. She is represented by Office Osawa in 2015. She played leading roles in the anime series, including ', Guilty Crown, ', The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, No Game No Life and KonoSuba. She has also performed opening, ending and insert theme songs for each series.

Biography

Kayano wanted to work in a job that would involve "healing people", leading to initially take up a course at a vocational school. She worked in the beauty industry and became interested in acting, after watching Aria. While attending school, Kayano continued working in the industry and paid for her tuition.
Kayano began working at Pro-Fit in 2010, starring in the original video animation Princess Resurrection. She also voiced a number of background roles in the anime series A Certain Magical Index II, playing Itsuwa. She voiced Meiko "Menma" Honma in '. Kayano, Haruka Tomatsu and Saori Hayami performed the series' ending theme "Secret Base – Kimi ga Kureta Mono ", a cover of a song originally sung by the band Zone. For her role as Menma, she received the Best Newcomer Award at the 6th Seiyu Awards in 2012. Kayano played the role of Inori Yuzuriha in Guilty Crown.
In 2012, she played Mayaka Ibara in Hyōka; Kayano and co-star Satomi Satō performed the series' ending themes "Madoromi no Yakusoku" and "Kimi ni Matsuwaru Mystery". She also played the roles of Mashiro Shiina in The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, and Saori Takabe Girls und Panzer. She played several roles in 2013, including the roles of Ai Fuyuumi in Oreshura, and Chisaki Hiradaira in '.
In 2014, Kayano played Shiro in No Game No Life. She performed the series' ending theme "Oración". Later that year, she left Pro-Fit and became a freelancer. Kayano joined Office Osawa in 2015. Later that year, she played Megumi Sakura in School-Live!, and Utaha Kasumigaoka in . In 2016, she played the roles of Darkness in KonoSuba, Chizuru Hishiro in ReLIFE, and Rin Tōyama in New Game!. In 2017, she played Kirie Sakurame in UQ Holder. She also played Shuvi in No Game No Life: Zero.
In 2016, Kayano hosted a show titled "Kayanomi ~Kayano Ai ga Nihonshu wo Nominagara, Taberu dake~~" at Animate Times' YouTube channel. The show focuses on her looking through into various types of sake. The title of show is also a combination of her surname Kayano and the Japanese word for "drink", which is "nomi".

Filmography

Anime

Film

Video games

Drama CDs

Dubbing

Discography

Albums